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agency. DOE requests data, comments, 

views, information, analysis, 

alternatives, or suggestions relevant to 

the proposed action from the public; 

affected Federal, Tribal, State, and local 

governments, agencies, and offices; the 

scientific community; industry; or any 

other interested party. 

Specifically, DOE requests 

information on the following topics: 

1. Potential effects that the proposed 

action could have on biological, 

physical, socioeconomic, cultural, or 

other resources. 

2. Other potential reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed action that 

DOE should consider, including 

additional or alternative avoidance, 

minimization, and mitigation measures. 

3. Information on other current or 

planned activities in, or in the vicinity 

of, the proposed action, that could 

impact one another or contribute to 

cumulative impacts. 

4. Other information, studies, or 

analyses relevant to the proposed action 

and its impacts on the human 

environment. 

To promote informed decisionmaking, comments should be as specific 

as possible and should provide as much 

detail as necessary to meaningfully and 

fully inform DOE of why the issues 

raised are important to the agency’s 

review of the proposed action. 

The draft EIS will include as an 

appendix a summary of issues raised in 

public scoping comments that DOE 

considered in preparing the EIS and 

comments outside the scope of the 

analysis. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 13, 

2024, by Kelly Cummins, Acting 

Director, Office of Clean Energy 

Demonstrations, 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 December 

13, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29994 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the California Hydrogen Hub 

(ARCHES), (DOE/EIS–0570) 

AGENCY: Office of Clean Energy 

Demonstrations, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement, notice 

of scoping meetings, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces its intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

applicable NEPA implementing 

regulations to assess the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action of providing financial assistance 

to the Alliance for Renewable Clean 

Hydrogen Energy Systems (also referred 

to as ARCHES) to facilitate the design, 

construction, operation and 

maintenance of the California Hydrogen 

Hub in the state of California. DOE is 

issuing this Notice of Intent to inform 

the public about the proposed action; 

announce plans to conduct public 

scoping meetings; invite public 

participation in the scoping process; 

and solicit public comments for 

consideration in establishing the scope 

of the EIS, including the range of 

reasonable alternatives and the potential 

environmental impacts to be analyzed. 

DATES: The public scoping period for 

the EIS starts with the publication of 

this notice of intent (NOI) and ends on 

March 3, 2025. DOE will hold one 

virtual public scoping meeting at the 

following date and time (pacific time): 

• Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from 

4:30–7:30 p.m. Pacific Time. 

DOE will hold three in-person public 

scoping meetings. Dates, times, and 

locations are to be determined and will 

be shared on the DOE’s web page for 

this EIS no less than 15 days before the 

meetings. 

In addition, DOE will have an open 

virtual public meeting space available 

for the public. This public meeting 

space will open on Monday January 20, 

2025, at ocedarcheseis.com and stay 

open through the duration of the 

scoping period. 

All meetings are open to the public 

and free to attend. Details on how to 

participate in the virtual and in-person 

public scoping meetings are available on 

the DOE’s web page for this EIS: https:// 

www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0570- 

california-hydrogen-hub-multiplelocations. In defining the scope of the 

EIS, DOE will consider all scoping 

comments received or postmarked by 

March 3, 2025. Comments received or 

postmarked after the scoping period end 

date will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Oral or written comments 

may be provided at the public scoping 

meetings or submitted in any of the 

following ways: 

• Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to www.regulations.gov 

and search for Docket No. DOE–HQ– 

2024–0087 and follow the instructions 

for submitting comments; or 

• Mail or Hand Delivery Service: 

Send comments in an envelope labeled 

‘‘DOE/EIS–0570’’ and addressed to 

Jacobs, Attention: Rosa Esquivel, 2600 

Michelson Drive, Suite 500, Irvine, CA 

92612–6506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristin Welch, Project Manager, Office 

of Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, email OCED_ARCHES_EIS@

hq.doe.gov, or telephone (240) 981– 

0461. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In the Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act, commonly known as the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), 

Congress established and funded a 

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs 

(H2Hubs) program to create regional 

networks of hydrogen producers, 

consumers, and local connective 

infrastructure to accelerate the use of 

hydrogen as a clean energy carrier. The 

Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations 

(OCED) within DOE is implementing the 

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program 

and will use the NEPA process to help 

it decide whether to provide financial 

assistance for the H2Hubs. 

