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Signed in Washington, DC, on April 10,
2023.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement, Office of Resource
Sustainability.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before May 15, 2023.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please
advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at (202) 395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Reim, michael.reim@
nuclear.energy.gov, (202) 748–3383.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the extended
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
SUMMARY:
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–NEW;
(2) Information Collection Request
Titled: Survey of High-Assay, LowEnriched Uranium (HALEU) Needs for
Civilian Domestic Research,
Development, Demonstration, and
Commercial Use.;
(3) Type of Review: New;
(4) Purpose: The purpose of this
survey is to inform the planning and
development of a Department of Energy
(DOE) HALEU Availability Program.
Section 2001 of The Energy Act of 2020
(Pub. L. 116–260, Dec. 27, 2020)
authorizes the Secretary to establish and
carry out, through the Office of Nuclear
Energy (NE), a program to support the
availability of HALEU for civilian
domestic research and development,
demonstration, and commercial use.
The Act authorizes multiple actions to
facilitate the development of a
commercial HALEU supply chain
including a biennial survey of
stakeholders to estimate the quantity of
HALEU necessary for domestic
commercial use, establishing a
consortium of fuel cycle entities to
partner with DOE in making HALEU
available, and to provide HALEU to
consortium members during
development of commercial domestic
sources. NE is developing plans to
establish the HALEU Availability
Program to implement these and other
directed actions, including those related
to HALEU fuel fabrication, enrichment,
and transportation.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 25;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 25;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 200;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $13,376.
HALEU is defined as uranium
enriched between 5 and 20 percent
uranium-235, and HALEU enriched
between 10–20 percent will be required
by several advanced reactor designs
currently under development. Multiple
stakeholders will require HALEU for
commercial and research purposes in
the coming years, including advanced
reactor designers, traditional nuclear
fuel and nuclear reactor vendors,
Advanced Reactor Demonstration
Program awardees, and other companies
and organizations engaged in nuclear
research and development.
For stakeholders that plan to utilize
HALEU enriched between 5 and 20
percent, please provide the following
information:
(1) A short summary of the
stakeholder’s planned commercial and
research needs for HALEU including:
a. The type of reactor system or
facilities that would use the fuel,
b. Projections regarding the number of
reactors or facilities, and
c. Current status and future plans for
licensing and regulatory milestones,
d. Plans for U.S. and international
deployment.
(2) The number of metric tons of
uranium required per year (MTU/yr)
where the year listed is the delivery date
of HALEU required for fuel fabrication
or fuel qualification experiments.
(3) The specific enrichment
percentage or range of enrichment
percentages required between 5 and 20
percent.
(4) The chemical and physical form of
HALEU required (metal, oxide, etc.).
TABLE 1—HALEU NEEDS BY YEAR
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028–2032
2033–2037
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MTU/yr.
Specific enrichment % or range of enrichment required between 5–20%.
(5) For small quantity requests of
HALEU of 50 kgU or less please
provide:
a. An individual point of contact for
resolving questions related to the
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address, phone number).
b. Quantity requested (in kilograms),
enrichment level, and form (e.g., UF6,
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c. Desired delivery date(s) for HALEU.
Provide multiple dates and quantities if
that would be the case to support
multiple experiments over time.
d. How will the HALEU be used?
Briefly describe the fuel form,
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fabrication, and experiments to be
conducted. Provide a schedule.
e. Is this activity associated with an
existing public-private partnership or
cost-shared agreement? If so, please
identify the agreement.
f. Describe your capabilities,
experience, and financing that will
enable you to use the HALEU for the
intended purpose on the schedule
provided.
g. Describe your progress in achieving
the following:
i. Regulatory approvals
ii. Fabrication services
iii. Access to experimental facilities
iv. Capabilities to ship/receive
HALEU
v. Any other areas that are required to
execute your plans.
h. Provide detailed material
specifications for the HALEU including
contamination and purity limits.
i. Provide any other requirements that
would be important for us to know in
processing your request.
