[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41542-41544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16707]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, Secretariat,
Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: At the direction of the President, the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE or Department), as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial
Energy Review Task Force (QER Task Force), will convene a public
meeting to discuss and receive comments on issues related to the
Quadrennial Energy Review.
DATES: A public meeting will be held on August 11, 2014, beginning at
9:00 a.m. Mountain Time in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Written comments are
welcome, especially following the public meeting, and should be
submitted within 60 days of the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The August 11 meeting will be held at the: New Mexico State
Personnel Office Auditorium, 2600 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505-
3258.
You may submit written comments to: [email protected] or by
U.S. mail to the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, EPSA-60,
QER Meeting Comments, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121.
For the Santa Fe public meeting, please title your comment
``Quadrennial Energy Review: Comment on the Public Meeting State, Local
and Tribal Issues.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Adonica Renee Pickett, EPSA-90,
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
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Policy and Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9168 Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 9, 2014, President Obama issued a
Presidential Memorandum--Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review. To
accomplish this review, the Presidential Memorandum establishes a
Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force to be co-chaired by the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Director of the
Domestic Policy Council. Under the Presidential Memorandum, the
Secretary of Energy shall provide support to the Task Force, including
support for coordination activities related to the preparation of the
Quadrennial Energy Review Report, policy analysis and modeling, and
stakeholder engagement.
The DOE, as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task
Force, will hold a series of public meetings to discuss and receive
comments on issues related to the Quadrennial Energy Review.
The initial focus for the Quadrennial Energy Review will be our
Nation's infrastructure for transporting, transmitting, storing and
delivering energy. Our current infrastructure is increasingly
challenged by transformations in energy supply, markets, and patterns
of end use; issues of aging and capacity; impacts of climate change;
and cyber and physical threats. Any vulnerability in this
infrastructure may be exacerbated by the increasing interdependencies
of energy systems with water, telecommunications, transportation, and
emergency response systems. The first Quadrennial Energy Review Report
will serve as a roadmap to help address these challenges.
The Department of Energy has a broad role in energy policy
development and the largest role in implementing the Federal
Government's energy research and development portfolio. Many other
executive departments and agencies also play key roles in developing
and implementing policies governing energy resources and consumption,
as well as associated environmental impacts. In addition, non-Federal
actors are crucial contributors to energy policies. Because most energy
and related infrastructure is owned by private entities, investment by
and engagement of the private sector is necessary to develop and
implement effective policies. State and local policies; the views of
nongovernmental, environmental, faith-based, labor, and other social
organizations; and contributions from the academic and non-profit
sectors are also critical to the development and implementation of
effective energy policies.
An interagency Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, which includes
members from all relevant executive departments and agencies
(agencies), will develop an integrated review of energy policy that
integrates all of these perspectives. It will build on the foundation
provided in the Administration's Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future
of March 30, 2011, and Climate Action Plan released on June 25, 2013.
The Task Force will offer recommendations on what additional actions it
believes would be appropriate. These may include recommendations on
additional executive or legislative actions to address the energy
challenges and opportunities facing the Nation.
August 11, 2014 Public Meeting: State, Local, and Tribal Issues
On August 11, 2014, the DOE will hold a public meeting in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. The August 11, 2014 public meeting will feature facilitated
panel discussions, followed by an open microphone session. Persons
desiring to speak during the open microphone session at the public
meeting should come prepared to speak for no more than five minutes and
will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis, according to
the order in which they register to speak on a sign-in sheet available
at the meeting location, on the morning of the meeting.
In advance of the meeting, DOE anticipates making publicly
available a briefing memorandum providing useful background information
regarding the topics under discussion at the meeting. DOE will post
this memorandum on its Web site: http://energy.gov.
Submitting comments via email. Submitting comments by email to the
QER email address will require you to provide your name and contact
information in the transmittal email. Your contact information will be
viewable to DOE staff only. Your contact information will not be
publicly viewable except for your first and last names, organization
name (if any), and submitter representative name (if any). Your contact
information will be publicly viewable if you include it in the comment
itself or in any documents attached to your comment. Any information
that you do not want to be publicly viewable should not be included in
your comment, nor in any document attached to your comment. Otherwise,
persons viewing comments will see only first and last names,
organization names, correspondence containing comments, and any
documents submitted with the comments.
Do not submit to the QER email address ([email protected])
information for which disclosure is restricted by statute, such as
trade secrets and commercial or financial information (hereinafter
referred to as Confidential Business Information (CBI)). Comments
submitted to the QER email address cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments
received through the email address will waive any CBI claims for the
information submitted. For information on submitting CBI, see the
Confidential Business Information section, below.
If you do not want your personal contact information to be publicly
viewable, do not include it in your comment or any accompanying
documents. Instead, provide your contact information in a cover letter.
Include your first and last names, email address, telephone number, and
optional mailing address. The cover letter will not be publicly
viewable as long as it does not include any comments.
Include contact information each time you submit comments, data,
documents, and other information to DOE. If you submit via mail or hand
delivery/courier, please provide all items on a CD, if feasible, in
which case it is not necessary to submit printed copies. No
telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
Comments, data, and other information submitted to DOE
electronically should be provided in PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or
Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file format. Provide documents that
are not secured, written in English, and are free of any defects or
viruses. Documents should not contain special characters or any form of
encryption and, if possible, they should carry the electronic signature
of the author.
Confidential Business Information. Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any
person submitting information that he or she believes to be
confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via
email, postal mail, or hand delivery/courier two well-marked copies:
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. Submit these documents via email or on a CD, if
feasible. DOE will make its own determination about the confidential
status of the information and treat it according to its determination.
Confidential information should be
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submitted to the Confidential QER email address:
[email protected].
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 its 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.
It is DOE's policy that all comments may be included in the public
docket, without change and as received, including any personal
information provided in the comments (except information deemed to be
exempt from public disclosure).
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2014.
Michele Torrusio,
QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2014-16707 Filed 7-15-14; 8:45 am]
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