Congress directed DOE to select 

H2Hubs using certain criteria. 

Specifically, Congress directed DOE to 

select H2Hubs that will use a diversity 

of feedstocks to produce clean 

hydrogen, including at least one H2Hub 

that will demonstrate the production of 

clean hydrogen from fossil fuels, one 

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renewables, and one H2Hub that will 

demonstrate the production of clean 

hydrogen from nuclear energy. Congress 

also directed DOE to select H2Hubs that 

will use clean hydrogen in a diversity of 

end uses, including at least one H2Hub 

that will demonstrate the use of clean 

hydrogen in the following sectors: 

electric power generation, industrial, 

residential and commercial heating, and 

transportation. Congress required that 

DOE give priority to regional clean 

hydrogen hubs that are likely to create 

opportunities for skilled training and 

long-term employment to the greatest 

number of residents of the region. 

Congress also directed DOE to include 

geographic diversity, directing that DOE 

locate H2Hubs in different regions of the 

United States, and that the H2Hubs are 

to use the energy resources that are 

abundant in their respective regions. 

Congress further required DOE to select, 

to the maximum extent practicable, at 

least two H2Hubs in the regions of the 

United States with the greatest natural 

gas resources. 

DOE issued a Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA–0002779) to 

solicit applications for H2Hubs. DOE 

selected the California Hydrogen Hub 

for award negotiations following a 

rigorous Merit Review process to 

identify meritorious applications to the 

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program 

based on the criteria listed in FOA– 

0002779. DOE has provided limited 

funding in support of preliminary 

California Hydrogen Hub planning 

activities. 

The California Hydrogen Hub, as 

proposed, satisfies certain criteria 

Congress required in the BIL for the 

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs 

program. The California Hydrogen Hub 

has the potential to demonstrate the 

production of clean hydrogen from 

renewable energy resources. The 

California Hydrogen Hub proposes to 

use clean hydrogen in a diversity of end 

uses including but not limited to 

electric power generation and 

transportation. Further, the California 

Hydrogen Hub would create 

opportunities for skilled training and 

long-term employment for residents of 

the region. In addition, the location of 

the California Hydrogen Hub in the state 

of California meets the criterion 

requiring geographic diversity within 

the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs 

program. The California Hydrogen Hub 

also satisfies the criterion that DOE 

select hubs that use the energy resources 

that are abundant in their respective 

regions. 

The California Hydrogen Hub is 

proposed to consist of a suite of 

demonstration projects involving clean 

hydrogen production, transportation, 

and end uses located within California. 

ARCHES is the primary funding 

recipient and lead California Hydrogen 

Hub manager. As currently structured, 

the California Hydrogen Hub 

encompasses approximately 35 projects 

including clean hydrogen production 

facilities that could produce 450–500 

metric tonnes per day of clean hydrogen 

from renewable electricity and biogenic 

sources, connective infrastructure 

including refueling stations and 

pipelines, and a range of end uses 

including fuel-cell electric trucks, fuelcell electric buses, a marine vessel, 

cargo handling equipment, power 

generation via turbines, and stationary 

fuel cells. 

Purpose and Scope of the EIS 

DOE will prepare an EIS (DOE/EIS– 

0570) to evaluate the potential impacts 

to the human environment associated 

with funding the California Hydrogen 

Hub. The EIS will evaluate the potential 

impacts associated with the types of 

hydrogen infrastructure and 

technologies proposed in the California 

Hydrogen Hub, such as impacts from 

electricity and water usage and rates of 

emissions, that are inherent to the 

technologies and infrastructure 

regardless of where they may be 

deployed. The EIS will help inform 

DOE’s decision as to whether to carry 

the California Hydrogen Hub forward 

for project-specific funding decisions 

but will not directly authorize funding 

for specific California Hydrogen Hub 

projects. 

