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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information (RFI)
on Risks in the High-Capacity
Batteries, Including Electric Vehicle
Batteries Supply Chain
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:
On February 24, 2021,
President Biden issued an Executive
order directing several Federal agency
actions to secure and strengthen
America’s supply chains. One of these
directions is for the Secretary of Energy
to submit, within 100 days, a report to
the President identifying risks in the
high-capacity batteries, including
electric-vehicle batteries, supply chain
and policy recommendations to address
these risks. The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE or Department) invites
public comment on its Request for
Information (RFI) number DE–FOA–
0002502 regarding the Risks in the
High-Capacity Batteries, including
Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be
received by April 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to
submit comments electronically to
VTO@ee.doe.gov. Include ‘‘HighCapacity Batteries Supply Chain RFI’’ in
the subject line of the email. Responses
must be provided as attachments to an
email. 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 VTO@
ee.doe.gov or to Samuel Gillard at 202–
287–5849.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On February 24, 2021, President
Biden issued Executive Order 14017,
‘‘America’s Supply Chains’’ (86 FR
11849). E.O. 14017 focuses on the need
for resilient, diverse, and secure supply
chains to ensure U.S. economic
prosperity and national security. Such
supply chains are needed to address
conditions that can reduce critical
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manufacturing capacity and the
availability and integrity of critical
goods, products, and services. In
relevant part, E.O. 14017 directs that
within 100 days, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the President, through
the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs (APNSA) and
the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy (APEP), identifying the
risks in the supply chain for highcapacity batteries, including electric
vehicle batteries, and policy
recommendations to address these risks.
Written Comments
The Department is particularly
interested in information directed to the
policy objectives listed in E.O. 14017 as
they affect the supply chain for highcapacity batteries, including electric
vehicle batteries, including but not
limited to the following elements:
(i) Critical materials including battery
grade nickel, cobalt and lithium,
underlying the supply chain for highcapacity batteries, including electric
vehicle batteries;
(ii) Manufacturing and other
capabilities necessary to produce highcapacity batteries, including extraction
of raw materials, refining, production of
advanced cathode and anode powders,
separators, electrolytes, current
collectors and advanced recycling
technologies for high-capacity batteries;
(iii) The availability of the key skill
sets and personnel necessary to sustain
a competitive U.S. high-capacity
batteries ecosystem, including the
domestic education and manufacturing
workforce skills needed for highcapacity battery manufacturing; the
skills gaps therein, and any
opportunities to meet future workforce
needs;
(iv) Risks or contingencies that may
disrupt the high-capacity batteries
supply chain (including defense,
intelligence, cyber, homeland security,
health, climate, environmental, natural,
market, economic, geopolitical, humanrights or forced labor risks):
(a) Risks resulting from lack of or
failure to develop domestic
manufacturing capabilities, including
emerging capabilities;
(v) The resilience and capacity of the
high-capacity battery supply chain to
support national and economic security
and emergency preparedness, including:
(a) Manufacturing, recycling, or other
needed capacities (including ability to
modernize to meet future needs);
(b) Gaps in manufacturing
capabilities, including nonexistent,
threatened, or single-point-of-failure
capabilities, or single or dual suppliers;
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(c) Location of key manufacturing and
production assets, and risks posed by
these assets’ physical location;
(d) Exclusive or dominant supply of
critical or essential goods and materials
by or through nations that are, or may
become, unfriendly or unstable;
(e) Availability of substitutes or
alternative sources for critical or
essential goods and materials;
(f) Need for research and development
capacity to sustain leadership in the
development of goods and materials
critical or essential to high-capacity
battery manufacturing;
(g) Current domestic education and
manufacturing workforce skills and any
identified gaps, opportunities and
potential best practices;
(h) Role of transportation systems in
supporting the high-capacity battery
supply chain and risks associated with
these transportation systems;
(i) Risks posed by climate change to
the availability, production, or
transportation of goods and materials
critical to high-capacity manufacturing;
(vi) Potential impact of the failure to
sustain or develop elements of the highcapacity supply chain in the United
States on other key downstream
capabilities. Also, the potential impact
of purchases of high-capacity batteries
products by downstream customers,
including volume and price, product
generation and alternate inputs.
(vii) Policy recommendations or
suggested executive, legislative,
regulatory changes, or actions to ensure
a resilient supply chain for highcapacity batteries (e.g., reshoring,
nearshoring, or developing domestic
suppliers, cooperation with allies to
identify or develop alternative supply
chains, building redundancy into
supply chains, ways to address risks
due to vulnerabilities in digital products
or climate change).
(viii) Any additional comments
relevant to the assessment of the highcapacity batteries manufacturing and
advanced packing supply chains
required by E.O. 14017.
DOE encourages commenters, when
addressing the elements above, to
structure their comments using the same
text as identifiers for the areas of inquiry
to which their comments respond to
assist DOE in more easily reviewing and
summarizing the comments received in
response to these specific comment
areas. For example, a commenter
submitting comments responsive to (i)
critical and essential goods and
materials underlying the high-capacity
battery supply chain, would use that
same text as a heading in the public
comment followed by the commenter’s
specific comments in this area. The RFI
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(DE–FOA–0002502) is available at:
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
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.
