Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 10, 2018 / Notices 1247 

Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20878. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Samuel J. Barish, Acting Designated 

Federal Officer, Office of Fusion Energy 

Sciences (FES); U.S. Department of 

Energy; Office of Science; 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–2917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice on a continuing basis to the 

Director, Office of Science of the 

Department of Energy, on the many 

complex scientific and technical issues 

that arise in the development and 

implementation of the fusion energy 

sciences program. 

Tentative Agenda Items: 

• DOE/SC Perspective 

• FES Perspective 

• Approval of the FESAC Report on 

Transformative Enabling Capabilities 

• New Business 

• New Charge on the Committee of 

Visitors 

• Update on the National Academies 

Study of U.S. Burning Plasma 

Research 

• Public Comment 

• Adjourn 

Note: Remote attendance of the FESAC 

meeting will be possible via Zoom. 

Instructions will be posted on the FESAC 

website (http://science.energy.gov/fes/fesac/ 

meetings/) prior to the meeting and can also 

be obtained by contacting Dr. Barish by email 

at: sam.barish@science.doe.gov or by phone 

at (301) 903–2917. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. 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 an oral statement regarding any 

of the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Dr. Barish at 301–903–1233 (fax) 

or sam.barish@science.doe.gov (email). 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

during the Public Comments time on the 

agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee 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 for public review and 

copying within 30 days on the Fusion 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

website—http://science.energy.gov/fes/ 

fesac/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 4, 

2018. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00246 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Savannah 

River Site 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Monday, January 22, 2018, 1:00 

p.m.–5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, January 23, 

2018; 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Beach House Hotel, 1 South 

Forest Beach Drive, Hilton Head, SC 

29928. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Clizbe, Office of External Affairs, 

Department of Energy, Savannah River 

Operations Office, P.O. Box A, Aiken, 

SC 29802; Phone: (803) 952–8281. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

Monday, January 22, 2018 

Opening, Chair Update, and Agenda 

Review 

Agency Updates 

Break 

Administrative & Outreach Committee 

Update 

Facilities Disposition & Site 

Remediation Committee Update 

Nuclear Materials Committee Update 

Strategic & Legacy Management 

Committee Update 

Waste Management Committee Update 

Draft Recommendation Discussion 

Public Comments 

Recess 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 

Reconvene 

Agenda Review 

Presentations: 

• Savannah River Ecology Laboratory 

• Status of Liquid Waste Operations 

Lunch Break 

Presentations: 

• Status of Nuclear Materials 

Operations 

• Integrated Priority List 

Break 

Topics for Consideration: 

• Facilities Disposition & Site 

Remediation 

• Nuclear Materials 

• Strategic & Legacy Management 

• Waste Management 

Public Comments 

Voting: 

• Committee Chair Election 

• Close Recommendation 

• Draft Recommendation 

Adjourn 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Savannah River Site, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Susan Clizbe at least 

seven days in advance of the meeting at 

the phone number listed above. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Susan Clizbe’s office at 

the address or telephone listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Susan Clizbe at the 

address or phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following website: http://cab.srs.gov/ 

srs-cab.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on December 27, 

2017. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00277 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension With Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA has submitted an 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for extension under the 


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provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The information collection 

requests a three-year extension of its 

Form OE–417 Electric Emergency 

Incident and Disturbance Report, OMB 

Control Number 1901–0288. The form 

collects information on electric 

emergency incidents and disturbances 

for DOE’s use in fulfilling its overall 

national security and National Response 

Framework and other energy 

management responsibilities. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

information collection must be received 

on or before February 9, 2018. If you 

anticipate that you will be submitting 

comments, but find it difficult to do so 

within the period of time allowed by 

this notice, please advise the DOE Desk 

Officer at OMB of your intention to 

make a submission as soon as possible. 

The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 

202–395–1254. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer: James 

Tyree, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 9249, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, james.n.tyree@omb.eop.gov. 

And to Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, Fax: 202–586–2623, Email: 

OE417@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, phone: 202–586–2892, or 

email it to matthew.tardugono@

hq.doe.gov. Form OE–417 and its 

instructions are available on the internet 

at https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/ 

oe417.aspx. 

