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the Applicant have been previously
authorized by Presidential permits
issued pursuant to Executive Order
10485, as amended, and are appropriate
for open access transmission by third
parties. See App at Exhibit C.
Procedural Matters: Any person
desiring to be heard in this proceeding
should file a comment or protest to the
Application at the address provided
above. Protests should be filed in
accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.211). Any person desiring to
become a party to this proceeding
should file a motion to intervene at the
above address in accordance with FERC
Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings
concerning Shell Energy’s Application
should be clearly marked with GDO
Docket No. EA–339–C. Additional
copies are to be provided directly to
David L. Smith, Regulatory Advisor
DF—Shell Energy, 1000 Main, Suite
1200, Houston, TX 77002–6336, (713)
767–5542, dave.l.smith@shell.com and
Catherine McCarthy, Partner—Bracewell
LLP, 2001 M. Street NW, Suite 900,
Washington, DC 20036–3310, (202) 828–
5839, Catherine.mccarthy@
bracewell.com.
A final decision will be made on the
requested authorization after the
environmental impacts have been
evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National
Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after
DOE evaluates whether the proposed
action will have an adverse impact on
the sufficiency of supply or reliability of
the United States electric power supply
system.
Copies of this Application will be
made available, upon request, by
accessing the program website at
https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications or by emailing
Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
March 13, 2023, by Maria Robinson,
Director, Grid Deployment Office,
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.
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2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA–380–A]
Application for Renewal of
Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Freepoint Commodities LLC
Grid Deployment Office,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
Freepoint Commodities LLC
(the Applicant or Freepoint) has applied
for authorization to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Canada
pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
to intervene must be submitted on or
before April 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests,
motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed
by electronic mail to
Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Blazek, (240) 474–2780,
electricity.exports@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Department of Energy
(DOE) regulates electricity exports from
the United States to foreign countries in
accordance with section 202(e) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C.
824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10
CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b)
and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f))
transferred this regulatory authority,
previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to
DOE.
Section 202(e) of the FPA provides
that an entity which seeks to export
electricity must obtain an order from
DOE authorizing that export. (16 U.S.C.
824a(e)). On June 13, 2022, the authority
to issue such orders was delegated to
the DOE’s Grid Deployment Office
(GDO) under Delegation Order No. S1–
DEL–S3–2022–2 and Redelegation
Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2022.
On September 29, 2011, in Order No.
EA–380, the DOE authorized Freepoint
to export electricity from the United
State to Canada as a power marketer for
a period of ten years ending on
September 29, 2021. On September 30,
2022, Freepoint filed an application
with DOE (Application or App) for
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renewal of their export authority for an
additional ten-year term. App. at 1.
Freepoint acknowledged in its
Application that it did not seek to renew
its authorization to export electricity to
Canada prior to the lapse of the
authorization granted in Order No. EA–
380. Since the expiration of that
authorization, as indicated in its
quarterly filings with the Department
(which it continued to file,
notwithstanding the expiration of the
authorization), Freepoint has not
exported any electricity from the United
States. Freepoint seeks renewal of its
authorization at this time because it
anticipates entering one or more
transactions that could involve exports
of electricity to Canada. App at 1–2.
In its Application, the Applicant
states that it ‘‘does not own or control
any electric generation or transmission
facilities, nor does it hold a franchise or
service territory for the transmission,
distribution, or sale of electric power.’’
App at 3. Freepoint further states that it
‘‘has purchased, or will purchase, the
power that may be exported to Canada
from wholesale generators, electric
utilities, federal power marketing
agencies, and the markets administered
by independent system operators (ISOs)
and regional transmission organizations
(RTOs).’’ Id.
Freepoint ‘‘plans to export electric
power over authorized transmission
interconnections between Canada and
the United States. Transmission to the
point of delivery will be arranged by
Freepoint over any authorized existing
international electric transmission
facilities (including those set out in
Attachment 1), and over any
international transmission facilities that
may be approved by the Department in
the future.’’ App at 4.
Therefore, ‘‘Freepoint’s export of
electric energy to Canada does not and
will not impair the sufficiency of
electric supply within the United States
nor does it or will it impede or tend to
impede the coordination in the public
interest of facilities subject to the
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC).’’ App at
2.
