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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and 

Systems Analysis, Secretariat, 

Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: At the direction of the 

President, the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or Department), as the 

Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy 

Review Task Force (QER Task Force) 

will convene a public meeting to 

discuss and receive comments on issues 

related to the Quadrennial Energy 

Review. 

DATES: The eleventh public meeting will 

be held on August 21, 2014, beginning 

at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time. Written 

comments are welcome, especially 

following the public meeting, and 

should be submitted within 60 days of 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The eleventh meeting will 

be held at the Little America Hotel & 

Resort, Cheyenne Room, 800 W. 

Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82009. 

You may submit written comments to: 

QERComments@hq.doe.gov or by U.S. 

mail to the Office of Energy Policy and 

Systems Analysis, EPSA–60, QER 

Meeting Comments, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

For the eleventh public meeting, 

please title your comment ‘‘Quadrennial 

Energy Review: Comment on the Public 

Meeting Infrastructure Siting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Adonica Renee Pickett, EPSA–90, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Policy and Systems Analysis, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9168 

Email:Adonica.Pickett@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 9, 2014, President Obama 

issued a Presidential Memorandum 

—Establishing a Quadrennial Energy 

Review. To accomplish this review, the 

Presidential Memorandum establishes a 

Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force 

to be co-chaired by the Director of the 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, and the Director of the Domestic 

Policy Council. Under the Presidential 

Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy 

shall provide support to the Task Force, 

including support for coordination 

activities related to the preparation of 

the Quadrennial Energy Review Report, 

policy analysis and modeling, and 

stakeholder engagement. The DOE, as 

the Secretariat for the Quadrennial 

Energy Review Task Force, will hold a 

series of public meetings to discuss and 

receive comments on issues related to 

the Quadrennial Energy Review. 

The initial focus for the Quadrennial 

Energy Review will be our Nation’s 

infrastructure for transporting, 

transmitting, storing and delivering 

energy. Our current infrastructure is 

increasingly challenged by 

transformations in energy supply, 

markets, and patterns of end use; issues 

of aging and capacity; impacts of 

climate change; and cyber and physical 

threats. Any vulnerability in this 

infrastructure may be exacerbated by the 

increasing interdependencies of energy 

systems with water, 

telecommunications, transportation, and 

emergency response systems. The first 

Quadrennial Energy Review Report will 

serve as a roadmap to help address these 

challenges. 

The Department of Energy has a broad 

role in energy policy development and 

the largest role in implementing the 

Federal Government’s energy research 

and development portfolio. Many other 

executive departments and agencies also 

play key roles in developing and 

implementing policies governing energy 

resources and consumption, as well as 

associated environmental impacts. In 

addition, non-Federal actors are crucial 

contributors to energy policies. Because 

most energy and related infrastructure is 

owned by private entities, investment 

by and engagement of the private sector 

is necessary to develop and implement 

effective policies. State and local 

policies; the views of nongovernmental, 

environmental, faith-based, labor, and 

other social organizations; and 

contributions from the academic and 

non-profit sectors are also critical to the 

development and implementation of 

effective energy policies. 

An interagency Quadrennial Energy 

Review Task Force, which includes 

members from all relevant executive 

departments and agencies (agencies), 

will develop an integrated review of 

energy policy that integrates all of these 

perspectives. It will build on the 

foundation provided in the 

Administration’s Blueprint for a Secure 

Energy Future of March 30, 2011, and 

Climate Action Plan released on June 

25, 2013. The Task Force will offer 

recommendations on what additional 

actions it believes would be appropriate. 

These may include recommendations on 

additional executive or legislative 

actions to address the energy challenges 

and opportunities facing the Nation. 

August 21, 2014 Public Meeting: 

Infrastructure Siting. 

On August 21, 2014, the DOE will 

hold a public meeting in Cheyenne, 

Wyoming. The August 21, 2014 public 

meeting will feature facilitated panel 

discussions, followed by an open 

microphone session. Persons desiring to 

speak during the open microphone 

session at the public meeting should 

come prepared to speak for no more 

than five minutes and will be 

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis, according to the order in 

which they register to speak on a signin sheet available at the meeting 

location, on the morning of the meeting. 

In advance of the meeting, DOE 

anticipates making publicly available a 

briefing memorandum providing useful 

background information regarding the 

topics under discussion at the meeting. 

