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1https://science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/hepap/ 

pdf/May-2014/FINAL_P5_Report_Interactive_

060214.pdf. 

2HEP–ASCR Study Group Report, Grand 

Challenges at the Interface of Quantum Information 

Science, Particle Physics, and Computing, 2015, 

https://science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/files/

BannerPDFs/QIS_Study_Group_Report.pdf. 3HEP–BES roundtable report, ‘‘Common 

Problems in Condensed Matter and High Energy 

Physics’’, 2015, https://science.energy.gov/∼/media/ 

hep/pdf/Reports/HEP-BES_Roundtable_Report.pdf. 4HEP–ASCR QIS roundtable report, ‘‘Quantum 

Sensors at the Intersections of Fundamental 

Science, QIS and Computing’’, 2016, http://

science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/Reports/DOE_

Quantum_Sensors_Report.pdf. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of 229 Boundary for the Fort 

Saint Vrain Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of 229 Boundary for the 

Fort Saint Vrain (FSV) Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U. S. Department of Energy, 

pursuant to Section 229 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 26, 1963 (28 FR 8400), prohibits 

the unauthorized entry, and the 

unauthorized introduction of weapons 

or dangerous materials into or upon the 

following described facilities of the Fort 

Saint Vrain Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation of the United States 

Department of Energy. 

The FSV ISFSI is located on part of 

the original FSV Nuclear Generating 

Station site which is about three and 

one-half miles northwest of Platteville, 

Colorado. Platteville is located in Weld 

County and is about 35 miles north of 

Denver. The FSV ISFSI street address is 

17122 19.5 Weld County Road, 

Platteville, Colorado. The ISFSI is 

located approximately 1500 feet 

northeast of the Public Service of 

Colorado fossil-fueled, power plant 

building. The facility occupies 10 acres 

more or less. The 229 Boundary of this 

facility is indicated by a combination of 

chain link fence and chain link gates 

which surround the facility. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott E. Ferrara, the Department of 

Energy—Idaho Operations Office (DOE– 

ID), 1955 Fremont Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 

83415. Telephone (208) 526–5531. 

Issued in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on June 1, 

2017. 

Scott E. Ferrara, 

DOE–ID Facility Director. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of the 

Federal Register on December 21, 2017. 

[FR Doc. 2017–27880 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Science, Office of High 

Energy Physics; Request for 

Information: Impacts From and to 

Quantum Information Science in High 

Energy Physics 

AGENCY: Office of High Energy Physics, 

Office of Science, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Office of High Energy 

Physics (HEP) in the Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites interested parties 

to provide input on topical areas in 

which progress in quantum information 

science can inform high energy physics, 

and on contributions that the high 

energy physics community can make to 

advancing quantum information 

science. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

February 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by email only. 

Comments must be sent to QISandHEPRFI@science.doe.gov with the subject 

line ‘‘Quantum Information Science and 

HEP RFI’’. Any attachments must be in 

one of the following formats: ASCII; 

Word; RTF; or PDF. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information may 

be submitted to Dr. Lali Chatterjee, (301) 

903–0435, QISandHEP-RFI@

science.doe.gov or Dr. Altaf H. Carim, 

(301) 903–9564, QISandHEP-RFI@

science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Quantum 

information science (QIS) encompasses 

novel approaches to fundamental 

science and to applications such as 

sensing, communications, simulation, 

and computing that are enabled by 

understanding and manipulation of the 

uniquely quantum phenomena of 

superposition, entanglement, and 

squeezing. Within high energy physics, 

DOE’s emphasis is on employing new 

perspectives and capabilities offered or 

enabled by QIS to address the science 

drivers identified by the community in 

the May 2014 ‘‘Building for Discovery’’ 

report of the Particle Physics Project 

Prioritization Panel (P5).1 Focus areas 

include quantum computing and 

foundational QIS, quantum sensor 

technology, and novel experiments 

exploiting quantum entanglement. QIS 

methods and concepts are proving 

increasingly important in advancing 

fundamental understanding in, e.g., the 

search for dark matter, emergence of 

space-time, and the black hole 

information paradox. Likewise, these 

advances contribute to development of 

QIS including quantum error correction 

and thermalization. Because the field is 

interdisciplinary and progressing 

rapidly, effective research programs may 

require collaborative groups with 

appropriate combinations of knowledge, 

capabilities, and experience in quantum 

information, particle physics, and/or 

other related fields. Several DOE HEP 

reports provide additional information 

pertaining to QIS impacts on and from 

HEP.234

The U.S. Department of Energy’s 

Office of High Energy Physics in the 

Office of Science seeks input from 

stakeholders regarding potential 

research and development in QIS that 

addresses scientific and technological 

needs in high energy physics, and 

regarding capabilities in the high energy 

physics community that could 

contribute to the advancement of QIS. 

The information received in response to 

this RFI will inform and be considered 

by the Office of High Energy Physics in 

program planning and development. 

Please note that this RFI is not a 

Funding Opportunity Announcement, a 

Request for Proposal, or other form of 

solicitation or bid of DOE to fund 

potential research and development 

work in QIS. 

Request for information: The objective 

of this request for information is to 

gather input about opportunities for 

research and development at the 

intersection of quantum information 

science and high energy physics, to 

inform Federal efforts in this area. The 

questions below are intended to assist in 

the formulation of comments, and 

should not be considered as a limitation 

on either the number or the issues that 

may be addressed in such comments. 

