Technical milestones (Joules Targets): A second set of targets should be set and agreed on for energy crops (not just stover and corn cobs) and possibly by regions Current targets have been achieved by energy crops, but will not be economically feasible at 1.2 DM tons/acre-year.

General Guidelines and tools are needed to assure biomass removal is done sustainably, without damaging the soil. Private industry would like to be involved in setting these guidelines. Government agencies may want to facilitate

General Facilitate meeting between commodity organizations and Regional Feedstock Partnerships to discuss status. Commodity organizations can request more money from Congress. USDA, EPA, DOE need to coordinate land use and other policy decisions to make bioenergy goals feasible.

Timeline Dave Muth’s tools are important – will it be field deployable in the near term? High yielding crops are already creating enough biomass that can be sustainably harvested. The need for guidelines is immediate and a high priority.

Data Loading Would data be made public after five years from the last update, or five years from project completion? Suggestion: Add meta data to KDF data input (what the data/project is, goals, etc) What is the compromise that allows DOE to show what is being accomplished by the Partnership without disclosing too much information/data from the projects?

Synthesis Reports Define what a synthesis report is. KDF and level of access to data published there. Is there a way to make sure that while summary data is available, that specific plot data and locations are not? (Forest Service)