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operations identified in the RCBA.
Corps, Reclamation, and Bonneville also
will work with NMFS and FWS to
ensure compliance with the ESA,
coordinate environmental reviews, and
maintain protections afforded to ESAlisted species and critical habitat under
existing environmental compliance
documentation.
The Co-lead agencies (and Bonneville
when appropriate) will comply with all
applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements in evaluating the Proposed
Action, including but not limited to the
ESA, Clean Water Act, Section 106 of
the NHPA, and Executive Orders,
including E.O. 12898 Federal Actions to
Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations and E.O. 14096 on
Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment
to Environmental Justice For All, and
the recent Presidential Memorandum,
Restoring Healthy and Abundant
Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native
Fish Populations in the Columbia River
Basin, 88 FR 67617 (October 2, 2023).
The Co-Lead Agencies wi.ll also
ensure government-to-government
consultation with Tribes that honors the
U.S. Government’s longstanding
commitments to Tribal Nations.
6. Schedule for the Decision-Making
Process. To the extent feasible, the CoLead Agencies will complete the SEIS in
compliance with the deadlines and
schedules set forth in 40 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 1501.10(b).
The draft SEIS will be available for
public review and comment. A 45-day
public review period will be provided
for interested parties and agencies to
review and comment on this draft
document. All interested parties are
encouraged to respond to this Notice of
Intent and provide a current address if
they wish to be notified of the Draft
SEIS circulation. The Co-Lead Agencies
would issue a decision at the conclusion
of the NEPA process, in accordance
with 40 CFR 1506.10. Corps,
Reclamation, and Bonneville would also
determine how to proceed consistent
with their Section 7 obligations under
the ESA and any resulting biological
opinions in accordance with 50 CFR
402.15.
7. Scoping Process/Public
Involvement. The Co-Lead Agencies
invite all affected Federal, State, and
local agencies, affected Tribes, other
interested parties, and the general
public to participate in the NEPA
process during development of the SEIS.
Three (3) virtual public scoping
meetings will be held the week of
February 10, 2025. The specific dates,
times, and meeting information will be
published on the project website:
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CRSO/. Additional public meetings will
be scheduled after release of the draft
SEIS.
The Co-Lead Agencies are issuing this
Notice of Intent to: (1) Advise other
Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and
the public of their plan to analyze
effects related to system operations,
maintenance and configuration; (2)
obtain suggestions and information that
may inform the scope of issues to
evaluate in the SEIS; and (3) provide
notice and request public input on
potential effects on historic properties
from system operations, maintenance
and configuration due to potential
modification of the undertaking in
accordance with section 106 of the
NHPA (36 CFR 800.2(d)(3) and
800.8(c)(5)). The Co-Lead agencies will
also identify any cooperating and
participating agencies that the Co-Lead
agencies may require information from
to facilitate their future decision after
completion of the Notice of Intent
scoping period.
William C. Hannan,
Brigadier General, US Army, Division
Commander.
Jennifer Carrington,
Regional Director, Columbia-Pacific
Northwest Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory
Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The
Federal Advisory Committee Act
requires that public notice of this
meeting be announced in the Federal
Register.
DATES: Thursday, January 16, 2025;
5:30–7 p.m. CST.
ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Community
and Technical College, Emerging
Technology Center, Room 215, 5100
Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah,
Kentucky 42001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith, Federal
Coordinator, by Phone: (270) 441–6821
or Email: Robert.Smith@pppo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to provide advice and
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recommendations concerning the
following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental
restoration; waste and nuclear materials
management and disposition; excess
facilities; future land use and long-term
stewardship. The Board may also be
asked to provide advice and
recommendations on any EM program
components.
Tentative Agenda:
• Administrative Activities
• Public Comment Period
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. The EM SSAB,
Paducah will make every effort to
accommodate persons with physical
disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations due to
a disability, please contact Robert ‘‘Buz’’
Smith in advance of the meeting. The
Department of Energy will hear oral
public comments during the meeting. A
15-minute public comment period will
take place at the end of the agenda.
Individual oral comments are to be
limited to two minutes per speaker to
ensure time for all who wish to speak.
Written statements may be filed either
before or after the meeting. Written
comments submitted by 5 p.m. CST on
Friday, January 24, 2025, will be
included in the minutes. Please submit
written comments to Zachery Boyarski
at Zachary.Boyarski@pppo.gov with
‘‘Public Comment’’ in the subject line.
The Deputy Designated Federal Officer
is empowered to conduct the meeting in
a fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Eric Roberts, Board
Support Manager, Emerging Technology
Center, Room 221, 4810 Alben Barkley
Drive, Paducah, KY 42001; Phone: (270)
554–3004. Minutes will also be
available at the following website:
https://www.energy.gov/pppo/pgdp-cab/
listings/meeting-materials.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
December 12, 2024, by Alyssa Petit,
Deputy Committee Management Officer,
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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Signed in Washington, DC, on December
12, 2024.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub
(ARCH2), (DOE/EIS–0569)
Office of Clean Energy
Demonstrations, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement, notice
of scoping meetings, request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces its intent to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
applicable NEPA implementing
regulations to assess the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed
action of providing financial assistance
to Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle)
to facilitate the design, construction,
operation, and maintenance of the
Appalachian Hydrogen Hub (also
referred to as the Appalachian Regional
Clean Hydrogen Hub or ARCH2) in the
Appalachian Region including Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. DOE
is issuing this Notice of Intent to inform
the public about the proposed action;
announce plans to conduct public
scoping meetings; invite public
participation in the scoping process;
and solicit public comments for
consideration in establishing the scope
of the EIS, including the range of
reasonable alternatives and the potential
environmental impacts to be analyzed.
