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to specific tasks from the Secretary of 

Defense, the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense (‘‘the DoD Appointing 

Authority’’), or the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Research and Engineering) 

(USD(R&E)). The DSB is composed of no 

more than 40 members who are eminent 

authorities in the fields of science, 

technology, manufacturing, acquisition 

process, and other matters of special 

interest to the DoD. Members will 

consist of talented, innovative private 

sector leaders with a diversity of 

background, experience, and thought in 

support of the DSB missions. 

Individual members are appointed 

according to DoD policy and 

procedures, and serve a term of service 

of one-to-four years with annual 

renewals. One member will be 

appointed as Chair of the DSB. No 

member, unless approved according to 

DoD policy and procedures, may serve 

more than two consecutive terms of 

service on the DSB, or serve on more 

than two DoD Federal advisory 

committees at one time. 

DSB members who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal civilian 

officers or employees, or active duty 

members of the Uniformed Services, are 

appointed as experts or consultants, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as 

special government employee members. 

DSB members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal civilian 

officers or employees, or active duty 

members of the Uniformed Services are 

appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.130(a), to serve as regular government 

employee members. 

All DSB members are appointed to 

provide advice based on their best 

judgment without representing any 

particular point of view and in a manner 

that is free from conflict of interest. 

Except for reimbursement of official 

DSB-related travel and per diem, 

members serve without compensation. 

The public or interested organizations 

may submit written statements about 

the DSB’s mission and functions. 

Written statements may be submitted at 

any time or in response to the stated 

agenda of planned meeting of the DSB. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the DSB, and 

this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Dated: January 26, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplement to the Gulf of Alaska Navy 

Training Activities Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DoN) announces its intent to prepare a 

supplement to the December 2020 Gulf 

of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training 

Activities Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement (OEIS). This supplement to 

the Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS will 

address a change in the Study Area and 

the addition of a new Continental Shelf 

and Slope Mitigation Area. 

ADDRESSES: Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command, Northwest, Attention: GOA 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project 

Manager, 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 203, 

Silverdale, Washington 98315–1101, 

projectmanager@goaeis.com. 

SUPPLEMENTATRY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 102(2)(c) of the NEPA, 

regulations implemented by the Council 

on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), and Presidential Executive 

Order 12114, the DoN announced its 

intent to prepare a supplement to the 

2011 GOA Navy Training Activities EIS/ 

OEIS and 2016 GOA Navy Training 

Activities Supplemental EIS/OEIS in the 

Federal Register (FR) on February 10, 

2020 (85 FR 7538), and invited the 

public to comment on the scope of the 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS. A Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS was 

subsequently released on December 11, 

2020 (85 FR 80093), in which the 

potential environmental effects 

associated with military readiness 

training activities conducted within the 

GOA Study Area were evaluated. 

Since the release of the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS on December 

11, 2020, the DoN has recognized that 

the size and shape of the Temporary 

Maritime Activities Area (TMAA) in the 

Gulf of Alaska does not provide 

sufficient space for the realistic 

maneuvering of vessels and aircraft 

during training exercises. The proposed 

study area will now include additional 

air space and sea space to the west and 

south of the TMAA. This additional area 

is referred to as the Western Maneuver 

Area (WMA) and is approximately 

185,806 square nautical miles. The 

TMAA, as currently defined 

(approximately 42,146 square nautical 

miles), would remain unchanged with 

all activities involving active sonar and 

explosives still occurring in this area 

only. No new or increased training 

activities are proposed as part of the 

revised proposed action, only an 

expansion of the overall training area for 

vessel and aircraft maneuvering 

purposes. In addition, DoN proposes 

implementing a new mitigation area 

within the continental shelf and shelf 

slope area of the TMAA. To protect 

marine species and biologically 

important habitat, use of explosives (up 

to 10,000 feet altitude) would be 

restricted in this area. 

All public comments received during 

the Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS 

comment period (December 11, 2020, 

through February 16, 2021) are still 

valid and will be considered in the 

Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS for this 

action. Previously submitted comments 

need not be resubmitted. The 

supplement to the Draft Supplemental 

EIS/OEIS is expected to be available in 

March 2022. A Notice of Availability of 

the supplement to the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS will be 

published in the Federal Register at that 

time, and the supplement to the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/OEIS will be released 

for a public comment period of 45 days. 

