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3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

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revised, and continuing collections of 

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the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

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Title of Collection: Annual Report on 

Appeals Process (RSA–722). 

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change of a currently approved 

collection. 

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applicants and eligible individuals of 

the vocational rehabilitation program 

and the final resolution of appeals filed. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Posting of the Presidential Policy 

Directive 6 (Space Policy), ‘‘National 

Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and 

Propulsion’’ 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Presidential Policy Directive 6 

(Space Policy) directs implementation 

of the National Strategy for Space 

Nuclear Power and Propulsion. The 

Secretary is authorized and directed to 

publish the Memorandum in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Presidential Policy Directive 6 

was signed on December 16, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this Notice, 

please contact Ms. Tracey Bishop, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear 

Infrastructure Programs, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 19901 

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 

20874; phone: 301–903–5543; email to: 

Tracey.Bishop@nuclear.energy.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Presidential Policy Directive 

Memorandum: National Strategy for 

Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion. 

Memorandum for: The Vice President; 

The Secretary of State; The Secretary of 

Defense; The Secretary of Commerce; 

The Secretary of Transportation; The 

Secretary of Energy; The Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget; The 

Assistant to the President for National 

Security Affairs; The Administrator of 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration; The Chairman of the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission; The 

Director of the Office of Science and 

Technology Policy. 

Section 1. Policy. The ability to use 

space nuclear power and propulsion 

(SNPP) systems safely, securely, and 

sustainably is vital to maintaining and 

advancing United States dominance and 

strategic leadership in space. SNPP 

systems include radioisotope power 

systems (RPSs) and fission reactors used 

for power or propulsion in spacecraft, 

rovers, and other surface elements. 

SNPP systems can allow operation of 

such elements in environments in 

which solar and chemical power are 

inadequate. They can produce more 

power at lower mass and volume 

compared to other energy sources, 

thereby enabling persistent presence 

and operations. SNPP systems also can 

shorten transit times for crewed and 

robotic spacecraft, thereby reducing 

radiation exposure in harsh space 

environments. 

National Security Presidential 

Memorandum-20 (NSPM–20) of August 

20, 2019 (Launch of Spacecraft 

Containing Space Nuclear Systems), 

updated the process for launches of 

spacecraft containing space nuclear 

systems. It established it as the policy of 

the United States to ’’develop and use 

space nuclear systems when such 

systems safely enable or enhance space 

exploration or operational capabilities.’’ 

Cooperation with commercial and 

international partners is critical to 

achieving America’s objectives for space 

exploration. Presidential Policy 

Directive 4 of June 28, 2010 (National 

Space Policy), as amended by the 

Presidential Memorandum of December 

11, 2017 (Reinvigorating America’s 

Human Space Exploration Program), 

established it as the policy of the United 

States to ‘‘[l]ead an innovative and 

sustainable program of exploration with 

commercial and international partners 

to enable human expansion across the 

solar system and to bring back to Earth 

new knowledge and opportunities.’’ 

This memorandum establishes a 

national strategy to ensure the 

development and use of SNPP systems 

when appropriate to enable and achieve 

the scientific, exploration, national 

security, and commercial objectives of 

the United States. In the context of this 

strategy only, the term ‘‘development’’ 

includes the full development process 

from design through testing and 

production, and the term ‘‘use’’ includes 

launch, operation, and disposition. This 

memorandum outlines high-level policy 

goals and a supporting roadmap that 

will advance the ability of the United 

States to use SNPP systems safely, 

securely, and sustainably. The 

execution of this strategy will be subject 

to relevant budgetary and regulatory 

processes and to the availability of 

appropriations. 

Section 2. Goals. The United States 

will pursue goals for SNPP development 

and use that are both mission-enabling 

and ambitious in their substance and 

their timeline. These goals will enable a 

range of existing and future space 

missions, with the aim of accelerating 

achievement of key milestones, 

including in-space demonstration and 

use of new SNPP capabilities. This 


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memorandum establishes the following 

such goals for the Nation: 

(a) Develop uranium fuel processing 

capabilities that enable production of 

fuel that is suitable to lunar and 

planetary surface and in-space power, 

nuclear electric propulsion (NEP), and 

nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) 

applications, as needed. These 

capabilities should support the ability to 

produce different uranium fuel forms to 

meet the nearest-term mission needs 

and, to the extent feasible, should 

maximize commonality—meaning use 

of the same or similar materials, 

processes, designs, or infrastructure— 

across these fuel forms. To maximize 

private-sector engagement and cost 

savings, these capabilities should be 

developed to enable a range of terrestrial 

as well as space applications, including 

future commercial applications; 

