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• Nongovernmental membership
organizations, the primary mission of
which concerns protection of the
environment;
The USE IT Act also requires one
expert in each of the following fields:
• Health and environmental effects,
including exposure evaluation; and
• Pipeline safety.
In addition, members may also
include not less than one representative
in each of the following categories at the
request of a Tribal or local government:
• A local government in the
geographical area covered by the NonFederal Task Force; and
• A Tribal government in the
geographical area covered by the NonFederal Task Force.
To ensure that recommendations of
the Non-Federal Task Force have
considered the needs of diverse groups
served by the Federal Government,
opportunities will be sought to increase
diversity, equity, inclusion, and
accessibility for the membership of the
Non-Federal Task Force. Please note
that federally registered lobbyists
serving in an ‘‘individual capacity’’ are
ineligible for appointment or
reappointment.
In selecting members, CEQ will
consider technical expertise, coverage of
broad stakeholder perspectives,
diversity, and the duties of the NonFederal Task Force as outlined in the
USE IT Act. CEQ will use the following
criteria to evaluate nominees:
• Background and experiences that
help members contribute to the
diversity of perspectives on the NonFederal Task Force;
• Experience working for a state,
Tribal, or local government on
regulatory and permitting issues
associated with CCUS projects and CO2
pipelines;
• CCUS and pipeline project
development experience, or expertise
and experience in closely related fields
from a project developer, private sector
perspective;
• Experience working for
environmental nongovernmental
organizations;
• Experience working on
environmental justice issues at the
national, state, or local level;
• Expertise in health and
environmental effects of carbon dioxide,
including exposure evaluation;
• Expertise in Federal and state
financing mechanisms available to
project developers;
• Expertise in the regulation, siting,
and safety of carbon dioxide pipelines;
• Experience or expertise in emerging
activities to transform CO2 into a
product of commercial value;
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• Demonstrated experience working
on environmental, public health and
climate change issues;
• Experience and/or responsibilities
associated with Federal and state
regulations and permitting requirements
associated with CCUS projects and
carbon dioxide pipelines, including but
not limited to experience obtaining and/
or issuing permits/rights of way/leases
and knowledge regarding state legal
requirements, processes, timeframes,
costs, barriers, public engagement
requirements, state environmental
requirements as well as opportunities to
improve/enhance all of the above;
• Executive management-level
experience;
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and
written communication and consensusbuilding skills; and
• Ability to volunteer time to attend
meetings and to contribute to the duties
assigned to the Non-Federal Task Force.
Taking into account the nominations
CEQ received in response to its notices
of July 28, 2022, CEQ is particularly
interested in additional nominations for
members who represent a local
government in the geographical area
covered by the Non-Federal Task Force;
members who represent a Tribal
government in the geographical area
covered by the Non-Federal Task Force;
members who are experts in pipeline
safety; and members who have
experience working on environmental
justice issues at the national, state, or
local level.
Dated: December 21, 2022.
Amy B. Coyle,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022–28156 Filed 12–27–22; 8:45 am]
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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY
Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization
and Sequestration (CCUS) Federal
Lands and Outer Continental Shelf
Permitting Task Force
Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ).
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
As required by the Utilizing
Significant Emissions with Innovative
Technologies (USE IT) Act, the Council
on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is
seeking additional member nominations
from a diverse range of qualified
candidates to serve on the ‘‘Carbon
Dioxide Capture, Utilization and
Sequestration (CCUS) Federal Lands
and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting
Task Force’’ (Federal and OCS Task
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Force). Vacancies are anticipated to be
filled by February 17, 2023.
DATES: CEQ must receive nominations
by January 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations, identified by ‘‘CEQ CCUS
Federal Lands and OCS Permitting Task
Force,’’ by email to ccus.taskforce@
ceq.eop.gov.
