Department of Energy March 6, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of availability of the draft National Transmission Needs Study for public review and comment.

The rapidly emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS) has the potential to produce innovations in quantum computing, simulation, communication, sensing and other technologies which are critical to our nation's future economic and national security. As a new and strongly technology-oriented field, QIS requires a well-trained workforce to fill positions ranging from research and development to design and manufacturing. The Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites input from higher education institutions on approaches needed to prepare students for careers related to QIS, including identification of opportunities where DOE's network of national laboratories could assist in training the future scientific and technological QIS workforce. Higher education institutions, including public and private universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions, community colleges, and emerging research institutions (defined as ``an institution of higher education with an established undergraduate or graduate program that has less than $50,000,000 in Federal research expenditures'' [CHIPS and Science Act]), are especially encouraged to provide input.

This notice announces an open meeting of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

On February 17, 2023, the Department of Energy published a notice of open meeting announcing a meeting on March 16, 2023, of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah. This notice announces the cancellation of this meeting.

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 currently approved information collection, FERC-549 (NGPA Section 311 Transactions, NGA Blanket Certificate Transactions, and Market-Based Rates for Storage) which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the information collection requirements.