67348 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2013 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 6, 

2013. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26976 Filed 11–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Invitation for Public Comment on Draft 

Test Plan for the High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and 

Development Project (CDP) 

AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office 

of Nuclear Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is providing notice of 

request for public comment on its draft 

test plan for the High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and Development 

Project (CDP). The test plan will guide 

the Department’s activities, research, 

and development throughout the 

execution of the High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and Development 

Project. The draft test plan places its 

focus on ‘‘why’’ the project is being 

performed and ‘‘what’’ the Department 

plans to accomplish with the CDP. The 

details on ‘‘how’’ the test plan will be 

executed will be added when Dominion 

Virginia Power, who is part of the 

Electric Power research Institute (EPRI) 

team, submits a License Amendment 

Request for the existing North Anna 

Generating Station Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The 

License Amendment Request will be 

submitted to the NRC in the future. The 

public will be provided an opportunity 

to provide comments to the NRC on the 

CDP test plan at that time. The DOE’s 

Office of Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition 

Research and Development has 

coordinated this effort in collaboration 

with its contractor EPRI and several 

DOE national laboratories. The DOE is 

seeking public stakeholder comment to 

ensure CDP resources are invested 

wisely to achieve measurable 

improvements in our Nation’s data on 

High Burnup Casks. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 12, 2013. 

Comments received after this date will 

be considered if it is practical to do so; 

however, the DOE is only able to ensure 

consideration of comments received on 

or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Form: Go to http://

www.id.energy.gov/insideNEID/

PublicInvolvement.htm. Locate the area 

on the page that pertains to the draft test 

plan for the High Burnup Dry Storage 

Cask Research and Development Project 

(CDP). Click on the link for the 

electronic comment form. Populate the 

form and click on ‘‘Submit’’. 

E-Mail: CDP@id.doe.gov. 

Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, C/O 

Melissa Bates, 1955 Freemont Ave., MS 

1235, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Energy, Willow Creek 

Building Ground Floor, Room 185B, 

1955 Fremont Ave., Attn: Melissa Bates, 

Idaho Falls, ID, between 8 a.m. and 3:30 

p.m. MT, Monday through Thursday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 208–526–6249. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Melissa Bates, Contracting Officers 

Representative, High Burnup Dry 

Storage Cask Research and Development 

Project, U.S. Department of Energy— 

Idaho Operations Office, MS 1235, 1955 

Fremont Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83415, 

(208) 526–4652, batesmc@id.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Energy (DOE) has 

performed recent assessments focusing 

on long-term aging issues important to 

the performance of the structures, 

systems, and components of the dry 

cask storage systems for high burnup 

spent nuclear fuel. A number of 

technical issues and research and data 

needs have emerged from these 

assessments. DOE has determined that a 

large scale cask research and 

development project using various 

configurations of dry storage cask 

systems and experiments would be 

beneficial. 

A draft test plan for the High Burnup 

Dry Storage Cask Research and 

Development Project (CDP) has been 

drafted by DOE’s contractor the Electric 

Power Research Institute (EPRI) to 

document what is planned to be 

accomplished by the CDP. DOE is 

soliciting comments from the public to 

obtain feedback on what the Department 

plans to execute. 

A copy of the draft test plan can be 

found at the following link: http://

www.id.energy.gov/insideNEID/

PublicInvolvement.htm. Locate the area 

on the page that pertains to the High 

Burnup Dry Storage Cask Research and 

Development Project (CDP). Click on the 

link for the draft test plan. 

Submitting Comments 

Stakeholder’s comments should be 

aligned, if possible, with the goals and 

objectives of the CDP. All comments 

will be considered that are received by 

the deadline that appears in the DATES

section. 

Instructions: Submit comments via 

any of the mechanisms set forth in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Identify your 

name, organization affiliation, 

comments on the draft test plan, email, 

and phone number. If an email or phone 

number is included, it will allow the 

DOE to contact the commenter if 

questions or clarifications arise. No 

responses will be provided to 

commenters in regards to the 

disposition of their comments. All 

comments will be officially recorded 

without change or edit, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Data collected via the 

mechanisms listed above will not be 

protected from the public view in any 

way. DOE does not intend to publish the 

comments received externally; however, 

data collected will be seen by multiple 

entities while comments are resolved. 

Dated: November 5, 2013. 

Jay Jones, 

Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office of 

Nuclear Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26977 Filed 11–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–362] 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Announcement of Public Hearings for 

the Proposed Champlain Hudson 

Power Express Transmission Line 

Project; Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) published a document in the 

Federal Register of November 1, 2013, 

announcing the availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

public hearings for the proposed 

Champlain Hudson Power Express 

transmission line project. This 

document corrects an error in that 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Brian Mills at 

Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

1, 2013 in FR Doc. 2013–26080, 78 FR 

65622, please make the following 

correction: 


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