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1A census block that (a) has a high percent of 

very low-income households, and (b) experiences 

frequent and prolonged power outages. Solar 

Ambassador organizations will perform outreach 

activities in Last Mile Communities to identify 

qualifying households. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Please check the 

website below for updates and 

information on how to view the 

meeting. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of these items 

on the agenda, you should contact 

Brenda L. May at Brenda.May@

science.doe.gov. You must make your 

request for an oral statement at least five 

business days before the meeting. 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

on the agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Public comment will follow 

the 10-minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for review on the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s Office of 

Nuclear Physics website at https://

science.osti.gov/np/nsac/meetings. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 31, 

2023. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19277 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Emergency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) 

invites public comment on a proposed 

emergency collection of information 

that DOE is developing for submission 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before October 10, 

2023. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period 

allowed by this notice, please advise the 

OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 

make a submission as soon as possible. 

The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 

(202) 395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aisha Miranda Rivera, aisha.mirandarivera@hq.doe.gov, (240) 429–5213. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the extended 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.:1910–NEW; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Puerto Rico Energy Resiliency 

Fund (PR–ERF), Solar Ambassador 

Household Intake Form; 

(3) Type of Request: Emergency 

Clearance; 

(4) Purpose: To authorize the use of 

the ‘Solar Ambassador Household 

Intake Form’ to collect homeowner data 

necessary to qualify households as 

eligible to receive rooftop solar and 

battery storage installations as 

prescribed under the GDO Puerto Rico 

Energy Resiliency Fund (PR–ERF). 

Eligibility is limited to very low-income, 

single-family households (1) where an 

individual with an energy dependent 

disability resides; or (2) located in a Last 

Mile Community.1 This will be a onetime collection occurring over the 

course of 6-months. 

Pursuant to the OMB procedures 

established in 5 CFR part 1320, 

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 

Public, the DOE GDO, is requesting that 

the proposed information of collection, 

Solar Ambassador Household Intake 

Form, be processed as an Emergency 

Clearance Information Collection 

Request (ICR) as referenced in 5 CFR 

1320.13, Emergency Processing. DOE 

has determined that the information 

must be collected prior to the time 

periods established under Part 1320 of 

the regulation, and that this information 

is essential to GDO’s implementation of 

the PR–ERF. 

The PR–ERF, a $1 billion initiative 

authorized by Congress under the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2023, Public Law 117–328, will 

incentivize the installation of rooftop 

solar and battery storage technologies 

for eligible households. 

According to information collected 

from LUMA, the grid operator of Puerto 

Rico, there have been 54 load shedding 

events (power outages caused by 

insufficient ability to generate 

electricity) in Puerto Rico during the 

last two and a half months. These power 

outages occur when customer demand 

for electricity exceeds the capacity of 

Puerto Rico’s electric generation fleet. 

This is expected to continue as power 

plant maintenance schedules and 

associated high-priority repairs from 

Hurricane Fiona in September 2022 

have been postponed due to the need to 

use all existing power capacity. 

These daily outages in addition to 

recent record-breaking temperatures on 

the island (in the midst of hurricane 

season) are a combination of long-term 

damaging effects that affect the citizens 

of Puerto Rico, representing a public 

harm, specifically for individuals with 

an energy dependent disability or 

residents of areas that suffer frequent 

and prolonged power outages. By 

initiating installations of solar PV and 

battery storage systems before the 2024 

hurricane season, DOE plans to address 

the harm and risk represented by the 

fragility of the islands’ power system. 

Failure to collect the information 

immediately would cause delays in 

providing assistance that is necessary to 

reestablish the reliability of electric 

service to these vulnerable residents. 

GDO developed an in-person 

application process recognizing that the 

demographic served will lack access to 

broadband and have limited mobility 

but that it is essential to program 

operation to verify beneficiary eligibility 

for participation in the program. This 

process is currently envisioned to be 

facilitated by competitively selected 

Community Based Organizations (CBOs) 

but other entities such as electric 

cooperatives and solar installers may 

also contribute depending on program 

execution needs. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 40,200; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 80,000; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 56,800; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $845,520. 

Statutory Authority: The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2023, Public Law 


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1 40 CFR 1501.10 (2020) 

2The Commission’s deadline applies to the 

decisions of other Federal agencies, and State 

agencies acting under federally delegated authority, 

that are responsible for Federal authorizations, 

permits, and other approvals necessary for 

proposed projects under the Natural Gas Act. Per 

18 CFR 157.22(a), the Commission’s deadline for 

other agency’s decisions applies unless a schedule 

is otherwise established by Federal law. 

