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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 

2024—10:00 a.m. (See MATTERS TO BE

CONSIDERED). 

PLACE: The meeting will be held 

remotely, and in person at 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland, 

20814. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Decisional Matter: Notice of Proposed 

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Floats 

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Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Commission Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Finding of No Significant Impact and 

Final Environmental Assessment for 

DARPA’s Reefense Program, Baker 

Point, Florida 

AGENCY: Defense Advanced Research 

Projects Agency (DARPA), Department 

of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: DARPA announces the 

availability of a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) and a Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 

Reefense Program at Baker Point, 

Florida. The environmental review 

process led to the conclusion that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. Therefore, an 

Environmental Impact Statement will 

not be prepared. 

ADDRESSES: The Final EA and FONSI 

are available online through the project 

website at https://hsrl.rutgers.edu/ 

research/darpa-reefense. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Catherine Campbell, 703–526–2044 

(Voice), Catherine.Campbell@darpa.mil 

(Email). 

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Notification of the availability of the 

Draft EA was published in the Federal 

Register (89 FR 37184) on May 6, 2024. 

The public review period began on May 

6, 2024 and concluded on June 5, 2024. 

Legal notices were published in the 

Panama City News Herald on May 9 and 

May 12, 2024. DARPA received two 

comments: one from a private 

individual and one from the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4. Comments received during 

this public review were considered 

when preparing the Final EA. DARPA’s 

proposed action analyzed in the EA is 

for the installation of bio-hybrid oyster 

reef structures to test whether such 

structures can attenuate wave energy 

more effectively than traditional 

hardscape solutions to protect coastal 

shorelines and infrastructure. 

Components would consist of reef 

module breakwaters, mosaic oyster 

habitat structures, and intertidal 

vegetation planting. These structures, or 

modules, created using cutting-edge 

scientific advances, are intended to 

create a self-sustaining oyster reef to 

attenuate wave energy and, thus, protect 

upland infrastructure by mitigating 

damage related to coastal flooding, 

erosion, and storm surge. The 

geographic scope analyzed in the EA is 

a proposed action area of approximately 

one acre located off the coast of Baker 

Point, Florida that is adjacent to Tyndall 

Air Force Base and within East Bay of 

the St. Andrew Bay estuary. The 

analysis within the EA yielded no 

significant impacts to the resources 

analyzed and would not result in 

significant impacts overall. The EA and 

FONSI were prepared in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended (42 United 

States Code 4321 et seq.) and Council on 

Environmental Quality implementing 

regulations (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations parts 1500–1508). 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

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Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

Committee and Quarterly Board 

Meetings 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open and closed 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda, time, and instructions to access 

the National Assessment Governing 

Board’s (hereafter referred to as the 

Board or Governing Board) standing 

committee meetings and quarterly 

Governing Board meeting. This notice 

provides information to members of the 

public who may be interested in 

attending the meetings and/or providing 

written comments related to the work of 

the Governing Board. The meetings will 

be held either in person and/or 

virtually, as noted below. Members of 

the public must register in advance to 

attend the meetings virtually. A 

registration link will be posted on the 

Governing Board’s website, 

www.nagb.gov, five (5) business days 

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DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting 

will be held on the following dates: 

• November 14, 2024, from 9:45 a.m. to 

3:15 p.m., ET 

• November 15, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 

2:00 p.m., ET 

ADDRESSES: Royal Sonesta Capitol Hill, 

20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Scott, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) for the Governing Board, 800 

North Capitol Street NW, Suite 825, 

Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 

357–7502, fax: (202) 357–6945, email: 

Angela.Scott@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Governing Board is established 

under the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress Authorization Act 

(20 U.S.C. 9621). Information on the 

Governing Board and its work can be 

found at www.nagb.gov. Notice of the 

meetings is required under section 

1009(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 

(commonly known as the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act). The 

Governing Board formulates policy for 

the National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) administered by the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES). The Governing Board’s 

responsibilities include: 