(b) Demonstrate a fission power 

system on the surface of the Moon that 

is scalable to a power range of 40 

kilowatt-electric (kWe) and higher to 

support a sustained lunar presence and 

exploration of Mars. To the extent 

feasible, this power system should align 

with mission needs for, and potential 

future government and commercial 

applications of, in-space power, NEP, 

and terrestrial nuclear power; 

(c) Establish the technical foundations 

and capabilities—including through 

identification and resolution of the key 

technical challenges—that will enable 

options for NTP to meet future 

Department of Defense (DoD) and 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) mission 

requirements; and 

(d) Develop advanced RPS 

capabilities that provide higher fuel 

efficiency, higher specific energy, and 

longer operational lifetime than existing 

RPS capabilities, thus enabling 

survivable surface elements to support 

robotic and human exploration of the 

Moon and Mars and extending robotic 

exploration of the solar system. 

Section. 3. Principles. The United 

States will adhere to principles of 

safety, security, and sustainability in its 

development and use of SNPP systems, 

in accordance with all applicable 

Federal laws and consistent with 

international obligations and 

commitments. 

(a) Safety. All executive departments 

and agencies (agencies) involved in the 

development and use of SNPP systems 

shall take appropriate measures to 

ensure, within their respective roles and 

responsibilities, the safe development, 

testing, launch, operation, and 

disposition of SNPP systems. For United 

States Government SNPP programs, the 

sponsoring agency holds primary 

responsibility for safety. For programs 

involving multiple agencies, the terms 

of cooperation shall designate a lead 

agency with primary responsibility for 

safety in each stage of development and 

use. 

(i) Ground development. Activities 

associated with ground development, 

including ground testing, of SNPP 

systems shall be conducted in 

accordance with applicable Federal, 

State, and local laws and existing 

authorities of regulatory agencies. 

(ii) Launch. NSPM–20 established 

safety guidelines and safety analysis and 

review processes for Federal 

Government launches of spacecraft 

containing space nuclear systems, 

including SNPP systems, and for 

launches for which the Department of 

Transportation has statutory authority to 

license as commercial space launch 

activities (commercial launches). These 

guidelines and processes address launch 

and any subsequent stages during which 

accidents may result in radiological 

effects on the public or the 

environment—for instance, in an 

unplanned reentry from Earth orbit or 

during an Earth flyby. Launch activities 

shall be conducted in accordance with 

these guidelines and processes. 

(iii) Operation and disposition. The 

operation and disposition of SNPP 

systems shall be planned and conducted 

in a manner that protect human and 

environmental safety and national 

security assets. Fission reactor SNPP 

systems may be operated on 

interplanetary missions, in sufficiently 

high orbits, and in low-Earth orbits if 

they are stored in sufficiently high 

orbits after the operational part of their 

mission. In this context, a sufficiently 

high orbit is one in which the orbital 

lifetime of the spacecraft is long enough 

for the fission products to decay to a 

level of radioactivity comparable to that 

of uranium-235 by the time it reenters 

the Earth’s atmosphere, and the risks to 

existing and future space missions and 

of collision with objects in space are 

minimized. Spacecraft operating fission 

reactors in low-Earth orbits shall 

incorporate a highly reliable operational 

system to ensure effective and 

controlled disposition of the reactor. 

(b) Security. All agencies involved in 

the development and use of SNPP 

systems shall take appropriate measures 

to protect nuclear and radiological 

materials and sensitive information, 

consistent with sound nuclear 

nonproliferation principles. For United 

States Government SNPP programs, the 

sponsoring agency holds primary 

responsibility for security. For programs 

involving multiple agencies, the terms 

of cooperation shall designate a lead 

agency with primary responsibility for 

security in each stage of development 

and use. The use of highly enriched 

uranium (HEU) in SNPP systems should 

be limited to applications for which the 

mission would not be viable with other 

nuclear fuels or non-nuclear power 

sources. Before selecting HEU or, for 

fission reactor systems, any nuclear fuel 

other than low-enriched uranium (LEU), 

for any given SNPP design or mission, 

the sponsoring agency shall conduct a 

thorough technical review to assess the 

viability of alternative nuclear fuels. 

