### 8324 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 / Notices

Dated: February 8, 2012. Faye Lipsky, Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–3291 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am]

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**TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY**

**[Meeting No. 12–01]**

**Sunshine Act Meeting Notice, February 16, 2012** 

The TVA Board of Directors will hold a public meeting on February 16, 2012, in the Missionary Ridge Auditorium at TVA’s Chattanooga Office Complex, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The public may comment on any agenda item or subject at a public listening session which begins at 9 a.m. (ET). Following the end of the public listening session, the meeting will be called to order to consider the agenda items listed below. On-site registration will be available until 15 minutes before the public listening session begins at 9 a.m. (ET). Pre-registered speakers will address the Board first. TVA management will answer questions from the news media following the Board meeting.

**STATUS :**  Open. Agenda

Chairman’s Welcome

Old Business

Approval of minutes of November 17, 2011, Board Meeting

New Business

1. Report from President and CEO. 2. Report of the Finance, Rates, and Portfolio Committee.

A. Financial Report. B. Portfolio Report. C. Small Manufacturing Credit Modification.

3. Report of the Customer and External Relations Committee.

A. Charter Amendment. 4. Report of the Nuclear Oversight Committee.

5. Report of the Audit, Risk, and Regulation Committee.

6. Report of the People and Performance Committee.

For more information: Please call TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. People who plan to attend the meeting and have special needs should call (865) 632–6000. Anyone who wishes to comment on any of the agenda in writing may send their comments to: TVA Board of Directors, Board Agenda Comments, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.

Dated: February 9, 2012. Ralph E. Rodgers General Counsel and Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–3482 Filed 2–10–12; 11:15 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis**  **(AERIS) User Needs Workshop; Notice of Public Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will host a free public workshop to discuss the Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) Program and solicit user needs for its Transformative Concepts on March 14, 2012, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 15, 2012, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hall of States, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20001, 202–624–5490. On March 14th, the first three hours of the workshop will also be webcast at no charge for those participants who are not able to participate in person. An electronic feedback form will be made available to allow participants to provide additional input.

Persons planning to attend any part ofthe workshop or participate in the threehour Webinar should register online at http://www.itsa.org/AERIS

_ User

_ Needs

_ Workshop by February 29, 2012. Please specify if you plan to attend in person or participate via Webinar. For additional questions, please contact Adam Hopps at Ahopps@ITSA.org or 202–680–0091. About the AERIS Program

At the core of Federal ITS research is connected vehicle research—a multimodal initiative that aims to enable safe, interoperable networked wireless communications among vehicles, the infrastructure, and passengers’ personal communications devices. This research leverages the potentially transformative capabilities of wireless technology to make surface transportation safer, smarter, and greener. The objective of the AERIS research program is to generate andacquire environmentally-relevant realtime transportation data, and use these data to create actionable information that supports and facilitates ‘‘green’’ transportation choices by transportation system users and operators. Employing a multi-modal approach, the AERIS Program will work in partnership with the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications research efforts to better define how connected vehicle data and applications might contribute to mitigating some of the negative environmental impacts of surface transportation.
About the AERIS User Needs Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to obtain stakeholder input on the Concepts of Operations (ConOps) that will be developed for the set of AERIS Transformative Concepts. Transformative Concepts are integrated operational concepts that use V2V, V2I, and other data and communications in innovative ways to operate surface transportation networks to reduce transportation-related emissions and fuel consumption. Transformative Concepts are intended to change the way surface transportation systems operate, with an emphasis on combining connected vehicle applications to provide significant environmental benefits. The AERIS Transformative Concepts include: (1) Eco-signaloperations, (2) eco-lanes, (3) lowemissions zone, (4) eco-traveler information, (5) support for alternativefuel vehicle operations, and (6) ecointegrated corridor management. During this workshop, the AERIS team will facilitate interactive breakout sessions to obtain stakeholder input on desired capabilities, data needs, and modeling needs. This valuable feedback will be utilized by the USDOT to further define the Transformative Concepts and provide input into the ConOps. Input from this workshop will enable the USDOT in conducting future research and modeling to determine potential environmental benefits in a connected vehicle environment. For more information on the AERIS Program and the Transformative Concepts, visit: http://www.its.dot.gov/aeris/index.htm.

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 8th day of February 2012. Shelley Row, Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2012–3349 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am]

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