The DOE Office of High Energy 

Physics is specifically interested in 

receiving input pertaining to any of the 

following questions: 

(1) Fundamental Science 

What are the key questions, 

opportunities, needs, and challenges for 

QIS to contribute to progress in the 

following topics? What kinds of 

experiments or calculations are needed 

to advance understanding? How can 

research in these areas contribute to the 

advancement of QIS? 

a. Quantum gravity and emergence of 

space-time 

b. Tensor networks, gauge symmetries, 

and field theories 


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1The licensee requests that sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 

5.6, 16.6, and 16.7 of the Commission’s regulations 

be waived. 18 CFR 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 16.6, 16.7 

(2017). 

2 Gaynor L. Bracewell and John and Carol 

Victoria Presley, 159 FERC ¶ 62,314 (2017) (Order 

Approving Transfer of License). 

c. Holographic correspondence and 

black hole physics 

d. Dark matter, dark energy, and physics 

beyond the Standard Model 

e. Analog simulation and emulation of 

quantum systems of interest to 

particle physics 

(2) Devices, Tools, Approaches, and 

Techniques 

What developments are needed, are 

on the horizon, or can be envisioned in 

the following areas? How will they 

contribute to high energy physics? How 

can high energy physics expertise, 

resources, or capabilities in these or 

other areas contribute to broader 

advances in quantum information 

science? 

a. Quantum sensors exploiting 

superposition, entanglement, and/or 

squeezing 

b. Supporting technologies 

(superconducting radio frequency 

cavities, cryogenics, fast feedback and 

control systems, etc.) 

c. Data analysis and background 

reduction 

d. Machine learning and optimization 

e. Algorithm development 

f. Error correction and measurement 

(3) Organizational and Assessment 

Considerations 

a. What metrics could be applied to 

evaluate progress of the field and 

assess impacts of Federal 

investments? 

b. What are key obstacles, impediments, 

or bottlenecks to advancing research 

at the intersection of QIS and HEP? 

c. What mix of institutions (industrial, 

academic, lab) could best carry out 

the envisioned research and/or 

development, and who should drive 

the formulation of such efforts? 

d. What collaboration models would be 

most effective for pursuing joint R&D? 

e. What resources at DOE National 

Laboratories would be beneficial for 

and could accelerate or facilitate 

research in this topic? 

f. Are there other factors, not addressed 

by the questions above, which should 

be considered in planning DOE HEP 

activities in this subject area? 

Comments containing references, 

studies, research, and other empirical 

data that are not widely published 

should include copies of the referenced 

materials. Note that comments will be 

made publicly available as submitted. 

Any information that may be 

confidential and exempt by law from 

public disclosure should be submitted 

as described below. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email: 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. DOE will make its 

own determination about the 

confidential status of the information 

and treat it according to its 

determination. 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 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. 

Depending on the response to this 

RFI, subsequent workshops or other 

activities may be held to further explore 

and elaborate the opportunities. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2017. 

James Siegrist, 

Associate Director of Science for High Energy 

Physics. 

[FR Doc. 2017–27877 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3102–025] 

Jason and Carol Victoria Presley; 

Notice of Intent To File Subsequent 

License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document, Request to use 

the Traditional Licensing Process, and 

Request To Waive Pre-Filing 

Requirements 

a. Type of Filings: Notice of Intent to 

File Subsequent License Application 

and Request to Waive Pre-Filing and 

Notice of Intent Requirements and 

Notice of Filing of Preliminary 

Application Document and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process 

b. Project No.: 3102–025. 

c. Dates Filed: September 12 and 

October 31, 2017. 

d. Submitted By: Jason and Carol 

Victoria Presley. 

e. Name of Project: High Shoals 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Apalachee River in 

Walton, Morgan, and Oconee Counties, 

Georgia. The project does not occupy 

federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r) 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jason 

Presley and Ms. Carol Victoria Presley, 

110 Frazier Hill Road, Bishop, GA 

30621, (706) 769–8293, email: jason@

presley.us, victoria@presley.us. 

i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer at 

(202) 502–6093 or email at 

michael.spencer@ferc.gov. 

j. On September 12, 2017, Jason and 

Carol Victoria Presley (licensee) filed a 

Notice of Intent to file a subsequent 

license application (Notice of Intent), 

and a request that the Commission 

waive certain deadlines, as required by 

the Commission’s regulations, for filing 

the Notice of Intent, Pre-Application 

Document (PAD).1 The licensee requests 

waiver of the Commission’s regulations 

to allow for additional time to: (1) 

Consult with agencies and stakeholders 

to support a request to use the 

Traditional Licensing Process (TLP); (2) 

compile project documents for public 

inspection; and (3) submit a PAD and 

request to use the TLP. 

k. On October 31, 2017, the licensee 

filed a PAD and a request to use the 

TLP. 

l. The licensee requests waiver of the 

Commission’s regulatory deadlines and 

notice requirements for the Notice of 

Intent, PAD, and Request to Use the TLP 

because of recent resolution of transfer 

of the project following the death of the 

prior licensee and the subsequent 

transfer of license to current licensee.2

m. With this notice we are soliciting 

comments on the licensee’s PAD, 

request to use the TLP, and request to 

waive certain pre-filing requirements. 

All comments should be sent to the 

address in paragraph o below. Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting comments must do so within 

60 days from the date that the 

Commission issues this notice. 

n. The Notice of Intent, waiver 

request, PAD, request to use the TLP, 

and associated filings are available for 

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