(1) selecting the subject areas to be 

assessed; (2) developing appropriate 

student achievement levels; (3) 

developing assessment objectives and 

testing specifications that produce an 

assessment that is valid and reliable, 

and are based on relevant widely 

accepted professional standards; (4) 

developing a process for review of the 

assessment which includes the active 

participation of teachers, curriculum 

specialists, local school administrators, 

parents, and concerned members of the 

public; (5) designing the methodology of 

the assessment to ensure that 

assessment items are valid and reliable, 

in consultation with appropriate 

technical experts in measurement and 

assessment, content and subject matter, 

sampling, and other technical experts 

who engage in large scale surveys; (6) 

measuring student academic 

achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

the authorized academic subjects; (7) 

developing guidelines for reporting and 

disseminating results; (8) developing 

standards and procedures for regional 

and national comparisons; (9) taking 

appropriate actions needed to improve 

the form, content use, and reporting of 

results of an assessment; and (10) 

planning and executing the initial 

public release of NAEP results. 

Standing Committee Meetings 

The Governing Board’s standing 

committees will meet to conduct 

regularly scheduled work. Standing 

committee meeting agendas and meeting 

materials will be posted on the 

Governing Board’s website, 

www.nagb.gov, no later than five (5) 

business days prior to the meetings. 

Minutes of prior standing committee 

meetings are available at https://

www.nagb.gov/governing-board/ 

quarterly-board-meetings.html. 

Standing Committee Meetings 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 

Executive Committee (Virtual Meeting) 

2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. (ET), Open Session 

2:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

The Executive Committee will meet in 

open session on Wednesday, October 

30, 2024, from 2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. to 

review the November 14–15, 2024, 

quarterly Board meeting agenda, receive 

updates from the Executive Director on 

Board priorities, and receive an update 

from the Assessment Development 

Committee. There will be a break from 

2:50 p.m.–2:55 p.m. From 2:50 p.m.– 

4:00 p.m., the Executive Committee will 

meet in closed session to discuss the 

NAEP budget and contracts. The session 

must be closed to the public because the 

discussions pertain to the federal budget 

and acquisition process. Public 

disclosure of this confidential 

information would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP assessment 

program if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 

Nominations Committee (In-Person 

Meeting) 

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

The Nominations Committee will 

meet in closed session on Wednesday, 

November 13, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m. to discuss applications for 

Board vacancies for the 2024–2025 

nominations cycle as well as the rating 

process and member assignments for 

reviewing the applications. The 

discussion pertains to information of a 

personal nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemption 6 of the Government 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Thursday, November 14, 2024 

Executive Committee (In-person) 

8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. (ET), Open Session 

The Executive Committee will meet in 

open session on Thursday, November 

14, 2024, from 8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. to 

receive remarks from the Board Chair 

and an update from the Executive 

Director, and to discuss issues related to 

the implementation of the Board’s 

recently-adopted strategic vision. 

Assessment Development Committee 

(In-Person Meeting) 

3:30 p.m.–4:20 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

4:20 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

The Assessment Development 

Committee will meet in closed session 

on Thursday, November 14, 2024, from 

3:30 p.m.–4:20 p.m. to receive an 

overview of the current NAEP U.S. 

History and Civics Frameworks and 

Assessments. This review must be 

conducted in closed session because the 

content includes secure assessment 

items that have not been released to the 

public. Public disclosure of this 

information would significantly impede 

the implementation of the NAEP 

assessment program if conducted in 

open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b. The committee will then 

convene in open session from 4:20 

p.m.–5:30 p.m. From 4:20 p.m. to 5:10 

p.m., the committee will hear the initial 

discussions of the Social Studies 

Advisory Content Group. From 5:10 

p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the committee will 

receive updates and engage in an open 

discussion. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology (In-Person Meeting) 

3:30 p.m.–4:35 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

4:35 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

The Committee on Standards, Design 

and Methodology will meet on 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, from 

3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The committee 

will meet in closed session from 3:30 

p.m. to 4:35 p.m., to receive a 

presentation on the findings of the dress 

rehearsal of the Automated Scoring of 

Reading items. The committee will 

transition to receive a presentation on 

findings from the Bridge study 

comparing the use of Chromebooks to 

Surface Pros from 4:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

These sessions must be closed because 

they will include findings and 

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been released to the public. Public 

disclosure of this confidential 

information would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP assessment 

program if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Reporting and Dissemination Committee 

