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2014.
Richard Goorevich,
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of
Nonproliferation and International Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Commission To Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories
Department of Energy.
Notice of Intent To Establish the
Commission To Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Following consultation with
the Committee Management Secretariat,
General Services Administration, notice
is hereby given that the Commission To
Review the Effectiveness of the National
Energy Laboratories (Commission) will
be established. The Commission will
provide advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Energy.
Additionally, the establishment of the
Commission has been determined to be
essential to the conduct of the
Department’s business and to be in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed upon the
Department of Energy by law and
agreement. The Commission will
operate in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and the rules and
regulations in implementation of that
Act.
SUMMARY:
Pursuant
to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463), section 319 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2014, Public Law
113–76, and in accordance with title 41,
Code of Federal Regulations, section
102–3.65, and following consultation
with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services
Administration, notice is hereby given
that the Commission to Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories will be established.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The activities of the Commission will
include, but are not limited to:
Two phases are planned for the
Commission. In Phase 1, the objective of
the Commission is to address whether
the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
national laboratories are properly
aligned with the Department’s strategic
priorities; have clear, well understood,
and properly balanced missions that are
not unnecessarily redundant and
duplicative; have unique capabilities
that have sufficiently evolved to meet
current and future energy and national
security challenges; are appropriately
sized to meet the Department’s energy
and national security missions; and are
appropriately supporting other Federal
agencies and the extent to which it
benefits DOE missions.
For Phase 2, the Commission shall
also determine whether there are
opportunities to more effectively and
efficiently use the capabilities of the
national laboratories, including
consolidation and realignment, reducing
overhead costs, reevaluating governance
models using industrial and academic
bench marks for comparison, and
assessing the impact of DOE’s oversight
and management approach. In its
evaluation, the Commission should also
consider the cost and effectiveness of
using other research, development, and
technology centers and universities as
an alternative to meeting DOE’s energy
and national security goals.
The Commission shall analyze the
effectiveness of the use of laboratory
directed research and development
(LDRD) to meet the Department of
Energy’s science, energy, and national
security goals. The Commission shall
further evaluate the effectiveness of the
Department’s oversight approach to
ensure LDRD-funded projects are
compliant with statutory requirements
and congressional direction, including
requirements that LDRD projects be
distinct from projects directly funded by
appropriations and that LDRD projects
derived from the Department’s national
security programs support the national
security mission of the Department of
Energy. Finally, the Commission shall
quantify the extent to which LDRD
funding supports recruiting and
retention of qualified staff.
The Commission will submit a report
containing the Commission’s findings
and conclusions to the Secretary of
Energy, the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, and the Senate.
The Commission terminates following
submission of its final report to the
Secretary of Energy and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, unless,
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prior to that time, the charter is renewed
in accordance with Section 14 of the
FACA.
The Commission shall be composed
of approximately nine members,
appointed by the Secretary of Energy to
serve as special Government employees.
The members shall be eminent in a field
of science or engineering; and/or have
expertise in managing scientific
facilities; and/or have expertise in cost
and/or program analysis; and have an
established record of distinguished
service. The membership of the
Commission shall be representative of
the broad range of scientific,
engineering, financial, and managerial
disciplines related to activities under
this title. Subcommittees may be
utilized.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Gibson, (202) 586–3787.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 28,
2014.
Amy Bodette,
Committee Management Officer.
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Docket Numbers: RP14–886–000.
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.
Description: Docket RP14–442
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Accession Number: 20140515–5033.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–887–000.
Applicants: Rager Mountain Storage
Company LLC.
Description: Docket No RP14–442
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Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5034.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–888–000.
Applicants: Nautilus Pipeline
Company, L.L.C.
Description: Purchase Capacity
Compliance Filing to be effective 6/15/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5046.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–889–000.
Applicants: Garden Banks Gas
Pipeline, LLC.
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Description: Comply with Order
RP14–442–000 to be effective 6/15/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5045.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–890–000.
Applicants: Mississippi Canyon Gas
Pipeline, L.L.C.
Description: Purchase Capacity
Compliance Filing to be effective 6/15/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5047.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–891–000.
Applicants: Transwestern Pipeline
Company, LLC.
Description: Order to Show Cause
Compliance Filing to be effective 7/1/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5058.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–892–000.
Applicants: Fayetteville Express
Pipeline LLC.
Description: Order to Show Cause
Compliance Filing to be effective 7/1/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5059.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–893–000.
Applicants: Stingray Pipeline
Company, L.L.C.
Description: Offer to Purchase
Capacity Compliance to be effective 6/
15/2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5060.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–894–000.
Applicants: ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC.
