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resources to organize the hearing and by 

notifying the public about the hearing, 

such as through this notice. Following 

the PPAC public hearing, the USPTO 

will publish a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking in the Federal Register, 

setting forth its proposed patent fees. 

Requests to Present Oral Testimony 

Interested members of the public are 

invited to testify at the PPAC hearing 

about the proposed patent fees and the 

questions posed on PPAC’s website 

about the proposed fees. Those wishing 

to present oral testimony at the hearing 

must submit a request in writing no 

later than August 29, 2018. Requests to 

testify should indicate the following: (1) 

The name of the person wishing to 

testify; (2) the person’s contact 

information (telephone number and 

email address); (3) the organization(s) 

the person represents, if any; and (4) an 

indication of the amount of time needed 

for the testimony. Requests to testify 

must be submitted by email to Jennifer 

Lo at Jennifer.Lo@uspto.gov. Speakers 

providing testimony at the hearing 

should submit a written copy of their 

testimony for inclusion in the record of 

the proceedings no later than September 

13, 2018. 

Based upon the requests received, an 

agenda for witness testimony will be 

sent to testifying requesters and posted 

on the USPTO internet website (address: 

www.uspto.gov/about-us/performanceand-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting). 

If time permits, the PPAC may permit 

unscheduled testimony as well. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Andrei Iancu, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16432 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer at the address or phone number 

listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Li, Designated Federal Officer, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number 

202–287–5718; and email: michael.li@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Welcome new 

STEAB members. Discuss 

recommendations from STEAB to the 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Michael Li at the address 

or telephone number listed above. 

Requests to make oral comments must 

be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on July 27, 

2018. 

Latanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16458 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on National Offshore Wind Energy 

R&D Test Facilities 

AGENCY: Wind Energy Technologies 

Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) 

regarding national-level test facilities for 

offshore wind-specific research and 

development. The Wind Energy 

Technologies Office (WETO) is seeking 

information on facilities that can 

conduct unique offshore wind research 

and development (R&D) in the U.S., 

what upgrades to existing facilities or 

new facilities are needed for the U.S. to 

be at the cutting edge of offshore wind 

R&D, and what specific tests and 

analyses could be carried out at existing, 

upgraded, or new facilities in order to 

advance the U.S. offshore wind 

industry. 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received by September 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to 

submit comments electronically to 

osw.rfi@ee.doe.gov. Include ‘‘National 

Offshore Wind Energy R&D Test 

Facilities’’ in the subject of the title. 

Responses must be provided as 

attachments to an email. It is 

recommended that attachments with file 

sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed 

(i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. 

Responses must be provided as a 

Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to 

the email, and no more than 10 pages in 

length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. 

Only electronic responses will be 

accepted. The complete RFI document 

is located at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be addressed to Alana 

Duerr, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, (202) 287–6953, or osw.rfi@

ee.doe.gov. Further instruction can be 

found in the RFI document number DE– 

FOA–0001963 posted on EERE 

Exchange (https://eereexchange.energy.gov/). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback 

from industry, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, and 

other stakeholders on issues related to 

national offshore wind test facilities. 

WETO is specifically interested in 

information on: The facilities in the U.S. 

that are available for offshore windspecific experimentation and testing; 

facilities upgrades or new facilities that 

are required in the U.S. for offshore 

wind testing in order to perform cutting 

edge R&D; and, the most pressing R&D 

needs that would utilize existing, 

upgraded, or new U.S. offshore wind 

specific facilities. The RFI is available 

at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ 

Confidential Business Information 

Because information received in 

response to this RFI may be used to 

structure future programs, funding and/ 

or otherwise be made available to the 


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public, respondents are strongly advised 

to not include any information in their 

responses that might be considered 

business sensitive, proprietary, or 

otherwise confidential. If, however, a 

respondent chooses to submit business 

sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise 

confidential information, it must be 

clearly and conspicuously marked as 

such in the response as detailed in the 

RFI [DE–FOA–0001963] at: https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person that would result 

from public disclosure; (6) when such 

information might lose its confidential 

character due to the passage of time; and 

(7) why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 27, 

2018. 

Valerie Reed, 

Acting Director, Wind Energy Technologies 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16453 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on National Wind Technology Center 

Facility and Infrastructure Investments 

AGENCY: Wind Energy Technologies 

Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) 

number DE–FOA–0001959 regarding the 

National Wind Technology Center. The 

purpose of this RFI is to address the 

growing research and development 

(R&D) interest in the use of the National 

Renewable Energy Laboratory’s 

(NREL’s) National Wind Technology 

Center (NWTC) facilities for renewable 

energy, energy storage, and grid 

integration technology development and 

testing. 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received by no later than 5:00pm (ET) 

on August 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to 

submit comments electronically to 

NWTC_EERE_RFI@ee.doe.gov. Include 

National Wind Technology Center 

Facility and Infrastructure Investments 

in the subject of the title. Responses 

must be provided as attachments to an 

email. It is recommended that 

attachments with file sizes exceeding 

25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to 

ensure message delivery. Responses 

must be provided as an attachment to 

the email, and no more than 10 pages in 

length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. 

Only electronic responses will be 

accepted. The complete RFI document 

is located at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be addressed to Gary 

Nowakowski who can be reached at 

(720) 356–1732 or Gary.Nowakowski@

ee.doe.gov. Further instruction can be 

found in the RFI document posted on 

EERE Exchange. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback 

from industry, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, and 

other stakeholders on energy efficiency 

and renewable energy R&D testing needs 

and the associated equipment, facilities 

and infrastructure needed to ensure 

continued world class energy 

technology development at the NWTC. 

This is solely a request for information 

and NOT a Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA). EERE is not 

accepting applications. The RFI is 

available at: https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

Confidential Business Information 

Because information received in 

response to this RFI may be used to 

structure future programs, funding and/ 

or otherwise be made available to the 

public, respondents are strongly advised 

to not include any information in their 

responses that might be considered 

business sensitive, proprietary, or 

otherwise confidential. If, however, a 

respondent chooses to submit business 

sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise 

confidential information, it must be 

clearly and conspicuously marked as 

such in the response as detailed in the 

RFI [DE–FOA–0001959] at: https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person that would result 

from public disclosure; (6) when such 

information might lose its confidential 

character due to the passage of time; and 

(7) why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 27, 

2018. 

Valerie Reed, 

Acting Director, Wind Energy Technologies 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16454 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Saturday, August 25, 2018, 9:00 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Black Bear Inn & Suites, 

1100 Parkway, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 

37738. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Alternate Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office 

of Environmental Management (OREM), 

P.O. Box 2001, EM–942, Oak Ridge, TN 

37831. Phone (865) 241–3315; Fax (865) 

241–6932; E-mail: Melyssa.Noe@

orem.doe.gov. Or visit the website at 

https://energy.gov/orem/services/ 

community-engagement/oak-ridge-sitespecific-advisory-board. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Welcome and Announcements 

• Introduction of New Members 

• Comments from the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Presentations from the DOE, 

Tennessee Department of Environment 


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