DOE will post this memorandum on its 

Web site: http://energy.gov. 

Submitting comments via email. 

Submitting comments by email to the 

QER email address will require you to 

provide your name and contact 

information in the transmittal email. 

Your contact information will be 

viewable to DOE staff only. Your contact 

information will not be publicly 

viewable except for your first and last 

names, organization name (if any), and 

submitter representative name (if any). 

Your contact information will be 

publicly viewable if you include it in 

the comment itself or in any documents 

attached to your comment. Any 

information that you do not want to be 

publicly viewable should not be 

included in your comment, nor in any 

document attached to your comment. 

Otherwise, persons viewing comments 

will see only first and last names, 

organization names, correspondence 

containing comments, and any 

documents submitted with the 

comments. 

Do not submit to the QER email 

address (QERcomments@hq.doe.gov) 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute, such as trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information (hereinafter referred to as 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)). Comments submitted to the QER 

email address cannot be claimed as CBI. 

Comments received through the email 

address will waive any CBI claims for 

the information submitted. For 

information on submitting CBI, see the 

Confidential Business Information 

section, below. 

If you do not want your personal 

contact information to be publicly 

viewable, do not include it in your 

comment or any accompanying 

documents. Instead, provide your 

contact information in a cover letter. 

Include your first and last names, email 

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optional mailing address. The cover 

letter will not be publicly viewable as 

long as it does not include any 

comments. 

Include contact information each time 

you submit comments, data, documents, 

and other information to DOE. If you 

submit via mail or hand delivery/

courier, please provide all items on a 

CD, if feasible, in which case it is not 

necessary to submit printed copies. No 

telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

Comments, data, and other 

information submitted to DOE 

electronically should be provided in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format. Provide documents that are not 

secured, written in English, and are free 

of any defects or viruses. Documents 

should not contain special characters or 

any form of encryption and, if possible, 

they should carry the electronic 

signature of the author. 

Confidential Business Information. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email, postal mail, or hand 

delivery/courier two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Confidential information should be 

submitted to the Confidential QER email 

address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) when 

such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. It is DOE’s policy 

that all comments may be included in 

the public docket, without change and 

as received, including any personal 

information provided in the comments 

(except information deemed to be 

exempt from public disclosure). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2014. 

Michele Torrusio, 

QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19138 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for an 

open conference call of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST) and describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of this 

meeting is required under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. The purpose of this 

conference call is to discuss PCAST’s 

education information technology and 

nanotechnology reports. 

DATES: The public conference call will 

be held on Thursday, August 28, 2014 

from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eastern 

Time (ET). To receive the call-in 

information, attendees should register 

for the conference call on the PCAST 

Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/

ostp/pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. ET 

on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the call agenda, 

time, and how to register for the call is 

available on the PCAST Web site at: 

http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Questions about the conference call 

should be directed to Dr. Knatokie Ford, 

PCAST AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, by 

email at: kford@ostp.eop.gov, or 

telephone at: (202) 456–4444. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the Nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House and from 

cabinet departments and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. PCAST is co-chaired by 

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the 

President for Science and Technology, 

and Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, Executive Office of 

the President, The White House; and Dr. 

Eric S. Lander, President, Broad 

Institute of the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology and Harvard. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is 

scheduled to hold a conference call in 

open session on August 28, 2014 from 

11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eastern Time 

(ET). 

During the conference call, PCAST 

will discuss its education information 

technology and nanotechnology reports. 

Additional information and the agenda, 

including any changes that arise, will be 

posted at the PCAST Web site at: http:// 

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Public Comments: It is the policy of 

the PCAST to accept written public 

comments of any length and to 

accommodate oral public comments 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on August 28, 

2014 at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

speak at http://www.whitehouse.gov/

ostp/pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. ET 

on Thursday, August 21, 2014. Phone or 

email reservations to be considered for 

the public speaker list will not be 

accepted. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, the time for public 

comments will be limited to two (2) 

minutes per person, with a total public 

comment period of 10 minutes. If more 

speakers register than there is space 

available on the agenda, PCAST will 

randomly select speakers from among 

those who applied. Those not selected 

to present oral comments may always 

file written comments with the 

committee as described below. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted until the date of 

the meeting, written comments should 

be submitted to PCAST no later than 

12:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 26, 

2014, so that the comments may be 

made available to the PCAST members 

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