Statutory Authority: Section 2001 of
The Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116–
260, Dec. 27, 2020).
Signing Authority
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This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on April 7, 2023, by
Jon Carmack, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Nuclear Fuel Cycle and
Supply Chain, Office of Nuclear 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 April 11,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–07900 Filed 4–13–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. 23–34–LNG]
Gulfstream LNG Development, LLC;
Application for Long-Term
Authorization to Export Liquefied
Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade
Agreement Nations
Office of Fossil Energy and
Carbon Management, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
The Office of Fossil Energy
and Carbon Management (FECM) of the
Department of Energy (DOE) gives
notice (Notice) of receipt of an
application (Application), filed by
Gulfstream LNG Development, LLC
(Gulfstream LNG) on March 10, 2023.
Gulfstream LNG requests long-term,
multi-contract authorization to export
domestically produced liquefied natural
gas (LNG) in a volume equivalent to
237.5 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr)
of natural gas from the proposed
Gulfstream LNG Project, a LNG export
project to be located in Plaquemines
Parish, Louisiana. Gulfstream LNG filed
the Application under the Natural Gas
Act (NGA).
DATES: Protests, motions to intervene, or
notices of intervention, as applicable,
and written comments are to be filed
electronically as detailed in the Public
Comment Procedures section no later
than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, June 13,
2023.
SUMMARY:
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing by email: fergas@
hq.doe.gov.
Although DOE has routinely accepted
public comment submissions through a
variety of mechanisms, including postal
mail and hand delivery/courier, DOE
has found it necessary to make
temporary modifications to the
comment submission process in light of
the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. DOE is
currently accepting only electronic
submissions at this time. If a commenter
finds that this change poses an undue
hardship, please contact Office of
Resource Sustainability staff at (202)
586–4749 or (202) 586–7893 to discuss
the need for alternative arrangements.
Once the Covid-19 pandemic health
emergency is resolved, DOE anticipates
resuming all of its regular options for
public comment submission, including
postal mail and hand delivery/courier.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Wade or Peri Ulrey, U.S.
Department of Energy (FE–34) Office
of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement, Office of Resource
Sustainability Office of Fossil Energy
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and Carbon Management, Forrestal
Building, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
4749 or (202) 586–7893,
jennifer.wade@hq.doe.gov or
peri.ulrey@hq.doe.gov.
Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of
Energy (GC–76) Office of the Assistant
General Counsel for Energy Delivery
and Resilience, Forrestal Building,
Room 6D–033, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586–9793, cassandra.bernstein@
hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Gulfstream LNG requests authorization
to export domestically produced LNG
by ocean-going vessel from its proposed
Gulfstream LNG Project (Project), to be
constructed and located on an
approximately 500-acre parcel of land
south of the town of Belle Chasse,
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
Gulfstream LNG states that it has
executed a Ground Lease and Joint
Development Agreement with Louisiana
23 Development Company, which is
developing the site with Plaquemines
Port, Harbor & Terminal District.
Gulfstream LNG seeks to export this
LNG in a volume equivalent to 237.5
Bcf/yr of natural gas (equivalent to
approximately 0.65 Bcf per day) on a
non-additive basis to: (i) any nation
with which the United States has
entered into a free trade agreement
(FTA) requiring national treatment for
trade in natural gas (FTA nations), and
(ii) any other nation with which trade is
not prohibited by U.S. law or policy
(non-FTA nations). This Notice applies
only to the portion of the Application
requesting authority to export LNG to
non-FTA countries pursuant to section
3(a) of the NGA.1 DOE will review
Gulfstream LNG’s request for an export
authorization to FTA countries
separately pursuant to NGA section
3(c).2
Gulfstream LNG seeks this
authorization on its own behalf and as
agent for other entities that hold title to
the LNG at the point of export.
Gulfstream LNG requests the
authorization for a term to commence
on the date of first export following the
start of commercial operation of the
Project, and to extend through
December 31, 2050.
