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Filed Date: 4/18/23.
Accession Number: 20230418–5188.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/23.
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docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: April 19, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Revision to Power Marketing Policy
Cumberland System of Projects
Southeastern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed revision to
power marketing policy.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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1/2023.
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Accession Number: 20230419–5084.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/1/23.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
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Pursuant to its Procedure for
Public Participation in the Formulation
of Marketing Policy, published in the
Federal Register on July 6, 1978,
Southeastern Power Administration
(Southeastern) published on October 21,
2021, a notice of intent to revise its
power marketing policy to include
provisions regarding renewable energy
certificates (RECs) from its Cumberland
System of Projects. The current power
marketing policy was published on
August 5, 1993, for the Cumberland
System (System) and is reflected in
contracts for the sale of system power,
which are maintained in Southeastern’s
headquarters office. The following is the
proposed revision to the Cumberland
System Power Marketing Policy to
include a procedure for distribution of
RECs to Preference Customers.
Southeastern solicits written comments
in formulating the final marketing
policy revision.
DATES: A public information and
comment forum will be held on June 29,
2023 at 11 a.m. via a virtual web based
meeting to allow maximum
participation. Persons desiring to attend
the forum should notify Southeastern by
June 22, 2023, so that a list of forum
participants can be prepared. Persons
desiring to speak at the forum should
specify this in their notification to
Southeastern; others may speak if time
permits. Written comments are due July
14, 2023, fifteen (15) days after the
scheduled comment forum.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Virgil G. Hobbs III,
SUMMARY:
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Dated: April 19, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Southeastern Power Administration
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Administrator, Southeastern Power
Administration, Department of Energy,
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton,
Georgia 30635–6711, and emailed to
comments@sepa.doe.gov. The public
information and comment forum for the
revision of the Cumberland System
Power marketing policy to include
provisions for RECs will be by Microsoft
Teams. Please register your intent to
attend, including name, address, phone
number, and email address, with
Southeastern’s Legal Assistant, Karen
Fitzpatrick at karen.fitzpatrick@
sepa.doe.gov, to receive updates on the
meeting status of the comment forum.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leon Jourolmon IV, General Counsel,
Southeastern Power Administration,
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton,
Georgia 30635. Telephone: (706) 213–
3800. Email: leon.jourolmon@
sepa.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to its ‘‘Procedure for Public
Participation in Formulation of
Marketing Policy’’ (43 FR 29186),
Southeastern published a ‘‘Notice of
Issuance of Final Power Marketing
Policy, Cumberland System of Projects’’
in the Federal Register on August 5,
1993 (58 FR 41762). The policy
establishes the marketing area for
system power and addresses the
utilization of area utility systems for
essential purposes. The policy also
addresses wholesale rates, resale rates,
and conservation measures, but does not
address RECs. Under Section 5 of the
Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C.
825s), Southeastern is responsible for
the transmission disposition of electric
power and energy from reservoir
projects operated by the Department of
the Army. Furthermore, Southeastern
must transmit and dispose of such
power and energy in such manner as to
encourage the most widespread use at
the lowest possible rates consistent with
sound business principles. Rate
schedules are drawn to recover all costs
associated with producing and
transmitting the power in accordance
with repayment criteria.
Southeastern began the development
of a REC distribution process at the
request of customers in the KerrPhilpott System. To expand the REC
distribution to additional customers,
Southeastern has begun to develop a
process for REC distribution in the
Cumberland System. The purpose of the
distributions is to provide customers
with a product that the customers have
asked to receive, which will add value
to the green, renewable hydropower
already delivered. The revisions will not
change the Administrator’s prior
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determinations regarding power
allocation within the System marketing
area.
All documents introduced at the
public information and comment forum,
and all comments, questions and
answers will be available for inspection
and copying in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552).
Public Notice and Comment
On October 21, 2021, Southeastern
published in the Federal Register a
‘‘Notice of Intent to Revise Power
Marketing Policy Cumberland System of
Projects’’ (86 FR 58260) to revise its
marketing policy by including
provisions regarding RECs from the
System. The notice requested that
written comments and proposals be
submitted on or before December 20,
2021. Southeastern received no public
comments.
Proposed Revision to the Power
Marketing Policy
The System consists of nine projects:
Barkley, Center Hill, Cheatham, Cordell
Hull, Dale Hollow, Laurel, Old Hickory,
J. Percy Priest, and Wolf Creek. The
power from the projects is currently
marketed to Preference Customers
located in the service areas of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Big Rivers
Electric Corporation, Duke Energy
Progress, East Kentucky Power
Cooperative, Kentucky Utilities,
Municipal Electric Agency of
Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Energy
Agency, the seven-member Cooperative
Energy currently receiving Cumberland
power, and Southern Illinois Power
Cooperative.
