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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

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), 

Nevada. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, February 19, 2025; 

4–8:30 p.m. PST; The opportunity for 

public comment is at 4:10 p.m. PST. 

This time is subject to change; please 

contact the Nevada Site Specific 

Advisory Board (NSSAB) Administrator 

(below) for confirmation of time prior to 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Molasky Corporate Center, 

15th Floor Conference Room, 100 North 

City Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106. 

This meeting will be open to the public 

either in-person at the Molasky 

Corporate Center or virtually via 

Microsoft Teams. To attend virtually, 

please contact Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB 

Administrator, by email nssab@

emcbc.doe.gov or phone (702) 523– 

0894, no later than 1 p.m. PST on 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, 

by phone: (702) 523–0894 or email: 

nssab@emcbc.doe.gov or visit the 

Board’s internet homepage at 

www.nnss.gov/NSSAB/. 

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 

1. Public Comment Period 

2. Update from Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer 

3. Update from National Nuclear 

Security Administration/Nevada 

Field Office 

4. Updates from NSSAB Liaisons 

5. Presentations to the Board 

6. Planning for Spring EM SSAB 

National Chairs’ Meeting 

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online virtual hybrid meeting is open to 

the public either in-person at the 

Molasky Corporate Center or via 

Microsoft Teams. Written public 

comment may be filed with the NSSAB 

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during the meeting can do so in 2- 

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allotted for public comments. The 

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(DDFO) is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Questioning of committee members or 

participants by the public is not 

permitted except with the approval of 

the DDFO and chairperson. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Barbara Ulmer, 

NSSAB Administrator, U.S. Department 

of Energy, EM Nevada Program, 100 

North City Parkway, Suite 1750, Las 

Vegas, NV 89106; Phone: (702) 523– 

0894. Minutes will also be available at 

the following website: https://

www.nnss.gov/nssab/nssab-meetings/. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. DOE–HQ–2023–0020] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Phase 1 of the Grain Belt Express 

Transmission Line Project (DOE/EIS– 

0554) 

AGENCY: Loan Programs Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability, request 

for comments, notice of proposed 

floodplain action. 

SUMMARY: The Loan Programs Office 

(LPO), U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE), announces the availability of the 

draft environmental impact statement 

(DEIS) for the proposed Phase 1 of the 

Grain Belt Express Transmission Project 

(Project), and a Notice of Proposed 

Floodplain Action. The DEIS analyzes 

the impacts associated with providing 

potential financial assistance (a Federal 

loan guarantee) to Grain Belt Express, 

LLC, for construction and energization 

of the Project. This notice of availability 

(NOA) announces the start of the public 

review and comment period, as well as 

the dates and times for public meetings 

on the DEIS. After DOE LPO holds the 

public meetings and addresses public 

comments submitted during the review 

period, DOE LPO will publish a final 

environmental impact statement. 

Because the Project may include 

activities within floodplains, this NOA 

also serves as a notice of proposed 

floodplain action. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than March 3, 2025. LPO will hold 

six public meetings for the Project, four 

in-person and two virtual, at the 

following dates and times (Central 

Time): 

• Monday, February 10, 2025, 4–6 

p.m., Dodge City Public Library, 1001 N 

2nd Ave., Dodge City, KS 67801. 

• Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 4–6 

p.m., Holiday Inn Express, 2175 Lincoln 

St., Concordia, KS 66901. 

• Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 4– 

6 p.m. St. Joseph Museum, Jackie Lewin 

Conference Roon, 3406 Frederick Ave., 

St. Joseph, MO 64506. 

• Thursday, February 13, 2025, 4–6 

p.m., La Bella Casa Event Center, 5 

South Main St., Carrollton, MO 64633. 

• Virtual, Wednesday, February 19, 

2025, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 

• Virtual, Wednesday, February 20, 

2025, 4–6 p.m. 

All meetings are open to the public 

and free to attend. Registration for in 

person meetings is not required. 

Registration for the virtual public 

meetings is required and may be 

completed at https://www.energy.gov/ 

lpo/eis-0554-grain-belt-expresstransmission-line. Meeting information 

will be sent to registrants via their email 

address provided during registration. 

ADDRESSES: The DEIS and detailed 

information about the Project can be 

found on DOE LPO’s website at: https:// 

www.energy.gov/lpo/eis-0554-grain-beltexpress-transmission-line. Comments 

can be submitted in any of the following 

ways: 

Online via DOE LPO’s website at 

https://www.energy.gov/lpo/eis-0554- 

grain-belt-express-transmission-line or 

email: LPO_GrainBelt_EIS@hq.doe.gov. 

Orally or in writing during any of the 

public meetings identified in this NOA. 

In writing submitted by mail or any 

other delivery service, enclosed in an 

envelope labeled ‘‘Grain Belt Express 

EIS’’ and addressed to Todd Stribley, 

NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Loan Programs 

Office—LP30, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to https://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. DOE–HQ–2023–0020. Click 

on the ‘‘Comment’’ button below the 

document link. Enter your information 

and comment, then click ‘‘Submit 

Comment.’’ 

For more information about 

submitting comments, please see 

‘‘Information on Submitting Comments’’ 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

heading below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Stribley, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Loan Programs Office, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. Email: LPO_GrainBelt_EIS@

hq.doe.gov. Phone: 301–525–5944. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Grain Belt Express LLC (the 

‘‘Applicant’’), applied for Federal 

financial assistance via a loan guarantee 

from the DOE LPO under title XVII of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S. 

Code [U.S.C.] 16511–16517), as 

amended. Section 1703 of title XVII (the 

Clean Energy Financing Program) 

defines eligible projects as those that, 

‘‘avoid, reduce, or sequester air 

pollutants or anthropogenic emissions 

of greenhouse gases; and employ new or 

significantly improved technologies as 

compared to commercial technologies in 

service in the United States at the time 

the guarantee is issued’’ (Pub. L. 109– 

58, sec. 1703(a)). Because the Project 

may include activities within 

floodplains, this NOA also serves as a 

notice of proposed floodplain action, in 

accordance with 10 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 1022. 

Proposed Action. The Federal 

financing provided by DOE LPO will 

apply to eligible project costs that 

include the design, engineering, 

financing, construction, startup, 

commissioning, and shakedown of the 

Project, which includes the following 

elements: 

• A 542-mile, overhead 600-kilovolt 

(kV) high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) 

transmission line that would extend 

between Ford County in southwestern 


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