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General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Basic Energy 

Sciences Advisory Committee will be 

renewed for a two-year period beginning 

July 29, 2011. The Committee provides 

advice and recommendations to the 

Director, Office of Science concerning 

the Basic Energy Sciences program. 

Additionally, the renewal of the Basic 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

has been determined to be essential to 

the conduct of the Department’s mission 

and to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed upon the Department of 

Energy by law and agreement. The 

Committee will operate in accordance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, and rules and 

regulations issued in implementation of 

that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Harriet Kung, Designated Federal 

Officer, by telephone at (301) 903–3081. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on July 29, 

2011. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20013 Filed 8–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, August 25, 2011; 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Barkley Centre, 111 

Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reinhard Knerr, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box 

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001, (270) 441–6825. 

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: 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda. 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments. 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments. 

• Liaisons’ Comments. 

• Administrative Issues: 

Æ Review Work Plan. 

• Subcommittee Chairs’ Comments. 

• Public Comments. 

• Final Comments. 

• Adjourn. 

Breaks Taken as Appropriate 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Reinhard 

Knerr as soon as possible in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Reinhard 

Knerr at the telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received as 

soon as possible prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Reinhard Knerr at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.pgdpcab.energy.gov/ 

2011Meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 2, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20011 Filed 8–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DoE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: 

Thursday, September 8, 2011; 9 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Friday, September 9, 2011; 8:30 a.m.–4 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hotel, 1415 5th 

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Call, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Richland 

Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue, 

P.O. Box 550, A7–75, Richland, WA, 

99352; Phone: (509) 376–2048; or Email: Paula.Call@rl.doe.gov. 

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: 

• Annual Tri-Party Agency Year-End 

Review from the U.S. Department of 

Energy-Richland Operations Office and 

Office of River Protection and, the 

Washington State Department of 

Ecology and the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, including American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act work 

progress. 

• Committee Updates, including: 

Tank Waste Committee; River and 

Plateau Committee; Health, Safety and 

Environmental Protection Committee; 

Public Involvement Committee; and 

Budgets and Contracts Committee. 

• Life-Cycle Scope, Schedule and 

Cost Report. 

• Potential Board Advice: 

Æ Third Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability. Act 

Five-Year Review. 

Æ Waste Management Area-C. 

Æ Proposed Plan for Clean Up of 

Plutonium Sites on the Central 

Plateau. 

Æ EM SSAB draft letters/advice. 

• Board Business: 

Æ Finalize Hanford Advisory Board/ 

Tri-Party Agreement Agencies 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 priorities. 

Æ Finalize FY 2012 work plan and 

calendar. 

Æ Process Manual Revisions 

Discussion. 

• Issue Manager. 

• Advice Development. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, part B was re-designated part A. 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Paula Call at 

least seven days in advance of the 

meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Paula Call at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Paula Call’s office at 

the address or phone number listed 

above. Minutes will also be available at 

the following Web site: http://www.

hanford.gov/?page=451. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 2, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20020 Filed 8–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. CW–020] 

Notice of Petition for Waiver of 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 

From the Department of Energy 

Residential Clothes Washer Test 

Procedure, and Grant of Interim Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, 

notice of grant of interim waiver, and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of and publishes the Samsung 

Electronics America, Inc. (Samsung) 

petition for waiver and application for 

interim waiver (hereafter, ‘‘petition’’) 

from specified portions of the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) test 

procedure for determining the energy 

consumption of clothes washers. 

Today’s notice also grants an interim 

waiver of the clothes washer test 

procedure. Through this notice, DOE 

also solicits comments with respect to 

the Samsung petition. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information with respect to the 

Samsung petition until September 7, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by case number CW–020, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: AS_Waiver_Requests@ee.

doe.gov Include ‘‘Case No. CW–020’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J/ 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please 

submit one signed original paper copy. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Please submit 

one signed original paper copy. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

should include the agency name and 

case number for this proceeding. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, Portable Document 

Format (PDF), or text (American 

Standard Code for Information 

Interchange (ASCII)) file format and 

avoid the use of special characters or 

any form of encryption. Wherever 

possible, include the electronic 

signature of the author. DOE does not 

accept telefacsimiles (faxes). 

Any person submitting written 

comments must also send a copy to the 

petitioner, pursuant to 10 CFR 

430.27(d). The contact information for 

the petitioner is: Michael Moss, Director 

of Corporate Environmental Affairs, 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 

18600 Broadwick Street, Rancho 

Dominguez, CA 90220. 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies to DOE: One 

copy of the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document with the 

information believed to be confidential 

deleted. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

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 which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) a date 

upon which such information might 

lose its confidential nature due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

review the background documents 

relevant to this matter, you may visit the 

U.S. Department of Energy, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., (Resource Room of the 

Building Technologies Program), 

Washington, DC 20024; (202) 586–2945, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Available documents include the 

following items: (1) This notice; (2) 

public comments received; (3) the 

petition for waiver and application for 

interim waiver; and (4) prior DOE 

waivers and rulemakings regarding 

similar clothes washer products. Please 

call Ms. Brenda Edwards at the above 

telephone number for additional 

information regarding visiting the 

Resource Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mail Stop EE– 

2J, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9611. E-mail: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7796. E-mail: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III, part B of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291– 

6309, as codified), established the 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products Other Than 

Automobiles, a program covering most 

major household appliances, which 

includes the clothes washers that are the 

focus of this notice.1 Part B includes 

definitions, test procedures, labeling 

provisions, energy conservation 

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