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**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** section of this notice.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Nelson Hastings, NIST Voting Program, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, telephone: (301) 975–5237 or nelson.hastings@nist.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the TGDC will meet Thursday, December 15, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, and Friday, December 16, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. Topics that will be discussed at the meeting include UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), Common Data Format, Usability and Accessibility, and Voluntary Voting System Guideline (VVSG) issues. The full meeting agenda will be posted in advance at http://vote.nist.gov. All sessions of this meeting will be open to the public.

The TGDC was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in the development of voluntary voting system guidelines. Details regarding the TGDC’s activities are available at http://vote.nist.gov.

All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by c.o.b. Thursday, December 8, 2011, in order to attend. Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address and phone number to Mary Lou Norris or Angela Ellis, and they will provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must also submit their country of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, and address. Mary Lou Norris’ email address is marylou.norris@nist.gov, and her phone number is (301) 975–2002. Angela Ellis’ email address is angela.ellis@nist.gov, and her phone number is (301) 975–3881.

If you are in need of a disability accommodation, such as the need for Sign Language Interpretation, please contact Nelson Hastings by c.o.b. Friday, November 25, 2011. Nelson Hastings’ contact information is given in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section above.

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting may send a request to participate to Nelson Hastings by c.o.b. Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee’s affairs are invited to request a place on the agenda. On December 15, 2011, approximately 30 minutes will be reserved for public comments at the end of the open session. Speaking times will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The amount of time per speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but is likely to be no more than 3 to 5 minutes each. Participants who are chosen will receive confirmation from the contact listed above that they were selected by 12 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, December 9,
2011.

The general public, including those who are not selected to speak, may submit written comments, which will be distributed to TGDC members so long as they are received no later than 12 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, December 9, 2011. All comments will also be posted

on http://vote.nist.gov.

Mark A. Robbins, General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 2011–30856 Filed 11–25–11; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB**  **Review; Comment Request**

**AGENCY :**  Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

**ACTION :**  Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

**SUMMARY :**  The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability has submitted the form OE–417 ‘‘Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a three-year extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The OE–417 is used to report electric emergency incidents and disturbances to the DOE. The Form OE– 417 reports will enable the DOE to monitor electric emergency incidents and disturbances in the United States (including all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Territories) so that the Government may help prevent the physical or virtual disruption of the operation of any critical infrastructure.

**DATES :**  Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before December 29, 2011. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395–4650.

**ADDRESSES :**  Written comments should be sent to the:

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 1012, 735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–4650.

And to: Brian Copeland, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (Attn: Comments on OE–417 Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report), OE–30, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, Brian.Copeland@hq.doe.gov

, (202) 586–1178.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Brian Copeland.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1901–0288; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report; (3) Type of Review: Revision and three-year extension; (4) Purpose: Form OE–417 collects information on electric emergency incidents and disturbances for DOE’s use in fulfilling its overall national security and other energy management responsibilities. The information will also be used by DOE for analytical purposes. All electric utilities, including those that operate Control Area Operator functions and Reliability Authority functions, will be required to supply information when an incident or disturbance meets areporting threshold. Since the presurvey consultation notice was published, Federal Register notice 76 FR 35867, in line 11, the boxes entitled ‘‘Physical’’ and ‘‘Cyber’’ have been changed to ‘‘Physical Attack’’ and ‘‘Cyber Event.’’; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.276; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 300; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 7,227; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.

Statutory Authority: Section 13 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772.


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Issued in Washington, DC. Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2011–30640 Filed 11–28–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Docket Nos. AD12–1–000, RC11–6–000, EL11–62–000]** 

**Reliability Technical Conference, North American Electric Reliability**  **Corporation, Public Service Commission of South Carolina and the**  **South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff; Notice of Amended Reliability**  **Technical Conference Agenda**

As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on October 7, 2011, the Commission will hold a technical conference on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, November 30, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to explore the progress made on the priorities for addressing risks to reliability that were identified in earlier Commission technical conferences. The agenda for this conference has been amended and is attached. Commission members will participate in this conference.

Information on this event will be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission’s Web site, http:// www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available immediately for a fee from Ace Reporting Company (202) 347–3700 or 1–(800) 336–6646). A free webcast of this event is also available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to listen to this event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to the webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for webcasts and offers the option of listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit http:// www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703)
993–3100.

Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1–(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to (202) 208–2106 with the required accommodations.

For more information about this conference, please contact: Sarah McKinley, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502–8368. sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

Dated: November 22, 2011. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

Reliability Technical Conference Commissioner-Led Reliability Technical Conference
November 29, 2011

1 p.m.–5 p.m. November 30, 2011

9 a.m.–4 p.m. Agenda
November 29, 2011

1 p.m. Commissioners’ Opening

Remarks 1:20 p.m. Introductions Commissioner

Cheryl LaFleur, Chair 1:25 p.m. Panel I: Identifying

Priorities for NERC Activities
Presentations: NERC will be invited to provide an update on its priorities as identified in the February 8, 2011 Reliability Technical Conference. Panelists will be invited to express their general views on how NERC’s prioritization tool has been working. Has NERC addressed concerns raised at the February 8, 2011 Reliability Technical Conference. Panelists will be asked to address some or all of the following:

a. What are the most critical reliability issues and/or standards development initiatives that needed to be addressed in 2011 and 2012? What is the status of the priorities identified by NERC at the February technical conference? Has NERC’s prioritization tool been useful?

b. One of the priorities was improving the compliance and enforcement process. How is that being addressed?

c. What are the biggest challenges to addressing these priorities and/or completing these initiatives in an effective and timely manner? What next steps are appropriate to timely and effectively address the priorities discussed?

d. How do NERC and reliability standards development teams incorporate in new or re-ordered priorities regarding reliability standards into their work plans? How are emerging issues considered and are any becoming high priorities?

Panelists

• Gerry W. Cauley, President and Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

• Kevin Burke, Chairman, President and CEO, Consolidated Edison Inc., on behalf of Consolidated Edison and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) • Mike Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Transmission Corporation, on behalf of Georgia Transmission Corp. and the National Rural Electric Association (NRECA)

• John A. Anderson, President, Electricity Consumers Resource Council (ELCON)

• Allen Mosher, Senior Director of Policy Analysis and Reliability, American Public Power Association (APPA); NERC Standards Committee Chairman

• Deborah Le Vine, Director, System Operations, California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO)

• William J. Gallagher, NERC Member Representatives Committee Chairman; Retired CEO, Vermont Public Power Supply Authority

• Peter Fraser, Managing Director of Regulatory Policy, Ontario Energy Board 3:30 p.m. Panel II: Incorporating Lessons Learned Into a More Reliable Grid

Presentations: Panelists will address how lessons learned are incorporated into NERC priorities. Panelists will be asked to address some or all of the following: