Department of Energy October 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Air Cleaners
Document Number: 2022-23624
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-10-31
Agency: Department of Energy
On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') published a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NOPR'') to establish test procedures for air cleaners and to announce a public meeting on November 9, 2022, to discuss the proposal. (``October 2022 NOPR'') This document announces a change to the public meeting time. Instead of being held from 1 to 4 p.m., the public meeting will now be held from 12 to 3 p.m.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-23649
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-23648
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Standard Applied to Complaints Against Oil Pipeline Index Rate Changes
Document Number: 2022-23343
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-10-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In this Policy Statement, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) provides guidance regarding how it will evaluate complaints against oil pipeline index rate increases. Specifically, the Commission replaces the Substantially Exacerbate Test with the Percentage Comparison Test as the preliminary screen for determining whether to investigate complaints against index rate increases.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-23507
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-23505
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
Document Number: 2022-23504
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Funding Opportunity for Consent-Based Siting Program
Document Number: 2022-23382
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-27
Agency: Department of Energy
On September 20, 2022, the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) issued a $16 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support community engagement with DOE's consent-based siting activities and foster the development of innovative community ideas and feedback related to the potential role that one or more federal consolidated interim storage facilities for commercial spent nuclear fuel may have in the community. To view the FOA, go to https:// www.grants.gov and search for ``DE-FOA-0002575.''
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-23416
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-27
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-23415
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-27
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-923); Comment Request; Extension
Document Number: 2022-23413
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-27
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the requirements and burden of the information collection FERC-923 (Communication of Operational Information between Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric Transmission Operators), described below.
Notice of Technical Meeting
Document Number: 2022-23417
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-27
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-23292
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-26
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Scott Sanicki; Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene
Document Number: 2022-23291
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-26
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the Weatherization Assistance Program
Document Number: 2022-23240
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-26
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years a currently approved collection of information with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The information collection request, Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), was previously approved on May 31, 2020, under OMB Control No. 1910-5127 and its current expiration date is May 31, 2023. This ICR will include WAP Annual Appropriations and Weatherization Readiness Funds, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and Multi-Family Buildings. This ICR makes updates to the WAP reporting metrics to ensure the requested information can be shared on an annual basis with Congress.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-23290
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-26
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Procedures for the Acquisition of Petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Document Number: 2022-23184
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-10-25
Agency: Department of Energy
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directed the Secretary of Energy to develop procedures for the acquisition of petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (``SPR''). Pursuant to that direction, in 2006, the Department of Energy (``DOE'' or the ``Department'') promulgated the Procedures for Acquisition of Petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Over the intervening 16 years, the existing regulations have become outdated due to changes in statutory authority, agency practice, and market dynamics. In this final rule, DOE is amending its regulations on the procedures for the acquisition of petroleum products for the SPR to: more closely align the regulatory language with the applicable statutory language; remove outdated procedures for acquisition under the royalty-in-kind program; add procedures for acquisition by exchange to better reflect petroleum product acquisition operations as conducted by the Office of Petroleum Reserves; and increase the Department's flexibility in structuring acquisitions.
Microgrid Program Strategy
Document Number: 2022-23183
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-25
Agency: Department of Energy
The Office of Electricity (OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requests comment from the public on its Microgrid Program Strategy located at https://www.energy.gov/oe/microgrid-strategy-call- public-comment. Response to this notice is voluntary. Responses to this notice may be used by the government for program planning on a non- attribution basis. OE therefore requests that no business proprietary information or copyrighted information be submitted in response to this notice. Please note that the U.S. Government will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of information contained in the response.
Agency Information Collection Extension
Document Number: 2022-23182
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-25
Agency: Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Form GC-859 ``Nuclear Fuel Data Survey,'' OMB Control Number 1901- 0287. Form GC-859 collects data on spent nuclear fuel from all utilities that operate commercial nuclear reactors and from all others that possess irradiated fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-23176
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-25
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-23175
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-25
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Document Number: 2022-22257
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-10-25
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is amending the test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps that will be required for certification of compliance with applicable energy conservation standards starting January 1, 2023, to address a limited number of specific issues, and making minor corrections to the current test procedures that are required for certification of compliance with applicable energy conservation standards prior to January 1, 2023. This rulemaking does not satisfy the 7-year lookback requirement prescribed by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (``EPCA'').
Agency Information Collection Extension
Document Number: 2022-23077
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-24
Agency: Department of Energy, U.s. Energy Information Administration
EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes to its Form EIA-846, ``Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey'' (MECS), OMB Control Number 1905-0169. The proposed collection will collect data from the U.S. manufacturing sector on energy consumption basic energy consumption and expenditures, shipments of energy offsite, end use consumption, building characteristics, participation in energy management programs, technologies, and fuel switching capacity.
Notice of Availability of Draft Guidance on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program: Guidance for the Clean Hydrogen Production Qualifications; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2022-23041
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-24
Agency: Department of Energy
On September 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of availability (NOA) on its Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS) Draft Guidance. The NOA provided an opportunity for submitting written comments on the draft guidance by October 20, 2022. DOE received requests to extend the comment period for an additional 60-90 days. DOE has reviewed these requests and is reopening the public comment period until November 14, 2022.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-23039
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-24
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-23038
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-24
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
Document Number: 2022-22925
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-21
Agency: Department of Energy
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.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2022-22919
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-21
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2022-22918
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-21
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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