### 41838 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 137 / Monday, July 19, 2010 / Notices

Dated: July 14, 2010. James H. Shelton III, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 2010–17580 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy, Office of Science.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Open Meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). 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 :**  Thursday, August 5, 2010, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., and Friday, August 6, 2010,
9 a.m. to 12 noon.

**ADDRESSES :**  Washington DC/Rockville Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Katie Perine; Office of Basic Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–6529

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of this meeting is to provide advice and guidance with respect to the basic energy sciences research program.

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will include discussions of the following:

• News from Office of Science/DOE

• News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences

• Computational Materials Science and Chemistry for Innovation Workshop

• Final Report on the Science for Energy Technologies Workshop

• EFRC Update

• COV Reports Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. 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 Katie Perine at 301–903–6594 (fax) or katie.perine@science.doe.gov (e-mail). 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 public review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room; 1E–190, Forrestal Building; 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.; Washington, DC 20585; between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 14,
2010. Rachel Samuel, Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Energy Information Administration**

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;**  **Comment Request**

**AGENCY :**  Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy (DOE).

**ACTION :**  Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request.

**SUMMARY :**  The EIA is soliciting comments on proposed revisions and three-year extensions to the Forms: EIA–1, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring

Report—General Industries and Blast Furnaces ’’ (Standby); EIA–3, ‘‘ Quarterly Coal Consumption

and Quality Report—Manufacturing and Transformation/Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users; ’’ EIA–4, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring

Report—Coke Plants ’’ (Standby); EIA–5, ‘‘ Quarterly Coal Consumption

and Quality Report—Coke Plants; ’’ EIA–6Q (Schedule Q), ‘‘ Quarterly Coal

Report’’ (Standby); EIA–7A, ‘‘Coal Production Report; ’’ EIA–8A, ‘‘Coal Stocks Report; ’’ and EIA–20, ‘‘Weekly Coal Monitoring

Report—Coal Burning Utilities and Independent Power Producers ’’ (Standby). The Standby forms are designed to be utilized under certain emergency conditions.

**DATES :**  Comments must be filed by September 17, 2010. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below as soon as possible.

**ADDRESSES :**  Send comments to William Watson or George Warholic. To ensure receipt of the comments by the due date, submission by FAX (202–287–1944) or e-mail ( William.Watson@eia.doe.gov or George.Warholic@eia.doe.gov ) is recommended. The mailing address is the Coal, Nuclear, and Renewables Division, EI–52, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, William Watson may be contacted by telephone at (202) 586–1707 and George Warholic
at 202–586–2307.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information or copies of any forms and instructions should be directed to George Warholic at the address listed above. Forms and Instructions are also available on the internet at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/ cneaf/coal/page/surveys/coal

_survey

_ auth.html.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  I. Background

The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq. ) and the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7101 et seq. ) require the EIA to carry out a centralized, comprehensive, and unified energy information program. This program collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, and disseminates information on energy resource reserves, production, demand, technology, and related economic and statistical information. This information is used to assess the adequacy of energy resources to meet near and longer term domestic demands and to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. ), provides the general public and other Federal agencies with opportunities to comment on collections of energy information conducted by or in conjunction with the EIA. Also, the EIA will later seek approval for this collection by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

EIA conducts coal surveys to collect information on coal production, receipts, consumption, quality, stocks, and prices. This information is used to support public policy analyses of the coal industry and is published in various EIA publications, including the Annual Coal Report, the Annual Energy Review, the Monthly Energy Review, and the Quarterly Coal Report. Respondents to the coal surveys include