Southeastern proposes to revise the
Power Marketing Policy for the System
to include the following additional
provisions for RECs associated with
hydroelectric generation:
Renewable Energy Certificates: The
M–RETS Tracking System creates and
tracks certificates reporting generation
attributes, by generating unit, for each
megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy
produced by registered generators. The
System projects are registered generators
within M–RETS. The RECs potentially
satisfy Renewable Portfolio Standards,
state policies, and other regulatory or
voluntary clean energy standards in a
number of states. Southeastern has
subscribed to M–RETS and has an
account in which RECs are collected
and tracked for each MWh of energy
produced from the System. Within M–
RETS, certificates can be transferred to
other M–RETS subscribers or to a thirdparty tracking system.
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M–RETS creates a REC for every MWh
of renewable energy produced by
registered generators, tracks the life
cycle of each REC created, and ensures
against any double-counting or doubleuse of each REC. These RECs may be
used by electricity suppliers and other
energy market participants to comply
with relevant state policies and
regulatory programs and to support
voluntary ‘‘green’’ electricity markets.
Southeastern proposes distribution of
M–RETS-created RECs to Preference
Customers with allocations of power
from the System.
REC Distribution: M–RETS (or a
successor application) will be the
transfer mechanism for all RECs related
to the System. Southeastern shall
maintain an account with M–RETS and
collect RECs from the generation at the
System projects. Southeastern will
verify the total amount of RECs each
month. Preference Customers with an
allocation of power from the System are
eligible to receive RECs by transfer from
Southeastern’s M–RETS account to their
M–RETS account or that of their agent.
M–RETS (or a successor application)
will be the transfer mechanism for all
RECs related to the Kerr-Philpott
System. Any further transfer, sale use,
or trade transaction would be the sole
responsibility of a Preference Customer.
Transfers to each customer will be based
on the customer’s monthly invoices
during the same three-month period
(quarter). Where applicable, RECs will
be project-specific based on the
customer’s contractual arrangements.
Customers receiving energy under the
TVA/TVPPA contract will receive their
distributions pursuant to the
percentages in TVA Area Preference
Customer 1978 Load document (revised
March 2022).
All RECs distributed by Southeastern
shall be transferred within forty-five
days of the end of a quarter. Each
customer must submit to Southeastern,
by the tenth business day after the
quarter, any notice of change to M–
RETS account or agent. Any REC
transfers that were not claimed or if a
transfer account was not provided to
Southeastern will be forfeited if they
become nontransferable as described in
the M–RETS terms of service,
procedures, policies, or definitions of
reporting and trading periods, or any
subsequent rules and procedures for
transfers as established.
The initial transfer process in M–
RETS will be accomplished by the
sixtieth day after the end of the first
completed quarter subsequent to
publication of the final policy revision.
Any balance of RECs that exist in
Southeastern’s M–RETS account, other
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than the first quarter after policy
revision publication, may also be
transferred to Preference Customers
according to the customer’s invoiced
energy at the time of the REC creation.
Rates: No rates shall be established by
Southeastern for RECs transferred to
Preference Customers. Any cost to
Southeastern, such as the M–RETS
subscription, will be incorporated into
marketing costs and included in
recovery through the energy and
capacity rates of the System.
Signing Authority
This Department of Energy document
was signed on April 17, 2023, by Virgil
G. Hobbs III, Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration,
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 19,
2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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Pesticide Product Registration;
Receipt of Applications for New Active
Ingredients March 2023
Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0070,
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically
any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Additional
instructions on commenting and visiting
the docket, along with more information
about dockets generally, is available at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Smith, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD)
(7511M); main telephone number: (202)
566–1400; email address:
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing
address for this contact person is Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
As part of the mailing address, include
the contact person’s name, division, and
mail code. The division to contact is
listed at the end of each application
summary.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
Agency (EPA).
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
ACTION: Notice.
the part or all of the information that
SUMMARY: EPA has received applications you claim to be CBI. For CBI
to register pesticide products containing information in a disk or CD–ROM that
active ingredients not included in any
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
currently registered pesticide products.
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,
identify electronically within the disk or
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
CD–ROM the specific information that
(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
of receipt and opportunity to comment
complete version of the comment that
on these applications.
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
DATES: Comments must be received on
contain the information claimed as CBI
or before May 25, 2023.