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 Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: The U.S Department of 

Energy uses Form OE–417, Emergency 

Incident and Disturbance Report, to 

monitor emergencies and incidents that 

affect U.S. electric power systems, 

including events such as the power 

outages caused by hurricanes Harvey, 

Irma, Nate and Maria during the 2017 

Hurricane Season. The information 

gathered allows DOE to conduct postincident reviews examining significant 

interruptions, or potential interruptions, 

of electric power or threats to the 

national electric system. Form OE–417 

enables DOE to meet the Department’s 

national security responsibilities and 

requirements as the lead agency for 

Emergency Support Function (ESF) 

#12—Energy under the National 

Response Framework and the SectorSpecific Agency for energy under 

Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21 

and PPD 41. The information may also 

be shared with other non-regulatory 

federal agencies assisting in emergency 

response and recovery operations, or 

investigating the causes of an incident 

or disturbance to the national electric 

system. Public summaries are posted to 

the Form OE–417 website on a monthly 

basis to keep the public informed. 

(4a) Changes to Information 

Collection: 

1. The main change to Form OE–417 

is to incorporate questions that are or 

will be included in the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

EOP–004 Reliability Standard Event 

Reporting Form. With the changes to 

Form OE–417 if a respondent elects to 

have the form submitted to NERC, the 

entity does not need to file an EOP–004 

Event Reporting Form. Form OE–417 

will now collect the same information 

as EOP–004. By incorporating the same 

information, and aligning language 

across these two forms, entities will 

only be required to submit Form OE– 

417. This will reduce the reporting 

burden for the electric power industry. 

Additional changes to Form OE–417 

clarify and improve the flow of 

questions. 

2. The instructions include a note that 

‘‘NERC has determined that, for U.S. 

NERC reporting entities, the revised 

Form OE–417 meets NERC’s submittal 

requirements’’ (i.e. Form EOP–004). 

3. Reintroduced Email submissions; 

however, online submissions will 

remain the preferred method. 

Rewording of descriptions describing 

the criteria and timing for when a report 

should be filed. 

4. Named the three categories of 

submission: Emergency Alert; Normal 

Report; System Report to provide better 

clarity and easy reference under 

‘‘Criteria for Filing’’. 

5. Aligned alert criteria 5 and 6 with 

EOP–004 Reliability Standard 

terminology 

6. Under ‘‘Criteria for Filing’’ section: 

12 new data elements are added to 

collect the additional information that 

NERC collects or will collect on under 

the EOP–004 Reliability Standard. The 

additional questions are in a new 

category of submission called ‘‘System 

Report’’ and include: 

• Damage or destruction of a Facility 

within its Reliability Coordinator Area, 

Balancing Authority Area or 

Transmission Operator Area that results 

in action(s) to avoid a Bulk Electric 

System Emergency; 

• Damage or destruction of its Facility 

that results from actual or suspected 

intentional human action; 

• Physical threat to its Facility 

excluding weather or natural disaster 

related threats, which has the potential 

to degrade the normal operation of the 

Facility. Or suspicious device or activity 

at its Facility; 

• Physical threat to its Bulk Electric 

System control center, excluding 

weather or natural disaster related 

threats, which has the potential to 

degrade the normal operation of the 

control center. OR suspicious device or 

activity at its Bulk Electric System 

control center; 

• Bulk Electric System Emergency 

resulting in voltage deviation on a 

Facility; a voltage deviation of equal to 

or greater than 10% of nominal voltage 

sustained for greater than or equal to 15 

continuous minutes; 

• Uncontrolled loss of 200 Megawatts 

or more of firm system loads for 15 

minutes or more from a single incident 

for entities with previous year’s peak 

demand less than or equal to 3,000 

Megawatts; 

• Total generation loss, within one 

minute of: greater than or equal to 2,000 

Megawatts in the Eastern or Western 

Interconnection or greater than or equal 

to 1,400 Megawatts in the ERCOT 

Interconnection; 

• Complete loss of off-site power 

(LOOP) affecting a nuclear generating 

station per the Nuclear Plant Interface 

Requirements; 

• Unexpected Transmission loss 

within its area, contrary to design, of 

three or more Bulk Electric System 

Facilities caused by a common 

disturbance (excluding successful 

automatic reclosing); 

• Unplanned evacuation from its 

Bulk Electric System control center 

facility for 30 continuous minutes or 

more; 

• Complete loss of Interpersonal 

Communication and Alternative 

Interpersonal Communication capability 

affecting its staffed Bulk Electric System 

control center for 30 continuous 

minutes or more; 

• Complete loss of monitoring or 

control capability at its staffed Bulk 

Electric System control center for 30 

continuous minutes or more. 

7. Line numbers 1 through 20 were 

relabeled as letters A through T to 

prevent confusion between line 

numbers and alert criteria. 


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8. An Alert status category ‘‘system 

report,’’ was added which shall be filed 

by the later of 24 hours after the 

recognition of the incident OR by the 

end of the next business day. This 

change aligns with the EOP–004 

Reliability Standard. 4:00 p.m. local 

time will be definition for the end of the 

business day. 

