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Ellis by c.o.b. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 

per instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nelson Hastings, NIST Voting Program, 

Information Technology Laboratory, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, 

telephone: (301) 975–5237. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given 

that the TGDC will meet Tuesday, July 

26, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Eastern time, and Wednesday, July 27, 

2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Eastern time. Topics that will be 

discussed at the meeting include 

UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas 

Citizens Absentee Voting Act), Common 

Data Format, and Usability and 

Accessibility issues. The full meeting 

agenda will be posted in advance at 

http://vote.nist.gov. All sessions of this 

meeting will be open to the public. A 

live webcast of this meeting will be 

available at http://vote.nist.gov. 

The TGDC was established pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public 

interest to assist the Executive Director 

of the Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) in the development of voluntary 

voting system guidelines. Details 

regarding the TGDC’s activities are 

available at http://vote.nist.gov. 

All visitors to the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology site will 

have to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by c.o.b. Tuesday, July 19, 

2011, in order to attend. Please submit 

your name, time of arrival, email 

address and phone number to Mary Lou 

Norris or Angela Ellis, and they will 

provide you with instructions for 

admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must also 

submit their country of citizenship, title, 

employer/sponsor, and address. Mary 

Lou Norris’ e-mail address is 

marylou.norris@nist.gov, and her phone 

number is (301) 975–2002. Angela Ellis’ 

e-mail address is angela.ellis@nist.gov, 

and her phone number is (301) 975– 

3881. If you are in need of a disability 

accommodation, such as the need for 

Sign Language Interpretation, please 

contact Nelson Hastings by c.o.b. 

Tuesday, July 12, 2011. 

Members of the public who wish to 

speak at this meeting may send a 

request to participate to Nelson Hastings 

by c.o.b. Tuesday, July 19, 2011. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. On July 

26, 2011, approximately 30 minutes will 

be reserved for public comments at the 

end of the open session. Speaking times 

will be assigned on a first-come, firstserved basis. The amount of time per 

speaker will be determined by the 

number of requests received, but is 

likely to be no more than 3 to 5 minutes 

each. Participants who are chosen will 

receive confirmation from the contact 

listed above that they were selected by 

12 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, July 22, 

2011. 

The general public, including those 

who are not selected to speak, may 

submit written comments, which will be 

distributed to TGDC members so long as 

they are received no later than 12 p.m. 

Eastern time on Friday, July 22, 2011. 

All comments will also be posted on 

http://vote.nist.gov. 

Donetta Davidson, 

Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability (OE), U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency information collection 

activities: proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

revisions and three-year extension to the 

OE–417 ‘‘Electric Emergency Incident 

and Disturbance Report.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be filed August 

19, 2011. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

Addresses as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Brian 

Copeland. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date submission 

by e-mail: Brian.Copeland@hq.doe.gov 

or by Fax 202–586–2623 is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (Attn: Comments on OE–417 

Electric Emergency Incident and 

Disturbance Report), OE–30, Forrestal 

Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

Brian Copeland may be contacted by 

telephone at 202–586–1178. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Brian Copeland 

using the contact information listed 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the DOE 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. 

The Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability (OE), as part of its 

effort to comply with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), provides the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies with opportunities to comment 

on collections of energy information 

conducted by OE. Any comments 

received help the DOE to prepare data 

requests that maximize the utility of the 

information collected, and to assess the 

impact of collection requirements on the 

public. Also, the DOE will later seek 

approval of this collection of 

information by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

section 3507(a) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

The DOE collects information on the 

generation, distribution, and 

transmission of electric energy. The 

DOE collects information on emergency 

situations in electric energy supply 

systems so that appropriate Federal 

emergency response measures can be 

implemented in a timely and effective 

manner. 

The purpose of this notice is to seek 

public comment on the revised Form 

OE–417, ‘‘Emergency Incident and 

Disturbance Report,’’ used to report 

electric emergency incidents and 

disturbances to the DOE. The Form OE– 

417 reports will enable the DOE to 

monitor electric emergency incidents 

and disturbances in the United States 

(including all 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and the U.S. Trust Territories) 


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so that the Government may help 

prevent the physical or virtual 

disruption of the operation of any 

critical infrastructure. 

Currently, OE uses Form OE–417 to 

monitor major system incidents on 

electric power systems and to conduct 

after-action investigations on significant 

interruptions of electric power. The 

information is used to meet DOE 

national security responsibilities and 

requirements as set forth in the U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

National Response Framework. The 

information may also be used in 

developing legislative 

recommendations/reports to Congress 

and coordinating Federal efforts 

regarding activities such as incidents/ 

disturbances in critical infrastructure 

protection, continuity of electric 

industry operations, and continuity of 

operations. The information submitted 

may also be used by OE to analyze 

significant interruptions of electric 

power. 