The sponsoring agency shall provide to 

the respective staffs of the National 

Security Council, the National Space 

Council, the Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, and the Office of 

Management and Budget a briefing that 

provides justification for why the use of 

HEU or other non-LEU fuel is required, 

and any steps the agency has taken to 

address nuclear safety, security, and 

proliferation-related risks. The Director 

of the Office of Science and Technology 

Policy shall ensure, through the 

National Science and Technology 

Council, that other relevant agencies are 

invited to participate in these briefings. 

(c) Sustainability. All agencies 

involved in the development and use of 

SNPP systems shall take appropriate 

measures to conduct these activities in 

a manner that is suitable for the longterm sustainment of United States space 

capabilities and leadership in SNPP. 

(i) Coordination and Collaboration. To 

maximize efficiency and return on 

taxpayer investment, the heads of 

relevant agencies shall seek and pursue 

opportunities to coordinate among 

existing and future SNPP development 

and use programs. Connecting current 

efforts with likely future applications 

will help ensure that such programs can 

contribute to long-term United States 

SNPP capabilities and leadership. 

Agencies also shall seek opportunities 

to partner with the private sector, 

including academic institutions, in 

order to facilitate contributions to 

United States SNPP capabilities and 

leadership. To help identify 

opportunities for collaboration, the 

heads of relevant agencies should 

conduct regular technical exchanges 

among SNPP programs, to the extent 

that such exchanges are consistent with 

the principle of security and comply 

with applicable Federal, State, and local 

laws. Agencies shall coordinate with the 

Department of State when seeking 

opportunities for international 

partnerships. 

(ii) Commonality. The heads of 

relevant agencies shall seek to identify 

and use opportunities for commonality 

among SNPP systems, and between 


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SNPP and terrestrial nuclear systems, 

whenever doing so could advance 

program and policy objectives without 

unduly inhibiting innovation or market 

development, or hampering system 

suitability to specific mission 

applications. For example, 

opportunities for commonality may 

exist in goals (e.g., demonstration 

timeline), reactor design, nuclear fuels 

(e.g., fuel type and form, and 

enrichment level), supplementary 

systems (e.g., power conversion, 

moderator, reflector, shielding, and 

system vessel), methods (e.g., additive 

manufacturing of fuel or reactor 

elements), and infrastructure (e.g., fuel 

supply, testing facilities, launch 

facilities, and workforce). 

(iii) Cost-effectiveness. The heads of 

relevant agencies should pursue SNPP 

development and use solutions that are 

cost-effective while also consistent with 

the principles of safety and security. For 

any program or system, the heads of 

such agencies should seek to identify 

the combination of in-space and groundbased testing and certification that will 

best qualify the system for a given 

mission while ensuring public safety. 

Section. 4. Roles and Responsibilities. 

(a) The Vice President, on behalf of the 

President and acting through the 

National Space Council, shall 

coordinate United States policy related 

to use of SNPP systems. 

(b) The Secretary of State shall, under 

the direction of the President, 

coordinate United States activities 

related to international obligations and 

commitments and international 

cooperation involving SNPP. 

(c) The Secretary of Defense shall 

conduct and support activities 

associated with development and use of 

SNPP systems to enable and achieve 

United States national security 

objectives. When appropriate, the 

Secretary of Defense shall facilitate 

private-sector engagement in DoD SNPP 

activities. 

(d) The Secretary of Commerce shall 

promote responsible United States 

commercial SNPP investment, 

innovation, and use, and shall, when 

consistent with the authorities of the 

Secretary, ensure the publication of 

clear, flexible, performance-based rules 

that are applicable to use of SNPP and 

are easily navigated. Under the direction 

of the Secretary of Commerce, the 

Department of Commerce (DOC) shall 

ascertain and communicate the views of 

private-sector partners and potential 

private-sector partners to relevant 

agency partners in order to facilitate 

public-private collaboration in SNPP 

development and use. 

(e) The Secretary of Transportation’s 

statutory authority includes licensing 

commercial launches and reentries, 

including vehicles containing SNPP 

systems. Within this capacity, the 

Secretary of Transportation shall, when 

appropriate, facilitate private-sector 

engagement in the launch or reentry 

aspect of SNPP development and use 

activities, in support of United States 

science, exploration, national security, 

and commercial objectives. To help 

ensure the launch safety of an SNPP 

payload, and consistent with 51 U.S.C. 

50904, a payload review may be 

conducted as part of a license 

application review or may be requested 

by a payload owner or operator in 

advance of or apart from a license 

application. 

