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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
Patent License; Emerald Coast
Technology Group, LLC
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
hereby gives notice of its intent to grant
to Emerald Coast Technology Group,
LLC, a revocable, non-assignable,
exclusive license to practice in the
United States, the Government-owned
invention described in U.S. Patent No.
6,893,540: HIGH TEMPERATURE
PELTIER EFFECT WATER DISTILLER
issued May 17, 2005, Navy Case No.
82,363.
Anyone wishing to object to the
grant of this license has fifteen (15) days
from the date of this notice to file
written objections along with
supporting evidence, if any.
DATES:
Written objections are to be
filed with Naval Surface Warfare Center
Panama City, 110 Vernon Avenue, Code
CP0L, Panama City, FL 32407–7001.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
James Shepherd, Patent Counsel, Naval
Surface Warfare Center Panama City,
110 Vernon Avenue, Panama City, FL
32407–7001, telephone
james.t.shepherd@navy.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Dated: December 19, 2006.
M. A. Harvison,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of the
Supplement to the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Gilberton
Coal-to-Clean Fuels and Power Project
Department of Energy.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces the availability
for public comment of a Supplement to
the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Gilberton Coal-toClean Fuels and Power Project (DOE/
EIS–0357D–S1), prepared in response to
comments on the original Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
issued in December 2005. This
Supplement corrects information
regarding carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from the proposed Gilberton
plant, provides information on the
feasibility of carbon sequestration for
the CO2 emissions from the Gilberton
plant, and presents additional
information regarding CO2-related
cumulative impacts.
It should be noted that the
Supplement contains only those
sections affected by comments related to
CO2 emissions and sequestration, and
DOE is inviting comments only on those
sections. Comments on the original
Draft EIS need not be resubmitted.
DATES: DOE invites the public to
comment on the Supplement to the
Draft EIS during the public comment
period, which ends February 27, 2007.
DOE will consider all comments
postmarked or received during the
public comment period in preparing the
Final EIS, and will consider late
comments to the extent practicable.
DOE will consider and respond to all
comments submitted on the original
Draft EIS in preparing the Final EIS.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information
about this Supplement to the Draft EIS
or to receive a copy of the Supplement
or the Draft EIS should be directed to:
Janice L. Bell, NEPA Document
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy,
National Energy Technology Laboratory,
M/S 58–247A, P.O. Box 10940,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Additional
information about the Supplement or
the Draft EIS may also be requested by
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telephone at: (412) 386–4512, or toll-free
at: 1–866–576–8240.
The Supplement to the Draft EIS will
be available at https://www.eh.doe.gov/
nepa. The original Draft EIS is available
at the same Internet address. Copies of
the Supplement to the Draft EIS are also
available for review at the locations
listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this Notice.
Written comments on the Supplement
to the Draft EIS can be mailed to Janice
L. Bell, NEPA Document Manager, at the
address noted above. Written comments
may also be submitted by fax to: (412)
386–4806, or submitted electronically
to: jbell@netl.doe.gov. In addition, oral
comments on the Supplement to the
Draft EIS can be provided by calling the
toll-free telephone number: 1–866–576–
8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information regarding the DOE
NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol
M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA
Policy and Compliance (GC–20), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Telephone:
(202) 586–4600, or leave a message at:
(800) 472–2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department prepared this
Supplement to the Draft EIS in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) regulations that implement the
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508), and the DOE
procedures implementing NEPA (10
CFR part 1021).
In the original Draft EIS, issued in
December 2005, DOE’s proposed action
(and preferred alternative) is to provide
cost-shared funding to design, construct,
and operate a new plant to demonstrate
coproduction of 41 MW of electricity,
steam, and over 5,000 barrels-per-day of
ultra-clean liquid hydrocarbon products
(primarily diesel fuel and naphtha). The
demonstration plant would use a
gasifier to convert coal waste to
synthesis gas, which would be conveyed
to Fischer-Tropsch (F–T) liquefaction
facilities for production of liquid fuels
and to a combined-cycle power plant.
The demonstration facilities, to be
constructed in Gilberton, Schuylkill
County, Pennsylvania, would process
up to 4,700 tons per day of coal waste
(anthracite culm). The potential
environmental impacts of this action are
evaluated in the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS
also analyzed the No Action Alternative,
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under which DOE would not provide
cost-shared funding to demonstrate the
commercial-scale integration of coal
gasification and F–T synthesis
technology to produce electricity, steam
and liquid fuels. Under the No-Action
Alternative, it is reasonably foreseeable
that no new activity would occur.
Among the public comments received
on the Draft EIS were those from the
Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) regarding how the Draft EIS
addressed CO2 emissions. The NRDC
comments expressed concern about the
potential impacts on global warming
and questioned the accuracy of the
annual rate of CO2 emissions reported in
the Draft EIS. The comments also
requested DOE to enhance the analysis
of potential CO2-related cumulative
impacts, further explore the feasibility
of CO2 sequestration, and provide a
public comment opportunity on the
revised sections of the EIS. DOE also
received similar comments on CO2
emissions and carbon sequestration
from other organizations and
individuals: the Coalition of Concerned
Coal Region Citizens; the Mid-Atlantic
Environmental Law Center; the Citizens
for Pennsylvania’s Future; Mike Ewall;
Edward and Helen Sluzis; and James
Kotcon.
In considering the comments received
on the Draft EIS, DOE determined that
the annual rate of CO2 emissions
reported in the Draft EIS included only
the quantity of CO2 that would be
emitted directly. The reported quantity
did not include a larger quantity of CO2
in a concentrated stream exiting the gas
cleanup system. While it was previously
anticipated that the concentrated CO2
stream would be sold as a byproduct,
the industrial participant has informed
DOE that the commercial sale of the CO2
would not occur in the foreseeable
future. Therefore, all of the CO2 would
be emitted to the atmosphere. DOE has
prepared the Supplement to clarify the
total emissions rate accordingly. DOE
has also enhanced the discussion of
cumulative impacts and the feasibility
of carbon sequestration.
Availability of the Supplement to the
Draft EIS
Copies of this Supplement to the Draft
EIS have been distributed to Members of
Congress, Federal, State, and local
officials, and agencies, organizations
and individuals who may be interested
or affected. To obtain copies of the
Supplement and the original Draft EIS,
see ADDRESSES above. The Supplement
and the Draft EIS are also available in
the public reading rooms of the
following public libraries: Frackville
Free Public Library, 56 N. Lehigh
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Emerald Coast
Technology Group, LLC
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent
to grant to Emerald Coast Technology Group, LLC, a revocable, non-
assignable, exclusive license to practice in the United States, the
Government-owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 6,893,540: HIGH
TEMPERATURE PELTIER EFFECT WATER DISTILLER issued May 17, 2005, Navy
Case No. 82,363.
DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license has
fifteen (15) days from the date of this notice to file written
objections along with supporting evidence, if any.
ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with Naval Surface
Warfare Center Panama City, 110 Vernon Avenue, Code CP0L, Panama City,
FL 32407-7001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Shepherd, Patent Counsel,
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, 110 Vernon Avenue, Panama
City, FL 32407-7001, telephone james.t.shepherd@navy.mil.
(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)
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Dated: December 19, 2006.
M. A. Harvison,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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