45548 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 146 / Friday, July 29, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy 

Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was 

reestablished pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice 

is provided in accordance with the Act. 

DATES: Monday, August 15, 2011, 4 

p.m.–6 p.m. 

LOCATION: Teleconference. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bodette, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–0383 or facsimile (202) 586–1441; 

seab@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Board was 

reestablished to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the Department’s basic and applied 

research, economic and national 

security policy, educational issues, 

operational issues and other activities as 

directed by the Secretary. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Natural 

Gas subcommittee will present an 

interim report to the Board. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 4 p.m. on August 15th. The 

meeting agenda includes presentation of 

an interim report from the Natural Gas 

Subcommittee and discussion of the 

recommendations. A draft of the report 

will be made available at http:// 

www.shalegas.energy.gov and http:// 

www.energy.gov/seab no later than 

Thursday, August 11, 2011. The meeting 

will conclude at 6 p.m. 

Public Participation: The meeting will 

be conducted by teleconference and is 

open to the public. Individuals who 

would like to call-in must RSVP to Amy 

Bodette no later than 5 p.m. on 

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 

seab@hq.doe.gov. There will be a 

limited number of call-in ports and 

RSVP is required to obtain dial-in 

information. Call-in ports will be made 

available to members of the public on a 

first come, first served basis. Individuals 

and representatives of organizations 

who would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so at the meeting on 

Monday, August 15, 2011. 

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. Public Comment will 

be available on a first come, first served 

basis and will be queued by the call 

operator. The Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Those not able to call in to the 

meeting or have insufficient time to 

address the committee are invited to 

send a written statement to Amy 

Bodette, U.S. Department of Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC 20585, e-mail to 

seab@hq.doe.gov. Timely comments 

may also be posted online at http:// 

www.shalegas.energy.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the SEAB Web site 

http://www.energy.gov/SEAB or by 

contacting Ms. Bodette. She may be 

reached at the postal address or e-mail 

address above. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 26, 2011. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Continued Operation 

of the Department of Energy/National 

Nuclear Security Administration 

Nevada National Security Site and OffSite Locations in the State of Nevada 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The National Nuclear 

Security Administration (NNSA), a 

separately organized semi-autonomous 

agency within the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), announces the 

availability of the Draft Site-Wide 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Continued Operation of the Department 

of Energy/National Nuclear Security 

Administration Nevada National 

Security Site and Off-Site Locations in 

the State of Nevada (Draft SWEIS, DOE/ 

EIS–0426D) for public review, as well as 

the locations, dates and times for public 

hearings. The Draft SWEIS for the 

continued management and operation of 

the Nevada National Security Site 

(NNSS) (formerly known as the Nevada 

Test Site) and other NNSA-managed 

sites in Nevada, including the Remote 

Sensing Laboratory (RSL) on Nellis Air 

Force Base, the North Las Vegas Facility 

(NLVF), and the Tonopah Test Range 

(TTR) on the U.S. Air Force Nevada Test 

and Training Range, analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts for 

three alternatives: No Action 

Alternative, Expanded Operations 

Alternative and Reduced Operations 

Alternative. Each alternative comprises 

current and reasonably foreseeable 

activities at the NNSS and the three 

offsite locations. 

The Council on Environmental 

Quality’s (CEQ) National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) implementing 

regulations allow an agency to identify 

its preferred alternative or alternatives, 

if one or more exists, in a draft EIS (40 

CFR 1502.14[e]). NNSA has not 

currently identified a preferred 

alternative; however, a preferred 

alternative will be identified in the 

Final SWEIS. 

The U.S. Air Force, U.S. Bureau of 

Land Management, and Nye County, 

Nevada, are cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of this Draft SWEIS. In 

addition, the Consolidated Group of 

Tribes and Organizations, which 

include representatives from 17 Tribes 

and organizations, participated in its 

preparation. 

DATES: NNSA invites comments on the 

Draft SWEIS during the public comment 

period which ends October 27, 2011. 

NNSA will consider comments received 

after this date to the extent practicable 

as it prepares the Final SWEIS. 

NNSA will hold five public hearings 

on the Draft SWEIS. Locations, dates 

and times are provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION portion of 

this notice under ‘‘Public Hearings and 

Invitation To Comment’’. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft SWEIS and its 

reference material are available for 

review on the NNSA/NSO Web site at: 

http://nnsa.energy.gov/nepa. Written 

comments on the Draft SWEIS should be 

submitted to Ms. Linda Cohn, SWEIS 

Document Manager, NNSS Nevada Site 

Office, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. 

Box 98518, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193– 

8518. Comments may also be submitted 

by facsimile to 702–295–5300, by 

telephone at 1–877–781–6105 or on the 

Internet at http://www.nnsa.energy.gov/ 

nepa. Please title correspondence ‘‘Draft 

SWEIS Comments.’’ 

The Draft SWEIS and references are 

also available for review at the reading 

rooms listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION portion of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information on 

the Draft SWEIS, including requests for 

copies of the document, should be 

directed to Ms. Linda Cohn by contact 

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