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1 International Energy Outlook 2013, http://

www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/. 

2R. Hamm, M. Hamm, Industrial Accelerators 

and Their Applications, (World Scientific, 

Singapore: 2012). 

3Environmental Applications of Ionizing 

Radiation, W. Cooper, R. Curry, and K. O’Shea, 

Editors, (John Wiley & Sons, New York: 1998). 

4 ‘‘Accelerators for America’s Future’’, http://

science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/accelerator-rdstewardship/Report.pdf (2009). 

5Office of High Energy Physics Accelerator R&D 

Task Force Report, May 2012 http://

science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/accelerator-rdstewardship/Accelerator_Task_Force_Report.pdf. 

Proposed Action 

DOE’s Proposed Action is to develop 

guidance that can be used in making 

decisions to support the State of Hawaii 

in achieving the HCEI’s goals. 

For the Hawaii Clean Energy Draft 

PEIS, DOE and the State of Hawaii 

identified 31 clean energy technologies 

and activities associated with potential 

future actions and grouped them into 

five clean energy categories: 

• Energy efficiency, 

• Distributed renewable energy 

technologies, 

• Utility-scale renewable energy 

technologies, 

• Alternative transportation fuels and 

modes, and 

• Electrical transmission and 

distribution. 

For each activity or technology, the 

Draft PEIS identifies potential impacts 

to 17 environmental resource areas and 

potential best management practices 

that could be used to minimize or 

prevent those potential environmental 

impacts. 

Document Availability 

The Hawaii Clean Energy Draft PEIS 

is posted at http://

hawaiicleanenergypeis.com and http://

energy.gov/nepa/eis-0459-hawaii-cleanenergy-programmatic-environmentalimpact-statement. To obtain a compact 

disk (CD) of the Draft PEIS, contact Dr. 

Summerson at the address under 

ADDRESSES above, online at http://

hawaiicleanenergypeis.com, or by email 

to hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov. 

Printed copies of the complete PEIS are 

available at: 

• Hawaii State Library, 478 South 

King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. 

• Lanai Public and School Library, 

555 Fraser Ave, Lanai City, HI 96763. 

• Wailuku Public Library, 251 High 

Street, Wailuku, HI 96793. 

• Molokai Public Library, 15 Ala 

Malama, Kaunakakai, HI 96748. 

• Hilo Public Library, 300 

Waianuenue Ave, Hilo, HI 96720. 

• Kailua-Kona Public Library, 75–138 

Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. 

• Lihue Public Library, 4344 Hardy 

Street, Lihue, HI 96766. 

• Kaneohe Public Library, 45–829 

Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, HI 

96744. 

DOE will provide a printed copy of 

the Summary or complete Draft PEIS 

upon request. However, due to the size 

of the document (approximately 60 

pages for the Summary and 1,300 pages 

for the complete Draft PEIS), DOE 

recommends that interested parties take 

advantage of the download or CD 

options. If a printed copy is required, 

contact Dr. Jane Summerson at the 

address above or by email to 

hawaiicleanenergypeis@ee.doe.gov. 

Public Hearings 

The Department invites interested 

parties to provide comments on the 

Draft PEIS at public hearings to be held 

May 12 through May 22, 2014, at: 

• May 12: Kauai, Kauai War 

Memorial, Convention Hall, 4191 Hardy 

Street, Lihue, HI 96766. 

• May 13: Hawaii, Kealakehe High 

School, 74–5000 Puohulihuli Street, 

Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. 

• May 14: Hawaii, Aunty Sally 

Kaleohano’s Luau Hale, 799 Piilani 

Street, Hilo, HI 96720. 

• May 15: Maui, Pomaikai Elementary 

School, 4650 South Kamehameha 

Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732. 

• May 19: Molokai, Kaunakakai 

Elementary School, 30 Ailoa Street, 

Kaunakakai, HI 96748. 

• May 20: Lanai, Lanai High & 

Elementary School, 555 Fraser Avenue, 

Lanai City, HI 96763. 

