64970 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 24, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

and Development Technical Advisory 

Committee. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that agencies publish these 

notices in the Federal Register. 

DATES: 

November 14, 2012: 1:30 p.m.–5:30 

p.m. 

November 15, 2012: 9:00 a.m.–4:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elliott Levine, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586– 

1476; email: Elliott.Levine@ee.doe.gov 

or Roy Tiley at (410) 997–7778 ext. 220; 

email: rtiley@bcs-hq.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance that promotes 

research and development leading to the 

production of biobased fuels and 

biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D 

Activities 

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D 

Activities 

• Annual Committee Recommendations 

• Update on the Biomass Research and 

Development Initiative 

• USDA/DOE Project Presentations 

• Update on Joint DPA Initiative 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee. To 

attend the meeting and/or to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you must contact Elliott 

Levine at 202–586–1476; email: 

Elliott.Levine@ee.doe.gov or Roy Tiley at 

(410) 997–7778 ext. 220; email: 

rtiley@bcs-hq.com at least 5 business 

days prior to the meeting. Members of 

the public will be heard in the order in 

which they sign up at the beginning of 

the meeting. Reasonable provision will 

be made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The Co-chairs 

of the Committee will make every effort 

to hear the views of all interested 

parties. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. The Co-chairs will conduct the 

meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct 

of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying at the following Web site: 

http://biomassboard.gov/committee/ 

meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on October 18, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26190 Filed 10–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14332–000] 

Historic Harrisville, Inc.; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing With 

the Commission, Intent To Waive 

Scoping, Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, Soliciting 

Comments, Terms and Conditions, and 

Recommendations, and Establishing 

an Expedited Schedule for Processing 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Exemption 

from Licensing. 

b. Project No.: 14332–000. 

c. Date Filed: December 5, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Historic Harrisville, Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Cheshire Mills 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On Nubanusit Brook, in 

the Town of Harrisville, Cheshire 

County, New Hampshire. The project 

would not occupy lands of the United 

States. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Linda 

Willett, Historic Harrisville, Inc., P.O. 

Box 79, 69 Main Street, Harrisville, NH 

03450, (603) 827–3722. 

i. FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, 

(202) 502–8328 or 

brandon.cherry@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, terms 

and conditions, and recommendations: 

Due to the small size and particular 

location of this project and the close 

coordination with state and federal 

agencies during the preparation of the 

application, the 60-day timeframe in 18 

CFR 4.34(b) is shortened. Instead, 

motions to intervene and protests, 

comments, terms and conditions, and 

recommendations will be due 30 days 

from the issuance date of this notice. All 

reply comments must be filed with the 

Commission within 45 days from the 

date of this notice. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676; or, for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. The proposed Cheshire Mills 

Hydroelectric Project would consist of: 

(1) The existing 94-foot-long, 29-foothigh quarried-stone Cheshire Mills Dam 

with a 38-foot-long, 27-foot-high 

spillway section; (2) an existing 0.2-acre 

impoundment with a normal maximum 

water surface elevation of 1,282.85 feet 

mean sea level; (3) an existing intake 

structure with a 24-foot-high, 5-footwide trashrack that would be modified 

to have 1-inch clear bar spacing, and a 

4-foot-high, 4-foot-wide sluice gate; (4) 

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