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Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5165 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Advanced Scientific Computing 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Advanced Scientific 

Computing Advisory Committee 

(ASCAC). The Federal Advisory 

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

770) requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, March 27, 2012; 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Wednesday, March 

28, 2012; 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: American Geophysical 

Union (AGU), 2000 Florida Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20009–1277. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melea Baker, Office of Advanced 

Scientific Computing Research, SC–21/ 

Germantown Building, U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290, 

Telephone (301) 903–7486. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: The purpose of this 

meeting is to provide advice and 

guidance to the Department of Energy 

on scientific priorities within the field 

of advanced scientific computing 

research. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

• View from Washington 

• View from Germantown 

• Update on Exascale 

• ARRA projects—Magellan final 

report, Advanced Networking update 

• Status from Computer Science COV 

• Early Career technical talks 

• Summary of Applied Math and 

Computer Science Workshops 

• ASCR’s new SBIR awards 

• Data-intensive Science 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule) 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. A webcast of this 

meeting may be available. Please check 

the Committee’s Web site below for 

updates and information on how to 

view the meeting. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Melea Baker at (301) 903–7486 

or by email: 

Melea.Baker@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least 5 business days prior to the 

meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for viewing on the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s Office of 

Advanced Scientific Computing Web 

site at: www.sc.doe.gov/ascr/ascac/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 27, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5147 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Solicitation of Comments on a 

Proposed Change to the Disclosure 

Limitation Policy for Information 

Reported on Form EIA–819 ‘‘Monthly 

Oxygenate Report’’ 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is requesting 

comments on a proposal to change the 

data protection policy for information 

reported on fuel ethanol production 

capacity, (both nameplate and 

maximum sustainable capacity) and 

make this information publicly 

available. The data protection policy for 

all other information reported on Form 

EIA–819 ‘‘Monthly Oxygenate Report’’ 

will remain the same. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 

2, 2012. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John 

Duff. To ensure receipt of the comments 

by the due date, submission by Fax 

(202–586–4913) or email (john.duff@eia. 

gov) is recommended. The mailing 

address is John Duff, EI–25, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

John Duff may be contacted by 

telephone at 202–586–9612. The EIA– 

819 Forms and Instructions are available 

at: http://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-819. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to John Duff at the 

address listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Form EIA–819, ‘‘Monthly 

Oxygenate Report’’ collects data on 

oxygenate inputs, production, and endof-month stocks. The form is required to 

be completed by the operators of all 

facilities that produce (manufacture or 

distill) oxygenates (including MTBE 

plants, petrochemical plants, and 

refineries) as part of their operations 

located in the 50 States and the District 

of Columbia. EIA stated in its survey 

instructions that it would protect the 

information to the extent that it satisfied 

the criteria for exemption under the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 

5 U.S.C. 552, the Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulations, 10 CFR 1004.11 

implementing the FOIA, and the Trade 

Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. EIA now 

proposes to amend the instructions to 

state that EIA intends to treat all 

information reported on fuel ethanol 

production capacity, (both nameplate 

and maximum sustainable capacity) on 

Form EIA–819 as public information. 

II. Current Actions 

Beginning with the collection of July 

2012 data, EIA proposes to treat all 

information reported on fuel ethanol 

production capacity, (both nameplate 

and maximum sustainable capacity) on 

Form EIA–819 as public information 

and release it on EIA’s Web site. EIA 

will signify this change by amending the 


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instructions on Form EIA–819 to state 

that this information will be treated as 

public. The publicly available ethanol 

production capacity information would 

be identifiable by company and facility. 

The data protection policy for all other 

information reported on Form EIA–819 

will remain the same and be protected 

to the extent that the information 

qualifies as confidential commercial 

information under the criteria for 

exemption in the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552; 

the Department of Energy (DOE) 

regulations, 10 CFR part 1004, which 

implement the FOIA; and the Trade 

Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. The 

proposed policy change is based on 

EIA’s mandate for carrying out a central, 

comprehensive, and unified energy data 

and information program responsive to 

users’ needs for credible, reliable, and 

timely energy information that will 

improve and broaden understanding of 

energy in the United States. 