• May 21: Oahu, Kawananakoa 

Middle School, 49 Funchal Street, 

Honolulu, HI 96813. 

• May 22: Oahu, James B. Castle High 

School, 45–386 Kaneohe Bay Drive, 

Kaneohe, HI 96744. 

Each hearing will begin at 5:00 p.m. 

and end at 8:30 p.m. Each hearing will 

start with an open house (5:00–5:45), 

when Federal and State personnel and 

their contractors will be available to 

answer questions in an informal setting. 

The open house will be followed by a 

presentation (5:45–6:00) by Dr. 

Summerson, who will describe the 

PEIS, the NEPA process, and the 

methods that can be used to submit 

comments. During the remainder of the 

hearing, interested parties may present 

oral comments to DOE. A court reporter 

will transcribe the comments presented 

at each hearing. Individuals wishing to 

speak at a hearing should register when 

they arrive. DOE will initially allot three 

minutes to each commenter to ensure 

that as many people as possible have the 

opportunity to speak. More time may be 

provided, as circumstances permit. 

Written comments may be submitted at 

the hearing or by the other methods 

described in ADDRESSES above. DOE will 

give equal consideration to oral and 

written comments in preparing the 

Hawaii Clean Energy Final PEIS. 

Issued in Washington, DC, April 14, 2014. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08848 Filed 4–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed New Program in 

Stewardship of Accelerator 

Technologies for Energy and 

Environmental Applications 

AGENCY: Office of High Energy Physics, 

Office of Science, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Office of High Energy 

Physics, as DOE’s lead office for longterm accelerator R&D, invites interested 

parties to provide input on a possible 

new program to perform R&D leading to 

advances in particle accelerator 

technology used in energy and 

environmental applications. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

May 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by email only. 

Comments must be sent to 

EnergyEnvironmentRFI@science.doe.gov 

with the subject line ‘‘Stewardship RFI 

Comments’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Eric R. Colby, (301)–903–5475, 

Eric.Colby@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Challenge 

With world energy consumption 

predicted to grow by 56% between 2010 

and 2040,1 innovations that reduce 

pollutants from energy production, 

improve energy efficiency of industrial 

processes, and develop cost-effective 

techniques to clean up water and 

destroy environmental toxins will 

become increasingly important both to 

sustaining economic growth, and to 

protecting the environment. 

Accelerator technologies have been 

demonstrated to have significant impact 

in each of these areas,2345 but have not 

reached a sufficient level of technical 

maturity and economy to be widely 

adopted. 

The Response 

The U.S. Department of Energy, acting 

through the Office of High Energy 

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6 ‘‘Accelerators and Beams: Tools of Discovery 

and Innovation’’, APS–DPB brochure, http://

www.aps.org/units/dpb/upload/accel_beams_

2013.pdf. 

7See http://manufacturing.gov/ for an NNMI 

program description. 

Physics in the Office of Science, has 

developed a program in Accelerator 

Stewardship to serve as a catalyst in 

transitioning accelerator technologies to 

applications beyond High Energy 

Physics. 

The Stewardship Program will apply 

the scientific and technical resources of 

the DOE accelerator R&D program to 

facilitate developing accelerator 

technology innovations into practice. 

Accelerator technology includes the 

accelerator structures, high power radio 

frequency and microwave sources and 

systems, high efficiency high-voltage 

pulsed-power systems, particle beam 

transport using magnetic components, 

and high power targets for producing 

secondary beams. Sophisticated 

superconducting magnets and 

accelerators now routinely produce 

magnetic and electromagnetic fields of 

unsurpassed strength, power, and 

quality. Accelerator technology also 

includes computer control and 

automation systems, supporting laser 

systems, safety systems, and 

diagnostics. 

Accelerators produce high power 

particle beams of electrons and protons 

that have been used to generate a wide 

array of intense secondary beams, 

principally neutrons and photons. 

