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agreement with an eligible lender 

trustee. Further, when an approved notfor-profit holder has a change in status, 

within 10 days of becoming aware of the 

occurrence of a change that may result 

in a State or non-profit entity that has 

been designated an eligible not-forprofit holder, either directly or through 

an eligible lender trustee, losing that 

eligibility, the State or non-profit entity 

must submit details of the change to the 

Secretary. 

Copies of the information collection 

submission for OMB review may be 

accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site 

at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain or from the Department’s Web 

site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by 

selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 4663. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

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telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Methane Hydrate 

Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory 

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

770) requires that notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

12:30 p.m.–1 p.m. (E.D.T.)— 

Registration. 

1 p.m.–4 p.m. (E.D.T.)—Meeting. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou 

Capitanio, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 

586–5600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Committee: The purpose of the 

Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee 

is to provide advice on potential 

applications of methane hydrate to the 

Secretary of Energy, and assist in 

developing recommendations and 

priorities for the Department of Energy’s 

Methane Hydrate Research and 

Development Program. 

Tentative Agenda: The agenda will 

include: 

Welcome and Introductions; 

Committee Business; 

Overview of DOE’s Methane Hydrate 

Program; 

Report and discussion on work in 

Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico; 

Report and discussion on 

International activities; 

National Energy Technology 

Laboratory (NETL)’s Methane Hydrate 

Fellowship; and 

Outreach: National Laboratory, NETL, 

and Interagency Program aspects. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Designated 

Federal Officer of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Individuals 

who would like to attend must RSVP to 

Trudy Transtrum, at (202) 586–7253 or 

by e-mail at: 

trudy.transtrum@hq.doe.gov, no later 

than 12 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 

2011. Please provide your name, 

organization, citizenship, and contact 

information. Anyone attending the 

meeting will be required to present 

government issued identification. Space 

is limited. 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 Trudy 

Transtrum at the phone number or email listed above. You must make your 

request for an oral statement at least five 

business days prior to the meeting, and 

reasonable provisions will be made to 

include the presentation on the agenda. 

Public comment will follow the threeminute rule. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing, emailing or calling Trudy 

Transtrum, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or by e-mail at: 

trudy.transtrum@hq.doe.gov or 

telephone at: (202) 586–7253. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

21, 2011. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24781 Filed 9–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Electricity Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Electricity Advisory 

Committee (EAC). 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: Wednesday, October 19, 2011: 

2 p.m.–5 p.m. E.D.T. 

Thursday, October 20, 2011: 8 a.m.– 

4 p.m. E.D.T. 

ADDRESSES: National Rural Electric 

Cooperative Association, 4301Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Meyer, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room 8G–024, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone: (202) 

586–3118; e-mail: 

David.Meyer@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Electricity Advisory 

Committee (EAC) was re-established in 

July 2010, in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 

5 U.S.C, App. 2, to provide advice to the 

U.S. Department of Energy in 

implementing the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, executing the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007, 

and modernizing the nation’s electricity 

delivery infrastructure. The Committee 

is composed of individuals of diverse 

backgrounds selected for their technical 

expertise and experience, established 

records of distinguished professional 

service, and their knowledge of issues 

that pertain to electricity. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting 

of the EAC is expected to include 

presentations and discussions of reports 

on a prosperous, low-carbon Europe and 

the Smart Grid, as well as activities of 

the Smart Grid, Energy Storage 

Technologies, and Transmission 

Subcommittees. 

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Tentative Agenda: October 19, 2011. 

2 p.m.–5 p.m. E.D.T. 

1:30 p.m.–2 p.m. Registration. 

2 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Welcome and 

Introductions. 

2:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Presentation on 

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) 

Vision of a Future Grid. 

3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Break. 

3:30 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Response to 

DOE’s Vision of a Future Grid. 

4:15 p.m.–5 p.m. EAC Member 

Roundtable Discussion on DOE’s Vision 

of a Future Grid. 

5 p.m. Adjourn Day One of EAC 

Meeting . 

5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. EAC Member 

Dutch Treat Meeting—Venue TBD. 

October 20, 2011. 8 a.m.–4 p.m. E.D.T. 

7:30 a.m.–8 a.m. Registration. 

Continental Breakfast and Networking 

(EAC members only). 

8 a.m.–8:15 a.m. Day Two Opening 

Remarks. 

8:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion 

on Micro-Grids. 

9:30 a.m.–10 a.m. EAC Members 

Roundtable Discussion on Micro-Grids. 