9. The Electric Emergency Incident 

and Disturbance Report section, lines J, 

K, L were reorganized into ‘‘Cause, 

Impact, and Action Taken’’ for clarity 

and ease of use and additional items 

were added to align with NERC’s EOP– 

004 Reliability Standard. 

10. The burden per response for 

completing Form OE–417 is reduced 

from 2.16 hours to 1.8 hours based on 

findings from the results from cognitive 

research conducted by the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

11. The form and instructions were 

updated to specify maintaining the 

continuity of the ‘‘Bulk Electric System’’ 

versus ‘‘the electric power system’’ in 

the ‘‘Criteria for Filing’’ section Line 8. 

This change is based on a comment 

provided during the 60-day comment 

period. 

12. The words ‘‘lines 13–17’’ were 

replaced with ‘‘lines M–Q’’ under the 

‘‘Response Due’’ section, to match 

updated line labels on the form. This 

change is based on a comment provided 

during the 60-day comment period. 

13. A section was added to allow 

respondents to select whether the 

information provided in the Form is 

submitted to the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

and/or the Electricity Information 

Sharing and Analysis Center (E–ISAC). 

14. EIA amended its data protection 

policy for information reported on 

Schedule 2 of Form OE–417. Currently 

this information is protected from 

public release to the extent that it 

satisfies the criteria for exemption under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 

5 U.S.C. 552, the DOE regulations, 10 

CFR 1004.11 implementing FOIA, and 

the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905. 

EIA will use the Critical Energy 

Infrastructure Information (CEII) 

regulations as set forth by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

to implement the requirements of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act, Pub. L. 114–94, pursuant to 

section 215A(d) of the Federal Power 

Act, as amended, to protect information 

reported on Schedule 2 in addition to 

continuing to apply FOIA exemptions 

and using the Trade Secrets Act. This 

change strengthens DOE’s ability to 

protect information reported on 

Schedule 2 of Form OE–417 and 

provides additional authority for DOE to 

withhold company identifiable 

information from public release. 

15. The new data protection provision 

for Form OE–417 is as follows: 

• The information reported on 

Schedule 1 will be considered ‘‘public 

information’’ and may be publicly 

released in company or individually 

identifiable form. 

• Information reported on Schedule 2 

of Form OE–417 will not be disclosed to 

the public to the extent that it satisfies 

the criteria for exemption under the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 

U.S.C. 552, the DOE regulations, 10 CFR 

1004.11, implementing the FOIA, the 

Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905 and 

Critical Energy Infrastructure 

Information regulations as defined by 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission pursuant to section 

215A(d) of the Federal Power Act, as 

amended. 

In accordance with the Federal Energy 

Administration Act, DOE provides 

company-specific protected data to 

other Federal agencies when requested 

for official use. The information 

reported on this form may also be made 

available, upon request, to another 

component of DOE; to any Committee of 

Congress, the U.S. Government 

Accountability Office, or other Federal 

agencies authorized by law to receive 

such information. A court of competent 

jurisdiction may obtain this information 

in response to an order. The information 

may be used for any non-statistical 

purposes such as administrative, 

regulatory, law enforcement, or 

adjudicatory purposes. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,395. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 300. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 5,315. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $391,503. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. 

L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

In addition, 15 U.S.C. 772(b); 764(a); 764(b); 

and 790a, of the Federal Energy 

Administration Act of 1974 (FEA Act), Pub. 

L. 93–275, as well as the Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

2601, Pub. L. 93–275.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 3, 

2018. 

L. Devon Streit, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure 

Security and Energy Restoration, Office of 

Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, U. 

S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00258 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension With Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EIA submitted an information 

collection request for extension as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The information collection 

requests a three-year extension of its 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ under OMB Control No. 

1905–0210. This generic clearance 

enables EIA to collect customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with our 

commitment to ensure that our 

programs are effective, meet our 

customers’ needs, and receive feedback 

on improving service delivery to the 

public. 

DATES: EIA must receive all comments 

on this proposed information collection 

no later than February 9, 2018. If you 

anticipate any difficulties in submitting 

your comments by the deadline, contact 

the DOE Desk Officer at 202–395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to: James Tyree, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 9249, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, james.n.tyree@omb.eop.gov and 

to Jacob Bournazian, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, EI–21, 

Washington, DC 20585, Email 

jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions, send your 

request to Jacob Bournazian, U.S. 

Energy Information Administration, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202– 

586–5562, or email it to 

jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains 

(1) OMB Number: 1905–0210. 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal with 

changes; Purpose: The proposed 

information collection activity provides 


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