If DOE decides to provide funding for 

the construction and operation of the 

California Hydrogen Hub, DOE will 

analyze the potential site-specific 

environmental effects of individual 

proposed projects and make site-specific 

funding decisions. In addition to being 

subject to DOE’s NEPA review, with 

associated public scoping and comment 

periods as appropriate, individual 

projects will be required to adhere to the 

requirements of all applicable Federal, 

State, and local laws and regulations. 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The purpose and need for DOE’s 

action is to comply with its statutory 

mandate in BIL to catalyze investment 

in the production, processing, delivery, 

storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen, 

and contribute to the development of a 

national clean hydrogen network. The 

proposed action of funding the 

California Hydrogen Hub would fulfill 

this mandate by accelerating the 

deployment of clean hydrogen 

technologies and enabling infrastructure 

to attract greater investments from the 

private sector and promote substantial 

U.S. manufacturing of numerous 

hydrogen technologies. 

DOE’s purpose and need in funding 

the California Hydrogen Hub also 

includes funding a clean hydrogen hub 

that meets certain BIL criteria for the 

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs 

program. The proposed California 

Hydrogen Hub meets these criteria by: 

• Demonstrating feedstock diversity 

by including the production of clean 

hydrogen from renewable energy 

sources. 

• Demonstrating end use diversity by 

including the use of clean hydrogen in 

the electric power generation and 

transportation sectors. 

• Enabling DOE to meet the 

geographic diversity criterion by being 

located in the California region and 

using energy resources that are 

abundant in that region. 

• Creating opportunities for skilled 

training and long-term employment for 

residents in the region. 

Proposed Action, No Action, and 

Preliminary Alternatives 

Proposed Action 

DOE’s proposed action is to provide 

funding to support the development of 

the California Hydrogen Hub, as 

proposed by ARCHES. The proposed 

California Hydrogen Hub would include 

a variety of hydrogen production 

technologies, storage, delivery, and enduse applications. Hydrogen production 

technologies being considered include 

electrolysis utilizing renewable energy 

sources, and generation from biogenic 

sources (with possible carbon-dioxide 

capture). Methods of hydrogen storage 

may include above-ground tanks and/or 

tube trailers. Delivery options may 

include pipelines, trucking, and 

refueling stations, as well as the 

delivery of hydrogen derivatives such as 

ammonia. A broad variety of end-use 

applications are being considered 

including fuel-cell electric trucks, fuelcell electric buses, a marine vessel, 

cargo handling equipment, power 

generation via turbines, stationary fuel 

cells, aviation, trains, other fuel-cell 

electric vehicles, and ammonia 

synthesis. 

California Hydrogen Hub projects and 

site locations are in development. DOE 

will evaluate specific projects and site 

locations in subsequent tiered NEPA 

reviews. 

No Action Alternative 

Under the No Action Alternative, 

DOE would not provide funding to 

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operation of the California Hydrogen 

Hub, with the assumption that the 

H2Hub would not be developed. The no 

action alternative provides a benchmark 

for comparison with environmental 

impacts of the other alternatives. 

Preliminary Action Alternatives 

The EIS will evaluate reasonable 

alternatives that are technically and 

economically feasible and meet the 

purpose and need for the proposed 

action. Preliminarily, DOE has 

identified three alternatives that 

potentially address the purpose and 

need stated previously: 

(1) DOE funding for the proposed 

California Hydrogen Hub: The proposed 

action alternative as described above. 

(2) DOE funding for an expanded 

California Hydrogen Hub: An action 

alternative that considers the hydrogen 

technologies and infrastructure in the 

proposed action plus reasonably 

foreseeable clean hydrogen technologies 

and infrastructure that, while not 

currently considered in the proposed 

action, could be proposed for DOE 

funding. 

(3) DOE funding for a reduced 

California Hydrogen Hub: An action 

alternative that is smaller in scope 

wherein DOE would fund only a portion 

of the proposed action. 