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must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
II. Registration Applications
EPA has received applications to
register pesticide products containing
active ingredients not included in any
currently registered pesticide products.
Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA
section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA
is hereby providing notice of receipt and
opportunity to comment on these
applications. Notice of receipt of these
applications does not imply a decision
by the Agency on these applications.
For actions being evaluated under EPA’s
public participation process for
registration actions, there will be an
additional opportunity for public
comment on the proposed decisions.
Please see EPA’s public participation
website for additional information on
this process (https://www.epa.gov/
pesticide-registration/publicparticipation-process-registrationactions).
Notice of Receipt—New Active
Ingredients
1. File Symbol: 94554–R. Docket ID
number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0180.
Applicant: Agri-Organic, LLC., P.O. Box
7748, Bloomfield Township, MI 48302.
Product name: AOMMA-Agro Crop
Protection. Active ingredient: Extracts of
noni fruit and noni leaves (Morinda
citrifolia); fungicide, insecticide;
Morinda citrifolia leaf extract at 0.55%
and Morinda citrifolia fruit extract at
0.45%. Proposed classification/Use:
Fungicide, insecticide. Contact: BPPD.
2. File Symbol: 101966–E. Docket ID
number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0183.
Applicant: FytoFend, LLC, 2915
Ogletown Road Newark, DE 19713.
Product name: Fyto11. Active
ingredient: COS–OGA; fungicide, plant
growth regulator; COS–OGA at 1.04%.
Proposed use: Fungicide, insecticide.
Contact: BPPD.
3. File Symbol: 101966–R. Docket ID
number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0183.
Applicant: FytoFend, LLC, 2915
Ogletown Road Newark, DE 19713.
Product name: COS–OGA MUP. Active
ingredient: COS–OGA; manufacturing
use product for formulation into
fungicide, insecticide and plant growth
regulators at 2.28%. Proposed use:
Manufacturing use product. Contact:
BPPD.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Revision to Power Marketing Policy Cumberland System of Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed revision to power marketing policy.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to its Procedure for Public Participation in the
Formulation of Marketing Policy, published in the Federal Register on
July 6, 1978, Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern)
published on October 21, 2021, a notice of intent to revise its power
marketing policy to include provisions regarding renewable energy
certificates (RECs) from its Cumberland System of Projects. The current
power marketing policy was published on August 5, 1993, for the
Cumberland System (System) and is reflected in contracts for the sale
of system power, which are maintained in Southeastern's headquarters
office. The following is the proposed revision to the Cumberland System
Power Marketing Policy to include a procedure for distribution of RECs
to Preference Customers. Southeastern solicits written comments in
formulating the final marketing policy revision.
DATES: A public information and comment forum will be held on June 29,
2023 at 11 a.m. via a virtual web based meeting to allow maximum
participation. Persons desiring to attend the forum should notify
Southeastern by June 22, 2023, so that a list of forum participants can
be prepared. Persons desiring to speak at the forum should specify this
in their notification to Southeastern; others may speak if time
permits. Written comments are due July 14, 2023, fifteen (15) days
after the scheduled comment forum.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Virgil G. Hobbs
III,
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Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy,
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711, and emailed to
[email protected]. The public information and comment forum for the
revision of the Cumberland System Power marketing policy to include
provisions for RECs will be by Microsoft Teams. Please register your
intent to attend, including name, address, phone number, and email
address, with Southeastern's Legal Assistant, Karen Fitzpatrick at
[email protected], to receive updates on the meeting
status of the comment forum.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leon Jourolmon IV, General Counsel,
Southeastern Power Administration, 1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton,
Georgia 30635. Telephone: (706) 213-3800. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to its ``Procedure for Public
Participation in Formulation of Marketing Policy'' (43 FR 29186),
Southeastern published a ``Notice of Issuance of Final Power Marketing
Policy, Cumberland System of Projects'' in the Federal Register on
August 5, 1993 (58 FR 41762). The policy establishes the marketing area
for system power and addresses the utilization of area utility systems
for essential purposes. The policy also addresses wholesale rates,
resale rates, and conservation measures, but does not address RECs.
Under Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s),
Southeastern is responsible for the transmission disposition of
electric power and energy from reservoir projects operated by the
Department of the Army. Furthermore, Southeastern must transmit and
dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the
most widespread use at the lowest possible rates consistent with sound
business principles. Rate schedules are drawn to recover all costs
associated with producing and transmitting the power in accordance with
repayment criteria.