The existing international
transmission facilities to be utilized by
the Applicant have been previously
authorized by Presidential permits
issued pursuant to Executive Order
10485, as amended, and are appropriate
for open access transmission by third
parties. See App at 4; Attachment 1.
Procedural Matters: Any person
desiring to be heard in this proceeding
should file a comment or protest to the
Application at the address provided
above. Protests should be filed in
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accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.211). Any person desiring to
become a party to this proceeding
should file a motion to intervene at the
above address in accordance with FERC
Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings
concerning Freepoint’s Application
should be clearly marked with GDO
Docket No. EA–380–A. Additional
copies are to be provided directly to
Martin Ramirez, Head of Compliance,
Freepoint Commodities, LLC, 58
Commerce Road, Stamford, CT 06902;
(203) 542–6767; MRamirez@
freepoint.com and Daniel E. Frank,
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 700
Sixth St. NW, Suite 700, Washington,
DC 20001–3980; (202) 383–0838;
DanielFrank@evershedssutherland.com.
A final decision will be made on the
requested authorization after the
environmental impacts have been
evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National
Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after
DOE evaluates whether the proposed
action will have an adverse impact on
the sufficiency of supply or reliability of
the United States electric power supply
system.
Copies of this Application will be
made available, upon request, by
accessing the program website at
https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications or by emailing
Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
March 13, 2023, by Maria Robinson,
Director, Grid Deployment Office,
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 14,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–05466 Filed 3–16–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Update on Reimbursement for Costs of
Remedial Action at Uranium and
Thorium Processing Sites
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of acceptance of title X
claims during fiscal year (FY) 2023.
AGENCY:
This Notice announces the
Department of Energy’s (DOE)
acceptance of claims in FY 2023 from
eligible uranium and thorium
processing site licensees for
reimbursement under Title X of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992. In FY 2022,
DOE distributed $16.155 million to
licensees with approved claims from
licensees in the Title X Uranium and
Thorium Reimbursement Program.
DATES: The closing date for the
submission of FY 2023 title X claims is
July 14, 2023. The claims will be
processed for payment together with
any eligible unpaid approved claim
balances from prior years, based on the
availability of funds from congressional
appropriations. If the total approved
claim amounts exceed the available
funding, the approved claim amounts
will be reimbursed on a prorated basis.
All reimbursements are subject to the
availability of funds from congressional
appropriations.
ADDRESSES: Claims must be submitted
by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, to Charlee Anne
Boger, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Legacy Management, 2597
Legacy Way, Grand Junction, Colorado
81503. Two copies of the claim should
be included with each submission. In
addition to the mailed hardcopies,
claims may be submitted electronically
to Charlee.Boger@lm.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amie Robinson, Title X Program Lead at
(202) 586–5000 or email:
Amie.Robinson@em.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE
published a final rule under 10 CFR part
765 in the Federal Register on May 23,
1994, (59 FR 26714) to carry out the
requirements of title X of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (sections 1001–1004
of Pub. L. 102–486, 42 U.S.C. 2296a et
seq.) and to establish the procedures for
eligible licensees to submit claims for
reimbursement. DOE amended the final
rule on June 3, 2003, (68 FR 32955) to
adopt several technical and
administrative amendments (e.g.,
statutory increases in the
reimbursement ceilings). Title X
requires DOE to reimburse eligible
uranium and thorium licensees for
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certain costs of decontamination,
decommissioning, reclamation, and
other remedial action incurred by
licensees at active uranium and thorium
processing sites. The eligible licensees
incurred these costs to remediate
byproduct material, generated as an
incident of sales to the United States
Government of uranium or thorium that
was extracted or concentrated from ores
processed primarily for their source
material contents. To be reimbursable,
costs of remedial action must be for
work that is necessary to comply with
applicable requirements of the Uranium
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of
1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.), as
amended, or where appropriate, with
requirements established by a State
pursuant to a discontinuance agreement
under section 274 of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021), as
amended. Claims for reimbursement
must be supported by reasonable
documentation as determined by DOE
in accordance with 10 CFR part 765.
