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agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2268 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER10–621–000] 

Noble Energy Marketing and Trade 

Corporation; Supplemental Notice That 

Initial Market-Based Rate Filing 

Includes Request for Blanket Section 

204 Authorization 

January 28, 2010. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Noble 

Energy Marketing and Trade 

Corporation’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is February 26, 

2010. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an eSubscription link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

dockets(s). For assistance with any 

FERC Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2270 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

January 28, 2010. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 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, please contact 

FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866 ) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File Date Presenter or requestor 

Prohibited: 

1. EL10–19–000 .......................................................................................................................... 1–6–10 Richard A. Drom. 

Exempt: 

1. CP09–35–000 .......................................................................................................................... 1–12–10 Sarah King1. 

1One of several form letters (notes) from Sarah King, C. Porkinson, Leighton Johnson, James T. Water, et al. addressing the proposed Palomar Pipeline Project. 


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Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2267 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Request for Information (RFI) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is requesting information from 

stakeholders on questions pertaining to 

Section 1605—the Buy American 

provisions—of the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (‘‘Recovery Act’’) 

of 2009, Public Law 111–5. DOE is 

seeking information organized into two 

distinct parts. Part 1 requests technical 

information from stakeholders seeking 

to ascertain the availability of 

manufactured goods produced in the 

United States that are needed to carry 

out projects funded by the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. Part 2 requests information on 

questions pertaining to the application 

and implementation (programmatic 

questions) of the Buy American 

provisions in Recovery Act projects 

funded by the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

11:59 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, 

February 18, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit information by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail (preferred method): 

buyamerican@ee.doe.gov. Include 

‘‘Response to Buy American RFI’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Mr. Benjamin Goldstein, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of 

Weatherization and Intergovernmental 

Programs, Mailstop EE–2K, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Please 

submit one signed paper original. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Mr. 

Benjamin Goldstein, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Weatherization and 

Intergovernmental Programs, Mailstop 

EE–2K, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Please submit one signed paper original. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

(DOE) and identify this RFI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information to Mr. Benjamin Goldstein, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

Weatherization and Intergovernmental 

Programs, Mailstop EE–2K, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. E-mail: 

buyamerican@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Energy’s Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EERE) received $16.8 billion in 

Recovery Act appropriations for EERE’s 

programs and initiatives (for more 

information, please visit http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/recovery/). EERE 

is committed to achieving the goals of 

the Recovery Act—stimulating the 

economy and creating or retaining 

jobs—while simultaneously advancing 

the EERE mission of strengthening the 

United States’ energy security, 

environmental quality, and economic 

vitality. With these objectives in mind, 

EERE is working to ensure that Recovery 

Act funds are deployed swiftly and 

effectively by recipients of financial 

assistance (‘‘grantees’’). 

Some grantees have encountered 

difficulties in procuring certain 

manufactured goods in compliance with 

the Buy American provisions. Under the 

Recovery Act, DOE can make an 

exception to the Buy American 

provisions (a ‘‘waiver’’), based on the 

criteria outlined in Section 1605(b)(2) of 

the Recovery Act and in 2 CFR 

176.80(a)(1). One such criteria is where 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the United States in sufficient and 

reasonable quantities and of a 

satisfactory quality (‘‘nonavailability’’). 

EERE may consider issuing individual 

or categorical waivers if there are items 

that qualify for a determination of 

nonavailability. However, EERE wishes 

to ensure that any such determinations 

are based on a complete record obtained 

in a thorough, transparent and 

expedited manner. Toward this end, 

EERE is requesting grantees and other 

Recovery Act stakeholders to use Part 1 

of this RFI to identify and provide 

technical specifications for products 

that may be potential candidates for 

waivers of Buy American provisions in 

EERE-funded projects based on the 

domestic nonavailability criteria. 

The products and technical 

specifications submitted in response to 

Part 1 of this RFI will be catalogued and 

disseminated to the domestic 

manufacturing community in order to 

ascertain the manufacturing capacity for 

these products; all as part of the EERE 

due diligence process before 

considering issuing any waivers based 

on nonavailability criteria. EERE will 

then make the results of our 

determinations available to grantees and 

the general public through the Federal 

Register, the EERE Web site, and 

additional channels as necessary. 

EERE is not at this time specifically 

requesting information, inquiries or 

expressions of interest from the 

manufacturing community. EERE will 

be executing a separate process to 

engage the manufacturing community 

around the products identified in Part 1 

of this RFI. 

Additionally, the Buy American 

provisions found in Section 1605 of the 

Recovery Act have generated numerous 

questions pertaining to their application 

and implementation (programmatic 

questions) in projects around the 

country. EERE has provided grantees 

with a number of avenues to seek 

additional information about the Buy 

American provisions, and has a Web 

site that provides responses to some of 

the most common questions: http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/recovery/ 

buy_american_provision.html. 

To further assist grantees in 

understanding and implementing the 

Buy American provisions, EERE will 

use responses to Part 2 of this RFI to 

inform the content of forthcoming Buy 

American-specific guidance to be issued 

by EERE and available on the EERE Buy 

American Web site. 

EERE strongly encourages responses 

from grantees and other Recovery Act 

stakeholders. These include, but are not 

limited to: Recipients of EERE Recovery 

Act financial assistance, state and local 

officials, contractors, and other 

interested parties. 

Request for Information (RFI) 

Submission Guidelines 

Responses to this RFI must be 

submitted or postmarked no later than 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on February 18, 

2010. 

E-mail responses must be provided as 

a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), or 

compatible, attachment to the email 

responding to either Part 1 or Part 2. 

Responses to both Part 1 and Part 2 

must be submitted as two separate 

Microsoft Word documents (see below). 

Respondents are requested to provide 

the following information at the start of 

their response to this RFI: 

• Associated government/company/ 

institution name (if applicable). 

• Contact information to allow for 

follow-up questions as necessary. 

This RFI is seeking responses 

organized into two distinct Parts: 


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