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4. The AN/VAS–5 Driver’s Vision 

Enhancer is a compact thermal camera 

providing armored vehicle drivers with 

day or nighttime visual awareness in 

clear or reduced vision (fog, smoke, 

dust) situations. The system provides 

the driver a 180-degree viewing angle 

using a high-resolution infrared sensor 

and image stabilization to reduce the 

effect of shock and vibration. The 

viewer and monitor are ruggedized for 

operation in tactical environments. 

5. The Common Remote Operated 

Weapon Station (CROWS) is an 

externally mounted weapon mounting 

and control system that allows the 

gunner to remain protected inside the 

vehicle while firing a variety of crew 

served weapons. The CROWS provides 

remote day and night sighting and 

ballistic control capacity, providing 

first-burst engagement of targets at 

maximum effective weapon range while 

on the move. 

6. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

7. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures that might 

reduce weapon system effectiveness or 

be used in the development of a system 

with similar or advanced capabilities. 

8. A determination has been made 

that Slovakia can provide the same 

degree of protection for the sensitive 

technology being released as the U.S. 

Government. This sale is necessary in 

furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy 

and national security objectives 

outlined in the Policy Justification. 

9. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of Slovakia. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22240 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0089] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Higher Education Emergency Relief 

Fund (HEERF) I, II and III Data 

Collection Form 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Gaby Watts, 

202–987–0429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Higher Education 

Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) I, II 

and III Data Collection Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0850. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 270. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,160. 

Abstract: Under the current 

unprecedented national health 

emergency, the legislative and executive 

branches of government have come 

together to offer relief to those 

individuals and industries affected by 

the COVID–19 virus under the 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

Security (CARES) Act, the Coronavirus 

Response and Relief Supplemental 

Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), and the 

American Rescue Plan (ARP). In each of 

these statutes, targeted relief to 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

was made available under the Higher 

Education Emergency Relief Fund 

(HEERF). HEERF, originally established 

by section 18004(a) of the CARES Act, 

Public Law 116–136 (March 27, 2020) 

and expanded through CRRSAA and 

ARP, authorizes the Secretary of 

Education to allocate formula grant 

funds to participating IHEs to address 

impacts of the COVID–19 virus. 

This information collection requests 

approval for a revision to a previously 

approved collection that includes 

annual reporting requirements to 

comply with the requirements of the 

HEERF program and obtain information 

on how the funds were used. The 

revision simplifies the collection by 

substantially reducing the number of 

items because specific grant activities 

within HEERF have expired and many 

of the items have become moot. In 

accordance with the Recipients Funding 

Certification and Agreements executed 

by HEERF grantees, the Secretary may 

specify additional forms of reporting. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Request for Information To Release a 

Solicitation for Certification and 

Allocation of Credits Under the Civil 

Nuclear Credit Program 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) is 

issuing this RFI to request information 

from interested parties of DOE’s intent 

to release a solicitation for applications, 

and to seek advance notice of an intent 

to submit applications in the form of a 

Letter of Interest (LOI), from nuclear 

reactor owners or operators for 

certification and allocation of credits 


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1Congressional Research Serv., R46820, U.S. 

Nuclear Plant Shutdowns, State Interventions, and 

Policy Concerns, (Updated 2/7/22, available at 

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/ 

R46820. Note that Palisades Nuclear Power Plant 

has not yet closed but is not producing power. 

2https://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

environmentaljustice/justice40. 

3White House, Justice40 Covered Programs List 

(Nov. 2023), available at https://

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ 

Justice40-Initiative-Covered-Programs-List_v2.0_

11.23_FINAL.pdf. 

4See Section 3131 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Public Law 

118–31 (Dec. 22, 2023). 

under the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) 

Program to support nuclear reactors at 

risk of ceasing operations due to 

economic factors. In the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act, Congress 

directed the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) to establish a CNC Program 

to evaluate and certify nuclear reactors 

that are projected to cease operations 

due to economic factors and to allocate 

credits to selected certified nuclear 

reactors via a sealed bid process. 

