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associated environmental impacts. In 

addition, non-Federal actors are crucial 

contributors to energy policies. Because 

most energy and related infrastructure is 

owned by private entities, investment 

by and engagement of the private sector 

is necessary to develop and implement 

effective policies. State and local 

policies; the views of nongovernmental, 

environmental, faith-based, labor, and 

other social organizations; and 

contributions from the academic and 

non-profit sectors are also critical to the 

development and implementation of 

effective energy policies. 

An interagency Quadrennial Energy 

Review Task Force, which includes 

members from all relevant executive 

departments and agencies (agencies), 

will develop an integrated review of 

energy policy that integrates all of these 

perspectives. It will build on the 

foundation provided in the 

Administration’s Blueprint for a Secure 

Energy Future of March 30, 2011, and 

Climate Action Plan released on June 

25, 2013. The Task Force will offer 

recommendations on what additional 

actions it believes would be appropriate. 

These may include recommendations on 

additional executive or legislative 

actions to address the energy challenges 

and opportunities facing the Nation. 

July 11, 2014 Public Meeting: 

Electricity Transmission, Storage, and 

Distribution—West, July 11, 2014, 

Portland, Oregon. 

On July 11, 2014, the DOE will hold 

a public meeting in Portland, Oregon. 

The July 11, 2014 public meeting will 

feature facilitated panel discussions, 

followed by an open microphone 

session. Persons desiring to speak 

during the open microphone session at 

the public meeting should come 

prepared to speak for no more than 5 

minutes and will be accommodated on 

a first-come, first-serve basis, according 

to the order in which they register to 

speak on a sign-in sheet available at the 

meeting location, on the morning of the 

meeting. 

In advance of the meeting, DOE 

anticipates making publicly available a 

briefing memorandum providing useful 

background information regarding the 

topics under discussion at the meeting. 

DOE will post this memorandum on its 

Web site: http://energy.gov. 

Submitting comments via email. 

Submitting comments by email to the 

QER email address will require you to 

provide your name and contact 

information in the transmittal email. 

Your contact information will be 

viewable to DOE staff only. Your contact 

information will not be publicly 

viewable except for your first and last 

names, organization name (if any), and 

submitter representative name (if any). 

Your contact information will be 

publicly viewable if you include it in 

the comment itself or in any documents 

attached to your comment. Any 

information that you do not want to be 

publicly viewable should not be 

included in your comment, nor in any 

document attached to your comment. 

Otherwise, persons viewing comments 

will see only first and last names, 

organization names, correspondence 

containing comments, and any 

documents submitted with the 

comments. 

Do not submit to the QER email 

address (QERcomments@hq.doe.gov) 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute, such as trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information (hereinafter referred to as 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)). Comments submitted to the QER 

email address cannot be claimed as CBI. 

Comments received through the email 

address will waive any CBI claims for 

the information submitted. For 

information on submitting CBI, see the 

Confidential Business Information 

section, below. 

If you do not want your personal 

contact information to be publicly 

viewable, do not include it in your 

comment or any accompanying 

documents. Instead, provide your 

contact information in a cover letter. 

Include your first and last names, email 

address, telephone number, and 

optional mailing address. The cover 

letter will not be publicly viewable as 

long as it does not include any 

comments. 

Include contact information each time 

you submit comments, data, documents, 

and other information to DOE. If you 

submit via mail or hand delivery/

courier, please provide all items on a 

CD, if feasible, in which case it is not 

necessary to submit printed copies. No 

telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

Comments, data, and other 

information submitted to DOE 

electronically should be provided in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format. Provide documents that are not 

secured, written in English, and are free 

of any defects or viruses. Documents 

should not contain special characters or 

any form of encryption and, if possible, 

they should carry the electronic 

signature of the author. 

Confidential Business Information. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email, postal mail, or hand 

delivery/courier two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Confidential information should be 

submitted to the Confidential QER email 

address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) when 

such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. It is DOE’s policy 

that all comments may be included in 

the public docket, without change and 

as received, including any personal 

information provided in the comments 

(except information deemed to be 

exempt from public disclosure). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 

2014. 

Michele Torrusio, 

QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Commission to Review the 

Effectiveness of the National Energy 

Laboratories 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Commission to 

Review the Effectiveness of the National 

Energy Laboratories (Commission). The 

Commission was created pursuant to 

section 319 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014, Public Law 

113–76, and in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

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U.S.C. App. 2. This notice is provided 

in accordance with the Act. 

