Notice of Availability of a Request for Information on the Defense Production Act, 61306-61307 [2022-22004]

Download as PDF 61306 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 11, 2022 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration BPA File No.: Hot Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild (DOE/EIS 0502) Bonneville Power Administration Hot Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Termination Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of intent to terminate preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). AGENCY: This notice advises the public that BPA is terminating the preparation of the Hot Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild Project EIS (DOE/EIS–0502) that was announced in the Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on July 11, 2014. This EIS was considering BPA’s decision whether to rebuild the Hot Springs to Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake to Garrison, and Garrison to Anaconda (collectively Hot Springs to Anaconda) 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines. BPA sold the Garrison to Anaconda line and the rebuild design of the remaining two lines has changed since the 2014 Notice of Intent (NOI). In the future, BPA will consider rebuild of the remaining two transmission lines upon redesign. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Corkran, Environmental Protection Specialist, Bonneville Power Administration—ECT–4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free telephone 1–800–282–3713; direct telephone 503–230–7646; or email dfcorkran@bpa.gov or Cynthia Rounds, Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration—TPP–1, P.O. Box 61409, Vancouver, WA 98666–1409; toll-free telephone number 1–800–282– 3713; email cmrounds@bpa.gov. Additional information can be found at the project website: https:// www.bpa.gov/learn-and-participate/ public-involvement-decisions/projectreviews/hot-springs-to-anacondatransmission-line-rebuild-project-doeeis-0502. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An NOI was published in the Federal Register on July 11, 2014, (79 FR 40094) to begin preparing an EIS for the Hot Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild Project. BPA solicited public comments under the Council on Environmental Quality’s NEPA Implementing Regulations (40 CFR 1501.9). Because of changes to the project design and the sale of one of the three lines included khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:37 Oct 07, 2022 Jkt 259001 in the original project, the EIS is being terminated in accordance with 40 CFR 1506.6 and 40 CFR 1506.10. Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 26, 2022, by John Hairston, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Bonneville Power Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by the Department of Energy. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned Department of Energy 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 October 4, 2022. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2022–21958 Filed 10–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Notice of Availability of a Request for Information on the Defense Production Act Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, Office of Policy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of availability of request for information (RFI). AGENCY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the notice of availability (NOA) and invites public comment on its request for information on the Defense Production Act (DPA), which will inform how the DPA authority provided to DOE through Presidential Determinations could best be used as a tool to accelerate manufacturing and deployment of clean energy technologies to bolster national defense, tackle climate change and environmental justice, and improve employment opportunities and broader economic prosperity for Americans. This RFI invites public comment on general use of DPA authority as well as potential program activities and/or designs addressing four of the five technology areas announced by the President on June 6, 2022: transformers and critical electric grid components; solar photovoltaics; insulation SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 materials; and electrolyzers, platinum group metals, and fuel cells for clean hydrogen. Consistent with the intent of Congress, DOE plans to use $250 million of funds appropriated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to support the fifth and final technology area for which the President issued a determination under the Defense Production Act on June 6, 2022, electric heat pumps. Thus, use of DPA Title III for heat pumps will be addressed in a separate, forthcoming DOE announcement for which public input will be sought. DATES: Responses will be reviewed and considered on a rolling basis but are due no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on November 30, 2022. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to dpaenergy@hq.doe.gov and include ‘‘RFI: Defense Production Act’’ in the subject line. Email attachments can be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) file or an Adobe PDF (.pdf) file, prepared in accordance with the instructions in the RFI. Attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB should be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery; however, no email shall exceed a total of 45MB, including all attachments. The complete RFI document is located at www.energy.gov/ mesc/defense-production-act-requestinformation. Please refer to the Disclaimer and Important Note section at the end of the RFI on how to submit business sensitive and/or confidential information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to Tsisilile Igogo at (240) 278–5471 or dpaenergy@ hq.