II. Current Actions 

OE is considering changing the 

wording for criteria #1, 2, 9, & 10 to 

better capture the type of physical and 

cyber events that would need to be 

reported. The updated language would 

be: 

Criterion #1—Physical attack that 

causes major interruptions or impacts to 

critical infrastructure facilities or to 

operations; 

Criterion #2—Cyber event that causes 

interruptions of electrical system 

operations; 

Criterion #9—Physical attack that 

could potentially impact electric power 

system adequacy or reliability; or 

vandalism which targets components of 

any security systems; 

Criterion #10—Cyber event that could 

potentially impact electric power 

system adequacy or reliability. 

The Final Reporting deadline is 

proposed to be extended from 48 hours 

to 72 hours. In Lines 5 and 6, ‘‘Date/ 

Time Incident Began’’ and ‘‘Date/Time 

Incident Ended’’ the inclusion of Time 

Zone check boxes is being considered. 

OE is also considering deleting Line 10 

‘‘Internal Organizational Tracking 

Number.’’ 

In the renumbered Lines 10, 11, and 

12 (the numbering has changed due to 

the deletion of the old Line 10) the 

‘‘Type of Emergency,’’ ‘‘Causes of 

Incident,’’ and ‘‘Actions Taken’’ a 

comments box to provide additional 

information for each of those lines is 

being considered for inclusion. This line 

would be entitled ‘‘Additional 

Information/Comments’’ and would be 

an open space in which respondents can 

give further explanation for each of the 

categories specified in Lines 10, 11, and 

12. The information included in the 

‘‘Additional Information/Comments’’ 

boxes would be in Schedule 1 and 

therefore be public information and be 

different from the information included 

in the ‘‘Narrative’’ in Schedule 2 which 

is Protected. In Line 11, ‘‘Cause of 

Incident’’, the check box labeled 

‘‘Actual or Suspected Attack’’ would be 

changed to ‘‘Actual or Suspected 

Attack/Event’’ and underneath it 

‘‘Cyber/Computer/Telecom’’ would be 

changed to ‘‘Cyber’’. In Line 12 ‘‘Actions 

Taken,’’ an additional checkbox entitled 

‘‘Mitigation(s) Implemented’’ would be 

added as well. 

OE has instituted an online filing 

option where respondents can file the 

form on OE’s Web site. While the online 

form is now considered the preferred 

method of notification, respondents can 

still submit forms through e-mail, fax 

and telephone to the DOE Emergency 

Operations Center (EOC). The EOC 

operates 24 hours daily, 7 days a week. 

OE is considering improving its 

online filing capabilities to allow 

respondents to sign-on to a secure Web 

site in order to submit their forms. This 

secure Web site would allow 

respondents to review, download, and 

update past submissions. The Web site 

would also allow respondents to e-mail 

the submitted forms to entities such as 

the North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC). 

III. Request for Comments 

Prospective respondents and other 

interested parties should comment on 

the actions discussed in item II. The 

following guidelines are provided to 

assist in the preparation of comments. 

General Issues 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? Practical utility is 

defined as the actual usefulness of 

information, taking into account its 

accuracy, adequacy, reliability, 

timeliness, and the agency’s ability to 

process the information it collects. 

B. What enhancements can be made 

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected and 

disseminated? 

As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information 

A. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information to be collected? 

B. Are the instructions and definitions 

clear and sufficient? If not, which 

instructions need clarification? 

C. Can the information be submitted 

by the due date? 

D. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 10 

minutes for the Emergency Incident 

Report (Schedule 1, Part A) that is to be 

filed within 1 hour; the overall public 

reporting burden for the form is 

estimated at 2 hours to cover any 

detailed reporting in the Normal/Update 

Report (Schedule 1, Part B and Schedule 

2) which is filed later (up to 72 hours), 

if required. The estimated burden 

includes the total time necessary to 

provide the requested information. In 

your opinion, how accurate is this 

estimate? 

E. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

F. What additional actions could be 

taken to minimize the burden of this 

collection of information? Such actions 

may involve the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

G. Does any other Federal, State, or 

local agency collect similar information? 

If so, specify the agency, the data 

element(s), and the methods of 

collection. 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected 

A. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

B. Is the information useful at the 

levels of detail to be collected? 

C. For what purpose(s) would the 

information be used? Be specific. 

D. Are there alternate sources for the 

information and are they useful? If so, 

what are their weaknesses and/or 

strengths? 

Please refer to http:// 

www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx for 

copies of the the proposed forms as well 

as mock-ups of the proposed Web site 

for online submissions. Refer to the 

proposed Instructions, also available on 

this site, about the purpose, who must 

report, when to report, where to submit, 

the elements to be reported, detailed 

instructions, provisions for 

confidentiality, and uses (including 

possible nonstatistical uses) of the 

information. For instructions on 


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obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the collection of the 

information on refinery disruptions and 

incidents. They also will become a 

matter of public record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1901–0288; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Electric 

Emergency Incident and Disturbance 

Report; (3) Type of Review: Renewal; (4) 

Purpose: Form OE–417 collects 

information on electric emergency 

incidents and disturbances for DOE’s 

use in fulfilling its overall national 

security and other energy management 

responsibilities. The information will 

also be used by DOE for analytical 

purposes; (5) Annual Estimated Number 

of Respondents: 3,269; (6) Annual 

Estimated Number of Total Responses: 

300; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 3,919; and (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: 0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13 of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

codified at 15 U.S.C. 772. 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 3, 2011. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15279 Filed 6–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

International Energy Agency meetings 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board 

(IAB) to the International Energy 

Agency (IEA) will meet on June 28, 

2011, at the headquarters of the IEA in 

Paris, France, in connection with a joint 

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on 

Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the 

IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil Market 

(SOM) on June 28; and on June 29 in 

connection with a meeting of the SEQ 

on June 29. 

