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interim guidance updates DOE’s 2009 

U.S. Department of Energy Interim 

Guidance on Packaging, Receipt, 

Management, and Long-Term Storage of 

Elemental Mercury (2009 Long-Term 

Storage Guidance) and 2019 Guidance 

for Short-Term Storage of Elemental 

Mercury by Ore Processors (2019 ShortTerm Storage Guidance). 

DATES: A 30-day public comment period 

began on May 2, 2023, with the issuance 

of the Notice of Availability of the 

Interim Guidance (88 FR 27495) and 

following a request to extend the 

comment period, was later extended to 

July 3, 2023 (88 FR 34491). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Haught, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Environmental 

Management, Office of Waste Disposal 

(EM–4.22), 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

5000, or by email at david.haught@

hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–414) (MEBA of 2008) as 

amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg 

Chemical Safety for the 21st Century 

Act (Pub. L. 114–182) (Chemical Safety 

Act of 2016) banned the export of 

elemental mercury and certain mercury 

compounds and provided for long-term 

and interim (i.e., short-term) 

management and storage of elemental 

mercury. Specifically, MEBA of 2008 

required the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) to designate a facility or facilities 

for the long-term management and 

storage of elemental mercury (referred to 

herein as the Long-Term Elemental 

Mercury Storage Facility (LTEMSF)) and 

to issue guidance on recommended 

standards and procedures for receipt, 

management, and long-term storage of 

elemental mercury. 42 U.S.C. 

6939f(a)(1), (d)(1). In accordance with 

these requirements, DOE, after 

consultation with the EPA and 

appropriate State agencies in potentially 

affected States, issued the 2009 LongTerm Storage Guidance on November 

13, 2009. The Chemical Safety Act of 

2016 provided for interim onsite storage 

of elemental mercury for certain 

generators, while awaiting availability 

of the DOE-designated LTEMSF. 42 

U.S.C. 6939f(g)(2)(D). It further required 

DOE to issue guidance on recommended 

standards and procedures for 

management and short-term onsite 

storage. 42 U.S.C. 6939f(g)(2)(E). In 

accordance with this requirement, DOE 

issued the 2019 Short-Term Storage 

Guidance. 

Interim Guidance Document 

Both the 2009 Long-Term and 2019 

Short-Term Storage Guidance 

documents were based on certain 

planning assumptions. However, in 

recognition that some key underlying 

assumptions of the guidance documents 

had changed since the issuance of those 

documents, DOE decided to revise both 

documents in a new, combined 

guidance document. On May 2, 2023, 

after both consultation with EPA and 

DOT and an opportunity for 

consultation with potentially affected 

States, DOE issued draft U.S. 

Department of Energy Interim Guidance 

on Packaging, Transportation, Receipt, 

Management, Short-Term and LongTerm Storage of Elemental Mercury and 

requested comments on that draft 

guidance (88 FR 27495). Following a 

request to extend the comment period, 

DOE extended the period for public 

comment to July 3, 2023 (88 FR 34491). 

DOE received a total of about 50 

comments from eight entities, including 

EPA, DOT, and potentially affected 

States, and has made certain changes in 

the interim guidance to reflect responses 

to the comments received. The interim 

guidance document, U.S. Department of 

Energy Interim Guidance on Packaging, 

Transportation, Receipt, Management, 

Short-Term and Long-Term Storage of 

Elemental Mercury, may be found at: 

https://www.energy.gov/em/long-termmanagement-and-storage-elementalmercury. This interim guidance 

document supersedes and rescinds the 

2009 Long-Term Storage Guidance and 

the 2019 Short-Term Storage Guidance. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 14, 

2023, by Kristin G. Ellis, Acting 

Associate Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Regulatory and Policy 

Affairs, Office of Environmental 

Management, 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 

15, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20319 Filed 9–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

closed meeting of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, September 26, 2023; 

1:30 p.m. PT. 

ADDRESSES: San Francisco, CA 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Reba Bandyopadhyay, Designated 

Federal Officer, PCAST, email: PCAST@

ostp.eop.gov; telephone: (202) 881– 

7163. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PCAST is 

an advisory group of the nation’s 

leading scientists and engineers, 

appointed by the President to augment 

the science and technology advice 

available to him from the White House, 

cabinet departments, and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

www.whitehouse.gov. PCAST is 

consulted on and provides analyses and 

recommendations concerning a wide 

range of issues where understanding of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. The Designated Federal 

Officer is Dr. Reba Bandyopadhyay. 

Information about PCAST can be found 

at: www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST. 

Tentative Agenda 

Closed portion of the meeting: PCAST 

may hold a closed meeting of 

approximately one hour with the 

President on September 26, 2023, which 

must take place at the scheduling 

convenience of the President and to 

maintain Secret Service protection. This 

meeting will be closed to the public 

because the meeting is likely to disclose 

matters that are to be kept secret in the 

interest of national defense or foreign 

policy under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

This notice is being published less 

than 15 days prior to the meeting due 

to scheduling difficulties. 


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PCAST operates under the provisions 

of FACA, all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST website at: 

www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST/meetings. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available 

within 45 days at: www.whitehouse.gov/ 

PCAST/meetings. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

15, 2023. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20383 Filed 9–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER23–2826–000] 

Sparta Northstar Ltd.; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Sparta 

Northstar Ltd.’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is October 4, 

2023. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

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 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. 

Dated: September 14, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20366 Filed 9–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1858–000] 

Beaver City Corporation; Notice of 

Authorization for Continued Project 

Operation 

The license for the Beaver City 

Canyon Plant No. 2 Project No. 1858 

was issued for a period ending July 31, 

2023. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 1858 

is issued to Beaver City Corporation for 

a period effective August 1, 2023, 

through July 31, 2024, or until the 

issuance of a new license for the project 

or other disposition under the FPA, 

whichever comes first. If issuance of a 

new license (or other disposition) does 

not take place on or before July 31, 

2024, notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual 

license under section 15(a)(1) of the 

FPA is renewed automatically without 

further order or notice by the 

Commission, unless the Commission 

orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that Beaver City Corporation is 

authorized to continue operation of the 

Beaver City Canyon Plant No. 2 

Hydroelectric Project under the terms 

and conditions of the prior license until 

the issuance of a new license for the 

project or other disposition under the 

FPA, whichever comes first. 

Dated: September 14, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20347 Filed 9–19–23; 8:45 am] 

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