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Securing energy technology supply chains to ensure grid reliability and support the transition to clean energy is critical to current and future U.S. national security. The urgency of this need has been apparent in recent months. For instance, in the electricity sector, an unprecedented combination of global supply chain challenges, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and climate-exacerbated heat waves, wildfires, and storms have threatened utilities’ ability to deliver energy cleanly, reliably, and affordably, and to restore power quickly in the event of outages. In the past year, legislative and executive actions have focused on building and strengthening America’s energy sector supply chains and manufacturing base. In February 2022, DOE laid out the federal government’s first-ever comprehensive strategy for securing U.S. energy supply chains, with technology-specific reports E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 11, 2022 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES focused on challenges in electric grid supply chains, solar PV, platinum group metals, and more.1 In June 2022, President Biden issued Presidential Determinations to DOE to utilize the DPA authority to accelerate domestic manufacturing and deployment of five key energy technologies.2 Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL),3 which invests over $22 billion in several clean energy supply chains, including technologies such as batteries, carbon capture, clean hydrogen, nuclear energy as well as critical minerals used in multiple clean energy technologies.4 Most recently, Congress passed significant investments in clean energy supply chains through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 5 and the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act).6 IRA energy investments total approximately $369 billion over the next 10 years,7 which will help drive deployment and manufacturing of clean energy technologies, while the CHIPS Act provides more than $52.7 billion over the next 10 years to restart and expand the development and manufacturing of the domestic semiconductors industry.8 Further, section 30001 of the IRA appropriates $500 million to DPA. Consistent with Congressional intent, the activities supported by these funds will focus on critical minerals processing and on electric heat pumps. As such, DOE plans to use $250 million of DPA funds appropriated by IRA for electric heat pumps, and public comments on the use of DPA for electric heat pumps will be solicited through a separate forthcoming announcement. Through this RFI, DOE seeks comments to understand the needs, concerns, and challenges related to energy supply chains for transformers and critical electric grid components; solar photovoltaics; insulation materials; and electrolyzers, platinum 1 www.energy.gov/policy/securing-americasclean-energy-supply-chain. 2 www.energy.gov/articles/president-bideninvokes-defense-production-act-acceleratedomestic-manufacturing-clean. 3 www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/housebill/3684. 4 www.energy.gov/policy/articles/americasstrategy-secure-supply-chain-robust-clean-energytransition. 5 www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/housebill/5376/text. 6 www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/ CFC99CC6-CE84-4B1A-8BBF-8D2E84BD7965. 7 www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ inflation_reduction_act_one_page_summary.pdf. 8 www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statementsreleases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-scienceact-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supplychains-and-counter-china/. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:37 Oct 07, 2022 Jkt 259001 group metals, and fuel cells for clean hydrogen. Responses will help inform how best the Department, with appropriate funding, can use the DPA tools to support the private sector, workers, and communities to secure and strengthen the U.S. industrial base needed to ensure current and future energy and national security. This RFI includes broad questions on the use of DPA authority and invites comments on four of the five technologies that received Presidential Determinations; information specifically related to electric heat pumps should be reserved for a separate, forthcoming comment opportunity focused on the use of IRA funds. This RFI is available at: www.energy.gov/mesc/defenseproduction-act-request-information. 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 September 29, 2022, by Kathleen Hogan, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Infrastructure, 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 October 5, 2022. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61306-61307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of a Request for Information on the 
Defense Production Act

AGENCY: Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, Office of 
Policy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the notice of 
availability (NOA) and invites public comment on its request for 
information on the Defense Production Act (DPA), which will inform how 
the DPA authority provided to DOE through Presidential Determinations 
could best be used as a tool to accelerate manufacturing and deployment 
of clean energy technologies to bolster national defense, tackle 
climate change and environmental justice, and improve employment 
opportunities and broader economic prosperity for Americans. This RFI 
invites public comment on general use of DPA authority as well as 
potential program activities and/or designs addressing four of the five 
technology areas announced by the President on June 6, 2022: 
transformers and critical electric grid components; solar 
photovoltaics; insulation materials; and electrolyzers, platinum group 
metals, and fuel cells for clean hydrogen. Consistent with the intent 
of Congress, DOE plans to use $250 million of funds appropriated by the 
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to support the fifth and final technology 
area for which the President issued a determination under the Defense 
Production Act on June 6, 2022, electric heat pumps. Thus, use of DPA 
Title III for heat pumps will be addressed in a separate, forthcoming 
DOE announcement for which public input will be sought.