DATES: Submission of LOIs is requested 

on or before October 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit an LOI as an attachment by 

email to CNC_Program_Mailbox@

hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

questions about the RFI may be sent to 

Theodore Taylor, Civil Nuclear Credit 

Program Manager, at CNC_Program_

Mailbox@hq.doe.gov or at (202) 586– 

4316. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Program Description 

As energy markets and economic 

circumstances continue to shift, the 

United States has lost approximately 

10,200 megawatts of nuclear energy 

capacity with the premature closures of 

13 commercial reactors.1 These closures 

have led to an increase in carbon 

emissions, poorer air quality, and the 

loss of thousands of high-paying jobs. 

Further closures threaten to exacerbate 

these issues. In November 2021, 

Congress appropriated funds under the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(IIJA) (Pub. L. 117–58), codified at 42 

U.S.C. 18753, to allocate credits to 

certified nuclear reactors to prevent 

closure due to economic factors. In 

addition to the CNC Program, Congress 

also appropriated funds in August 2022 

under Section 13105 of the Inflation 

Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) (Pub. L. 

117–169), codified at 26 U.S.C. 45U for 

the zero-emission nuclear power 

production tax credit that provides up 

to an inflation-adjusted $15 per 

megawatt-hour for electricity produced. 

The CNC Program also advances the 

President’s Justice40 Initiative,2 which 

sets a goal that 40 percent of the overall 

benefits of certain federal climate, clean 

energy, affordable and sustainable 

housing, and other investments flow to 

disadvantaged communities that are 

marginalized by underinvestment and 

overburdened by pollution.3 In the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, 

Congress repurposed an aggregate 

amount of up to $3.72 billion in the 

CNC Program’s unobligated balances 

appropriated under the IIJA to carry out 

nuclear programs supporting small 

modular reactors and a uranium strategy 

pursuant to the Nuclear Fuel Security 

Act of 2023.4

CNC Award Cycles 1 and 2 were 

released in 2022 and 2023, respectively. 

Under the CNC Program, DOE certifies 

operating nuclear reactors projected to 

cease operations due to economic 

factors and whose closure would result 

in a projected increase in air pollutants, 

if the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission has reasonable assurance 

the reactor will continue to operate 

safely. Certification of eligibility to 

apply for credits requires that the 

nuclear reactor meet certain economic 

and other criteria. The CNC Program 

identifies specific eligibility criteria and 

provides discretion for the Secretary to 

define additional eligibility criteria for 

certification of the qualifying nuclear 

reactor. Credits will be awarded over a 

four-year period beginning on the date 

of the selection. Nuclear reactor owners 

or operators may apply for 

recertification after that time and 

additional credits may be allocated 

through September 30, 2031, subject to 

the availability of funds. 

More detailed information about the 

CNC Program can be found at https://

www.energy.gov/gdo/civil-nuclearcredit-program. 

Purpose 

Subject to availability of funds, DOE 

is planning up to $980 million for 

Award Cycle 3. Prior to releasing the 

Guidance for Award Cycle 3, DOE is 

requesting that nuclear reactor owners 

or operators interested in applying for 

certification and allocation of credits 

under the CNC Program provide 

advance notice of intent to apply in the 

form of a Letter of Interest (LOI) to be 

submitted no later than 30 days after 

this RFI notice. Submissions of LOIs 

that comply with relevant requirements, 

as outlined in the Business Proprietary 

Information section will be kept strictly 

confidential. 

LOI responses shall include: 

• Name(s), phone number(s), and email 

address(es) for the principal point(s) 

of contact 

• Institution or organization affiliation 

and postal address 

• Organization’s non-binding 

expression of interest in applying to 

the CNC Program Award Cycle 3 

• Names of each nuclear reactor for 

which an owner/operator is intending 

to apply for certification and 

allocation of credits under the CNC 

Program 

The responses received from nuclear 

reactors owners or operators will assist 

DOE in assessing the CNC Program’s 

timing and resources for Award Cycle 3. 