Summary of Potential Impacts 

DOE’s analysis in the EIS will focus 

on potentially significant environmental 

impacts from construction and 

operation of the California Hydrogen 

Hub’s proposed types of hydrogen 

technologies and infrastructure, as well 

as the potential cumulative impacts 

resulting from reasonably foreseeable 

past, present, and future projects in the 

same region. Accordingly, in the EIS, 

DOE anticipates evaluating potential 

non-site-specific impacts related to: (1) 

land use and infrastructure, (2) 

atmospheric conditions and air quality, 

(3) climate change and greenhouse 

gasses, (4) hydrologic conditions and 

water quality, (5) geology, seismicity 

and soils, (6) socioeconomic conditions, 

(7) environmental justice, (8) energy 

resources, (9) noise and vibration, (10) 

transportation and accidents, (11) 

intentional destructive acts, and (12) 

human health and safety. This list is not 

intended to be all-inclusive or to imply 

a predetermination of potential impacts. 

DOE invites interested stakeholders to 

suggest specific issues, including 

possible mitigation measures, within 

these general categories or others, to be 

considered in the EIS. 

Anticipated Permits and Authorizations 

DOE does not anticipate that permits 

and authorizations will be needed for 

agency action because it will not 

authorize the construction and 

operation of any project to be included 

in the California Hydrogen Hub. The 

permits and authorizations required for 

the California Hydrogen Hub projects 

will be identified in subsequent sitespecific NEPA analyses for those 

projects. 

Schedule for Decision-Making Process 

After the draft EIS is completed, DOE 

will publish a notice of availability 

(NOA) and request public comments on 

the draft EIS. DOE currently expects to 

issue the NOA in October 2025. After 

the public comment period ends, DOE 

will review and respond to comments 

received and will develop the final EIS. 

DOE currently expects to make the final 

EIS available to the public in April 

2026. A record of decision will be 

completed no sooner than 30 days after 

the final EIS is released, in accordance 

with applicable laws and regulations. 

Scoping Process 

This NOI commences the public 

scoping process to identify issues and 

potential alternatives for consideration 

in the EIS. Throughout the scoping 

process, Federal agencies, Tribes, State 

and local governments, and the public 

have the opportunity to help DOE 

identify significant resources and issues, 

reasonable alternatives, mitigation 

measures, and other pertinent 

information that DOE should consider 

in the EIS. DOE will hold public 

scoping meetings at the times and dates 

described above under the DATES

section. DOE will post information on 

how to participate in the virtual and inperson public meetings on the EIS 

website listed previously, in advance of 

the meetings. The public will have the 

opportunity to comment on the scope of 

the EIS. DOE representatives will be 

available to answer questions and 

provide additional information on the 

NEPA process to meeting attendees. In 

addition to providing comments at the 

public scoping meetings, stakeholders 

may submit written comments as 

described in the ADDRESSES section. 

Comments may be broad in nature or 

restricted to specific areas of concern, 

but they should be directly relevant to 

the NEPA process, or potential 

environmental impacts. The scoping 

process allows the public and interested 

parties to shape the EIS impact analysis, 

focusing on the areas of greatest 

importance and identifying areas 

requiring less attention. DOE will 

consider the comments received on the 

scope of the EIS during the 75-day 

scoping period as it prepares the draft 

EIS. 

OCED does not consider anonymous 

scoping comments. Please include your 

name and address as part of your 

scoping comment. All scoping 

comments, including the names, 

addresses, and other personally 

identifiable information included in the 

comment, will be part of the 

administrative record. DOE will protect 

privileged or confidential information 

that you submit when required by 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), which applies 

to trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential. Please label privileged 

or confidential information ‘‘Contains 

Confidential Information’’ and consider 

submitting such information as a 

separate attachment. Information that is 

not labeled as privileged or confidential 

may be regarded by DOE as suitable for 

public release. 

DOE will invite Tribal government-togovernment consultations. 

Request for Comment on Alternatives 

and Effects, as Well as on Relevant 

Information, Studies, or Analyses With 

Respect to the Proposed Action 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

along with Indian Tribal Nations and 

other stakeholders that may be 

interested in or affected by the proposed 

action, are invited to participate in the 

scoping process and, if eligible, may 

request or be requested by DOE to 

participate in the development of the 

environmental analysis as a cooperating 

agency. DOE requests data, comments, 

views, information, analysis, 

alternatives, or suggestions relevant to 

the proposed action from the public; 

affected Federal, Tribal, State, and local 

governments, agencies, and offices; the 

scientific community; industry; or any 

other interested party. 