DATES: Friday, July 18, 2014; 10:30 

a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Gibson, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–3787; email: crenel@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Commission was 

established to provide advice to the 

Secretary on the Department’s national 

laboratories. The activities of the 

Commission will include, but are not 

limited to: whether the Department of 

Energy’s (DOE) national laboratories— 

are properly aligned with the 

Department’s strategic priorities; have 

clear, well understood, and properly 

balanced missions that are not 

unnecessarily redundant and 

duplicative; have unique capabilities 

that have sufficiently evolved to meet 

current and future energy and national 

security challenges; are appropriately 

sized to meet the Department’s energy 

and national security missions; and are 

appropriately supporting other Federal 

agencies and the extent to which it 

benefits DOE missions. The Commission 

will determine whether there are 

opportunities to more effectively and 

efficiently use the capabilities of the 

national laboratories. The Commission 

will also analyze the effectiveness of the 

use of laboratory directed research and 

development (LDRD) to meet the 

Department of Energy’s science, energy, 

and national security goals and evaluate 

the Department’s oversight of LDRDfunded projects for compliance with 

statutory requirements and 

congressional direction. 

Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting 

is the first meeting of the Commission. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 10:30 a.m. on July 18th. The 

tentative meeting agenda includes 

discussions with Hill staff, briefings on 

the national laboratory system, an 

introduction to prior and current studies 

focusing on the labs, a discussion with 

representatives of the National 

Laboratory Directors Council, and 

comments from the public. The meeting 

will conclude at 4:00 p.m. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Individuals who 

would like to attend must RSVP to 

Karen Gibson no later than 5:00 p.m. on 

Monday, July 14, 2014 by email at: 

crenel@hq.doe.gov. Please provide your 

name, organization, citizenship, and 

contact information. Anyone attending 

the meeting will be required to present 

government-issued identification. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions may do so at 

the end of the meeting. Approximately 

30 minutes will be reserved for public 

comments. Time allotted per speaker 

will depend on the number who wish to 

speak but will not exceed 5 minutes. 

The Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Those who did not 

register in advance to attend the meeting 

and who wish to speak, should register 

to do so at the beginning of the meeting 

at 10:30 a.m. on July 18th. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or who have insufficient time to address 

the committee are invited to send a 

written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Washington 

DC 20585, or by email at: crenel@hq.

doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available by contacting Ms. 

Gibson at postal address or email 

address above. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Wind and Water Power Technologies 

Office: Wind Energy Bat and Eagle 

Impact Minimization Technologies and 

Field Testing Opportunities 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE) invites public 

comment on its Request for Information 

(RFI) regarding a potential funding 

opportunity to advance the readiness of 

bat and eagle impact minimization 

technologies through investments in 

technology development and field 

testing. 

DATES: Comments regarding the RFI 

must be received on or before July 25, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The complete RFI document 

is located at https://eere-exchange.

energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Responses to the RFI and questions 

should be sent via email or email 

attachment to WindMitigationRFI@

ee.doe.gov. Further guidance can be 

found in the RFI document posted on 

EERE Exchange. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

mission of the Wind and Water Power 

Technology Office of DOE’s Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy is to accelerate widespread U.S. 

deployment of clean, affordable, and 

reliable wind power to promote energy 

security, economic growth, and 

environmental quality. Pursuant to this 

mission, the Office funds research and 

development to address market barriers 

that affect the deployment of wind 

energy, including the effects of wind on 

wildlife. In permitting wind facilities 

and complying with state and federal 

laws protecting wildlife, such as the 

Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird 

Treaty Act, and Bald and Golden Eagle 

Protection Act, developers and 

operators of wind energy facilities often 

must take measures to mitigate the 

potential impacts of their facilities on 

protected species. 

While guidelines exist for siting wind 

facilities in the landscape and wind 

turbines within a facility to avoid 

impacts to wildlife, technologies to 

minimize impacts at operational 

facilities are for most species either in 

early stages of development or simply 

do not exist. Research in this area is ongoing, but significant advancements are 

needed to address the siting and 

permitting challenges currently faced by 

the wind industry. 

In its RFI, EERE requests comments, 

information, and recommendations on 

the current state of wildlife impact 

minimization technologies, conditions 

under which technology vendors or 

developers would consider participating 

in a demonstration and validation 

campaign, and the conditions under 

which wind farm owner/operators 

would consider participating in a 

campaign to demonstrate, field-test, and 

validate such technologies. 

Additionally, EERE seeks input on a 

proposed framework for funding the 

advancement of wildlife impact 

minimization technologies aimed at 

reducing impacts to bats, eagles and 

other wildlife of concern, and on how 

to prioritize funding for research within 

this framework. The RFI is available at: 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. 

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