117–328, authorized $1,000,000,000 to 

the Secretary of Energy to carry out 

activities to improve the resilience of 

the Puerto Rican electric grid by 

installation of renewable energy, energy 

storage, and other grid technologies, 

with a focus on the island’s most 

vulnerable and disadvantaged 

households and communities. The need 

for a diligent eligibility verification 

process is necessary to demonstrate to 

Congress, Senior Leadership, and the 

public that these specific communities 

have been served. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on August 18, 2023, 

by Maria D. Robinson, Director, Grid 

Deployment Office, 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 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

1, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19347 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Number CP23–501–000] 

Port Arthur LNG, LLC, PALNG 

Common Facilities Company, LLC; 

Notice of Schedule for the Preparation 

of an Environmental Assessment for 

the Port Arthur Liquified Natural Gas 

Amendment 

On June 21, 2023, Port Arthur LNG, 

LLC and PALNG Common Facilities 

Company, LLC (collectively, PALNG) 

filed an application in Docket Number 

(No.) CP23–501–000 for a limited 

amendment to the existing authorization 

issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission or FERC) on 

April 18, 2019, in Docket No. CP17–20– 

000 to site, construct, and operate 

facilities for the liquefaction of 

domestically produced natural gas at the 

proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) 

terminal in Port Arthur, Texas. If 

authorized, the Port Arthur Liquified 

Natural Gas Amendment (Amendment) 

would allow for an increase in 

workforce, traffic volume, and work 

week/hour limits associated with the 

construction of its terminal from that 

analyzed in the final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the original Port 

Arthur Liquefaction Project (Docket No. 

CP17–20–000). 

On June 28, 2023, FERC issued its 

Notice of Application for the 

Amendment. Among other things, that 

notice alerted agencies issuing Federal 

authorizations of the requirement to 

complete all necessary reviews and to 

reach a final decision on a request for 

a federal authorization within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s environmental document for the 

Amendment. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Amendment and the planned schedule 

for the completion of the environmental 

review.1

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of EA December 19, 2023 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline 2 March 18, 2024 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, an additional notice will be 

issued so that the relevant agencies are 

kept informed of the Amendment’s 

progress. 

Project Description 

PALNG’s proposed Amendment 

would: (1) extend the work hours from 

7 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 24-hours-per-day 

until completion of the facilities 

described in CP17–20–000; (2) increase 

the workforce from 3,000 to 6,000 

workers during peak construction; and 

(3) increase the onsite terminal parking 

from 500 to 1,000 parking spaces. 

PALNG asserts that this Amendment 

would maintain a development 

schedule that maximizes construction 

efficiency while minimizing the 

duration of environmental and 

community disturbance in the vicinity 

of the approved terminal and meet the 

approved terminal construction 

schedule. 

Background 

On July 18, 2023, the Commission 

issued a Notice of Scoping Period 

Requesting Comments on 

Environmental Issues for The Port 

Arthur Liquified Natural Gas 

Amendment (Notice of Scoping). The 

Notice of Scoping was sent to affected 

landowners (as defined by the 

Commission’s regulations); Federal, 

State, and local government agencies; 

elected officials; environmental and 

public interest groups; Native American 

Tribes; other interested parties; and 

local libraries and newspapers. In 

response to the Notice of Scoping, the 

Commission received comments from 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, the Greater Port Arthur 

Chamber of Commerce, residents of Port 

Arthur and Sabine Pass, Sabine Pass 

Independent School District, and Sabine 

Passport Authority. The primary issues 

raised by the commenters are wanting to 

see an enhanced level of detail and 

analysis for the park and ride locations, 

environmental justice impacts, traffic 

impacts, noise, climate change, air 

quality, and public participation. In 

addition, some of these comments 

provided general opposition and 

support for the Amendment. All 

substantive comments received in 

response to the Notice of Scoping will 

be addressed in the EA. 

Additional Information 

In order to receive notification of the 

issuance of the EA and to keep track of 

formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets, the Commission offers 

a free service called eSubscription. This 

service provides automatic notification 

of filings made to subscribed dockets, 

document summaries, and direct links 

to the documents. Go to https://

www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 

register for eSubscription. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members, and 

others access publicly available 

information and navigate the 

Commission processes. For public 

inquiries and assistance with making 

filings such as interventions, comments, 

or requests for rehearing, the public is 

encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502– 

6595 or OPP@ferc.gov. 

Additional information about the 

Amendment is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov). Using the 


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