67348 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2013 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 6, 

2013. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26976 Filed 11–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Invitation for Public Comment on Draft 

Test Plan for the High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and 

Development Project (CDP) 

AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office 

of Nuclear Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is providing notice of 

request for public comment on its draft 

test plan for the High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and Development 

Project (CDP). The test plan will guide 

the Department’s activities, research, 

and development throughout the 

execution of the High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and Development 

Project. The draft test plan places its 

focus on ‘‘why’’ the project is being 

performed and ‘‘what’’ the Department 

plans to accomplish with the CDP. The 

details on ‘‘how’’ the test plan will be 

executed will be added when Dominion 

Virginia Power, who is part of the 

Electric Power research Institute (EPRI) 

team, submits a License Amendment 

Request for the existing North Anna 

Generating Station Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The 

License Amendment Request will be 

submitted to the NRC in the future. The 

public will be provided an opportunity 

to provide comments to the NRC on the 

CDP test plan at that time. The DOE’s 

Office of Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition 

Research and Development has 

coordinated this effort in collaboration 

with its contractor EPRI and several 

DOE national laboratories. The DOE is 

seeking public stakeholder comment to 

ensure CDP resources are invested 

wisely to achieve measurable 

improvements in our Nation’s data on 

High Burnup Casks. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 12, 2013. 

Comments received after this date will 

be considered if it is practical to do so; 

however, the DOE is only able to ensure 

consideration of comments received on 

or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Form: Go to http://

www.id.energy.gov/insideNEID/

PublicInvolvement.htm. Locate the area 

on the page that pertains to the draft test 

plan for the High Burnup Dry Storage 

Cask Research and Development Project 

(CDP). Click on the link for the 

electronic comment form. Populate the 

form and click on ‘‘Submit’’. 

E-Mail: CDP@id.doe.gov. 

Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, C/O 

Melissa Bates, 1955 Freemont Ave., MS 

1235, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Energy, Willow Creek 

Building Ground Floor, Room 185B, 

1955 Fremont Ave., Attn: Melissa Bates, 

Idaho Falls, ID, between 8 a.m. and 3:30 

p.m. MT, Monday through Thursday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 208–526–6249. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Melissa Bates, Contracting Officers 

Representative, High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and Development 

Project, U.S. Department of Energy— 

Idaho Operations Office, MS 1235, 1955 

Fremont Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83415, 

(208) 526–4652, batesmc@id.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Energy (DOE) has 

performed recent assessments focusing 

on long-term aging issues important to 

the performance of the structures, 

systems, and components of the dry 

cask storage systems for high burnup 

spent nuclear fuel. A number of 

technical issues and research and data 

needs have emerged from these 

assessments. DOE has determined that a 

large scale cask research and 

development project using various 

configurations of dry storage cask 

systems and experiments would be 

beneficial. 

A draft test plan for the High Burnup 

Dry Storage Cask Research and 

Development Project (CDP) has been 

drafted by DOE’s contractor the Electric 

Power Research Institute (EPRI) to 

document what is planned to be 

accomplished by the CDP. DOE is 

soliciting comments from the public to 

obtain feedback on what the Department 

plans to execute. 

A copy of the draft test plan can be 

found at the following link: http://

www.id.energy.gov/insideNEID/

PublicInvolvement.htm. Locate the area 

on the page that pertains to the High 

Burnup Dry Storage Cask Research and 

Development Project (CDP). Click on the 

link for the draft test plan. 

Submitting Comments 

Stakeholder’s comments should be 

aligned, if possible, with the goals and 

objectives of the CDP. All comments 

will be considered that are received by 

the deadline that appears in the DATES

section. 

Instructions: Submit comments via 

any of the mechanisms set forth in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Identify your 

name, organization affiliation, 

comments on the draft test plan, email, 

and phone number. If an email or phone 

number is included, it will allow the 

DOE to contact the commenter if 

questions or clarifications arise. No 

responses will be provided to 

commenters in regards to the 

disposition of their comments. All 

comments will be officially recorded 

without change or edit, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Data collected via the 

mechanisms listed above will not be 

protected from the public view in any 

way. DOE does not intend to publish the 

comments received externally; however, 

data collected will be seen by multiple 

entities while comments are resolved. 

Dated: November 5, 2013. 

