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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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