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reliability and support market-based 

economic transactions. Panelists should 

address the following in their 

presentations: 

a. What are the objectives of software 

products available to industry that 

optimize the system for operations 

planning and real-time? (Minimize 

losses, maximize transfer capability, 

and/or minimize production costs?) 

b. Describe the system optimization 

software products currently used or 

tested in industry. Discuss how widely 

these are used in industry. 

c. Describe how these software 

products are evaluated and validated 

using a post analysis process. 

d. What effort is involved in 

implementing the application for use in 

industry? 

e. Discuss whether the application 

can be used on an interconnection-wide, 

Balancing Authority or local 

distribution system basis and, if so, how 

the application would be utilized. 

f. Discuss whether the applications 

can be used to optimize reactive power 

resources in the distribution system or 

loads and coordinate with higher 

voltage systems. 

Panelists: 

• Kedall Demaree, Alstom 

• Rod Sulte, GE 

• Soorya Kuloor, Gridiant 

• Marija Ilic, New Electricity 

Transmission Software Solutions 

(NETSS) 

• Dan French, Siemens 

4:00–4:30 p.m.—Summary Remarks 

by David Andrejcak. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30125 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–13–000] 

Equitrans, LP; Notice of Request 

Under Blanket Authorization 

Take notice that on November 3, 

2011, Equitrans, LP (Equitrans), 625 

Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania 15222, filed in Docket No. 

CP12–13–000, a prior notice request 

pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, 

and 157.210 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s regulations 

under the Natural Gas Act for 

authorization to construct and operate 

the Blacksville Compressor Station 

Project in Monongalia County, West 

Virginia. Specifically, Equitrans 

proposes to construct and operate two 

4,735 horsepower compressor units at 

the new Blacksville Compressor Station. 

The project will provide an additional 

209,000 dekatherms (dth) per day of 

new firm transportation capacity on 

Equitrans’ system. Equitrans states that 

it has entered into precedent agreements 

for approximately 50,000 dth per day 

and anticipates entering into additional 

precedent agreements for up to another 

150,000 dth per day, all as more fully 

set forth in the application which is on 

file with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. The filing may also 

be viewed on the 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, (866) 208–3676 

or TTY, (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

Application should be directed to Paul 

W. Diehl, Senior Counsel—Midstream, 

EQT Corporation, 625 Liberty Avenue, 

Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

15222, or call (412) 395–5540, or fax 

(412) 553–7781, or by email PDiehl@eqt.

com. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to 

the request. If no protest is filed within 

the time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request shall be 

treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenter’s will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentary, 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http://www.

ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Dated: November 16, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30126 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Renewal of Advisory Committee 

Charter 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the 

Advisory Committee Charter of the 

Export Import Bank. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with mandate 

of Section 3(d)(4) of the Export Import 

Bank Act of 1945, as amended, the 

Agency announces the renewal of the 

Export Import Bank Advisory 

Committee. The committee will advise 

the Bank’s leadership and shall prepare 

and submit with the Bank’s annual 

competitiveness report to the U.S. 

Congress its comments on the extent to 

which the Bank is meeting its mandate 

to provide competitive financing to 

expand United States exports, and any 

suggestions for improvements in this 

regard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority 

The Advisory Committee was 

established as a non-discretionary 

committee pursuant to Section 3(d)(4). 

The current Charter of the Advisory 

Committee is scheduled to expire on 

November 3, 2011. 

II. Structure 

The Committee shall consist of 17 

members appointed by the Bank’s Board 

of Directors on the recommendation of 

the President and Chairman of the Bank. 

Such members shall be broadly 

representative of the following 

constituencies: environment, 

production, commerce, finance, 

agriculture, labor, services, and State 

government, with not less than three 

members being representative of the 

small business community, not less than 

two members being representative of the 

labor community, and not less than two 

members being representative of the 

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environmental nongovernmental 

organization community. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact: Office of 

the Secretary, 811 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20571 (Number 

(202) 565–3336). 

Lisa V. Terry, 

Assistant General Counsel (Acting). 

[FR Doc. 2011–29094 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–M 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission for Extension Under 

Delegated Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information burden 

for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments January 23, 2012. 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, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments 

to Nicolas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your comments by email send 

them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at (202) 418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control No.: 3060–1124. 

Title: Section 80.231, Technical 

Requirements for Class B Automatic 

Identification System (AIS) Equipment. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 20 

respondents; 20 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 151 through 155 and 301–309. 

Total Annual Burden: 20 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $28,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for an extension 

of this information collection (no 

change in the reporting requirements 

and/or third party disclosure 

requirements). The Commission will 

submit this information collection after 

this 60 day comment period. There is no 

change in the Commission’s previous 

burden estimates. 

Section 80.231 requires that 

manufacturers of Class B Automatic 

Identification Systems (AIS) 

transmitters for the Marine Radio 

Service include with each transmitting 

device a statement explaining how to 

enter static information accurately and a 

warning statement that entering 

inaccurate information is prohibited. 

Specifically, this rule section requires 

that manufacturers of AIS transmitters 

label each transmitting device with the 

following statement: 

WARNNING: It is a violation of the rules 

of the Federal Communications Commission 

to input a MMSI that has not been properly 

assigned to an end user, or to otherwise input 

any inaccurate data in this device. 

Additionally, prior to submitting a 

certification application (FCC Form 731, 

OMB Control Number 3060–0057) for a 

Class B AIS device, the following 

information must be submitted in 

duplicate to the Commandant (CG–521), 

U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001: 

(1) The name of the manufacturer or 

grantee and the model number of the 

AIS device; and 

(2) Copies of the test report and test 

data obtained from the test facility 

showing that the device complies with 

the environmental and operational 

requirements identified in IEC 62287–1. 

After reviewing the information 

described in the certification 

application, the U.S. Coast Guard will 

issue a letter stating whether the AIS 

device satisfies all of the requirements 

specified in IEC 62287–1. A certification 

application for an AIS device submitted 

to the Commission must contain a copy 

of the U.S. Coast Guard letter stating 

that the device satisfies all of the 

requirements specified in IEC 62287–1, 

a copy of the technical data and the 

instruction manual(s). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30120 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of 

the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

December 7, 2011. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

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