EIA releases on its Web site, on an 

annual basis, the atmospheric crude oil 

distillation capacity and downstream 

charge capacity, by state, for each 

refinery in the Refinery Capacity Report. 

One important use of ethanol is for 

blending with gasoline. The publication 

of fuel ethanol plant production 

capacities by facility will provide 

comparable upstream information 

similar to refineries and will be useful 

to assess upstream gasoline market 

supply conditions. By providing 

capacity information at the facility level 

for ethanol production and other refined 

petroleum products, supply conditions 

within a region or state may be assessed 

in the event of a supply disruption. 

Fuel ethanol production capacities 

were previously collected by EIA on 

Form EIA–819A ‘‘Annual Oxygenate 

Capacity Report’’ from January 1, 1993– 

1995 and released by company and 

facility in the Petroleum Supply Annual 

during that same time period. Form 

EIA–819A was discontinued in 1996. 

The proposal to release fuel ethanol 

plant production capacity collected on 

Form EIA–819 beginning with July, 

2012, reference period is consistent with 

past EIA practices and will improve the 

utility of the data by permitting 

comparisons on the growth in capacity 

at the state level over the past twenty 

years. 

EIA does not anticipate the release of 

fuel ethanol plant production capacity 

data to cause any competitive harm to 

respondents to Form EIA–819 because 

this type of information is currently 

publicly available over the Internet. The 

Renewable Fuels Association publishes 

nameplate ethanol production capacity 

as well as the actual operating 

production and under-construction 

capacity at the facility level available at 

http://www.ethanolrfa.org/bio-refinerylocations. EIA is proposing only to 

release capacity information at the 

facility level and will continue to 

protect all other information reported on 

Form EIA–819 from being released in 

identifiable form. 

III. Request for Comments 

Respondents to Form EIA–819 and 

other interested parties should comment 

on the actions discussed in item II. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be considered by EIA and 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Public Law 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 

772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5102 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP12–72–000; PF11–9–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of 

Application 

Take notice that on February 17, 2012, 

Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI), 

having its principal place of business at 

701 East Cary Street, Richmond, 

Virginia 23219, filed an application in 

Docket No. CP12–72–000 pursuant to 

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) and part 157 of the Commission’s 

Regulations, for a certificate of public 

convenience and necessity to construct 

and operate its Allegheny Storage 

Project. The Allegheny Storage Project 

consists of the construction and 

operation of facilities in Frederick 

County, Maryland; Monroe County, 

Ohio; Lewis County, West Virginia; and 

Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 

Specifically, DTI proposes to construct 

new compressor stations and 

appurtenant facilities and upgrade two 

metering and regulating stations in 

Franklin County, Maryland and Monroe 

County, Ohio; install additional glycol 

dehydration at DTI’s existing Wolf Run 

compressor station in Lewis County, 

West Virginia; construct and replace 

piping and ancillary facilities at its 

Sabinsville storage facility in Tioga 

County, Pennsylvania; and increase the 

storage capacities at its Fink Kennedy/ 

Lost Creek storage facility and 

Sabinsville storage facility, all as more 

fully set forth in the application, which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. This filing may 

also be viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Amanda K. Prestage, Regulatory and 

Certificates Analyst III, Dominion 

Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, 

Richmond, Virginia, 23219 by calling 

(804) 771–4416 or fax (804) 771–4804 or 

email Amanda.K.Prestage@dom.com. 

On July 28, 2011, the Commission 

staff granted DTI’s request to use the 

pre-filing process and assigned Docket 

No. PF11–9–000 to staff activities 

involving the Allegheny Storage Project. 

Now, as of the filing of this application 

on February 17, 2012, the NEPA PreFiling Process for this project has ended. 

From this time forward, this proceeding 

will be conducted in Docket No. CP12– 

72–000, as noted in the caption of this 

Notice. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR 

157.9, within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission’s staff will either complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission’s staff issuance of the EA 

for this proposal. The filing of the EA 

in the Commission’s public record for 

this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to reach a final 

decision on a request for federal 

authorization within 90 days of the date 

of issuance of the Commission staff’s 

EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 


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