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siting, permitting, and investment in the 

grid and related clean energy 

infrastructure. The following is a nonexhaustive list of topics that may be 

addressed in comments on this topic: 

• Opportunities for siting and 

permitting authorities to utilize AI (e.g., 

Large Language Models, multi-modal 

generative, etc.) to improve and 

expedite their reviews; 

• Actions Federal agencies can take to 

support the effective deployment of 

generative AI tools to improve project 

planning, community engagement, and 

siting and permitting reviews (e.g., 

processing of existing government 

documents into AI- and ML-compatible 

data formats, clarification of standards 

around use of generative AI in 

preparation of submittals to government 

agencies, etc.); 

• Steps Federal agencies could take to 

improve compatibility of existing 

structured datasets (e.g., geospatial data 

on environmental resources, endangered 

species, environmental justice, historic 

and cultural resources, etc.) with 

emerging AI models and/or to utilize AI 

to revise and improve those existing 

datasets; 

• Opportunities to use AI to validate 

and improve monitoring of existing 

projects (e.g., environmental mitigation 

monitoring, supply chain risks, and 

socio-economic impacts, etc.); 

• Opportunities to use AI to 

illuminate and address artificial, 

arbitrary, and unnecessary 

disproportionate impacts on 

disadvantaged communities from 

planning, permitting, or operation of 

energy infrastructure and to improve 

energy equity; 

• Steps that should be taken to ensure 

transparency about any use of 

generative AI in government reviews 

and decision-making processes to avoid 

unlawful biases or discrimination in AI 

algorithms and datasets used. 

3. AI to help mitigate climate change 

risks. 

DOE is seeking information regarding 

how AI can be used to strengthen the 

Nation’s resilience against climate 

change, including opportunities to help 

predict, prepare for, and mitigate 

climate-driven risk. The following is a 

non-exhaustive list of topics that may be 

addressed in comments on this topic: 

• Opportunities to use AI to forecast 

climate-driven extreme events (e.g., 

wildfires, flooding, hurricanes, etc.) and 

their impact on reliability and resilience 

requirements, as well as potential to use 

AI to mitigate climate-driven extreme 

event risks or otherwise bolster 

reliability and resilience; 

• Opportunities to use AI to 

understand and forecast climate impacts 

on long-term future resource levels 

(compared to historical levels) and its 

effect on resource adequacy and 

availability; 

• Opportunities to use AI to improve 

or accelerate numerical weather 

prediction models, particularly on time 

scales relevant to infrastructure 

planning and operations. 

Across all of these topics, DOE is 

seeking information about costs and 

ease of implementation for tools, 

systems, practices, and the extent to 

which they will benefit the public if 

they can be efficiently adopted and 

utilized. DOE is interested to learn 

about how to handle liability for 

consequences of decisions made by AI 

algorithms as well as protocols to 

quantify the benefits of AI. In addition, 

DOE is interested in information about 

potential negative effects of broader use 

of AI on these systems, including 

concerns about data security and 

privacy, whether AI may cause unlawful 

biases or discrimination, and the 

possibility that AI could have artificial, 

arbitrary and unnecessary disparate 

impacts on communities, particularly 

underserved communities. Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13985 ‘‘underserved 

communities’’ refers to populations 

sharing a particular characteristic, as 

well as geographic communities, that 

have been systematically denied a full 

opportunity to participate in aspects of 

economic, social, and civic life, as 

exemplified by the list in the preceding 

definition of ‘‘equity.’’ 

Confidential Business Information: 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email two well-marked 

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and one copy of the document marked 

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believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email. DOE 

will make its own determination about 

the confidential status of the 

information and treat it according to its 

determination. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on February 21, 

2024, by Helena Fu, Director, Office of 

Critical and Emerging Technologies, 

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 February 27, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Advisory Committee for Nuclear 

Security 

AGENCY: Office of Defense Programs, 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

closed meeting of the Advisory 

Committee for Nuclear Security (ACNS). 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of meetings 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

Due to national security considerations, 

the meeting will be closed to the public 

and matters to be discussed are exempt 

from public disclosure. 

DATES: March 26, 2024; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: In-person meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allyson Koncke-Fernandez, Office of 

Policy and Strategic Planning (NA–1.1) 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 287– 

5327, allyson.koncke-fernandez@

nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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advice and recommendations to the 

Under Secretary Nuclear Security & 

Administrator, NNSA areas and those of 

the National Nuclear Security 

Administration. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Quarterly 

meeting of the Advisory Committee for 

Nuclear Security (ACNS) will cover the 

current status of Committee activities as 

well as additional charges and is 

expected to contain discussions of a 

sensitive nature. 