Instructions: All nominations must
include a resume; a short biography
providing an adequate description of the
nominee’s qualifications (including
information that will enable CEQ to
make a determination as to whether the
nominee meets the membership
requirements of the Federal and OCS
Task Force); and contact information for
the nominee. Interested candidates may
self-nominate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caroline M. Gignoux, Attorney-Advisor,
730 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC
20503, (202) 395–5750 or
ccus.taskforce@ceq.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USE
IT Act, Div. S, sec. 102 (d)(2)(D), Public
Law 116–260, 134 Stat. 1182, directs the
establishment of no less than two
regionally based task forces to: (1)
identify challenges and successes that
permitting authorities, project
developers, and operators face to permit
CCUS projects in an efficient, orderly,
and responsible manner; and (2) provide
recommendations to improve the
performance of the permitting process
and regional coordination for the
purpose of promoting the efficient,
orderly, and responsible development of
CCUS projects and carbon dioxide
pipelines. The regulatory authorities
and permitting frameworks differ on
Federal lands and the Outer Continental
Shelf, and non-Federal lands; therefore,
one task force will address permitting
and other challenges for CCUS projects
on Federal lands and the Outer
Continental Shelf, and the other task
force will address permitting and other
challenges for CCUS projects on nonFederal lands.
On July 28, 2022, CEQ published two
notices in the Federal Register
requesting nominations for membership
on the task forces. 87 FR 45304; 87 FR
45306.
The purpose of this notice is to
request additional nominations for
membership on the Federal and OCS
Task Force, one of the two task forces
that will be established under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
and its implementing regulations at 41
CFR parts 101–6 and 102–3. A separate
Federal Register notice seeking
additional member nominations for the
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Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and
Sequestration (CCUS) Non-Federal
Lands Permitting Task Force has been
issued simultaneously with this notice.
Members will be selected by the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) Chair pursuant to the USE IT Act.
As required by FACA, the Federal and
OCS Task Force membership will be
fairly balanced in terms of the points of
view represented and the functions to
be performed by the Federal and OCS
Task Force. Members of the Federal and
OCS Task Force will serve without
compensation. However, each member
may be reimbursed for authorized travel
and per diem expenses incurred while
attending Federal and OCS Task Force
meetings in accordance with Federal
Travel Regulations. The Federal and
OCS Task Force shall meet not less than
twice each year. To the maximum extent
practicable, all task forces established
under this provision of the USE IT Act
shall meet collectively not less than
once each year.
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Responsibilities of the Federal and OCS
Task Force
As provided by the USE IT Act, the
duties of the Federal and OCS Task
Force will be to:
• Inventory existing or potential
Federal and state approaches to
facilitate reviews associated with the
deployment of CCUS projects and
carbon dioxide pipelines, including best
practices that avoid duplicative reviews
to the extent permitted by law; engage
stakeholders early in the permitting
process; and make the permitting
process efficient, orderly, and
responsible;
• Develop common models for statelevel carbon dioxide pipeline regulation
and oversight guidelines that can be
shared with states in the geographical
area covered by the Federal and OCS
Task Force;
• Provide technical assistance to
states in implementing regulatory
requirements and models developed by
the Federal and OCS Task Force;
• Inventory current or emerging
activities that transform captured carbon
dioxide into a product of commercial
value, or as an input to products of
commercial value;
• Identify any priority carbon dioxide
pipelines needed to enable efficient,
orderly, and responsible development of
CCUS projects at increased scale;
• Identify gaps in the current Federal
and state regulatory framework and in
existing data for the deployment of
CCUS projects and carbon dioxide
pipelines;
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• Identify Federal and state financing
mechanisms available to project
developers; and
• Develop recommendations for
relevant Federal agencies on how to
develop and research technologies that
can capture carbon dioxide and would
be able to be deployed within the region
covered by the Federal and OCS Task
Force including any projects that have
received technical or financial
assistance for research under section
103(g)(6) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7403(g)).
Vacancies To Fill
The Federal and OCS Task Force must
include no less than one representative
in each of the following categories as
specified in the USE IT Act. Div. S, sec.
102 (d)(2)(D)(ii)(II), Public Law 116–260,
134 Stat.1182. Nominations are sought
to fill at least one position in each
category:
• Any state that requests participation
in the geographical area covered by the
Federal and OCS Task Force;
• Developers or operators of CCUS
projects or carbon dioxide pipelines;
• Nongovernmental membership
organizations, the primary mission of
which concerns protection of the
environment;
The USE IT Act also requires one
expert in each of the following fields:
• Health and environmental effects,
including exposure evaluation; and
• Pipeline safety.