No decision will be made to implement 

any alternative in the GOA Study Area 

until the NEPA process is complete and 

a Record of Decision is signed by the 

DoN. 

Dated: January 25, 2022. 

J.M. Pike, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF High Energy Physics 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the DOE/NSF High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Monday, March 7, 2022; 12:00 

p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting is open to the 

public. This meeting will be held 


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digitally via Zoom. Information to 

participate can be found on the website 

closer to the meeting date at https://

science.osti.gov/hep/hepap/meetings/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kogut, Executive Secretary; High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP); U.S. 

Department of Energy; Office of Science; 

SC–35/Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–1298; 

Email: John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To charge HEPAP 

with a study of the international 

competitiveness of the U.S. program in 

high energy physics. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Brief update from DOE—Glen 

Crawford 

• Brief update from NSF—Jim Shank 

• Presentation of Charge—James 

Siegrist 

• Discussion 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. A webcast of this 

meeting will be available. Please check 

the website below for updates and 

information on how to view the 

meeting. 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 these items 

on the agenda, you should contact John 

Kogut, (301) 903–1298 or by email at: 

John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least five business days before the 

meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Panel will conduct 

the meeting to facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Public comment 

will follow the 10-minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel website: https:// 

science.osti.gov/hep/hepap/meetings/. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 26, 

2022. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01984 Filed 1–31–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15227–000] 

Ortus Power Resources Colorado, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On July 9, 2021, Ortus Power 

Resources Colorado, LLC, filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of Phantom Canyon Pumped 

Storage Project to be located near the 

Town of Penrose, in Fremont, Pueblo, 

and El Paso Counties, Colorado. The 

sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if 

issued, is to grant the permit holder 

priority to file a license application 

during the permit term. A preliminary 

permit does not authorize the permit 

holder to perform any land-disturbing 

activities or otherwise enter upon lands 

or waters owned by others without the 

owners’ express permission. 

The proposed closed-loop pumped 

storage project would consist of: (1) A 

new 4,728-foot-long, 202-foot-high roller 

compacted concrete gravity dam 

impounding a new upper reservoir with 

a surface area of 93.8 acres, and a total 

storage capacity of 9,100 acre-feet at a 

normal maximum operating elevation of 

6,176 feet above average mean sea level 

(msl); (2) a new 2,638-foot-long, 132- 

foot-high zoned fill/rockfill 

embankment dam (Main Dam), a new 

4,071-foot-long, 64-foot-high saddle dam 

(Saddle Dam #1), a new 2,104-foot-long, 

58-foot-high saddle dam (Saddle Dam 

#2), and a new 55-foot-long, 8-foot-high 

saddle dam (Saddle Dam #3) 

impounding a new lower reservoir a 

surface area of 322 acres, and a total 

storage capacity of 17,436 acre-feet at a 

normal maximum operating elevation of 

5,630 feet msl; (3) a new 29,000-footlong, 48-inch-diameter concrete 

reinforced diversion pipeline for water 

delivery from the Arkansas River to the 

lower reservoir; (4) a new 6,500-footlong, 18- to 20-foot-diameter penstock 

connecting the upper and lower 

reservoirs; (5) a new 50,000 square foot 

powerhouse containing four 125- 

megawatt reversible pump/turbine 

generators; and (6) a new 230-kilovolt 

(kV) substation that will connect to the 

grid via one of three pathways: (a) 

Interconnection with the existing 230- 

kV Western Area Power Authority 

transmission line that bisects the project 

site; (b) interconnect with the Xcel 

transmission and distribution network 

at the Midway substation (would 

require 28-mile-long project 

transmission line); or (c) 

interconnection with the Colorado 

Springs Utility transmission and 

distribution network at the Nixon 

substation (would require 

approximately 33-mile-long project 

transmission line). The estimated 

annual power generation at the Phantom 

Pumped Storage Project would be 

between 800,00 and 2,800,000 megawatt 

hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Peter A. Gish, 

8 The Green, Suite #4411, Dover, 

Delaware 13301, peter@

ortusclimate.com. 

FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe; 

Ousmane.sidibe@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

6245. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, notices of intent, 

and competing applications using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspa. You must include 

your name and contact information at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. The first page of any filing 

should include docket number P– 

15227–000. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s website at https:// 

www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/ 

overview. Enter the docket number (P– 

15227) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 


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