Spectral control of both primary and 

secondary beams has become 

sophisticated, allowing beams to be 

specifically tailored to meet demanding 

application requirements.6

The Stewardship Program will pursue 

several technical ‘‘thrust areas’’, each of 

which will address an identified group 

of technically related challenges that, if 

solved, will result in high impact to 

society. 

In the process, high technology will 

be transferred from the DOE accelerator 

R&D program into broader use, new 

public/private partnerships will be 

fostered, and high quality high 

technology jobs will be created. 

Request for information: The objective 

of this request for information is to 

gather information about opportunities 

for research and development of 

accelerator technologies to address 

national challenges in energy and the 

environment. 

The questions below are intended to 

assist in the formulation of comments, 

and should not be considered as a 

limitation on either the number or the 

issues that may be addressed in such 

comments. All comments will be made 

public. 

The DOE Office of High Energy 

Physics is specifically interested in 

receiving input pertaining to any of the 

following questions: 

Application Areas With High Impact 

1. What are the most promising 

applications of accelerator technology 

to: 

a. Produce safe and clean energy? 

b. Lower the cost, increase the 

efficiency, or reduce the environmental 

impact of conventional energy 

production processes? 

c. Monitor and treat pollutants and/or 

contaminants in industrial processes? 

d. Monitor and treat pollutants 

produced in energy production? 

e. Increase the efficiency of industrial 

processes with accelerator- or RF/

microwave-based processes? 

f. Treat contaminants in domestic 

water supplies and waste water streams? 

g. Treat contaminants in the 

environment at large (cleanup 

activities)? 

h. Produce alternative fuel sources? 

i. Address critical environmental or 

energy related issues not already 

mentioned? 

2. How should Federal, State, or Local 

regulators consider technologies in 

determining regulatory compliance? 

3. What metrics could be used to 

estimate the long-term impact of 

investments in new accelerator 

technologies? 

For Each Proposed Application of 

Accelerator Technology 

Present State of the Technology 

4. What are the current technologies 

deployed for this application? 

5. Does accelerator technology have 

the potential to revolutionize the 

application or make possible something 

that was previously thought impossible? 

6. Does the US lead or lag foreign 

competition in this application area? 

7. What are the current obstacles 

(technical, regulatory, operational, and 

economic) that prevent the technology 

from being adopted? 

8. How is accelerator technology used 

in the application? 

9. Does the performance of the 

accelerator (either technical, 

operational, or cost) limit the 

application? 

10. What efforts (both public and 

private, both domestic and off-shore) 

currently exist to develop this 

application? 

11. What are the perceived and actual 

market barriers for the final product? 

12. What aspects of the overall 

technology solution are proprietary or 

likely to be developed as proprietary, 

and what aspects are non-proprietary? 

Defining the Stewardship Need 

13. What is the present technology 

readiness level (TRL) of the accelerator 

technology for this application? 

14. What resources (both skill and 

infrastructure) are needed to advance 

the technology to a prototype phase? 

15. What mix of institutions 

(industrial, academic, lab) could best 

carry out the required R&D, and who 

should drive the R&D? 

16. What collaboration models would 

be most effective for pursuing joint 

R&D? 

17. Would partnering with a DOE 

National Laboratory be beneficial for the 

required R&D? Which laboratories could 

provide the greatest leverage? 

18. Should cost sharing be considered 

for a grant or contract to pursue the 

R&D? 

19. How should R&D efforts engage 

with other innovation and 

manufacturing initiatives, such as the 

NNMI? 7

20. In what ways are the R&D needs 

not met by existing federal programs? 

21. At what point in the 

manufacturing development cycle 

would external support no longer be 

needed? 

22. What metrics should be used to 

assess the progress of a stewardship 

effort? 

Other Factors 

23. Are there other factors, not 

addressed by the questions above, that 

impact the successful adoption of 

accelerator technology for industrial 

purposes? 

Depending on the response to this 

RFI, a subsequent workshop may be 

held to further explore and elaborate the 

opportunities. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 

2014. 

Michael Procario, 

Acting Associate Director, Office of High 

Energy Physics. 

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Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP14–722–000. 

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