(f) The Secretary of Energy shall, in 

coordination with sponsoring agencies 

and other agencies, as appropriate, 

support development and use of SNPP 

systems to enable and achieve United 

States scientific, exploration, and 

national security objectives. When 

appropriate, the Secretary of Energy 

shall work with sponsoring agencies 

and DOC to facilitate United States 

private-sector engagement in 

Department of Energy (DOE) SNPP 

activities. Under the direction of the 

Secretary of Energy and consistent with 

the authorities granted to DOE, 

including authorities under the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), as amended, 

42 U.S.C. 2011, et seq., DOE may 

authorize ground-based SNPP 

development activities, including DOE 

activities conducted in coordination 

with sponsoring agencies and privatesector entities. As directed in NSPM–20, 

the Secretary of Energy shall maintain, 

on a full-cost recovery basis, the 

capability and infrastructure to develop, 

furnish, and conduct safety analyses for 

space nuclear systems for use in United 

States Government space systems. 

(g) The Administrator of NASA shall 

conduct and support activities 

associated with development and use of 

SNPP systems to enable and achieve 

United States space science and 

exploration objectives. The 

Administrator of NASA shall establish 

the performance requirements for SNPP 

capabilities necessary to achieve those 

objectives. When appropriate, the 

Administrator of NASA shall facilitate 

private-sector engagement in NASA 

SNPP activities, and shall coordinate 

with the Secretary of Commerce and, as 

appropriate, the Secretary of State and 

the Secretary of Energy, to help facilitate 

private-sector SNPP activities. 

(h) The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has statutory 

authority under the AEA for licensing 

and regulatory safety and security 

oversight of commercial nuclear 

activities taking place within the United 

States. The NRC should, as appropriate 

and particularly in circumstances 

within NRC authority where DOE 

regulatory authorities cannot be applied, 

enable private-sector engagement in 

SNPP development and use activities in 

support of United States science, 

exploration, national security, and 

commercial objectives. 

(i) The Director of the Office and 

Science and Technology Policy shall 

coordinate United States policy related 

to research and development of SNPP 

systems. 

Section. 5. Roadmap. The United 

States will pursue a coordinated 

roadmap for federally-supported SNPP 

activities to achieve the goals and 

uphold the principles established in this 

memorandum. This roadmap comprises 

the following elements, which the 

relevant agencies should pursue 

consistent with the following objective 

timeline, subject to relevant budgetary 

and regulatory processes and to the 

availability of appropriations: 

(a) By the mid-2020s, develop 

uranium fuel processing capabilities 

that enable production of fuel that is 

suitable for lunar and planetary surface 

and in-space power, NEP, and NTP 

applications, as needed. 

(i) Identify relevant mission needs. 

DoD and NASA should provide to DOE 

any mission needs (e.g., power density, 

environment, and timelines) relevant to 

the identification of fuels suitable for 

planetary surface and in-space power, 

NEP, and NTP applications. 

(ii) Identify candidate fuel or fuels. 

DoD and NASA, in cooperation with 

DOE and private-sector partners, as 

appropriate, should identify candidate 

fuel or fuels to meet the identified 

mission requirements. This review and 

assessment should account for current 

and expected United States capabilities 

to produce and qualify for use candidate 

fuels, and for potential commonality of 

fuels or fuel variants across multiple 

planetary surface and in-space power, 

in-space propulsion, and terrestrial 

applications. 

(iii) Qualify at least one candidate 

fuel. DoD and NASA, in cooperation 

with DOE and private-sector partners, as 

appropriate, should qualify a fuel or 

fuels for demonstrations of a planetary 

surface power reactor and an in-space 

propulsion system. While seeking 

opportunities to use private-sectorpartner capabilities, agencies should 

ensure that the Federal Government 

retains an ability for screening and 

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(iv) Supply fuel for demonstrations. 

DOE, in cooperation with NASA and 

DoD, and with private-sector partners, 

as appropriate, should identify 

feedstock and uranium that can be made 

available for planetary surface power 

and in-space propulsion 

demonstrations. DOE shall ensure that 

any provision of nuclear material for 

SNPP will not disrupt enriched uranium 

supplies for the United States nuclear 

weapons program and the naval 

propulsion program, and that SNPP 

needs are included among broader 

considerations of nuclear fuel supply 

provisioning and management. 

(b) By the mid- to late-2020s, 

demonstrate a fission power system on 

the surface of the Moon that is scalable 

to a power range of 40 kWe and higher 

to support sustained lunar presence and 

exploration of Mars. 

(i) Initiate a surface power project. 

NASA should initiate a fission surface 

power project for lunar surface 

demonstration by 2027, with scalability 

to Mars exploration. NASA should 

consult with DoD and other agencies, 

and with the private sector, as 

appropriate, when developing project 

requirements. 

