Department of Energy June 5, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notification announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver and interim waiver from Samsung HVAC America LLC (``Samsung''), which seeks a waiver for specified basic models of central air conditioners (``CACs'') and heat pumps (``HPs'') (collectively, ``CAC/HPs'') from the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') test procedure used for determining the efficiency of CAC/ HPs. DOE also gives notification of an Interim Waiver Order that requires Samsung to test and rate the specified CAC/HP basic models in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning Samsung's petition and its suggested alternate test procedure to inform DOE's final decision on Samsung's waiver request.

In the Energy Act of 2020, the Secretary of Energy is charged with establishing and carrying out, through the Office of Nuclear Energy, a program to support the availability of uranium enriched to greater than 5 and less than 20 weight percent uranium-235 (U-235) (i.e., high-assay low-enriched uranium [HALEU]), for civilian domestic research, development, demonstration, and commercial use. Consistent with the objectives of, and direction in the Energy Act of 2020, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to take actions to establish a temporary domestic demand for HALEU to stimulate a diverse, domestic commercial HALEU supply that could ultimately lead to a competitive HALEU market and a more certain domestic HALEU demand. To this end, DOE intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing regulations that will analyze the impacts of DOE's Proposed Action to facilitate the domestic commercialization of HALEU production and to acquire HALEU for ultimate commercial use or demonstration projects.