DATES: June 28–29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: 9, rue de la Fe ́de ́ration, 

Paris, France. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana D. Clark, Assistant General for 

International and National Security 

Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–3417. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i) 

of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) (EPCA), 

the following notice of meeting is 

provided: 

Meetings of the Industry Advisory 

Board (IAB) to the International Energy 

Agency (IEA) will be held at the 

headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue de la 

Fe ́de ́ration, Paris, France, on June 28, 

2011, beginning at 9 a.m.; and on June 

29 commencing at 9:30 a.m. The 

purpose of this notice is to permit 

attendance by representatives of U.S. 

company members of the IAB at a joint 

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on 

Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the 

IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil Market 

(SOM) on June 28, which is scheduled 

to be held at the headquarters of the IEA 

commencing at 9 a.m.; and at a meeting 

of the SEQ on June 29, commencing at 

9:30 a.m.. The IAB will also hold a 

preparatory meeting among company 

representatives at the same location at 

8:30 a.m. on June 29. The agenda for 

this preparatory meeting is to review the 

agenda for the SEQ meeting, to be held 

on June 29. 

The agenda of the joint SEQ/SOM 

meeting on June 28 is under the control 

of the SEQ and the SOM. It is expected 

that the SEQ and the SOM will adopt 

the following agenda: 

1. Adoption of the Agenda. 

2. Approval of the Summary Record of 

the March 2011 Joint Session. 

3. Medium-Term Goals for Global 

Engagement. 

4. Medium-Term Oil and Gas Markets 

2010: Part 1—Oil. 

—Introduction; 

—Oil Pricing; 

—Oil Demand. 

—Q&A. 

—Oil Supply. 

—Oil Refining & Products Markets. 

—Market Outlook to 2016. 

—Q&A. 

5. Medium-Term Oil and Gas Markets 

2010: Part 2—Gas. 

6. Other Business. 

—Tentative Schedule of Next 

Meetings: 

—November 16, 2011. 

—March 27–29, 2012. 

—June 26–28, 2012. 

—November 27–29, 2012. 

7. Workshop: Economic Impacts of Oil 

Supply Disruptions. 

The agenda of the SEQ meeting on 

June 29 is under the control of the SEQ. 

It is expected that the SEQ will adopt 

the following agenda: 

1. Adoption of the Agenda. 

2. Approval of the Summary Record of 

the 132nd Meeting. 

3. Status of Compliance with IEP 

Stockholding Commitments. 

—Update on IEA/EC Work Related to 

New EU Oil Stockholding Directive. 

4. Emergency Response Review 

Program. 

—Schedule of Emergency Response 

Reviews. 

—Emergency Response Review of 

Australia. 

—Questionnaire Response of 

Hungary. 

5. Emergency Policy for Natural Gas. 

—Report on Gas Security for 

Ministerial. 

6. Emergency Response Exercises. 

—Report on Workshop Following 

ERE5. 

7. Cooperation with Non-Member 

Countries During Oil Supply 

Disruptions. 

—Report on Recent Discussions with 

India and Thailand. 

8. Emergency Response Measures. 

—Authorization of Budget for 

Emergency Response Actions. 

—Report on the Fuel Switching 

Questionnaire. 

9. Energy Security Model MOSES. 

—Presentation of Draft Model. 

10. Policy and Other Developments in 

Member Countries. 

—Sweden (exercise). 

—United States. 

—Japan. 

11. Report from the Industry Advisory 

Board. 

12. Activities with International 

Organizations and Non-Member 

Countries. 

—APEC/ASEAN Emergency Response 

Exercise. 

—China. 

—Chile. 

—Indonesia. 

13. Documents for Information. 

—Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA 

Member Countries on April 1, 2011. 

—Base Period Final Consumption: 2Q 

2010–1Q 2011. 

—Updated Emergency Contacts List. 

14. Other Business. 

—Tentative Schedule of Next 

Meetings: 

—November 16–17, 2011. 

—March 27–29, 2012. 

—June 26–28, 2012. 

—November 27–29, 2012 . 

As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) 

of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), the 

meetings of the IAB are open to 

representatives of members of the IAB 

and their counsel; representatives of 

members of the IEA’s Standing Group 

on Emergency Questions and the IEA’s 

Standing Group on the Oil Markets; 

representatives of the Departments of 

Energy, Justice, and State, the Federal 


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