[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49291-49292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19767]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Request for Information on Landscape Design for Sustainable 
Bioenergy Systems

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for Information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its Request for Information (RFI) regarding Landscape Design for 
Sustainable Bioenergy Systems. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
feedback from bioenergy stakeholders on landscape design approaches 
that integrate cellulosic bioenergy feedstock production into existing 
agricultural and forestry systems while maintaining or enhancing 
environmental and socio-

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economic sustainability including ecosystem services and food, feed, 
and fiber production.

DATES: Comments regarding the RFI must be received on or before 
September 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The RFI is available at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Responses to the RFI and questions 
should be sent via email or email attachments to 
[email protected]. Further instructions can be found in 
the RFI document posted on EERE exchange.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
Bioenergy Technologies Office plans to support the continued increase 
of sustainably produced domestic bioenergy from renewable feedstocks. 
This Request for Information (RFI) is directed at landscape design 
approaches for integrating cellulosic bioenergy feedstock production 
into existing agricultural and forestry systems in a way that maintains 
or improves environmental sustainability--specifically, greenhouse gas 
mitigation, water quality, water quantity, soil quality, air quality, 
and biodiversity. ``Landscape design'' refers to a spatially explicit 
plan for resource allocation and management that meets multiple desired 
objectives including environmental (maintains or enhances ecosystem 
services), social (is acceptable to relevant stakeholders), and 
economic (maintains or improves livelihoods and landowner 
profitability). DOE is seeking information on cost-effective, feasible 
approaches for testing the landscape design approach for increasing 
bioenergy feedstock production at a watershed, multi-landowner, or 
comparable spatial scale through a combination of modeling, data 
collection, field research, and engagement with landowners and other 
relevant stakeholders. DOE is specifically interested in information on 
appropriate experimental designs for assessing comprehensive 
environmental sustainability indicators, potential barriers to 
implementing landscape design, approaches for assessing needed 
feedstock logistic systems, and possible projects to test landscape 
design approaches for bioenergy systems on the landscape.
    This is solely a request for information and not a Funding 
Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications for 
funding project proposals.

    Issued in Golden, CO, on August 14, 2014.
Jonathan Male,
Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2014-19767 Filed 8-19-14; 8:45 am]
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