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in the past due to a lack of 

appropriations for the hydroelectric 

production incentive. The conference 

report to the Fiscal Year 2014 Omnibus 

Appropriations bill, however, includes 

$3,600,000 for conventional 

hydropower under section 242 of EPAct 

2005. 

In response, DOE developed draft 

guidance intended to describe the 

application process and the information 

necessary for DOE to make a 

determination of eligibility under 

section 242. The draft guidance is 

available at: http://energy.gov/eere/

water/water-power-program. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 

2014. 

David Danielson, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15553 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Bioenergy Technologies Office; 

Request for Information (RFI) 

Regarding Integrated Biorefinery 

Lessons Learned and Best Practices 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), Bioenergy Technologies 

Office (BETO), invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) 

regarding Integrated Biorefinery Lessons 

Learned and Best Practices. The purpose 

of this RFI is to solicit feedback from 

industry, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, and 

other stakeholders on issues related to 

lessons learned and best practices 

developed during the design, financing, 

construction, commissioning, startup, 

shakedown and operations of pilot-, 

demonstration-, and commercial-scale 

integrated biorefineries. 

DATES: Comments regarding the RFI 

must be received on or before July 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed 

to: IBR_LL_RFI@go.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to: 

IBR_LL_RFI@go.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EERE), within the Department 

of Energy (DOE), accelerates 

development and facilitates deployment 

of energy efficiency and renewable 

energy technologies. EERE, through its 

Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) 

is seeking public comment on Integrated 

Biorefinery Lessons Learned and Best 

Practices. Since 2006, many companies 

that specialize in converting biomass to 

fuels and products have taken the next 

step to build and operate integrated 

pilot-, demonstration-, and commercialscale facilities. During the design, 

financing, and construction of these 

projects many lessons learned and best 

practices have been developed. BETO 

compiles and updates the lesson learned 

and best practices information from its 

portfolio of integrated biorefinery 

projects as they move forward towards 

completion. 

At a series of recent workshops 

conducted by BETO to garner industry 

input on potential Funding Opportunity 

Announcements (FOAs), BETO was 

repeatedly informed that the 

dissemination of lessons learned and 

best practices was of great interest to the 

bioindustry. BETO recognizes that some 

lessons learned and best practices may 

be considered business sensitive, 

proprietary, privileged or otherwise 

confidential information. As such, 

BETO does not generally release this 

type of information without prior 

approval. However, lessons learned and 

best practices that are of a general and 

common nature can be shared and it is 

BETO’s objective to help advance the 

state of the bioenergy technology 

industry as a whole by compiling and 

disseminating this type of high-level, 

cross-cutting information. 

One way in which BETO is 

attempting to focus its efforts in this 

area is to request industry input through 

this Request for Information (RFI). 

BETO hopes to collect information 

regarding what lessons learned and best 

practices the industry has developed 

and is interested in, discover what 

lessons learned and best practices the 

industry is willing to share, and provide 

a forum in which to share this 

information with the bioenergy 

community. Assuming sufficient 

interest is provided in response to this 

RFI and meaningful data can be 

collected, BETO anticipates 

inaugurating an interactive forum 

focused on lessons learned and best 

practices at its upcoming Biomass 2014 

Conference (http://www.energy.gov/ 

eere/bioenergy/biomass-2014-growingfuture-bioeconomy), which is currently 

scheduled to be held on July 29–30, 

2014 in Washington, DC. In its RFI, DOE 

requests comments, information, and 

recommendations on Lessons Learned 

and Best practices associated with the 

design financing, construction, 

commissioning, startup, shakedown and 

operations of pilot-, demonstration-, and 

commercial-scale integrated 

biorefineries. Because information 

received in response to this RFI may be 

used to structure future programs and 

FOAs and/or otherwise be made 

available to the public, respondents are 

strongly advised to clearly and 

conspicuously mark any business 

sensitive, proprietary, privileged or 

otherwise confidential information in 

their response. The RFI, titled, 

‘‘Integrated Biorefinery Lessons Learned 

and Best Practices’’, is available at: 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on: June 25, 

2014. 