Southeastern began the development of a REC distribution process at
the request of customers in the Kerr-Philpott System. To expand the REC
distribution to additional customers, Southeastern has begun to develop
a process for REC distribution in the Cumberland System. The purpose of
the distributions is to provide customers with a product that the
customers have asked to receive, which will add value to the green,
renewable hydropower already delivered. The revisions will not change
the Administrator's prior determinations regarding power allocation
within the System marketing area.
All documents introduced at the public information and comment
forum, and all comments, questions and answers will be available for
inspection and copying in accordance with the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Public Notice and Comment
On October 21, 2021, Southeastern published in the Federal Register
a ``Notice of Intent to Revise Power Marketing Policy Cumberland System
of Projects'' (86 FR 58260) to revise its marketing policy by including
provisions regarding RECs from the System. The notice requested that
written comments and proposals be submitted on or before December 20,
2021. Southeastern received no public comments.
Proposed Revision to the Power Marketing Policy
The System consists of nine projects: Barkley, Center Hill,
Cheatham, Cordell Hull, Dale Hollow, Laurel, Old Hickory, J. Percy
Priest, and Wolf Creek. The power from the projects is currently
marketed to Preference Customers located in the service areas of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Big Rivers Electric Corporation, Duke
Energy Progress, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Kentucky Utilities,
Municipal Electric Agency of Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Energy
Agency, the seven-member Cooperative Energy currently receiving
Cumberland power, and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative.
Southeastern proposes to revise the Power Marketing Policy for the
System to include the following additional provisions for RECs
associated with hydroelectric generation:
Renewable Energy Certificates: The M-RETS Tracking System creates
and tracks certificates reporting generation attributes, by generating
unit, for each megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy produced by registered
generators. The System projects are registered generators within M-
RETS. The RECs potentially satisfy Renewable Portfolio Standards, state
policies, and other regulatory or voluntary clean energy standards in a
number of states. Southeastern has subscribed to M-RETS and has an
account in which RECs are collected and tracked for each MWh of energy
produced from the System. Within M-RETS, certificates can be
transferred to other M-RETS subscribers or to a third-party tracking
system.
M-RETS creates a REC for every MWh of renewable energy produced by
registered generators, tracks the life cycle of each REC created, and
ensures against any double-counting or double-use of each REC. These
RECs may be used by electricity suppliers and other energy market
participants to comply with relevant state policies and regulatory
programs and to support voluntary ``green'' electricity markets.
Southeastern proposes distribution of M-RETS-created RECs to
Preference Customers with allocations of power from the System.
REC Distribution: M-RETS (or a successor application) will be the
transfer mechanism for all RECs related to the System. Southeastern
shall maintain an account with M-RETS and collect RECs from the
generation at the System projects. Southeastern will verify the total
amount of RECs each month. Preference Customers with an allocation of
power from the System are eligible to receive RECs by transfer from
Southeastern's M-RETS account to their M-RETS account or that of their
agent. M-RETS (or a successor application) will be the transfer
mechanism for all RECs related to the Kerr-Philpott System. Any further
transfer, sale use, or trade transaction would be the sole
responsibility of a Preference Customer. Transfers to each customer
will be based on the customer's monthly invoices during the same three-
month period (quarter). Where applicable, RECs will be project-specific
based on the customer's contractual arrangements. Customers receiving
energy under the TVA/TVPPA contract will receive their distributions
pursuant to the percentages in TVA Area Preference Customer 1978 Load
document (revised March 2022).
All RECs distributed by Southeastern shall be transferred within
forty-five days of the end of a quarter. Each customer must submit to
Southeastern, by the tenth business day after the quarter, any notice
of change to M-RETS account or agent. Any REC transfers that were not
claimed or if a transfer account was not provided to Southeastern will
be forfeited if they become nontransferable as described in the M-RETS
terms of service, procedures, policies, or definitions of reporting and
trading periods, or any subsequent rules and procedures for transfers
as established.
The initial transfer process in M-RETS will be accomplished by the
sixtieth day after the end of the first completed quarter subsequent to
publication of the final policy revision. Any balance of RECs that
exist in Southeastern's M-RETS account, other
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than the first quarter after policy revision publication, may also be
transferred to Preference Customers according to the customer's
invoiced energy at the time of the REC creation.
Rates: No rates shall be established by Southeastern for RECs
transferred to Preference Customers. Any cost to Southeastern, such as
the M-RETS subscription, will be incorporated into marketing costs and
included in recovery through the energy and capacity rates of the
System.
Signing Authority
This Department of Energy document was signed on April 17, 2023, by
Virgil G. Hobbs III, Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration,
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 19, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-08633 Filed 4-24-23; 8:45 am]
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