Submit these documents via email. DOE
will make its own determination about
the confidential status of the
information and treat it according to its
determination.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
March 23, 2021, by David Howell,
Acting Director, Vehicle Technologies
Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, pursuant to
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the
original signature and date is
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purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 23,
2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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[FR Doc No: 2021-06337]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Risks in the High-
Capacity Batteries, Including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive
order directing several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen
America's supply chains. One of these directions is for the Secretary
of Energy to submit, within 100 days, a report to the President
identifying risks in the high-capacity batteries, including electric-
vehicle batteries, supply chain and policy recommendations to address
these risks. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) invites
public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-
0002502 regarding the Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, including
Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by April 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
[email protected]. Include ``High-Capacity Batteries Supply Chain RFI'' in
the subject line of the email. Responses must be provided as
attachments to an email. 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] or to Samuel Gillard at 202-287-5849.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017,
``America's Supply Chains'' (86 FR 11849). E.O. 14017 focuses on the
need for resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure U.S.
economic prosperity and national security. Such supply chains are
needed to address conditions that can reduce critical manufacturing
capacity and the availability and integrity of critical goods,
products, and services. In relevant part, E.O. 14017 directs that
within 100 days, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President,
through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
(APNSA) and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (APEP),
identifying the risks in the supply chain for high-capacity batteries,
including electric vehicle batteries, and policy recommendations to
address these risks.
Written Comments
The Department is particularly interested in information directed
to the policy objectives listed in E.O. 14017 as they affect the supply
chain for high-capacity batteries, including electric vehicle
batteries, including but not limited to the following elements:
(i) Critical materials including battery grade nickel, cobalt and
lithium, underlying the supply chain for high-capacity batteries,
including electric vehicle batteries;
(ii) Manufacturing and other capabilities necessary to produce
high-capacity batteries, including extraction of raw materials,
refining, production of advanced cathode and anode powders, separators,
electrolytes, current collectors and advanced recycling technologies
for high-capacity batteries;
(iii) The availability of the key skill sets and personnel
necessary to sustain a competitive U.S. high-capacity batteries
ecosystem, including the domestic education and manufacturing workforce
skills needed for high-capacity battery manufacturing; the skills gaps
therein, and any opportunities to meet future workforce needs;
(iv) Risks or contingencies that may disrupt the high-capacity
batteries supply chain (including defense, intelligence, cyber,
homeland security, health, climate, environmental, natural, market,
economic, geopolitical, human-rights or forced labor risks):
(a) Risks resulting from lack of or failure to develop domestic
manufacturing capabilities, including emerging capabilities;
(v) The resilience and capacity of the high-capacity battery supply
chain to support national and economic security and emergency
preparedness, including:
(a) Manufacturing, recycling, or other needed capacities (including
ability to modernize to meet future needs);
(b) Gaps in manufacturing capabilities, including nonexistent,
threatened, or single-point-of-failure capabilities, or single or dual
suppliers;
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(c) Location of key manufacturing and production assets, and risks
posed by these assets' physical location;
(d) Exclusive or dominant supply of critical or essential goods and
materials by or through nations that are, or may become, unfriendly or
unstable;
(e) Availability of substitutes or alternative sources for critical
or essential goods and materials;
(f) Need for research and development capacity to sustain
leadership in the development of goods and materials critical or
essential to high-capacity battery manufacturing;
(g) Current domestic education and manufacturing workforce skills
and any identified gaps, opportunities and potential best practices;
(h) Role of transportation systems in supporting the high-capacity
battery supply chain and risks associated with these transportation
systems;
(i) Risks posed by climate change to the availability, production,
or transportation of goods and materials critical to high-capacity
manufacturing;
(vi) Potential impact of the failure to sustain or develop elements
of the high-capacity supply chain in the United States on other key
downstream capabilities. Also, the potential impact of purchases of
high-capacity batteries products by downstream customers, including
volume and price, product generation and alternate inputs.
(vii) Policy recommendations or suggested executive, legislative,
regulatory changes, or actions to ensure a resilient supply chain for
high-capacity batteries (e.g., reshoring, nearshoring, or developing
domestic suppliers, cooperation with allies to identify or develop
alternative supply chains, building redundancy into supply chains, ways
to address risks due to vulnerabilities in digital products or climate
change).
(viii) Any additional comments relevant to the assessment of the
high-capacity batteries manufacturing and advanced packing supply
chains required by E.O. 14017.
DOE encourages commenters, when addressing the elements above, to
structure their comments using the same text as identifiers for the
areas of inquiry to which their comments respond to assist DOE in more
easily reviewing and summarizing the comments received in response to
these specific comment areas. For example, a commenter submitting
comments responsive to (i) critical and essential goods and materials
underlying the high-capacity battery supply chain, would use that same
text as a heading in the public comment followed by the commenter's
specific comments in this area. The RFI (DE-FOA-0002502) is available
at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
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. Submit these
documents via email. DOE will make its own determination about the
confidential status of the information and treat it according to its
determination.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on March 23, 2021, by David Howell, Acting Director, Vehicle
Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That
document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-06337 Filed 3-26-21; 8:45 am]
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