Specifically, DOE requests 

information on the following topics: 

(1) Potential effects that the proposed 

action could have on biological, 

physical, socioeconomic, cultural, or 

other resources. 

(2) Other potential reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed action that 

DOE should consider, including 

additional or alternative avoidance, 

minimization, and mitigation measures. 

(3) Information on other current or 

planned activities in, or in the vicinity 

of, the proposed action, that could 

impact one another or contribute to 

cumulative impacts. 

(4) Other information, studies, or 

analyses relevant to the proposed action 


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and its impacts on the human 

environment. 

To promote informed decisionmaking, comments should be as specific 

as possible and should provide as much 

detail as necessary to meaningfully and 

fully inform DOE of why the issues 

raised are important to the agency’s 

review of the proposed action. 

The draft EIS will include as an 

appendix a summary of issues raised in 

public scoping comments that DOE 

considered in preparing the EIS and 

comments outside the scope of the 

analysis. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 11, 

2024, by Kelly Cummins, Acting 

Director, Office of Clean Energy 

Demonstrations, 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 December 

13, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30020 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of requests for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: DOE submitted an 

information collection request for 

extension as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection requests a three-year 

extension, with changes, to the Form 

NWPA–830G ‘‘Appendix G—Standard 

Remittance Advice for Payment of 

Fees’’, including annex A to appendix 

G, under OMB Control Number 1901– 

0260. Form NWPA–830G is part of the 

Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent 

Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level 

Radioactive Waste. Generators and 

owners of spent nuclear fuel and highlevel radioactive waste of domestic 

origin paid fees into the Nuclear Waste 

Fund based on net electricity generated 

and sold as defined in the Standard 

Contract. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before January 17, 

2025. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB 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 particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you need additional information, 

contact Guang Wei, Office of Standard 

Contract Management, U.S. Department 

of Energy, telephone (240) 388–5685, or 

by email at standardcontracts@

hq.doe.gov. The forms and instructions 

are available on DOE’s website at 

https://www.energy.gov/gc/officestandard-contract-management and at 

EIA’s website at www.eia.gov/survey/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1901–0260; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Form NWPA–830G, Standard 

Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear 

Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive 

Waste, Appendix G; 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension with changes; 

(4) Purpose: The Form NWPA–830G 

survey included in the Standard 

Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear 

Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive 

Waste, Appendix G, collects information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and 

the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq.) require EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer-term domestic 

demands. 

As part of its effort to comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), EIA provides the 

general public and other federal 

agencies with opportunities to comment 

on collections of energy information 

conducted by or in conjunction with 

EIA. Also, EIA will later seek approval 

for this collection by OMB under 

Section 3507(a) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 

(42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) required that 

DOE enter into Standard Contracts with 

all generators or owners of spent nuclear 

fuel and high-level radioactive waste of 

domestic origin. Form NWPA–830G 

Appendix G—Standard Remittance 

Advice for Payment of Fees, including 

annex A to appendix G, is an Appendix 

to this Standard Contract. Appendix G 

and annex A to appendix G are 

commonly referred to as Remittance 

Advice (RA) forms. RA forms must be 

submitted quarterly by generators and 

owners of spent nuclear fuel and highlevel radioactive waste of domestic 

origin who signed the Standard 

Contract. Appendix G is designed to 

serve as the source document for entries 

into DOE accounting records to transmit 

data to DOE concerning payment of fees 

into the Nuclear Waste Fund for spent 

nuclear fuel and high-level waste 

disposal. Annex A to appendix G is 

used to provide data on the amount of 

net electricity generated and sold, upon 

which these fees are based. 

(4a) Changes to Information 

Collection: The reduction of 20 annual 

burden hours for Form NWPA–830G 

results from the reduction of the number 

of total respondents representing 

reactors that decreased from 95 to 94. 

One reactor permanently shut down 

since the last clearance cycle and no 

longer is required to pay fees into the 

Nuclear Waste Fund nor respond to this 

survey. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 94. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 376. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 1,880. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $171,381 

(1,880 estimated number of burden 

hours times $91.16 per hour current 

average loaded wage rate). DOE 

estimates that respondents will have no 

additional costs associated with the 


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