(ii) Conduct technology and 

requirements assessment. NASA, in 

coordination with DoD and other 

agencies, and with private-sector 

partners, as appropriate, should 

evaluate technology options for a 

surface power system including reactor 

designs, power conversion, shielding, 

and thermal management. NASA should 

work with other agencies, and privatesector partners, as appropriate, to 

evaluate opportunities for commonality 

among other SNPP needs, including inspace power and terrestrial power 

needs, possible NEP technology needs, 

and reactor demonstrations planned by 

NASA, other agencies, or the private 

sector. 

(iii) Engage the private sector. DOE 

and NASA should determine a 

mechanism or mechanisms for engaging 

with the private sector to meet NASA’s 

SNPP surface power needs in an 

effective manner consistent with the 

guiding principles set forth in this 

memorandum. In evaluating 

mechanisms, DOE and NASA should 

consider the possibility of NASA 

issuing a request for proposal for the 

development and construction of the 

surface power reactor system or 

demonstration. 

(iv) System development. NASA 

should work with DOE, and with other 

agencies and private-sector partners, as 

appropriate, to develop the lunar 

surface power demonstration project. 

(v) Conduct demonstration mission. 

NASA, in coordination with other 

agencies and with private-sector 

partners, as appropriate, should launch 

and conduct the lunar surface power 

demonstration project. 

(c) By the late-2020s, establish the 

technical foundations and capabilities— 

including through identification and 

resolution of the key technical 

challenges—that will enable NTP 

options to meet future DoD and NASA 

mission needs. 

(i) Conduct requirements assessment. 

DoD and NASA, in cooperation with 

DOE, and with other agencies and 

private-sector partners, as appropriate, 

should assess the ability of NTP 

capabilities to enable and advance 

existing and potential future DoD and 

NASA mission requirements. 

(ii) Conduct technology assessment. 

DoD and NASA, in cooperation with 

DOE, and with other agencies and 

private-sector partners, as appropriate, 

should evaluate technology options and 

associated key technical challenges for 

an NTP system, including reactor 

designs, power conversion, and thermal 

management. DoD and NASA should 

work with their partners to evaluate and 

use opportunities for commonality with 

other SNPP needs, terrestrial power 

needs, and reactor demonstration 

projects planned by agencies and the 

private sector. 

(iii) Technology development. DoD, in 

coordination with DOE and other 

agencies, and with private-sector 

partners, as appropriate, should develop 

reactor and propulsion system 

technologies that will resolve the key 

technical challenges in areas such as 

reactor design and production, 

propulsion system and spacecraft 

design, and SNPP system integration. 

(d) By 2030, develop advanced RPS 

capabilities that provide higher fuel 

efficiency, higher specific energy, and 

longer operational lifetime than existing 

RPS capabilities, thus enabling 

survivable surface elements to support 

robotic and human exploration of the 

Moon and Mars and extending robotic 

exploration of the solar system. 

(i) Maintain RPS capability. Mission 

sponsoring agencies should assess their 

needs for radioisotope heat source 

material to meet emerging mission 

requirements, and should work with 

DOE to jointly identify the means to 

produce or acquire the necessary 

material on a timeline that meets 

mission requirements. 

(ii) Engage the private sector. NASA, 

in coordination with DOE and DOC, 

should conduct an assessment of 

opportunities for engaging the private 

sector to meet RPS needs in an effective 

manner consistent with the guiding 

principles established in this 

memorandum. 

(iii) Conduct technology and 

requirements assessment. NASA, in 

coordination with DOE and DoD, and 

with other agencies and private-sector 

partners, as appropriate, should assess 

requirements for next-generation RPS 

systems and evaluate technology 

options for meeting those requirements. 

(iv) System development. DOE, in 

coordination with NASA and DoD, and 

with other agencies and private-sector 

partners, as appropriate, should develop 

one or more next-generation RPS system 

or systems to meet the goals of higher 

fuel efficiency, higher specific energy, 

and longer operational lifetime for the 

required range of power. 

Section. 6. Implementation. The Vice 

President, through the National Space 

Council, shall coordinate 

implementation of this memorandum. 

Section. 7. General Provisions. (a) 

Nothing in this memorandum shall be 

construed to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an 

executive department or agency, or the 

head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or 

legislative proposals. 

(b) This memorandum shall be 

implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of 

appropriations. 