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Order 13526 and the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, section 

10(d), and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Management Regulation, 41 

CFR 102–3.155, incorporate by reference 

the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b, which, at 552b(c)(1) and 

(c)(3) permits closure of meetings where 

restricted data or other classified 

matters will be discussed. 

Tentative Agenda: Welcome; 

Headquarters and ACNS Updates; 

discussion of reports and current 

actions; discussion of next charges; 

conclusion. 

Public Participation: There will be no 

public participation in this closed 

meeting. Those wishing to provide 

written comments or statements to the 

Committee are invited to send them to 

Allyson Koncke-Fernandez at the 

address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will not be available. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

February 26, 2024, by David Borak, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer, 

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 February 27, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL OP–OFA–113] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information 202– 

564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements (EIS) 

Filed February 16, 2024 10 a.m. EST 

Through February 26, 2024 10 a.m. 

EST 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20240032, Draft, NOAA, HI, 

Proposed Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea 

National Marine Sanctuary Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Comment Period Ends: 05/07/2024, 

Contact: Ellie Roberts 240–533–0676. 

EIS No. 20240033, Final, BOEM, MA, 

New England Wind Project, Review 

Period Ends: 04/01/2024, Contact: 

Lindy Nelson 571–789–6485. 

EIS No. 20240034, Draft, USA, BLM, AZ, 

Legislative Environmental Impact 

Statement Regarding Proposed Public 

Land Withdrawal in Vicinity of 

Arizona State Route 95, Yuma Proving 

Ground, Arizona, Comment Period 

Ends: 04/15/2024, Contact: Daniel 

Steward 928–328–2125. 

EIS No. 20240035, Draft, BOP, KY, 

Proposed Development of a New 

Federal Correctional Institution and 

Federal Prison Camp—Letcher 

County, Kentucky, Comment Period 

Ends: 04/15/2024, Contact: Kimberly 

Hudson 202–451–7046. 

EIS No. 20240036, Final, DOE, MI, 

ADOPTION—GENERIC—License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants 

Supplement 27 to NUREG–1437 

Regarding Palisade Nuclear Plant 

(TAC NO. MC6434) Located in Covert 

Township Van Buren County MI, 

Review Period Ends: 04/01/2024, 

Contact: Alicia Williamson 202–526– 

7272. 

The Department of Energy (DOE) has 

adopted the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission’s Final EIS No. 20060432 

filed 10/13/2006 with the 

Environmental Protection Agency. The 

DOE was not a cooperating agency on 

this project. Therefore, republication of 

the document is necessary under 

Section 1506.3(b)(1) of the CEQ 

regulations. 

Amended Notice 

EIS No. 20240002, Draft, BOEM, NY, 

New York Bight, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/13/2024, Contact: Jill 

Lewandowski 703–787–1703. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 01/ 

12/2024; Extending the Comment Period 

from 02/26/2024 to 03/13/2024. 

Dated: February 26, 2024. 

Julie Smith, 

Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04346 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9542–05–OAR] 

Information Regarding Allowances 

Used in Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(CSAPR) Trading Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of data availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the 

availability of data on emission 

allowance allocations to certain units 

under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(CSAPR) trading programs. EPA has 

completed preliminary calculations for 

the allocations of allowances from the 

new unit set-asides (NUSAs) for the 

2023 control periods and has posted 

spreadsheets containing the calculations 

on EPA’s website. EPA will consider 

timely objections to the preliminary 

calculations (including objections 

concerning the identification of units 

eligible for allocations) before 

determining the final amounts of the 

allocations. Additionally, EPA is 

making available an estimate of the data 

and calculations to be used in the 

allowance bank recalibration process for 

the 2024 control period under the 

CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 

Trading Program. 

DATES: Objections to the information 

referenced in this notice concerning 

NUSA allocations must be received on 

or before April 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via 

email to CSAPR@epa.gov. Include 

‘‘2023 NUSA allocations’’ in the email 

subject line and include your name, 

title, affiliation, address, phone number, 

and email address in the body of the 

email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions concerning this action should 

be addressed to Garrett Powers at (202) 

564–2300 or powers.jamesg@epa.gov or 

Morgan Riedel at (202) 564–1144 or 

riedel.morgan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Allocations From New Unit SetAsides

Under each CSAPR trading program 

where EPA is responsible for 

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