DATES: The public scoping period for
the EIS starts with the publication of
this notice of intent (NOI) and ends on
March 3, 2025. DOE will hold one
virtual public scoping meeting at the
following date and time (eastern time):
• Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6
p.m.–8 p.m.
DOE will hold three in-person public
scoping meetings. Dates, times, and
locations are to be determined and will
be shared on the DOE’s web page for
this EIS no less than 15 days before the
meetings.
All meetings are open to the public
and free to attend. Details on how to
participate in the virtual and in-person
public scoping meetings are available on
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the DOE’s web page for this EIS: https://
www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0569appalachian-hydrogen-hub-multiplelocations. In defining the scope of the
EIS, DOE will consider all scoping
comments received or postmarked by
March 3, 2025. Comments received or
postmarked after the scoping period end
date will be considered to the extent
practicable.
ADDRESSES: Oral or written comments
may be provided at the public scoping
meetings or submitted in any of the
following ways:
• Through the regulations.gov web
portal: Navigate to www.regulations.gov
and search for Docket No. DOE–HQ–
2024–0082 and follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail or Hand Delivery Service:
Send comments in an envelope labeled
‘‘DOE/EIS–0569’’ and addressed to TRC
APPALACHIAN HYDROGEN HUB
Coordinator, Teays Corporate Centre,
135 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 540,
Scott Depot, West Virginia 25560
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Moore, Project Manager, Office of
Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC
20585, email OCED_ARCH2_EIS@
hq.doe.gov, or telephone (202) 309–
2037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act, commonly known as the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL),
Congress directed DOE to establish a
Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs
(H2Hubs) program to create regional
networks of hydrogen producers,
consumers, and local connective
infrastructure to accelerate the use of
hydrogen as a clean energy carrier. The
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
(OCED) within DOE is implementing the
Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program
and will use the NEPA process to help
it decide whether to provide financial
assistance for the H2Hubs.
Congress directed DOE to select
H2Hubs using certain criteria.
Specifically, Congress directed DOE to
select H2Hubs that will use a diversity
of feedstocks to produce clean
hydrogen, including at least one H2Hub
that will demonstrate the production of
clean hydrogen from fossil fuels, one
H2Hub that will demonstrate the
production of clean hydrogen from
renewables, and one H2Hub that will
demonstrate the production of clean
hydrogen from nuclear energy. Congress
also directed DOE to select H2Hubs that
will use clean hydrogen in a diversity of
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end uses, including at least one H2Hub
that will demonstrate the use of clean
hydrogen in the following sectors:
electric power generation, industrial,
residential and commercial heating, and
transportation. Congress required that
DOE give priority to H2Hubs that are
likely to create opportunities for skilled
training and long-term employment to
the greatest number of residents of the
region. Congress also directed DOE to
include geographic diversity, directing
that DOE locate H2Hubs in different
regions of the United States, and that
the H2Hubs are to use the energy
resources that are abundant in their
respective regions. Congress further
required DOE to select, to the maximum
extent practicable, at least two H2Hubs
in the regions of the United States with
the greatest natural gas resources.
DOE issued a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA–0002779) to
solicit applications for H2Hubs. DOE
selected the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub
for award negotiations following a
rigorous Merit Review process to
identify meritorious applications to the
Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program
based on the criteria listed in FOA–
0002779. DOE has provided limited
funding in support of preliminary
Appalachian Hydrogen Hub planning
activities.
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, as
proposed, satisfies certain criteria
Congress required in the BIL for the
Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs
program. The Appalachian Hydrogen
Hub has the potential to demonstrate
the production of clean hydrogen from
fossil fuels. The Appalachian Hydrogen
Hub proposes to use clean hydrogen in
a diversity of end uses, including but
not limited to industry, power
generation, and transportation. Further,
the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub would
create opportunities for skilled training
and long-term employment for residents
of the region. In addition, the location
of the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub in
the Appalachian Region that includes
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
meets the criterion requiring geographic
diversity within the Regional Clean
Hydrogen Hubs program. The
Appalachian Hydrogen Hub also
satisfies the criterion that DOE select a
Hub in a region of the United States
with the greatest natural gas resources.
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub is
proposed to consist of a suite of
demonstration projects involving clean
hydrogen production, transportation,
and end uses located within the
Appalachian Region that includes Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Battelle is the primary funding recipient
and lead Appalachian Hydrogen Hub
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, January 16, 2025; 5:30-7 p.m. CST.
ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Emerging
Technology Center, Room 215, 5100 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah,
Kentucky 42001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert ``Buz'' Smith, Federal
Coordinator, by Phone: (270) 441-6821 or Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice
and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues:
clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear
materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land
use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide
advice and recommendations on any EM program components.
Tentative Agenda:
Administrative Activities
Public Comment Period
Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The EM
SSAB, Paducah will make every effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Robert ``Buz'' Smith
in advance of the meeting. The Department of Energy will hear oral
public comments during the meeting. A 15-minute public comment period
will take place at the end of the agenda. Individual oral comments are
to be limited to two minutes per speaker to ensure time for all who
wish to speak. Written statements may be filed either before or after
the meeting. Written comments submitted by 5 p.m. CST on Friday,
January 24, 2025, will be included in the minutes. Please submit
written comments to Zachery Boyarski at [email protected] with
``Public Comment'' in the subject line. The Deputy Designated Federal
Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will
facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Eric
Roberts, Board Support Manager, Emerging Technology Center, Room 221,
4810 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, KY 42001; Phone: (270) 554-3004.
Minutes will also be available at the following website: https://www.energy.gov/pppo/pgdp-cab/listings/meeting-materials.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on December 12, 2024, by Alyssa Petit, Deputy Committee
Management Officer, 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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Signed in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2024.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
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