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special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Robert L. Pence 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
presentations pertaining to agenda items
should contact Robert L. Pence at the
address or telephone number listed
above. The request 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 Robert L. Pence,
Federal Coordinator, at the address and
phone number listed above. Minutes
will also be available at the following
Web site: http://inlcab.energy.gov/
pages/meetings.php.
Issued at Washington, DC, on October 5,
2016.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–24539 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open teleconference.
AGENCY:

This notice announces a
teleconference call of the State Energy
Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public
notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, November 17, 2016
from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT). To
receive the call-in number and
passcode, please contact the Board’s
Designated Federal Officer at the
address or phone number listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Li, Policy Advisor, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Phone number

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202–287–5718, and email michael.li@
ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: To make
recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
regarding goals and objectives,
programmatic and administrative
policies, and to otherwise carry out the
Board’s responsibilities as designated in
the State Energy Efficiency Programs
Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–
440).
Tentative Agenda: Receive STEAB
Task Force updates on action items and
revised objectives for FY 2017, discuss
follow-up opportunities and
engagement with EERE and other DOE
staff as needed to keep Task Force work
moving forward, continue engagement
with DOE, EERE and EPSA staff
regarding energy efficiency and
renewable energy projects and
initiatives, and receive updates on
member activities within their states;
Follow-up from October meeting.
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. Written statements
may be filed with the Board either
before or after the meeting. Members of
the public who wish to make oral
statements pertaining to agenda items
should contact Michael Li at the address
or telephone number listed above.
Requests to make oral comments must
be received five days prior to the
meeting; reasonable provision will be
made to include requested topic(s) on
the agenda. The Chair of the Board is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
will be available for public review and
copying within 60 days on the STEAB
Web site at: http://www.energy.gov/eere/
steab/state-energy-advisory-board.
Issued at Washington, DC, on October 5,
2016.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–24540 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC17–1–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request for
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Commission
Service Delivery
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (the
Commission or FERC) is coordinating
the development of the following
proposed Generic Information
Collection Request (ICR): FERC–153,
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Commission
Service Delivery’’ for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).1
This notice announces that FERC
intends to submit this collection to
OMB for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the
proposed information collection.
Following review of public comments
received in regard to this 60-day notice,
FERC will issue a 30-day notice to
solicit additional public comments and
will submit a Generic ICR to OMB for
review.2
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due December 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC17–1–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
SUMMARY:

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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
also participated in the initial 60-day
notice to establish eligibility for the Generic
Clearance process (75 FR 80542, 12/22/2010).
2 FERC

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docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–153, Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Commission Service
Delivery.
OMB Control No.: To be determined.
Type of Request: New generic
information collection.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection provides a means to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. By qualitative feedback, we
mean data that provides useful insights
on perceptions and opinions, but are not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative
results that can be generalized to the
population of study. This feedback will
provide insights into customer or
stakeholder perceptions, experiences,
and expectations, provide an early
warning of issues with service, or focus
attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. This collection
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
FERC and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.

If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Commission’s
services will be unavailable.
The Commission will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• The collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
Commission (if released, the
Commission must indicate the
qualitative nature of the information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably

actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: The target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study.
As a general matter, this information
collection will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. The Commission generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information which does
not display a valid OMB Control
Number. See 5 CFR 1320. OMB
authorization for an information
collection cannot be for more than three
years without renewal.
Type of Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and households; Businesses
or other for-profit and not-for-profit
organizations; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost for the
information collection as:

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ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN FOR GENERIC CLEARANCE
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden
minutes per
response

Total burden
hours

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

Generic Clearance .........................................................

3 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
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1

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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the 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
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER16–2703–000]

Dated: October 4, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

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Deerfield Wind Energy, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization

[FR Doc. 2016–24551 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
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This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Deerfield Wind Energy, LLC’s
application for market-based 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 October 24,
2016.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
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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 5 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
electronic 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 email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
[email protected] or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2514–168]

Appalachian Power Company; Notice
of Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Application
for temporary variance of normal
reservoir elevation requirement.
b. Project No.: P–2514–168.
c. Date Filed: August 18, 2016.
d. Applicant: Appalachian Power
Company.
e. Name of Project: Byllesby and Buck
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the New River in Carroll County,
Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.

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h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Elizabeth B.
Parcell, Process Supervisor Senior, 40
Franklin Rd. SW., P.O. Box 2021,
Roanoke, VA (540) 985–2441.
i. FERC Contact: Mr. Steven Sachs,
(202) 502–8666, or steven.sachs@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, protests, and
recommendations is 30 days from the
date of issuance of this notice. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene, protests, comments, or
recommendations using the
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Please include the project number (P–
2514–168) on any comments, motions to
intervene, protests, or recommendations
filed.
k. Description of Request: The
applicant is requesting a temporary
variance of its reservoir elevation
requirement at the Byllesby
development to install crest gates on the
dam. The applicant drew down the
reservoir by approximately 9 feet on
July 22, 2016, and expects to refill the
reservoir to its normal elevation in late
October 2016. The applicant has closed
the canoe portage and boat ramp at the
Byllesby reservoir.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the
document. You may also register online
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
email [email protected], for
TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
available for inspection and

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