Funds for reimbursement will be
provided from the Uranium Enrichment
Decontamination and Decommissioning
Fund established at the Department of
Treasury pursuant to section 1801 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2297g). Payment or obligation of funds
shall be subject to the requirements of
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C.
1341).
Authority: Section 1001–1004 of Pub.
L. 102–486, 106 Stat. 2776 (42 U.S.C.
2296a et seq.).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on March 14, 2023,
by Amie Robinson, Office of Waste
Disposal, Office of Environmental
Management, 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 14,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–05505 Filed 3–16–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-380-A]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Freepoint Commodities LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Freepoint Commodities LLC (the Applicant or Freepoint) has
applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on
or before April 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Blazek, (240) 474-2780,
[email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Energy (DOE)
regulates electricity exports from the United States to foreign
countries in accordance with section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 CFR 205.300 et
seq.). Sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) transferred this regulatory authority,
previously exercised by the now-defunct Federal Power Commission, to
DOE.
Section 202(e) of the FPA provides that an entity which seeks to
export electricity must obtain an order from DOE authorizing that
export. (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). On June 13, 2022, the authority to issue
such orders was delegated to the DOE's Grid Deployment Office (GDO)
under Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2022-2 and Redelegation Order No.
S3-DEL-GD1-2022.
On September 29, 2011, in Order No. EA-380, the DOE authorized
Freepoint to export electricity from the United State to Canada as a
power marketer for a period of ten years ending on September 29, 2021.
On September 30, 2022, Freepoint filed an application with DOE
(Application or App) for renewal of their export authority for an
additional ten-year term. App. at 1.
Freepoint acknowledged in its Application that it did not seek to
renew its authorization to export electricity to Canada prior to the
lapse of the authorization granted in Order No. EA-380. Since the
expiration of that authorization, as indicated in its quarterly filings
with the Department (which it continued to file, notwithstanding the
expiration of the authorization), Freepoint has not exported any
electricity from the United States. Freepoint seeks renewal of its
authorization at this time because it anticipates entering one or more
transactions that could involve exports of electricity to Canada. App
at 1-2.
In its Application, the Applicant states that it ``does not own or
control any electric generation or transmission facilities, nor does it
hold a franchise or service territory for the transmission,
distribution, or sale of electric power.'' App at 3. Freepoint further
states that it ``has purchased, or will purchase, the power that may be
exported to Canada from wholesale generators, electric utilities,
federal power marketing agencies, and the markets administered by
independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission
organizations (RTOs).'' Id.
Freepoint ``plans to export electric power over authorized
transmission interconnections between Canada and the United States.
Transmission to the point of delivery will be arranged by Freepoint
over any authorized existing international electric transmission
facilities (including those set out in Attachment 1), and over any
international transmission facilities that may be approved by the
Department in the future.'' App at 4.
Therefore, ``Freepoint's export of electric energy to Canada does
not and will not impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the
United States nor does it or will it impede or tend to impede the
coordination in the public interest of facilities subject to the
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).'' App
at 2.
The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized
by the Applicant have been previously authorized by Presidential
permits issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are
appropriate for open access transmission by third parties. See App at
4; Attachment 1.
Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the Application at the
address provided above. Protests should be filed in
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accordance with Rule 211 of FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18
CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding
should file a motion to intervene at the above address in accordance
with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning Freepoint's Application
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-380-A. Additional
copies are to be provided directly to Martin Ramirez, Head of
Compliance, Freepoint Commodities, LLC, 58 Commerce Road, Stamford, CT
06902; (203) 542-6767; [email protected] and Daniel E. Frank,
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 700 Sixth St. NW, Suite 700, Washington,
DC 20001-3980; (202) 383-0838; sutherland.com">[email protected]sutherland.com.
A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after
the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to DOE's
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part
1021) and after DOE evaluates whether the proposed action will have an
adverse impact on the sufficiency of supply or reliability of the
United States electric power supply system.
Copies of this Application will be made available, upon request, by
accessing the program website at https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications or by emailing [email protected].
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on March 13, 2023, by Maria Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment
Office, 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 14, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-05466 Filed 3-16-23; 8:45 am]
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