[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 42663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19176]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Meetings; National Coal Council

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council 
(NCC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice 
of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Renaissance Ross Bridge Resort, 4000 Grand Avenue, 
Birmingham, AL 35226.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Matuszak, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 4G-036/Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0001; Telephone: 202-287-6915.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Council: The National Coal Council provides advice 
and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy, on general policy 
matters relating to coal and the coal industry.
    Purpose of Meeting: The 2017 Fall Meeting of the National Coal 
Council.

Agenda

1. Call to order and opening remarks by Greg Workman, Chair, National 
Coal Council
2. Keynote Remarks by Dr. Grace Bochenek, Director, National Energy 
Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
3. Industry Keynote Presentation--Dan Byers, Senior Director Policy, 
U.S. Chamber Global Energy Institute
4. Presentation by Andy Roberts, Research Director--Global Thermal Coal 
Markets, Wood Mackenzie on What's Needed to Incentivize Deployment of 
Advance Coal Plants in the U.S.
5. Presentation by Hans Daniels, CEO, Doyle Trading Consultants on 
Opportunities for U.S. Coal Exports
6. Presentation by Roy W. Hill, Chairman of the Board Clean Energy 
Technology Association Inc. on CETA Energy's Lignite Coal Distillation 
Initiative
7. Council Business:
    a. NCC Chair's Report by NCC Chair Greg Workman
    b. Finance Report by Finance Committee Chair Dan Roling
    c. Coal Policy Committee Report by Coal Policy Committee Chair Deck 
Slone
    d. Communications Committee Report by Communications Committee 
Chair Lisa Bradley
    e. NCC Business Report by NCC CEO Janet Gellici
8. Other Business
9. Adjourn

    Attendees are requested to register in advance for the meeting at: 
http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/page-NCC-Events.html.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement with the Council, you may do so 
either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral 
statements regarding any item on the agenda, you should contact Daniel 
Matuszak, 202-287-6915 or [email protected] (email). You must 
make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business days before 
the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include oral 
statements on the scheduled agenda. The Chairperson of the Council will 
lead the meeting in a manner that facilitates the orderly conduct of 
business. Oral statements are limited to 10-minutes per organization 
and per person.
    Minutes: A link to the transcript of the meeting will be posted on 
the NCC Web site at: http://www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on September 6, 2017.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-19176 Filed 9-8-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P