Additional details can be found in
Gulfstream LNG’s Application, posted
on the DOE website at: www.energy.gov/
sites/default/files/2023-03/23-34LNG.pdf.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before May 15, 2023. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB
of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk
Officer may be telephoned at (202) 395-4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Reim,
[email protected], (202) 748-3383.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
extended collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910-NEW;
(2) Information Collection Request Titled: Survey of High-Assay,
Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Needs for Civilian Domestic Research,
Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Use.;
(3) Type of Review: New;
(4) Purpose: The purpose of this survey is to inform the planning
and development of a Department of Energy (DOE) HALEU Availability
Program. Section 2001 of The Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-260, Dec.
27, 2020) authorizes the Secretary to establish and carry out, through
the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), a program to support the
availability of HALEU for civilian domestic research and development,
demonstration, and commercial use. The Act authorizes multiple actions
to facilitate the development of a commercial HALEU supply chain
including a biennial survey of stakeholders to estimate the quantity of
HALEU necessary for domestic commercial use, establishing a consortium
of fuel cycle entities to partner with DOE in making HALEU available,
and to provide HALEU to consortium members during development of
commercial domestic sources. NE is developing plans to establish the
HALEU Availability Program to implement these and other directed
actions, including those related to HALEU fuel fabrication, enrichment,
and transportation.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 25;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 25;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 200;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$13,376.
HALEU is defined as uranium enriched between 5 and 20 percent
uranium-235, and HALEU enriched between 10-20 percent will be required
by several advanced reactor designs currently under development.
Multiple stakeholders will require HALEU for commercial and research
purposes in the coming years, including advanced reactor designers,
traditional nuclear fuel and nuclear reactor vendors, Advanced Reactor
Demonstration Program awardees, and other companies and organizations
engaged in nuclear research and development.
For stakeholders that plan to utilize HALEU enriched between 5 and
20 percent, please provide the following information:
(1) A short summary of the stakeholder's planned commercial and
research needs for HALEU including:
a. The type of reactor system or facilities that would use the
fuel,
b. Projections regarding the number of reactors or facilities, and
c. Current status and future plans for licensing and regulatory
milestones,
d. Plans for U.S. and international deployment.
(2) The number of metric tons of uranium required per year (MTU/yr)
where the year listed is the delivery date of HALEU required for fuel
fabrication or fuel qualification experiments.
(3) The specific enrichment percentage or range of enrichment
percentages required between 5 and 20 percent.
(4) The chemical and physical form of HALEU required (metal, oxide,
etc.).
Table 1--HALEU Needs by Year
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2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028-2032 2033-2037
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MTU/yr.......................................................
Specific enrichment % or range of enrichment required between
5-20%.......................................................
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(5) For small quantity requests of HALEU of 50 kgU or less please
provide:
a. An individual point of contact for resolving questions related
to the request (name, organization, title, email address, phone
number).
b. Quantity requested (in kilograms), enrichment level, and form
(e.g., UF6, metal, oxide, other).
c. Desired delivery date(s) for HALEU. Provide multiple dates and
quantities if that would be the case to support multiple experiments
over time.
d. How will the HALEU be used? Briefly describe the fuel form,
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fabrication, and experiments to be conducted. Provide a schedule.
e. Is this activity associated with an existing public-private
partnership or cost-shared agreement? If so, please identify the
agreement.
f. Describe your capabilities, experience, and financing that will
enable you to use the HALEU for the intended purpose on the schedule
provided.
g. Describe your progress in achieving the following:
i. Regulatory approvals
ii. Fabrication services
iii. Access to experimental facilities
iv. Capabilities to ship/receive HALEU
v. Any other areas that are required to execute your plans.
h. Provide detailed material specifications for the HALEU including
contamination and purity limits.
i. Provide any other requirements that would be important for us to
know in processing your request.
Statutory Authority: Section 2001 of The Energy Act of 2020 (Pub.
L. 116-260, Dec. 27, 2020).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 7,
2023, by Jon Carmack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Fuel Cycle
and Supply Chain, Office of Nuclear 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 April 11, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-07900 Filed 4-13-23; 8:45 am]
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