[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27103-27104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12262]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Marine Sciences 
Laboratory

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

ACTION: Request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
the Marine Sciences Laboratory Request for Information (RFI). This RFI 
is seeking feedback addressing the growing Research and Development 
(R&D) interest in the use of the Department of Energy's Pacific 
Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) 
facilities for renewable energy, maritime markets, and energy storage 
research, technology development and testing. This information will 
help DOE and PNNL prioritize resources and investments at the MSL.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by no later than 5:00 p.m. 
(ET) on July 31, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. Include Marine Sciences Laboratory Request for 
Information in the subject line. Responses must be provided as 
attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file 
size exceeding 25 MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message 
delivery. The complete RFI document is located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to 
[email protected] or Carrie Noonan, Technical Project Officer, 240-
562-1644. Further instruction can be found in the RFI document posted 
on EERE Exchange at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ under DE-FOA-
0002123.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's 
(PNNL) Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL), located in Washington State, 
is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) only marine research facility. 
The laboratory helps the Nation achieve sustainable energy, a healthy 
environment, and robust security in coastal settings. The purpose of 
this request for information is to solicit feedback from industry, 
academia, other national laboratories, government agencies, and private 
entities regarding the use of this unique DOE marine laboratory as a 
research, development, testing, and validation venue supporting 
multiple DOE missions as they relate to the coastal and ocean 
environment.

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Confidential Business Information

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information that 
he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should submit via email two well marked copies: One copy of 
the document marked ``confidential'' including all the information 
believed to be confidential, and one copy of the document marked ``non-
confidential'' with the information believed to be confidential 
deleted. DOE will make its own determination about the confidential 
status of the information and treat it according to its determination.
    Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to treat 
submitted information as confidential include: (1) A description of the 
items, (2) whether and why such items are customarily treated as 
confidential within the industry, (3) whether the information is 
generally known by or available from other sources, (4) whether the 
information has previously been made available to others without 
obligation concerning its confidentiality, (5) an explanation of the 
competitive injury to the submitting person that would result from 
public disclosure, (6) when such information might lose its 
confidential character due to the passage of time, and (7) why 
disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2019.
 Alejandro Moreno,
Director, Water Power Technology Office.
[FR Doc. 2019-12262 Filed 6-10-19; 8:45 am]
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