Department of Energy January 18, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This Notice announces the Department of Energy (DOE) acceptance of claims in FY 2007 from eligible active uranium and thorium processing sites for reimbursement under Title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. For FY 2007, DOE requested Congress to appropriate $20 million for reimbursement of certain costs of remedial action at these sites. As of the date of this notice, a final appropriation has not been received for FY 2007. Therefore, the total amount of funds for reimbursing Title X claims in FY 2007 is not known. The approved amount of claims submitted during FY 2006 and unpaid approved balances for claims submitted in prior years will be paid by April 30, 2007, subject to the availability of funds. If the available funds are less than the total approved claims, these payments will be prorated, if necessary, based on the amount of available FY 2007 appropriations, unpaid approved claim balances (approximately $2.8 million), and claims received in May 2006 (approximately $25 million).

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy proposed to amend the Replacement Fuel Goal provided under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992), Public Law 102-486. 71 FR 54771 (September 19, 2006). The purpose of the proposed amendment is to revise the goal to a level which is achievable, in accordance with requirements under section 504 of EPAct 1992. Due to technical difficulties in receiving the electronic comments on the proposed rule for the Replacement Fuel Goal, the comment period, which originally ended on November 3, 2006, is reopened and comments will be accepted until January 31, 2007, to ensure that all comments submitted during the original comment period are entered in the docket. All comments already received by DOE have been posted in the written comments section of the electronic docket at https:// www1.eere.energy.gov/[fxsp0]vehiclesandfuels/epact/[fxsp0]pri vate/plg docket.html. If comments were previously submitted but are not posted in this location, the comments should be resubmitted to DOE prior to the new deadline.