Description: Order to Show Cause
Compliance Filing to be effective 7/1/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5061.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–895–000.
Applicants: Central New York Oil
And Gas, L.L.C.
Description: Capacity Release
Purchase Offer Posting Show Cause
Order Compliance Filing to be effective
12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5078.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–896–000.
Applicants: Tallgrass Interstate Gas
Transmission, L.
Description: Compliance to Show
Cause—RP14–442 to be effective 6/14/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
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Accession Number: 20140515–5087.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–897–000.
Applicants: National Grid LNG, LLC.
Description: RP14–442 Compliance.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5119.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–898–000.
Applicants: Cameron Interstate
Pipeline, LLC.
Description: Cameron Interstate
Pipeline Requests to Purchase Capacity
Compliance Filing to be effective 7/1/
2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5124.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–899–000.
Applicants: Mississippi Hub, LLC.
Description: Mississippi Hub Requests
to Purchase Capacity Compliance Filing
to be effective 7/1/2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5125.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–900–000.
Applicants: LA Storage, LLC.
Description: LA Storage Request to
Purchase Capacity Compliance Filing to
be effective 7/1/2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5126.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–901–000.
Applicants: Eastern Shore Natural Gas
Company.
Description: Compliance to Show
Cause Order.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5127.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–902–000.
Applicants: Enable Gas Transmission,
LLC.
Description: Negotiated Rate Filing—
May 15, 2014 to be effective 5/15/2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5143.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–903–000.
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L.L.C.
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Filed Date: 5/15/14.
Accession Number: 20140515–5163.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/27/14.
Docket Numbers: RP14–904–000.
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Center, LLC.
Description: Pine Prairie Compliance
with Capacity Release Purchase Offer to
be effective 7/1/2014.
Filed Date: 5/15/14.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Commission To Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Intent To Establish the Commission To Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories.
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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given
that the Commission To Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories (Commission) will be established. The Commission will
provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy.
Additionally, the establishment of the Commission has been
determined to be essential to the conduct of the Department's business
and to be in the public interest in connection with the performance of
duties imposed upon the Department of Energy by law and agreement. The
Commission will operate in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and the rules and regulations in
implementation of that Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), section 319 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, Public Law 113-76, and in
accordance with title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, section 102-
3.65, and following consultation with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given
that the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories will be established.
The activities of the Commission will include, but are not limited
to:
Two phases are planned for the Commission. In Phase 1, the
objective of the Commission is to address whether the Department of
Energy's (DOE) national laboratories are properly aligned with the
Department's strategic priorities; have clear, well understood, and
properly balanced missions that are not unnecessarily redundant and
duplicative; have unique capabilities that have sufficiently evolved to
meet current and future energy and national security challenges; are
appropriately sized to meet the Department's energy and national
security missions; and are appropriately supporting other Federal
agencies and the extent to which it benefits DOE missions.
For Phase 2, the Commission shall also determine whether there are
opportunities to more effectively and efficiently use the capabilities
of the national laboratories, including consolidation and realignment,
reducing overhead costs, reevaluating governance models using
industrial and academic bench marks for comparison, and assessing the
impact of DOE's oversight and management approach. In its evaluation,
the Commission should also consider the cost and effectiveness of using
other research, development, and technology centers and universities as
an alternative to meeting DOE's energy and national security goals.
The Commission shall analyze the effectiveness of the use of
laboratory directed research and development (LDRD) to meet the
Department of Energy's science, energy, and national security goals.
The Commission shall further evaluate the effectiveness of the
Department's oversight approach to ensure LDRD-funded projects are
compliant with statutory requirements and congressional direction,
including requirements that LDRD projects be distinct from projects
directly funded by appropriations and that LDRD projects derived from
the Department's national security programs support the national
security mission of the Department of Energy. Finally, the Commission
shall quantify the extent to which LDRD funding supports recruiting and
retention of qualified staff.
The Commission will submit a report containing the Commission's
findings and conclusions to the Secretary of Energy, the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Senate.
The Commission terminates following submission of its final report
to the Secretary of Energy and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, unless,
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prior to that time, the charter is renewed in accordance with Section
14 of the FACA.
The Commission shall be composed of approximately nine members,
appointed by the Secretary of Energy to serve as special Government
employees. The members shall be eminent in a field of science or
engineering; and/or have expertise in managing scientific facilities;
and/or have expertise in cost and/or program analysis; and have an
established record of distinguished service. The membership of the
Commission shall be representative of the broad range of scientific,
engineering, financial, and managerial disciplines related to
activities under this title. Subcommittees may be utilized.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Gibson, (202) 586-3787.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2014.
Amy Bodette,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12801 Filed 6-2-14; 8:45 am]
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