77464 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 2014 / Notices 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for a 

partially-closed meeting of the 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST), and 

describes the functions of the Council. 

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: January 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC in the Lecture Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the meeting 

agenda, time, location, and how to 

register for the meeting is available on 

the PCAST Web site at: http://

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. A live video 

webcast and an archive of the webcast 

after the event are expected to be 

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

pcast. The archived video will be 

available within one week of the 

meeting. Questions about the meeting 

should be directed to Dr. Ashley Predith 

at apredith@ostp.eop.gov, (202) 456– 

4444. Please note that public seating for 

this meeting is limited and is available 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

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, 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 and Closed. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is 

scheduled to meet in open session on 

January 9, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m. 

Open Portion of Meeting: During this 

open meeting, PCAST is scheduled to 

hear from speakers about technology 

development in the United States and 

also about the aging population. PCAST 

will also discuss developments in 

environmental science. Additional 

information and the agenda, including 

any changes that arise, will be posted at 

the PCAST Web site at: http://

whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

Closed Portion of the Meeting: PCAST 

may hold a closed meeting of 

approximately one hour with the 

President on January 9, 2015, which 

must take place in the White House for 

the President’s scheduling convenience 

and to maintain Secret Service 

protection. This meeting will be closed 

to the public because such portion of 

the meeting is likely to disclose matters 

that are to be kept secret in the interest 

of national defense or foreign policy 

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

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 January 9, 

2015 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://whitehouse.gov/ostp/

pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on December 31, 2014. Phone or 

email reservations 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 up to 15 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. Speakers are requested to 

bring at least 25 copies of their oral 

comments for distribution to the PCAST 

members. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted continuously, 

written comments should be submitted 

to PCAST no later than 12:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on December 31, 2014 so 

that the comments may be made 

available to the PCAST members prior 

to this meeting for their consideration. 

Information regarding how to submit 

comments and documents to PCAST is 

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

pcast in the section entitled ‘‘Connect 

with PCAST.’’ 

Please note that because PCAST 

operates under the provisions of FACA, 

all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST Web site. 

Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access this public 

meeting should contact Dr. Ashley 

Predith at least ten business days prior 

to the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30175 Filed 12–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Excess Uranium Management: Effects 

of DOE Transfers of Excess Uranium 

on Domestic Uranium Mining, 

Conversion, and Enrichment 

Industries; Request for Information 

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On December 8, 2014, the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 

published a request for information 

(RFI) seeking comment on certain issues 

related to DOE’s plan to issue a new 

Secretarial Determination covering 

continued transfers of uranium for 

cleanup services at the Portsmouth 

Gaseous Diffusion Plant and for downblending of highly-enriched uranium to 

low-enriched uranium. The RFI 

established a January 7, 2015, deadline 

for the submission of written comments. 

DOE is extending the comment period 

to January 22, 2015. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information responding to this RFI 

submitted on or before January 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods. 

1. Email: RFI-UraniumTransfers@

hq.doe.gov. Submit electronic comments 

in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, 

or ASCII file format, and avoid the use 

of special characters or any form of 

encryption. 

2. Postal Mail: Mr. David Henderson, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

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Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE–52, 19901 

Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 

20874–1290. If possible, please submit 

all items on a compact disk (CD), in 

which case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

3. Hand Delivery/Courier: Mr. David 

Henderson, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE– 

52, 19901 Germantown Rd., 

Germantown, MD 20874–1290. Phone: 

(301) 903–2590. If possible, please 

submit all items on a CD, in which case 

it is not necessary to include printed 

copies. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name for this 

request for information. No facsimiles 

(faxes) will be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Henderson, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Mailstop NE–52, 19901 Germantown 

Rd., Germantown, MD 20874–1290. 

Phone: (301) 903–2590. Email: 

David.Henderson@Nuclear.Energy.Gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 8, 2014, the U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE) published a request for 

information (RFI) in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 72661). DOE noted that 

it is planning to issue a new Secretarial 

Determination covering continued 

transfers of uranium for cleanup 

services at the Portsmouth Gaseous 

Diffusion Plant and for down-blending 

of highly-enriched uranium to lowenriched uranium. The RFI solicited 

information about the effects of the 

proposed transfers in the uranium 

markets and possible consequences for 

the domestic uranium mining, 

conversion, and enrichment industries. 

The RFI also solicited recommendations 

about factors that DOE should consider 

and/or the methodology it should use in 

assessing the possible impacts of 

transfers. The RFI established a January 

7, 2015, deadline for the submission of 

written comments. DOE has received 

requests from the public for extension of 

the public comment period. In response 

to those requests and other 

considerations, DOE is extending the 

comment period to January 22, 2015 to 

provide the public additional time for 

comment. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2014. 

Peter B. Lyons, 

Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Office 

of Nuclear Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30177 Filed 12–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP15–23–000; PF14–12–000] 

Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on December 3, 2014, 

Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC 

(Southern), 569 Brookwood Village 

Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, 

filed in the above referenced docket an 

application pursuant to sections 7(b) 

and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 

and Part 157 and 284 of the 

Commission’s regulations requesting 

authorization to construct and operate 

the North Main Line Relocation Project 

(Project). Southern proposes to relocate 

(total of 3.91 miles) and abandon in 

place (total of 3.41 miles) a segment of 

each of its three North Main Lines and 

the Calera Branch Line in Jefferson 

County, Alabama. The project is 

designed to ensure the continued safe 

and efficient operation of Southern’s 

existing fully subscribed pipeline 

facilities at their certificated design 

capacity all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site web at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application may be directed to Glenn A. 

Sheffield, Director, Rates & Regulatory 

Affairs, Southern Natural Gas Company, 

L.C.C., 569 Brookwood Village Suite 

749, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, 

glenn_sheffield@kindermorgan.com, 

(205) 325–3813, or Tina Hardy at tina_

hardy@kindermorgan.com, (205) 325– 

3668. 

Specifically, Southern proposes to 

abandon in place 2.87 miles of existing 

and parallel 22-inch North Main Line, 

24-inch North Main Line Loop, and 24- 

inch 2nd North Main Line and 0.54 

miles of existing Calera Branch Line. 

Southern also proposes to construct 3.48 

miles of relocated segments of each of 

the three North Main Lines with new 

above-ground gate settings on each of 

the three lines and 0.43 miles of 

relocated Calera Branch Line to replace 

the abandoned segments. Southern 

states that the existing lines are located 

in the path of the ongoing longwall coal 

mining operations that are planned to 

extend to the area underneath the 

existing pipeline facilities by April 1, 

2016. Southern estimates the cost of this 

project to be $42,358,978 and it will be 

rolled into Southern’s existing rates. 

On June 24, 2014, the Commission 

staff granted Southern’s request to 

utilize the Pre-Filing Process and 

assigned Docket No. PF14–12–000 to 

staff activities involved in the Project. 

Now, as of the filing of the December 3, 

2014 application, the Pre-Filing Process 

for this project has ended. From this 

time forward, this proceeding will be 

conducted in Docket No. CP15–23–000, 

as noted in the caption of this Notice. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), 

within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

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