Jay Jones, 

Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office of 

Nuclear Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26977 Filed 11–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–362] 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Announcement of Public Hearings for 

the Proposed Champlain Hudson 

Power Express Transmission Line 

Project; Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) published a document in the 

Federal Register of November 1, 2013, 

announcing the availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

public hearings for the proposed 

Champlain Hudson Power Express 

transmission line project. This 

document corrects an error in that 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Brian Mills at 

Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

1, 2013 in FR Doc. 2013–26080, 78 FR 

65622, please make the following 

correction: 


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Holiday Inn Albany Wolf Road .................................... Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 6:00 p.m ................... 205 Wolf Rd., Albany, NY 12205. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 5, 

2013. 

Brian Mills, 

NEPA Compliance Officer, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26983 Filed 11–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will be used to 

report the progress of participants in the 

DOE Better Buildings programs, 

including the Better Buildings 

Challenge, Better Buildings, Better 

Plants program, and the Better Buildings 

Alliance. These voluntary programs are 

intended to drive greater energy 

efficiency in the commercial and 

industrial marketplace to create cost 

savings and jobs. This will be 

accomplished by highlighting the ways 

participants overcome market barriers 

and persistent obstacles with replicable, 

marketplace solutions. These programs 

will showcase real solutions and partner 

with industry leaders to better 

understand policy and technical 

opportunities. Since the published 60- 

Day Notice and request for comments on 

April 11, 2013, Vol. 78, No. 70, page 

21602, there are noted changes to the 

following supplemental information 

items: (6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses are reduced from 3,178 

to 2,333; (7) Annual Estimated Number 

of Burden Hours are reduced from 5,077 

to 4,651.89; and (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden is reduced from$194,926 to 

$183,610. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

December 12, 2013. If you anticipate 

that you will be submitting comments, 

but find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the DOE Desk Officer at 

OMB of your intention to make a 

submission as soon as possible. The 

Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202– 

395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

And to Nancy Gonzalez, EE–2F/

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or 

by fax at 202–586–5234 or by email at 

nancy.gonzalez@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Nancy Gonzalez, EE–2F/

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or 

by fax at 202–586–5234 or by email at 

nancy.gonzalez@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.1910–5141; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Better 

Buildings Challenge, Better Buildings 

Alliance and the Better Buildings, Better 

Plants Voluntary Pledge Program; (3) 

Type of Request: Amendment; (4) 

Purpose: The collected information is 

being amended to be used to report the 

progress of participants in the Better 

Buildings Alliance, as well as additional 

information for the Better Buildings, 

Better Plants program. The collection is 

being amended to account for an 

increase in the number of respondents; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Respondents: 550; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 2,333; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 4,651.89; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: $183,610. 

Statutory Authority: Section 421 of the 

Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 (42 U.S.C. 17081); Section 911 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 16191). 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 1, 

2013. 

Maria Vargas, 

Director, Better Buildings Challenge, 

Buildings Technologies Office, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26984 Filed 11–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP00–401–001] 

AltaGas Facilities (U.S.), Inc. (AltaGas); 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on October 21, 2013, 

AltaGas Facilities (U.S.), Inc. (AltaGas), 

1700, 355 4th Avenue SW., Calgary, 

Alberta T2P 0J1, filed an application in 

Docket No. CP00–401–001, requesting 

authorization to terminate its Natural 

Gas Act section 3 authorization and its 

related Presidential Permit for its 

facilities extending from the 

international boundary in Toole County, 

Montana to Alberta, Canada. This filing 

is available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site 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, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

On July 31, 2001, AltaGas was 

authorized to construct, connect, 

operate, and maintain 60 feet of six-inch 

diameter natural gas pipeline extending 

from the international boundary with 

Canada in T37N, R3W, to an 

interconnection with the natural gas 

gathering facilities which AltaGas owns 

in Toole County, Montana. In addition 

with the request to terminate the section 

3 authorization, AltaGas also requests 

waiver of the requirement to remove the 

pipeline, as required by Article 9 of its 

Presidential Permit. AltaGas proposes to 

abandon the 60 foot pipeline in-place. 

The pipeline would be treated, capped, 

and tagged underground prior to its 

abandonment. The records of the 

internal and external corrosion control 

programs would be maintained for two 

years. 


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