In addition, members may also
include not less than one representative
in each of the following categories at the
request of a Tribal or local government:
• A local government in the
geographical area covered by the
Federal and OCS Task Force; and
• A Tribal government in the
geographical area covered by the
Federal and OCS Task Force.
To ensure that recommendations of
the Federal and OCS Task Force have
considered the needs of diverse groups
served by the Federal Government,
opportunities will be sought to increase
diversity, equity, inclusion, and
accessibility for the membership of the
Federal and OCS Task Force. Please
note that federally registered lobbyists
serving in an ‘‘individual capacity’’ are
ineligible for appointment or
reappointment.
In selecting members, CEQ will
consider technical expertise, coverage of
broad stakeholder perspectives,
diversity, and the duties of the Federal
and OCS Task Force as outlined in the
USE IT Act. CEQ will use the following
criteria to evaluate nominees:
• Background and experiences that
help members contribute to the
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diversity of perspectives on the Federal
and OCS Task Force;
• Experience working for a state,
Tribal, or local government on
regulatory and permitting issues
associated with CCUS projects and CO2
pipelines;
• CCUS and pipeline project
development experience, or expertise
and experience in closely related fields
from a project developer, private sector
perspective;
• Experience working for
environmental nongovernmental
organizations;
• Experience working on
environmental justice issues at the
national, state, or local level;
• Expertise in health and
environmental effects of carbon dioxide,
including exposure evaluation;
• Expertise in Federal and state
financing mechanisms available to
project developers;
• Expertise in the regulation, siting,
and safety of carbon dioxide pipelines;
• Experience or expertise in emerging
activities to transform CO2 into a
product of commercial value;
• Demonstrated experience working
on environmental, public health and
climate change issues;
• Experience and/or responsibilities
associated with Federal and state
regulations and permitting requirements
associated with CCUS projects and
carbon dioxide pipelines, including but
not limited to experience obtaining and/
or issuing permits/rights of way/leases
and knowledge regarding state legal
requirements, processes, timeframes,
costs, barriers, public engagement
requirements, state environmental
requirements as well as opportunities to
improve/enhance all of the above;
• Executive management-level
experience;
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and
written communication and consensusbuilding skills; and
• Ability to volunteer time to attend
meetings and to contribute to the duties
assigned to the Federal and OCS Task
Force.
Taking into account the nominations
CEQ received in response to its notices
of July 28, 2022, CEQ is particularly
interested in additional nominations for
members who represent a local
government in the geographical area
covered by the Federal and OCS Task
Force; members who represent a Tribal
government in the geographical area
covered by the Federal and OCS Task
Force; members who are experts in
pipeline safety; and members who have
experience working on environmental
justice issues at the national, state, or
local level.
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Dated: December 21, 2022.
Amy B. Coyle,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022–28157 Filed 12–27–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0131]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver
Requests
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing an
extension without change of a currently
approved information collection request
(ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
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publication of this notice. Click on this
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Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov
provides two links to view documents
related to this information collection
request. Information collection forms
and instructions may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Information
Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting
statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Todd
Stephenson, 202–205–1645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
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might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
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considered public records.
Title of Collection: Form for
Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0693.
Type of Review: An extension without
change of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 20.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,600.
Abstract: Section 8521(a) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended by the Every
Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) provides
that a local educational agency (LEA)
may receive funds under Title I, Part A
and other ESEA ‘‘covered programs’’ for
any fiscal year only if the State
educational agency (SEA) finds that
either the combined fiscal effort per
student or the aggregate expenditures of
the LEA and the State with respect to
the provision of free public education
by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year
was not less than 90 percent of the
combined fiscal effort or aggregate
expenditures for the second preceding
fiscal year. This provision is the
maintenance of effort (MOE)
requirements for LEAs under the ESEA.
If an LEA fails to meet the MOE
requirement, under section 8521(b) of
the ESEA, the SEA must reduce the
amount of funds allocated under the
programs covered by the MOE
requirement in any fiscal year in the
exact proportion by which the LEA fails
to maintain effort by falling below 90
percent of either the combined fiscal
effort per student or aggregate
expenditures, if the LEA has also failed
to maintain effort for 1 or more of the
5 immediately preceding fiscal years. In
reducing an LEA’s allocation because it
failed to meet the MOE requirement, the
SEA uses the measure most favorable to
the LEA. Section 8521(c) gives the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) the
authority to waive the ESEA’s MOE
requirement for an LEA if it would be
equitable to grant the waiver due to an
exceptional or uncontrollable
circumstance such as a natural disaster
or a change in the organizational
structure of the LEA or a precipitous
decline in the LEA’s financial resources.