DATES: Responses will be reviewed and considered on a rolling basis but 
are due no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on November 30, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected] and include ``RFI: Defense Production Act'' in the 
subject line. Email attachments can be provided as a Microsoft Word 
(.docx) file or an Adobe PDF (.pdf) file, prepared in accordance with 
the instructions in the RFI. Attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB 
should be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery; 
however, no email shall exceed a total of 45MB, including all 
attachments. The complete RFI document is located at www.energy.gov/mesc/defense-production-act-request-information. Please refer to the 
Disclaimer and Important Note section at the end of the RFI on how to 
submit business sensitive and/or confidential information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to 
Tsisilile Igogo at (240) 278-5471 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Securing energy technology supply chains to 
ensure grid reliability and support the transition to clean energy is 
critical to current and future U.S. national security. The urgency of 
this need has been apparent in recent months. For instance, in the 
electricity sector, an unprecedented combination of global supply chain 
challenges, Russia's war in Ukraine, and climate-exacerbated heat 
waves, wildfires, and storms have threatened utilities' ability to 
deliver energy cleanly, reliably, and affordably, and to restore power 
quickly in the event of outages. In the past year, legislative and 
executive actions have focused on building and strengthening America's 
energy sector supply chains and manufacturing base. In February 2022, 
DOE laid out the federal government's first-ever comprehensive strategy 
for securing U.S. energy supply chains, with technology-specific 
reports

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focused on challenges in electric grid supply chains, solar PV, 
platinum group metals, and more.\1\ In June 2022, President Biden 
issued Presidential Determinations to DOE to utilize the DPA authority 
to accelerate domestic manufacturing and deployment of five key energy 
technologies.\2\
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    \1\ www.energy.gov/policy/securing-americas-clean-energy-supply-chain.
    \2\ www.energy.gov/articles/president-biden-invokes-defense-production-act-accelerate-domestic-manufacturing-clean.
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    Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also 
known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL),\3\ which invests over 
$22 billion in several clean energy supply chains, including 
technologies such as batteries, carbon capture, clean hydrogen, nuclear 
energy as well as critical minerals used in multiple clean energy 
technologies.\4\ Most recently, Congress passed significant investments 
in clean energy supply chains through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 
\5\ and the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act).\6\
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    \3\ www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684.
    \4\ www.energy.gov/policy/articles/americas-strategy-secure-supply-chain-robust-clean-energy-transition.
    \5\ www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376/text.
    \6\ www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/CFC99CC6-CE84-4B1A-8BBF-8D2E84BD7965.
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    IRA energy investments total approximately $369 billion over the 
next 10 years,\7\ which will help drive deployment and manufacturing of 
clean energy technologies, while the CHIPS Act provides more than $52.7 
billion over the next 10 years to restart and expand the development 
and manufacturing of the domestic semiconductors industry.\8\ Further, 
section 30001 of the IRA appropriates $500 million to DPA. Consistent 
with Congressional intent, the activities supported by these funds will 
focus on critical minerals processing and on electric heat pumps. As 
such, DOE plans to use $250 million of DPA funds appropriated by IRA 
for electric heat pumps, and public comments on the use of DPA for 
electric heat pumps will be solicited through a separate forthcoming 
announcement.
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    \7\ www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/inflation_reduction_act_one_page_summary.pdf.
    \8\ www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/.
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    Through this RFI, DOE seeks comments to understand the needs, 
concerns, and challenges related to energy supply chains for 
transformers and critical electric grid components; solar 
photovoltaics; insulation materials; and electrolyzers, platinum group 
metals, and fuel cells for clean hydrogen. Responses will help inform 
how best the Department, with appropriate funding, can use the DPA 
tools to support the private sector, workers, and communities to secure 
and strengthen the U.S. industrial base needed to ensure current and 
future energy and national security. This RFI includes broad questions 
on the use of DPA authority and invites comments on four of the five 
technologies that received Presidential Determinations; information 
specifically related to electric heat pumps should be reserved for a 
separate, forthcoming comment opportunity focused on the use of IRA 
funds.
    This RFI is available at: www.energy.gov/mesc/defense-production-act-request-information.
    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 September 29, 2022, by Kathleen Hogan, Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary for Infrastructure, 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 October 5, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-22004 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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