(In-Person Meeting) 

3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (ET) Open Session 

The Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee will meet on Thursday, 

November 14, 2024, in open session 

from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The 

committee will open with remarks from 

new committee leadership from 3:30 to 

3:45 p.m., followed by an update on 

Strategic Communications from 3:45 

p.m. to 4:30 p.m., a discussion on the 

Release Plan for 2024 NAEP Reading 

and Mathematics Results from 4:35 p.m. 

to 5:15 p.m., and review and discussion 

of the Reporting Policy from 5:15 p.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. 

Quarterly Governing Board Meeting 

The plenary sessions of the Governing 

Board’s November 2024 quarterly 

meeting will be held on the following 

dates and times: 

Thursday, November 14, 2024 

9:45 a.m.–3:15 p.m. (ET) (Hybrid 

Meeting) 

9:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (ET), Open Session 

12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

2:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (ET) Open Session 

On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the 

plenary session of the quarterly 

Governing Board meeting will convene 

in open session from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 

p.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., and in 

closed session from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 

p.m. From 9:45 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., 

Beverly Perdue, Chair of the Governing 

Board, will welcome members, review 

and approve the November 14–15, 2024, 

quarterly Governing Board meeting 

agenda, and approve the minutes from 

the August 8–9, 2024, Governing Board 

meeting. From 9:50 a.m. to 10:20 a.m., 

new and reappointed Board members 

will be sworn into office, and make 

introductory remarks from 10:20 a.m. to 

10:45 a.m. Other Board members will 

introduce themselves and welcome new 

members from 10:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m. 

From 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Lesley 

Muldoon, Governing Board Executive 

Director, will provide updates on the 

Board’s work, followed by an update 

from NCES Commissioner Peggy Carr 

from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Following 

a fifteen-minute transitional break, the 

Board will meet in closed session from 

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., to receive an 

update on the NAEP Budget and 

Contracting from NCES Commissioner 

Peggy Carr and NCES Associate 

Commissioner Dan McGrath. The 

briefing and discussions may impact 

current and future NAEP contracts and 

budgets and must be kept confidential 

to maintain the integrity of the federal 

acquisition process. Public disclosure of 

this confidential information would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP assessment program if 

conducted in open session. Such 

matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 

of section 552b(c) of title 5 of the United 

States Code. 

The Board will meet in open session 

from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. to discuss 

proposed revisions to the Assessment 

Framework Development Policy. The 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, session 

of the Governing Board meeting will 

adjourn at 3:15 p.m. 

Friday, November 15, 2024 

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (ET) (Hybrid 

Meeting) 

9:00 a.m.–10:40 a.m. (ET), Closed 

Session 

10:50 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (ET), Open Session 

On Friday, November 15, 2024, the 

Governing Board meeting will convene 

in closed session from 9:00 a.m. to 10:40 

a.m. and thereafter in open session from 

10:50 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

From 9:00 a.m. to 10:40 a.m., 

Governing Board members will receive 

a briefing on the 2024 NAEP Reading 

and Mathematics Assessment Report 

card results. This session must be closed 

because the presentation will include 

embargoed assessment data and results 

that cannot be released to the public at 

this time. Public disclosure of this 

confidential information would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP assessment program if 

conducted in open session. Such 

matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 

of the Government Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b. 

The Governing Board will reconvene 

in open session from 10:50 a.m. to 11:35 

a.m., to discuss and take action on the 

release plan for the 2024 Nation’s 

Report Card: Reading and Mathematics, 

Grades 4 and 8. From 11:45 a.m. to 

12:15 p.m., members will receive 

updates on the work of the Board’s 

standing committees. 

From 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., 

members will discuss the draft Artificial 

Intelligence (AI) and NAEP Ethical Use 

Policy, followed by member discussion 

from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Friday, 

November 15, 2024, session of the 

meeting will adjourn at 2:00 p.m. 

