Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Metrics in the U.S. for System and Subsystem Performance, 25656-25657 [2018-11941]

Download as PDF sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 25656 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Notices Process for Filling MRRIC Stakeholder Vacancies (www.MRRIC.org). Members and alternates of the Committee will not receive any compensation from the federal government for carrying out the duties of the MRRIC. Travel expenses incurred by members of the Committee are not currently reimbursed by the federal government. Application for Stakeholder Membership. Persons who believe that they are or will be affected by the Missouri River recovery and mitigation activities may apply for stakeholder membership on the MRRIC. Committee members are obligated to avoid and disclose any individual ethical, legal, financial, or other conflicts of interest they may have involving MRRIC. 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The Office of Energy SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is specifically interested in feedback on (1) the performance metrics identified within the document titled ‘‘Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics’’ relating to performance in the U.S. marine resource, as well as any additional applications, assumptions, benefits, drawbacks, or other considerations for those metrics, (2) any performance metrics not captured within the ‘‘Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics’’ documents, (3) considerations for baseline reference values documenting the current state of the U.S. MHK industry identified by metric and resource type, and (4) feedback specifically on Technology Readiness Level (TRL) definitions as referenced in the document and as those TRL definitions relate to the U.S. MHK industry. DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on July 31, 2018. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to WPTORFI@ee.doe.gov. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Include ‘‘MHK Metrics RFI’’ as the subject of the email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is located at: https://eereexchange.energy.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to WPTORFI@ee.doe.gov. Further instruction can be found in the RFI document posted on EERE Exchange. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research institutions, government agencies, and other stakeholders on assumptions and uncertainties with metrics in the U.S. that are used to evaluate MHK system and subsystem performance. In addition to levelized cost of energy, various other metrics, as documented in ‘‘Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics’’ (collocated with this RFI on EERE Exchange, https://eereExchange.energy.gov/), have historically been utilized to evaluate and track progress within the MHK industry. EERE is specifically interested in feedback on the application and limitations of those metrics that are currently used or have been used previously, and is also soliciting E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Notices suggestions for new metrics or new applications of existing metrics. Feedback is requested on the content within the document titled ‘‘Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics’’, including possible gaps, additional limitations, or further considerations. The results of this RFI may be used to inform the Water Power Technologies Office strategic planning in future years, contribute to evaluation criteria for potential future funding opportunities, and provide a baseline for U.S. input into international efforts related to Marine Renewable Energy metrics. 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. Issued in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2018. Alejandro Moreno, Director, Water Power Technologies Office. [FR Doc. 2018–11941 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Notice of Availability of Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation for Closure of Waste Management Area C at the Hanford Site, Washington AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jun 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 ACTION: Notice of availability. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation for Closure of Waste Management Area C at the Hanford Site, Washington (Draft WIR Evaluation). The Draft WIR Evaluation demonstrates that the tanks and ancillary structures, from which waste has been or will be removed, and their residual waste at closure of Waste Management Area C (WMA C) is waste that is incidental to reprocessing, is not high-level radioactive waste (HLW), and may be managed (disposed in-place) as low-level radioactive waste (LLW). DOE prepared the Draft WIR Evaluation pursuant to DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management, and the criteria in DOE Manual 435.1–1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual. DOE is consulting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) before finalizing this evaluation. DOE is also making the Draft WIR Evaluation available for comment from States, Tribal Nations, and the public. After consultation with NRC, carefully considering comments received, and performing any necessary revisions of analyses and technical documents, DOE will prepare a final WIR evaluation and potentially make a determination as to whether the WMA C tanks, ancillary structures, and their residuals at closure of WMA C are wastes that are incidental to reprocessing, which may be managed and disposed of as LLW. DATES: DOE invites comment on the Draft WIR Evaluation during a 96-day comment period beginning June 4, 2018, and ending on September 7, 2018. A public meeting on the Draft WIR Evaluation will be held on June 18, 2018. Before the scheduled meeting, DOE will issue stakeholder and media notifications and publish an additional notice in the local newspaper providing the date, time, and location of the public meeting. Information on the public meeting date and location also will be available before the scheduled meeting at the website listed in ADDRESSES. ADDRESSES: The Draft WIR Evaluation is available on the internet at https:// www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/Waste ManagementAreaC and is publicly available for review at the following locations: U.S. DOE Public Reading Room, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, phone: (202) 586–5955, or fax: (202) 586–0575; and U.S. DOE Public Reading Room located at 2770 University Drive, Consolidated Information Center (CIC), Room 101L, Richland, WA 99354, phone: (509) 372– SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 25657 7303. Written comments should be submitted to: Mr. Jan Bovier, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6–60, Richland, WA 99354. Alternatively, comments may also be filed electronically by email to: WMACDRAFTWIR@rl.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this Draft WIR Evaluation, please contact Mr. Jan Bovier by mail at U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6–60, Richland, WA 99354, by phone at 509–376–9630, or by email at Jan_B_Bovier@orp.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has conducted a multi-year program to remove the vast majority of the radioactive waste and key radionuclides contained in 16 underground, singleshell tanks (tanks which do not have secondary containment) and ancillary structures (a catch tank, a process vault with smaller tanks, diversion boxes and buried pipelines), located in WMA C at the Hanford Site. For example, approximately 96 percent of the waste volume and radionuclide activity has been removed from the largest (100 series) tanks using a series of advanced technologies. The tanks and ancillary structures previously stored or transferred a variety of wastes, including liquid waste generated by DOE and its predecessor agencies from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel to produce plutonium and other nuclear material for nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project and Cold War eras. DOE Manual 435.1–1, which accompanies DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management, provides for a rigorous evaluation process that DOE uses to determine whether or not certain waste from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel is incidental to reprocessing, is not HLW and may be managed as LLW. This process, in relevant part, requires demonstrating that: (1) The wastes have been processed, or will be processed, to remove key radionuclides to the maximum extent that is technically and economically practical; (2) The waste will be managed to meet safety requirements comparable to the performance objectives set out in 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 61, Subpart C, Performance Objectives; and (3) The waste will be managed, pursuant to DOE authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of DOE Manual 435.1–1, provided the waste will be incorporated E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25656-25657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Marine and 
Hydrokinetic (MHK) Metrics in the U.S. for System and Subsystem 
Performance