10 a.m.–10:45 a.m. EAC Energy 

Storage Technologies Subcommittee 

Framework White Paper Discussion. 

10:45 a.m.–11 a.m. Break. 

11 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Discussion of EAC 

Transmission Subcommittee White 

Paper on Securing the Grid. 

11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Lunch (Provided to 

EAC members; Others on Your Own). 

1 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Discussion of EAC 

Smart Grid Subcommittee White Paper 

on Grid Impacts of Deployment of 

Electric Vehicles. 

1:45 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 

on Interconnection-Wide Transmission 

Planning Processes. 

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Break. 

2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. EAC Members 

Roundtable Discussion on 

Interconnection-Wide Transmission 

Planning. 

3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Public Comments 

(Must register at time of check-in). 

3:45 p.m.–4 p.m. 2011 Year End Wrap 

Up of EAC Activities. 

4 p.m. Adjourn. 

The meeting agenda may change to 

accommodate committee business. For 

EAC agenda updates, see the Committee 

Web site at: http://energy.gov/oe/ 

electricity-advisory-committee-eac. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Members of the 

public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should register to do so on the days of 

the meeting, Wednesday, October 19, 

2011, and Thursday, October 20, 2011. 

Approximately thirty minutes will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but is not 

expected to exceed three minutes. 

Anyone who is not able to attend the 

meeting, or for whom the allotted public 

comments time is insufficient to address 

pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited 

to send a written statement to Mr. David 

Meyer, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585 or e-mail to 

david.meyer@hq.doe.gov. The following 

electronic file formats are acceptable: 

Microsoft Word (.doc), Corel Word 

Perfect (.wpd), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), 

Rich Text Format (.rtf), plain text (.txt), 

Microsoft Excel (.xls), and Microsoft 

PowerPoint (.ppt). If you submit 

information that you believe to be 

exempt by law from public disclosure, 

you must submit one complete copy, as 

well as one copy from which the 

information claimed to be exempt by 

law from public disclosure has been 

deleted. DOE is responsible for the final 

determination concerning disclosure or 

nondisclosure of the information and for 

treating it in accordance with the DOE’s 

Freedom of Information Act regulations 

(10 CFR 1004.11). The DFO is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Note: Delivery of the U.S. Postal Service 

mail to DOE continues to be delayed by 

several weeks due to security screening. The 

DOE, therefore, encourages those wishing to 

comment to submit comments electronically 

by e-mail. If comments are submitted by 

regular mail, the Department requests that 

they be accompanied by a CD or diskette 

containing electronic files of the submission. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days and will be 

posted on the Committee Web site at: 

http://energy.gov/oe/electricityadvisory-committee-eac or by contacting 

Mr. David Meyer at (202) 586–3118 or 

by e-mail at: david.meyer@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

21, 2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–230–4] 

Notice of Extension of Comment 

Period; International Transmission 

Company, d/b/a ITC Transmission 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: International Transmission 

Company, d/b/a ITCTransmission (ITC), 

filed a request to extend the comment 

period on its supplemental filing of 

operational documents in an ongoing 

Presidential permit proceeding 

regarding the ITC application to amend 

Presidential Permit No. PP–230–3. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

and received by DOE on or before 

October 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or 

by facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260, or by e-mail to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 5, 2009, ITC applied to the DOE 

to amend Presidential Permit No. PP– 

230–3 by authorizing ITC to replace a 

failed 675-MVA transformer with two 

700-MVA phase-shifting transformers 

connected in series at ITC’s Bunce Creek 

Station in Marysville, Michigan. 

DOE issued a notice of ITC’s 

application in the Federal Register on 

February 10, 2009 (74 FR 6607), 

requesting that any comments, protests, 

or motions to intervention be filed by 

March 12, 2009. Numerous responsive 

documents were filed, including late 

requests to intervene. The filings raised 

various issues, including the need to 

review the operational protocols for the 

facilities with the installation of the new 

transformers, also known as phase angle 

regulators (PARs). 

On August 9, 2011, DOE received 

Supplemental Reply Comments from 

ITC, which completed the ITC response 

to earlier comments filed in the 

proceeding by the Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator (MISO), 

Inc. and the Independent Electricity 

System Operator of Ontario. According 

to ITC, the supplemental filing provided 

the operational agreements required to 

complete ITC’s application in the 

amendment proceeding, including a 

letter of agreement between ITC and 

MISO assigning functional control of the 

subject facilities at the Bunce Creek 

Station to MISO. 

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