Jonathan Male, 

Technology Office Director, Bioenergy 

Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15511 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on Fuel Cells for Continuous On-Board 

Recharging Application for Battery 

Electric Light-Duty Vehicles 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Request for Information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) 

number DE–FOA–0001145 regarding 

Fuel Cells for Continuous On-Board 

Recharging Application for Battery 

Electric Light-Duty Vehicles. The RFI 

document is posted at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

The RFI solicits feedback from 

industry, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, and 

other stakeholders on issues related to 

the technical and economic feasibility of 

commercializing fuel cell range 

extenders for available battery electric 

vehicles (BEVs) in the United States 

market. The Department of Energy is 

specifically interested in information on 

BEV makes and models where an aftermarket modification to extend the 

vehicle range using a Polymer 

Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell 

system would be most feasible. This is 

solely a request for information and not 

a Funding Opportunity Announcement 

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(FOA). EERE is not accepting FOA 

applications on this topic. 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received on or before August 7, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The complete RFI document 

is located at https://eereexchange.energy.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Responses to the RFI and questions 

should be sent via email or email 

attachment to 

FuelCellCOBRA@ee.doe.gov. Further 

instruction can be found in the RFI 

document posted on EERE Exchange. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RFI is 

not a Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE 

is not accepting applications at this 

time. EERE may issue a FOA in the 

future based on or related to the content 

and responses to the RFI; however, 

EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. 

There is no guarantee that a FOA will 

be issued as a result of the RFI. 

Responding to the RFI does not provide 

any advantage or disadvantage to 

potential applicants if EERE chooses to 

issue a FOA regarding the subject 

matter. Final details, including the 

anticipated award size, quantity, and 

timing of EERE funded awards, will be 

subject to Congressional appropriations 

and direction. 

Any information obtained as a result 

of the RFI is intended to be used by the 

Government on a non-attribution basis 

for planning and strategy development; 

the RFI does not constitute a formal 

solicitation for proposals or abstracts. 

Responses to the RFI will be treated as 

information only. 

EERE will review and consider all 

responses in its formulation of program 

strategies for the identified materials of 

interest that are the subject of this 

request. EERE will not provide 

reimbursement for costs incurred in 

responding to the RFI. Respondents are 

advised that EERE is under no 

obligation to acknowledge receipt of the 

information received or provide 

feedback to respondents with respect to 

any information submitted under the 

RFI. Responses to the RFI do not bind 

EERE to any further actions related to 

this topic. 

Issued in Golden, CO on June 24, 2014. 

Sunita Satyapal, 

Director, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15509 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12713–003] 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions 

To Intervene, and Protests; Reedsport 

OPT Wave Park, LLC 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Proceeding: Surrender of 

License. 

b. Project No.: 12713–003. 

c. Date Filed: May 30, 2014. 

d. Licensee: Reedsport OPT Wave 

Park, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Reedsport OPT 

Wave Park Project. 

f. Location: The project is located in 

the Pacific Ocean in state waters about 

2.5 miles off the coast near Reedsport, 

in Douglas County, Oregon. The project 

would occupy about 5 acres of federal 

lands in the Siuslaw National Forest 

(Oregon Dunes National Recreation 

Area). 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 6.2. 

h. Licensee Contact: Mr. David R. 

Heinz, Vice President of Sole Member, 

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., 1590 

Reed Road, Pennington, NJ 08534, 

Telephone: 609–730–0400, Email: 

dheniz@oceanpowertech.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Ms. Patricia W. 

Gillis, (202) 502–8735, patricia.gillis@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments and 

protests is 30 days from the issuance of 

this notice by the Commission. Please 

file your submittal electronically via the 

Internet (eFiling) in lieu of paper. Please 

refer to the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site under http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp and 

filing instructions in the Commission’s 

Regulations at 18 CFR section 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii). To assist you with 

eFilings you should refer to the 

submission guidelines document at 

http://www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide/user-guide.pdf. In addition, 

certain filing requirements have 

statutory or regulatory formatting and 

other instructions. You should refer to 

a list of these ‘‘qualified documents’’ at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/

filing.pdf. You must include your name 

and contact information at the end of 

your comments. Please include the 

project number (P–12713–003) on any 

documents or motions filed. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings; otherwise, you should 

submit an original and seven copies of 

any submittal to the following address: 

The Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Mail Code: 

DHAC, PJ–12, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

k. Description of Project Facilities: 

The single Floating Gravity Based 

Anchor is the only project feature that 

has not been removed. A 

Decommissioning Plan will be 

submitted to the Commission for 

approval once the resources agencies 

have submitted their comments to 

Reedsport OPT Wave Park, LLC. 

l. Description of Proceeding: On May 

30, 2014, Reedsport OPT Wave Park, 

LLC filed an application stating that due 

to financial and regulatory challenges 

they unfortunately have been forced to 

conclude that they cannot proceed with 

the development of the Reedsport OPT 

Wave Park Project. 

m. This notice is available for review 

and reproduction at the Commission in 

the Public Reference Room, Room 2A, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The filing may also be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the Docket number (P–12713–003) 

excluding the last three digits in the 

docket number field to access the 

notice. You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3676 or email FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

n. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

p. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as 

applicable; (2) set forth in the heading 

the name of the applicant and the 

project number of the application to 

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