Instructions for Accessing and 

Attending the Meetings 

Registration: Members of the public 

may attend the November 14–15, 2024, 

meetings of the full Governing Board 

either in person or virtually. A link to 

the final meeting agenda and 

information on how to register for 

virtual attendance for the open sessions 

will be posted on the Governing Board’s 

website, www.nagb.gov, no later than 

five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting. Registration is required to join 

the meeting virtually. 

Public Comment: Written comments 

related to the work of the Governing 

Board and its standing committees may 

be submitted to the attention of the 

DFO, either via email to Angela.Scott@

ed.gov or in hard copy to the address 

listed above. Written comments related 

to the November 14–15, 2024 Governing 

Board meeting should be submitted no 

later than close of business on 

November 6, 2024, and should reference 

the relevant agenda item. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009, the public 

may inspect the meeting materials and 

other Governing Board records at 800 

North Capitol Street NW, Suite 825, 

Washington, DC 20002, by emailing 

Angela.Scott@ed.gov to schedule an 

appointment. The official verbatim 

transcripts of the open meeting sessions 

will be available for public inspection 

no later than 30 calendar days following 

each meeting and will be posted on the 

Governing Board’s website. Requests for 

the verbatim transcriptions may be 

made via email to the DFO. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting location is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. If you will 

need an auxiliary aid or service to 

participate in the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting service, assistive listening 

device, or materials in an alternate 

format), notify the DFO listed in this 

notice by close of business on November 

6, 2024. 

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Code of Federal Regulations is available 

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view this document, as well as all other 

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Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, title III, 

section 301—National Assessment of 

Educational Progress Authorization Act 

(20 U.S.C. 9621). 

Lesley Muldoon, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U. S. Department 

of Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0097] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Education Stabilization Fund— 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I/ 

ESSER II/ARP ESSER Fund) Recipient 

Data Collection Form 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

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 

November 20, 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 Britt Jung, 202– 

453–6046. 

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: Education 

Stabilization Fund—Elementary and 

Secondary School Emergency Relief 

Fund (ESSER I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER 

Fund) Recipient Data Collection Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0749. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 14,652. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,051,280. 

Abstract: Under the COVID national 

health emergency, the legislative and 

executive branches of government came 

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 (Pub. L. 116–136) 

authorized on March 27, 2020, and 

expanded through the Coronavirus 

Response and Relief Supplemental 

Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, and the 

American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. The 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund awards 

grants to SEAs and for the purpose of 

providing local educational agencies 

(LEAs), including charter schools that 

are LEAs, with emergency relief funds 

to address the impact that Novel 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 

has had, and continues to have, on 

elementary and secondary schools 

across the Nation. 

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 

ESSER program and obtain information 

on how the funds were used by State 

and Local Education Agencies. This 

revision includes updates to the 

reporting dates minor language updates 

that do not impact the burden of the 

collection. No new questions are being 

added. 

The information will be reviewed by 

U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) employees to ensure that 

ESSER funds are used in accordance 

with applicable requirements under the 

CARES, CRRSA, and ARP Acts and will 

be shared with the public to promote 

transparency regarding the allocation 

and uses of funds. Furthermore, the 

information collected will be analyzed 

to provide aggregate statistics on SEA 

and LEA use of Education Stabilization 

Fund (ESF) funds to address the impacts 

of the COVID–19 virus on students and 

schools. The collection was used for a 

similar purpose in the first three years 

of its administration, with reporting 

made public in 2021, 2022, and 2024. 

Dated: October 16, 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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Department of Energy Activities in 

Support of Commercial Production of 

High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium 

(HALEU) 

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) 

announces the availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Department of Energy Activities in 

Support of Commercial Production of 

High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium 

(HALEU) (Final HALEU EIS) (DOE/EIS– 

0559). DOE prepared the Final HALEU 

EIS in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

evaluate the No Action Alternative and 

the Proposed Action to acquire, through 

procurement from commercial sources, 

HALEU enriched to at least 19.75 and 

less than 20 weight percent U–235 over 

a 10-year period of performance, and to 

facilitate the establishment of 

commercial HALEU fuel production. 

The Proposed Action addresses the 

Energy Act of 2020 for the acquisition 

of HALEU produced by a commercial 

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