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 
its Request for Information (RFI) on Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) 
metrics in the U.S. for system and subsystem performance. The Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is specifically 
interested in feedback on (1) the performance metrics identified within 
the document titled ``Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics'' 
relating to performance in the U.S. marine resource, as well as any 
additional applications, assumptions, benefits, drawbacks, or other 
considerations for those metrics, (2) any performance metrics not 
captured within the ``Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics'' 
documents, (3) considerations for baseline reference values documenting 
the current state of the U.S. MHK industry identified by metric and 
resource type, and (4) feedback specifically on Technology Readiness 
Level (TRL) definitions as referenced in the document and as those TRL 
definitions relate to the U.S. MHK industry.

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. 
(ET) on July 31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. Responses must be provided as attachments to an 
email. Include ``MHK Metrics RFI'' as the subject of the email. It is 
recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be 
compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be 
provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no 
more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only 
electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is 
located at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to 
[email protected]. Further instruction can be found in the RFI 
document posted on EERE Exchange.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 
feedback from industry, academia, research institutions, government 
agencies, and other stakeholders on assumptions and uncertainties with 
metrics in the U.S. that are used to evaluate MHK system and subsystem 
performance. In addition to levelized cost of energy, various other 
metrics, as documented in ``Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics'' 
(collocated with this RFI on EERE Exchange, https://eere-Exchange.energy.gov/), have historically been utilized to evaluate and 
track progress within the MHK industry. EERE is specifically interested 
in feedback on the application and limitations of those metrics that 
are currently used or have been used previously, and is also soliciting

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suggestions for new metrics or new applications of existing metrics. 
Feedback is requested on the content within the document titled 
``Existing Ocean Energy Performance Metrics'', including possible gaps, 
additional limitations, or further considerations. The results of this 
RFI may be used to inform the Water Power Technologies Office strategic 
planning in future years, contribute to evaluation criteria for 
potential future funding opportunities, and provide a baseline for U.S. 
input into international efforts related to Marine Renewable Energy 
metrics.

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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2018.
Alejandro Moreno,
Director, Water Power Technologies Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-11941 Filed 6-1-18; 8:45 am]
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