15982 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2022 / Notices 

Adoption of Voluntary Voting System 

Guidelines (VVSG) Lifecycle Policy 1.0. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 1 p.m.– 

2 p.m. Eastern. 

ADDRESSES: Virtual via Zoom. 

The official meeting is open to the 

public and will be livestreamed on the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

YouTube Channel: https://

www.youtube.com/channel/UCpN6i0g2r

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897– 

9285, Email: kmuthig@eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: In accordance with the 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94–409, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission (EAC) 

will conduct an official meeting on the 

Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 

(VVSG) Lifecycle Policy 1.0. 

Agenda: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) will hear a 

presentation about the Voluntary Voting 

System Guidelines (VVSG) Lifecycle 

Policy 1.0 from EAC Testing and 

Certification Program Director Jon Panek 

and will consider the VVSG Lifecycle 

Policy 1.0 for adoption. The meeting 

will also include an update on VVSG 

2.0 implementation. 

The full agenda will be posted in 

advance on the EAC website: https://

www.eac.gov. 

Background: The Federal Election 

Commission published the first two sets 

of federal standards in 1990 and 2002. 

The EAC then adopted Version 1.0 of 

the VVSG on December 13, 2005 and on 

March 31, 2015, the EAC 

Commissioners unanimously approved 

VVSG 1.1. On February 10, 2021, the 

EAC Commissioners unanimously 

approved the most recent iteration, 

VVSG 2.0. 

Since the approval of VVSG 2.0, the 

EAC has worked on next steps and 

materials so these standards and 

requirements can be implemented, and 

new voting systems can be 

manufactured and tested to those 

standards. Part of those materials is the 

VVSG Lifecycle Policy 1.0. 

The intent of the VVSG Lifecycle 

Policy 1.0 is to help facilitate migration 

to new VVSG standards by providing 

guidance on the types of version 

changes, Voting System Test Laboratory 

(VSTL) accreditation, deprecation of 

obsolete major standards, and 

establishing a periodic review timeline 

for new standards going forward. The 

policy defines changes that may be 

made to systems certified to deprecated 

standards and describes the process for 

updating the standards as defined in the 

Help America Vote Act (HAVA). 

A public comment period on the 

Lifecycle Policy was available from 

November 9 to December 7, 2021. The 

EAC also gathered feedback from its 

advisory boards in 2021. 

Status: This meeting will be open to 

the public. 

Amanda Joiner, 

Acting General Counsel, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06025 Filed 3–17–22; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Certification Notice—259] 

Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of 

Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 

and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On February 22, 2022, 

Alabama Power Company (Alabama 

Power), as owner and operator of a new 

baseload power plant, submitted a coal 

capability self-certification to the 

Department of Energy (DOE) for the 

Barry 8 unit at the Barry Electric Power 

Plant. The Powerplant and Industrial 

Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended, and 

regulations thereunder require DOE to 

publish a notice of filing of selfcertification in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification 

filings are available for public 

inspection, upon request, in the Office 

of Electricity, Mail Code OE–20, Room 

8G–024, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586–5260 

or Christopher.lawrence@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 22, 2022, Alabama Power, as 

owner and operator of a new baseload 

power plant, submitted a coal capability 

self-certification to DOE pursuant to 

section 201(d) of the Powerplant and 

Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 8311(d)), and 

DOE regulations at 10 CFR 501.61(a). 

The FUA and regulations thereunder 

require DOE to publish a notice of filing 

of self-certification in the Federal 

Register within fifteen days. See 42 

U.S.C. 8311(d)(1); 10 CFR 501.61(c). 

Section 201(a) of the FUA provides that 

‘‘no new electric powerplant may be 

constructed or operated as a base load 

powerplant without the capability to 

use coal or another alternate fuel as a 

primary energy source.’’ 42 U.S.C. 

8311(a). Pursuant to section 201(d) of 

the FUA, in order to meet the 

requirement of coal capability, the 

owner or operator of such a facility 

proposing to use natural gas or 

petroleum as its primary energy source 

must certify to the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary), prior to construction or 

prior to operation as a baseload 

powerplant, that such powerplant has 

the capability to use coal or another 

alternate fuel. See 42 U.S.C. 8311(d)(1). 

Such certification establishes 

compliance with FUA section 201(a) as 

of the date it is filed with the Secretary. 

Id.; 10 CFR 501.61(b). 

The following owner of a proposed 

new baseload electric generating 

powerplant has filed a self-certification 

of coal capability with DOE pursuant to 

FUA section 201(d) and in accordance 

with DOE regulations at 10 CFR 501.61: 

Owner: Alabama Power Company. 

Design Capacity: 743 megawatts 

(MW). 

Fuel To Be Used: Natural Gas. 

Plant Location: 15300 Highway 43 

North, Bucks, AL 36512. 

In-Service Date: November 2023. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 15, 

2022. 

Christopher Lawrence, 

Management and Program Analyst, Office of 

Electricity. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05861 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG22–62–000. 

Applicants: LeConte Energy Storage, 

LLC. 

Description: LeConte Energy Storage, 

LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification 

of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 3/15/22. 

Accession Number: 20220315–5101. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/22. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER20–2471–004. 

Applicants: NedPower Mount Storm, 

LLC. 

Description: Refund Report: 

NedPower Mount Storm LLC submits 

tariff filing per 35.19a(b): Refund Report 

to be effective N/A. 


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