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Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary 

Program (APNEP) and NOAA Fisheries’ 

Beaufort, NC lab research activities. 

The AP will review the Council’s 

draft Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based 

Amendment 2 and provide 

recommendations as appropriate. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified in this notice and 

any issues arising after publication of 

this notice that require emergency 

action under Section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Third Smart Grid Interoperability 

Standards Interim Roadmap Public 

Workshop 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), United States 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshop. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology announces 

that a free two-day public workshop on 

Smart Grid interoperability standards 

will be held on August 3–4, 2009, in the 

Washington, DC area. Space is limited 

to about 300 people. Registration will be 

on a first come, first served basis. 

Opening and closing plenary sessions 

will be Webcast, and the breakout 

sessions will be teleconferenced. 

Information on how to view the 

Webcasts and join the teleconferences 

will be posted in advance on the NIST 

smart grid Web site at: http:// 

www.nist.gov/smartgrid/. 

DATES: The free public workshop will be 

held on August 3 and 4, 2009, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. 

ADDRESSES: The free public workshop 

will be held at: Westfields Marriott 

Washington Dulles, 14750 Conference 

Center Drive, Chantilly, Virginia 20151, 

(http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ 

iadwf-westfields-marriott-washingtondulles/). 

Persons interested in attending may 

register at: http://guest.cvent.com/ 

i.aspx?4W,M3,8954df11-b743-4b4b9487-3d71b252286d, or by calling 

Ashley Eldrege of the Electric Power 

Research Institute, at 650–855–2063. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zulma Lainez at 301–975–2232 or by email at smartgrid@nist.gov. Registration 

information will be posted at: http:// 

www.nist.gov/smartgrid/ and at http:// 

guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Calendar/ 

Calendar.aspx?cal=22e6c583-7b72- 

4ba0-9898-598e801ee421. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

(EISA) of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–140), the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) has ‘‘primary 

responsibility to coordinate 

development of a framework that 

includes protocols and model standards 

for information management to achieve 

interoperability of smart grid devices 

and systems * * *’’ (EISA, Section 

1305] 

In 2008, responding to this 

congressional mandate, NIST initiated a 

government/industry effort to develop 

an Interoperability Framework and to 

engage the many Smart Grid 

stakeholders in a coordinated approach 

to identify or develop needed standards. 

This coordinated effort was designed 

and initiated in full collaboration with 

the Department of Energy. In early 2009, 

responding to President Obama’s 

energy-related national priorities, NIST 

intensified and expedited efforts to 

accelerate progress toward identification 

of Smart Grid standards. 

NIST will submit standards that are 

identified or developed through this 

process to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC). Once 

FERC determines that there is sufficient 

consensus, EISA instructs FERC to 

institute a rulemaking proceeding to 

adopt the standards and protocols that 

may be necessary to ensure that there is 

Smart Grid functionality and 

interoperability in interstate 

transmission of electric power, and in 

regional and wholesale electricity 

markets. 

A key objective of the workshop is to 

engage Standards Development 

Organizations (SDOs) in addressing 

standards-related priorities, efficiently 

and expeditiously. Plenary and breakout sessions will be devoted to 

discussing individual SDO perspectives 

on the evolving roadmap for Smart Grid 

interoperability standards; identifying 

individual and collaborative 

responsibilities of SDOs to address and 

resolve standards issues and gaps, and 

develop plans and set timelines for the 

meeting these responsibilities. 

NIST recently posted the Report to 

NIST on the Smart Grid Interoperability 

Standards Roadmap for public 

comment until July 30. This report, 

prepared by the Electric Power Research 

Institute (EPRI) under contract to NIST, 

can be found on the NIST Smart Grid 

Interoperability Standards Project 

(http://nist.gov/smartgrid/). A recorded 

Webcast that describes the Report can 

be found at http://intelligrid.epri.com. 

(Click on: Briefing on the EPRI report to 

NIST on Smart Grid Interoperability 

Standards Roadmap for the NIST 

DEWGs.) 

On the basis of its review of this 

report, and other information, NIST has 

identified high-priority areas that it is 

proposing for immediate, focused action 

by SDOs and stakeholder groups. 

Additional Information. More 

information is available on the NIST 

Smart Grid project Web site at: http:// 

www.nist.gov/smartgrid/. To help it 

fulfill its mandate to facilitate Smart 

Grid standards interoperability, NIST 

also manages a Smart Grid collaboration 

Web site at: http://collaborate.nist.gov/ 

twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/ 

WebHome. NIST recently exercised the 

option to extend an existing contract 

with the Electric Power Research 

Institute (EPRI) to perform services 

related to NIST’s effort to coordinate 

development of Smart Grid standards. 

The contract requires EPRI to help NIST 

organize and facilitate workshops at 

which stakeholders will present, review, 

develop, and work to towards consensus 

on roadmap content, and to use its 

technical expertise to compile, distill, 

and organize stakeholder contributions. 

This notice announces the third 

workshop organized by EPRI. All EPRI 

outputs under the contract are subject to 

NIST review and approval and are 

owned by NIST. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

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