34646 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 140 / Friday, July 20, 2018 / Notices 

Primary Counties: Grant, Hampshire, 

Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, 

Pendleton. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.500 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 155906 and for 

economic injury is 155910. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

James Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15591 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. 670 (Sub-No. 2)] 

Notice of Rail Energy Transportation 

Advisory Committee Vacancies 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice of vacancies on federal 

advisory committee and solicitation of 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (Board) hereby gives notice of two 

vacancies on its Rail Energy 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

(RETAC) for representatives of the 

electric utility industry, one of which 

must be filled by a representative of a 

state- or municipally-owned utility. The 

Board is soliciting suggestions from the 

public for candidates to fill these 

vacancies. 

DATES: Suggestions for candidates for 

membership on RETAC are due August 

20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Suggestions may be 

submitted either via the Board’s e-filing 

format or in paper format. Any person 

using e-filing should attach a document 

and otherwise comply with the 

instructions at the E–FILING link on the 

Board’s website, at http://www.stb.gov. 

Any person submitting a filing in paper 

format should send the original and 10 

copies to: Surface Transportation Board, 

Attn: Docket No. EP 670 (Sub-No. 2), 

395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20423–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael H. Higgins at 202–245–0284. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

exercises broad authority over 

transportation by rail carriers, including 

rates and services (49 U.S.C. 10701– 

10747, 11101–11124), construction, 

acquisition, operation, and 

abandonment of railroad lines (49 

U.S.C. 10901–10907), and 

consolidation, merger, or common 

control arrangements between railroads 

(49 U.S.C. 10902, 11323–11327). 

The Board established RETAC in 2007 

as a federal advisory committee 

consisting of a balanced cross-section of 

energy and rail industry stakeholders to 

provide independent, candid policy 

advice to the Board and to foster open, 

effective communication among the 

affected interests on issues such as rail 

performance, capacity constraints, 

infrastructure planning and 

development, and effective coordination 

among suppliers, railroads, and users of 

energy resources. RETAC operates 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, §§ 1–16). 

RETAC’s membership is balanced and 

representative of interested and affected 

parties, consisting of not less than: Five 

representatives from the Class I 

railroads; three representatives from 

Class II and III railroads; three 

representatives from coal producers; 

five representatives from electric 

utilities (including at least one rural 

electric cooperative and one state- or 

municipally-owned utility); four 

representatives from biofuel refiners, 

processors, or distributors, or biofuel 

feedstock growers or providers; one 

representative of the petroleum 

shipping industry; and, two 

representatives from private car owners, 

car lessors, or car manufacturers. 

RETAC may also include up to two 

members with relevant experience but 

not necessarily affiliated with one of the 

aforementioned industries or sectors. 

(The at-large seats are currently 

occupied by representatives of rail labor 

and the downstream petroleum 

production industry.) Members are 

selected by the Chairman of the Board 

with the concurrence of a majority of 

the Board. The Chairman may invite 

representatives from the U.S. 

Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and 

Transportation and the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission to serve on 

RETAC in advisory capacities as ex 

officio (non-voting) members. The 

members of the Board serve as ex officio 

members of the Committee. 

RETAC meets at least twice per year. 

Meetings are typically held at the 

Board’s headquarters in Washington, 

DC, but may be held in other locations. 

Members of RETAC serve without 

compensation and without 

reimbursement of travel expenses. 

Further information about RETAC is 

available on the RETAC page of the 

Board’s website at http://www.stb.gov/ 

stb/rail/retac.html. 

The Board is soliciting nominations 

from the public for candidates to fill two 

vacancies on RETAC for representatives 

of the electric utility industry (one of 

which must be a representative of a 

state- or municipally-owned utility) for 

a three-year term ending September 30, 

2021. According to revised guidance 

issued by the Office of Management and 

Budget, it is permissible for federally 

registered lobbyists to serve on advisory 

committees, such as RETAC, as long as 

they do so in a representative capacity, 

rather than an individual capacity. See 

Revised Guidance on Appointment of 

Lobbyists to Fed. Advisory Comms., 

Bds., & Comm’ns, 79 FR 47,482 (Aug. 

13, 2014). Members of RETAC are 

appointed to serve in a representative 

capacity. 

Nominations for candidates to fill 

these vacancies should be submitted in 

letter form and should include: (1) The 

name of the candidate; (2) the interest 

the candidate will represent; (3) a 

summary of the candidate’s experience 

and qualifications for the position; (4) a 

representation that the candidate is 

willing to serve as a member of RETAC; 

and, (5) a statement that the candidate 

agrees to serve in a representative 

capacity. Suggestions for candidates for 

membership on RETAC should be filed 

with the Board by August 20, 2018. 

Please note that submissions will be 

posted on the Board’s website under 

Docket No. EP 670 (Sub-No. 2). 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1321; 49 U.S.C. 

11101; 49 U.S.C. 11121. 

Decided: July 17, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15604 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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