If an MOE waiver is granted, the
reduction required by section 8521(b)
does not occur for that year. A request
for a waiver of the MOE requirement is
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discretionary. Only an LEA that has
failed to maintain effort and that
believes its failure justifies a waiver
would request one. To review an MOE
waiver request, ED relies primarily on
expenditure, revenue, and other data
relevant to an LEA’s request provided
by the SEA. To assist an SEA with
submitting this information, ED
developed an MOE waiver form as part
of the 2009 Title I, Part A Waiver
Guidance, which covered a range of
waivers that ED invited at that time. The
purpose of this request is to renew
approval for the MOE waiver form. This
collection includes burden at the SEA
level.
Dated: December 22, 2022.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2022–28265 Filed 12–27–22; 8:45 am]
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The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection request, State Energy Program
(SEP), was previously approved on
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expiration date is August 31, 2023. This
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difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the OMB Desk Officer of your
intention to make a submission as soon
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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS)
Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force
AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Utilizing Significant Emissions with
Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act, the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) is seeking additional member nominations from a diverse
range of qualified candidates to serve on the ``Carbon Dioxide Capture,
Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Federal Lands and Outer
Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force'' (Federal and OCS Task Force).
Vacancies are anticipated to be filled by February 17, 2023.
DATES: CEQ must receive nominations by January 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, identified by ``CEQ CCUS Federal
Lands and OCS Permitting Task Force,'' by email to
[email protected].
Instructions: All nominations must include a resume; a short
biography providing an adequate description of the nominee's
qualifications (including information that will enable CEQ to make a
determination as to whether the nominee meets the membership
requirements of the Federal and OCS Task Force); and contact
information for the nominee. Interested candidates may self-nominate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline M. Gignoux, Attorney-Advisor,
730 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-5750 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USE IT Act, Div. S, sec. 102 (d)(2)(D),
Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, directs the establishment of no
less than two regionally based task forces to: (1) identify challenges
and successes that permitting authorities, project developers, and
operators face to permit CCUS projects in an efficient, orderly, and
responsible manner; and (2) provide recommendations to improve the
performance of the permitting process and regional coordination for the
purpose of promoting the efficient, orderly, and responsible
development of CCUS projects and carbon dioxide pipelines. The
regulatory authorities and permitting frameworks differ on Federal
lands and the Outer Continental Shelf, and non-Federal lands;
therefore, one task force will address permitting and other challenges
for CCUS projects on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf, and
the other task force will address permitting and other challenges for
CCUS projects on non-Federal lands.
On July 28, 2022, CEQ published two notices in the Federal Register
requesting nominations for membership on the task forces. 87 FR 45304;
87 FR 45306.
The purpose of this notice is to request additional nominations for
membership on the Federal and OCS Task Force, one of the two task
forces that will be established under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and its implementing
regulations at 41 CFR parts 101-6 and 102-3. A separate Federal
Register notice seeking additional member nominations for the
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Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Non-
Federal Lands Permitting Task Force has been issued simultaneously with
this notice.
Members will be selected by the Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) Chair pursuant to the USE IT Act. As required by FACA, the
Federal and OCS Task Force membership will be fairly balanced in terms
of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed by
the Federal and OCS Task Force. Members of the Federal and OCS Task
Force will serve without compensation. However, each member may be
reimbursed for authorized travel and per diem expenses incurred while
attending Federal and OCS Task Force meetings in accordance with
Federal Travel Regulations. The Federal and OCS Task Force shall meet
not less than twice each year. To the maximum extent practicable, all
task forces established under this provision of the USE IT Act shall
meet collectively not less than once each year.