(c) This memorandum is not intended 

to, and does not, create any right or 

benefit, substantive or procedural, 

enforceable at law or in equity by any 

party against the United States, its 

departments, agencies, or entities, its 

officers, employees, or agents, or any 

other person. 

(d) The Secretary of Energy is 

authorized and directed to publish this 

memorandum in the Federal Register. 

Dated: December 16, 2020. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 18, 

2020, by Dr. Rita Baranwal, Assistant 

Secretary for Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy, 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 


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the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case Number 2020–009; EERE–2020–BT– 

WAV–0025] 

Energy Conservation Program: Notice 

of Petition for Waiver of Heat Transfer 

Products Group From the Department 

of Energy Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In 

Freezers Test Procedure and Notice of 

Grant of Interim Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of petition for 

waiver and grant of an interim waiver; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt of and publishes a petition for 

waiver and interim waiver from Heat 

Transfer Products Group (‘‘HTPG’’), 

which seeks a waiver for specified 

carbon dioxide (‘‘CO2’’) direct 

expansion unit cooler basic models from 

the U.S. Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) 

test procedure used to determine the 

efficiency of walk-in cooler and walk-in 

freezer refrigeration systems. DOE also 

gives notice of an Interim Waiver Order 

that requires HTPG to test and rate the 

specified CO2 direct expansion unit 

cooler basic models in accordance with 

the alternate test procedure set forth in 

the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits 

comments, data, and information 

concerning HTPG’s petition and its 

suggested alternate test procedure so as 

to inform DOE’s final decision on 

HTPG’s waiver request. 

DATES: The Interim Waiver Order is 

effective on December 23, 2020. Written 

comments and information will be 

accepted on or before January 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Alternatively, interested persons may 

submit comments, identified by case 

number ‘‘2020–009’’, and Docket 

number ‘‘EERE–2020–BT–WAV–0025,’’ 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: HTPG2020WAV0025@

ee.doe.gov. Include Case No. 2020–009 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Postal Mail: Appliance and 

Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, Mail Stop 

EE–5B, Petition for Waiver Case No. 

2020–009, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance 

and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, 6th floor, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a CD, in 

which case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

No telefacsimilies (‘‘faxes’’) will be 

accepted. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on this process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Docket: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, comments, 

and other supporting documents/ 

materials, is available for review at 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index. 

However, some documents listed in the 

index, such as those containing 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure, may not be publicly 

available. 

The docket web page can be found at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

docket?D=EERE-2020-BT-WAV-0025. 

The docket web page contains 

instruction on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for information on 

how to submit comments through 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Email: 

AS_Waiver_Request@ee.doe.gov. 

Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE is 

publishing HTPG’s petition for waiver 

in its entirety, pursuant to 10 CFR 

431.401(b)(1)(iv).1 DOE invites all 

interested parties to submit in writing 

by January 22, 2021, comments and 

information on all aspects of the 

petition, including the alternate test 

procedure. Pursuant to 10 CFR 

431.401(d), any person submitting 

written comments to DOE must also 

send a copy of such comments to the 

petitioner. The contact information for 

the petitioner is Michael Straub, 

mike.straub@htpg.com, 201 Thomas 

French Dr., Scottsboro, AL 35769–7405. 

Submitting comments via http://

www.regulations.gov. The http://

www.regulations.gov web page will 

require you to provide your name and 

contact information. Your contact 

information will be viewable to DOE 

Building Technologies staff only. Your 

contact information will not be publicly 

viewable except for your first and last 

names, organization name (if any), and 

submitter representative name (if any). 

If your comment is not processed 

properly because of technical 

difficulties, DOE will use this 

information to contact you. If DOE 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, DOE may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

However, your contact information 

will be publicly viewable if you include 

it in the comment or in any documents 

attached to your comment. Any 

information that you do not want to be 

publicly viewable should not be 

included in your comment, nor in any 

document attached to your comment. If 

this instruction is followed, persons 

viewing comments will see only first 

and last names, organization names, 

correspondence containing comments, 

and any documents submitted with the 

comments. 

Do not submit to http://

www.regulations.gov information for 

which disclosure is restricted by statute, 

such as trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information (hereinafter 

referred to as Confidential Business 

Information (‘‘CBI’’)). Comments 

submitted through http://

www.regulations.gov cannot be claimed 

as CBI. Comments received through the 

website will waive any CBI claims for 

the information submitted. For 

information on submitting CBI, see the 

Confidential Business Information 

section. 

DOE processes submissions made 

through http://www.regulations.gov 

before posting. Normally, comments 


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