Any information obtained as a result of 

this RFI is intended to be used by DOE 

on a non-attribution basis for planning 

and strategy development; this RFI does 

not constitute a formal solicitation for 

applications. No application submittals 

are required at this time. Responses to 

this RFI will be treated as information 

only. Respondents are advised that DOE 

is under no obligation to acknowledge 

receipt of the information received or 

provide feedback to respondents with 

respect to any information submitted 

under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do 

not bind DOE to any further actions 

related to this topic. 

An LOI containing the required 

information as stated in this section will 

be marked confidential as described in 

the Business Proprietary Information 

section. 

Business Proprietary Information 

Responses containing confidential, 

proprietary, or privileged information 

must be conspicuously marked as 

described in this section. Failure to 

comply with these marking 

requirements may result in the 

disclosure of the unmarked information 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

or otherwise. The U.S. Federal 

Government is not liable for the 

disclosure or use of unmarked 

information and may use or disclose 

such information for any purpose. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information believed 

to be business proprietary and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked ‘‘Business Proprietary’’ 

including all the information believed to 

be proprietary, and one copy of the 

document marked ‘‘non-Proprietary’’ 

deleting all information believed to be 

business proprietary. DOE will make its 

own determination about the business 

proprietary status of the information 

and treat it according to its 


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determination. Factors of interest to 

DOE when evaluating requests to treat 

submitted information as business 

proprietary include: (1) a description of 

the items; (2) whether and why such 

items are customarily treated as 

business proprietary within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its business proprietary 

nature; (5) an explanation of the 

competitive injury to the submitting 

person which would result from public 

disclosure; (6) when such information 

might lose its business proprietary 

character due to the passage of time; and 

(7) why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 20, 

2024, 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 

23, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22046 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

Cleanup Project 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 23, 2024; 9 

a.m.–4:30 p.m. MDT. 

ADDRESSES: Sun Valley Lodge, 1 Sun 

Valley Road, Sun Valley, Idaho 83353. 

This meeting will be open to the public 

in-person at the Sun Valley Lodge or 

virtually via Zoom. To attend virtually, 

please contact Danielle Miller, ICP 

Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) 

Administrator, by email at millerdc@

id.doe.gov or phone (208) 526–5709, no 

later than 5 p.m. MDT on Monday, 

October 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danielle Miller, ICP CAB Administrator, 

by email at millerdc@id.doe.gov or 

phone (208) 526–5709 or visit the 

Board’s internet homepage at https://

energy.gov/em/icpcab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda (agenda topics may 

change up to the day of the meeting; 

please contact Danielle Miller for the 

most current agenda): 

1. Recent Public Outreach 

2. ICP Overview 

3. Ten-Year Plan and Budget Overview 

4. Program Presentations 

5. Fall EM SSAB Chairs Meeting Update 

Public Participation: The in-person/ 

online virtual hybrid meeting is open to 

the public either in-person at the Sun 

Valley Lodge or via Zoom. To sign-up 

for public comment, please contact the 

ICP CAB Administrator (above) no later 

than 5 p.m. MDT on Monday, October 

21, 2024. In addition to participation in 

the live public comment sessions 

identified above, written statements 

may be filed with the Board either five 

days before or five days after the 

meeting by sending them to the ICP 

CAB Administrator at the 

aforementioned email address. Written 

public comment received prior to the 

meeting will be read into the record. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Danielle Miller, ICP 

Administrator, phone (208) 526–5709 or 

email millerdc@id.doe.gov. Minutes will 

also be available at the following 

website: https://www.energy.gov/em/ 

icpcab/listings/cab-meetings. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

September 23, 2024, by David Borak, 

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 September 

24, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–516] 

Application for Authorization To 

Export Electric Energy; Energia Sierra 

Juarez U.S., LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Energia Sierra Juarez U.S., 

LLC (ESJ US or Applicant) has applied 

for authorization to transmit electric 

energy from the United States to Mexico 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before October 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janessa Zucchetto, 240–474–8226 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 


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