Responsibilities of the Federal and OCS Task Force
As provided by the USE IT Act, the duties of the Federal and OCS
Task Force will be to:
Inventory existing or potential Federal and state
approaches to facilitate reviews associated with the deployment of CCUS
projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, including best practices that
avoid duplicative reviews to the extent permitted by law; engage
stakeholders early in the permitting process; and make the permitting
process efficient, orderly, and responsible;
Develop common models for state-level carbon dioxide
pipeline regulation and oversight guidelines that can be shared with
states in the geographical area covered by the Federal and OCS Task
Force;
Provide technical assistance to states in implementing
regulatory requirements and models developed by the Federal and OCS
Task Force;
Inventory current or emerging activities that transform
captured carbon dioxide into a product of commercial value, or as an
input to products of commercial value;
Identify any priority carbon dioxide pipelines needed to
enable efficient, orderly, and responsible development of CCUS projects
at increased scale;
Identify gaps in the current Federal and state regulatory
framework and in existing data for the deployment of CCUS projects and
carbon dioxide pipelines;
Identify Federal and state financing mechanisms available
to project developers; and
Develop recommendations for relevant Federal agencies on
how to develop and research technologies that can capture carbon
dioxide and would be able to be deployed within the region covered by
the Federal and OCS Task Force including any projects that have
received technical or financial assistance for research under section
103(g)(6) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(g)).
Vacancies To Fill
The Federal and OCS Task Force must include no less than one
representative in each of the following categories as specified in the
USE IT Act. Div. S, sec. 102 (d)(2)(D)(ii)(II), Public Law 116-260, 134
Stat.1182. Nominations are sought to fill at least one position in each
category:
Any state that requests participation in the geographical
area covered by the Federal and OCS Task Force;
Developers or operators of CCUS projects or carbon dioxide
pipelines;
Nongovernmental membership organizations, the primary
mission of which concerns protection of the environment;
The USE IT Act also requires one expert in each of the following
fields:
Health and environmental effects, including exposure
evaluation; and
Pipeline safety.
In addition, members may also include not less than one
representative in each of the following categories at the request of a
Tribal or local government:
A local government in the geographical area covered by the
Federal and OCS Task Force; and
A Tribal government in the geographical area covered by
the Federal and OCS Task Force.
To ensure that recommendations of the Federal and OCS Task Force
have considered the needs of diverse groups served by the Federal
Government, opportunities will be sought to increase diversity, equity,
inclusion, and accessibility for the membership of the Federal and OCS
Task Force. Please note that federally registered lobbyists serving in
an ``individual capacity'' are ineligible for appointment or
reappointment.
In selecting members, CEQ will consider technical expertise,
coverage of broad stakeholder perspectives, diversity, and the duties
of the Federal and OCS Task Force as outlined in the USE IT Act. CEQ
will use the following criteria to evaluate nominees:
Background and experiences that help members contribute to
the diversity of perspectives on the Federal and OCS Task Force;
Experience working for a state, Tribal, or local
government on regulatory and permitting issues associated with CCUS
projects and CO2 pipelines;
CCUS and pipeline project development experience, or
expertise and experience in closely related fields from a project
developer, private sector perspective;
Experience working for environmental nongovernmental
organizations;
Experience working on environmental justice issues at the
national, state, or local level;
Expertise in health and environmental effects of carbon
dioxide, including exposure evaluation;
Expertise in Federal and state financing mechanisms
available to project developers;
Expertise in the regulation, siting, and safety of carbon
dioxide pipelines;
Experience or expertise in emerging activities to
transform CO2 into a product of commercial value;
Demonstrated experience working on environmental, public
health and climate change issues;
Experience and/or responsibilities associated with Federal
and state regulations and permitting requirements associated with CCUS
projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, including but not limited to
experience obtaining and/or issuing permits/rights of way/leases and
knowledge regarding state legal requirements, processes, timeframes,
costs, barriers, public engagement requirements, state environmental
requirements as well as opportunities to improve/enhance all of the
above;
Executive management-level experience;
Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication
and consensus-building skills; and
Ability to volunteer time to attend meetings and to
contribute to the duties assigned to the Federal and OCS Task Force.
Taking into account the nominations CEQ received in response to its
notices of July 28, 2022, CEQ is particularly interested in additional
nominations for members who represent a local government in the
geographical area covered by the Federal and OCS Task Force; members
who represent a Tribal government in the geographical area covered by
the Federal and OCS Task Force; members who are experts in pipeline
safety; and members who have experience working on environmental
justice issues at the national, state, or local level.
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Dated: December 21, 2022.
Amy B. Coyle,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-28157 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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