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[FR Doc. 2021–17053 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Request for Information Regarding 

Establishment of the Department of 

Energy Uranium Reserve Program 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) is 

issuing this RFI to invite public 

comment on topics related to 

establishment of the DOE’s Uranium 

Reserve program. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

September 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

Email: rfi-uranium@hq.doe.gov. 

Submit electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word or PDF file format and 

avoid the use of special characters or 

any form of encryption. Please include 

‘‘Response to Uranium Reserve RFI’’ in 

the subject line. 

Postal Mail: Response to Uranium 

Reserve RFI, c/o Mr. Kyle Fowler, U.S. 

Department of Energy, National Nuclear 

Security Administration, Mailstop NA– 

10, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Online: Responses will be accepted 

online at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name for this 

request for information. No facsimiles 

(faxes) will be accepted. 

Note: The Government has posted a 

parallel RFI to SAM.gov in order invite 

industry comment on topics related to 

establishment of the DOE’s Uranium 

Reserve program. To avoid duplicate 

submissions, interested parties are 

encouraged to only respond to one of 

the notices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for further information should 

be sent to: rfi-uranium@hq.doe.gov or 

Mr. Kyle Fowler, (202) 586–1963. If 

responding by email, please include 

‘‘Question on Uranium Reserve RFI’’ in 

the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In the United States (U.S.), nuclear 

energy provides more than 55 percent of 

our clean energy and supports about 

half a million American jobs. However, 

the U.S. nuclear industry and the 

nuclear fuel supply chain face 

significant challenges that have left 

domestic nuclear fuel suppliers in a 

weakened position on the domestic and 

global stage. Revitalizing the U.S. 

nuclear fuel supply infrastructure 

would support the Administration’s 

goals described in the American Jobs 

Plan,1 including addressing the climate 

crisis, creating American jobs, 

positioning the U.S. to compete with 

economic rivals, and supporting 

national security. It would support 

environmental justice initiatives, 

prioritize addressing long-standing and 

persistent racial injustice by targeting 40 

percent of the benefits of climate and 

clean infrastructure investments to 

disadvantaged communities, consider 

rural communities and communities 

impacted by the market-based transition 

to clean energy, and include meaningful 

stakeholder engagement. 

In December 2020, Congress passed 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021 (Pub. L. 116–260) that makes 

$75,000,000 available to the Department 

for the Uranium Reserve Program. The 

Department is considering options to 

acquire natural uranium and convert 

this uranium into uranium hexafluoride 

that would be stored at commercial 

facilities in the United States. 

In considering options, the 

Department will focus on reinvigorating 

domestic nuclear fuel supply chain 

capabilities, utilizing existing facilities, 

and minimizing negative disruption of 

market mechanisms. The Department 

expects the acquisition of natural 

uranium to result in new uranium 

production at existing domestic sites. 

The Department does not intend such 

new production to initiate or expand 

mining on Tribal lands, expand the 

Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) 

Uranium Leasing Program, or expand 

access to additional uranium deposits 

located on other Federal lands. 

Additionally, the Department does not 

intend to acquire uranium or uranium 

hexafluoride produced from enricher 

underfeeding, the re-enrichment of tails, 

or other sources that do not support the 

reinvigoration of uranium production 

and conversion capabilities. Likewise, 

the Department expects to use existing 

domestic commercial conversion 


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capabilities and store the uranium 

hexafluoride at a domestic facility. 

The Department will comply with all 

applicable laws, including the National 

Environmental Policy Act and the 

National Historic Preservation Act, in 

the proposed establishment of a 

uranium reserve. In addition, the 

Department will give careful attention to 

energy justice, distributive impacts, and 

other relevant issues in its decisionmaking process. This program would 

include meaningful engagement with 

stakeholders, including State, local, 

Tribal governments, and disadvantaged 

communities. 

The Department is publishing this RFI 

to gain a better understanding of Tribal 

and other disadvantaged communities 

and stakeholder views on topics related 

to the establishment of a uranium 

reserve. Responses to the RFI will 

inform the Department’s establishment 

of a uranium reserve, as well as the 

development of a procurement strategy 

for acquisition of uranium, conversion 

services, and storage. 

Specific Questions on Which 

Information Is Requested 

The Department is seeking public 

comment on the following questions 

related to the establishment of a 

uranium reserve and the development of 

a procurement strategy for acquiring 

uranium, conversion services, and 

storage for the uranium. Please provide 

data, analyses, or other justifications for 

all responses. 

General Questions 

(1) How can the establishment of a 

uranium reserve be structured to: 

Incentivize the production of uranium 

from domestic sources and the 

maintenance of domestic conversion 

services, 

Support the Administration’s goals 

described in the American Jobs Plan, 

and 

Promote energy justice, including 

consideration of community needs and 

distribution of benefits pursuant to the 

Justice40 Initiative? 2

(2) How do you envision 

reinvigorating the domestic nuclear fuel 

supply chain as being responsive to the 

President’s Justice40 Initiative—a plan 

to deliver 40 percent of the overall 

benefits of climate investments to 

disadvantaged communities and inform 

equitable research, development, and 

deployment within the DOE? Please 

provide specific actions, the type of 

benefit (i.e. employment, educational 

opportunities, etc.) and targeted 

communities that would be responsive. 

(3) What siting and environmental 

justice concerns should the Department 

consider in the management of any 

waste generated through establishment 

of a uranium reserve? Please provide 

specific concerns, (e.g., siting, 

transportation, exposure, and other 

human health impacts, including 

knowledge of the potential impacts of 

exposure to the hazards associated with 

uranium production). 

(4) Are there additional factors or 

considerations that should be taken into 

account regarding the establishment of a 

uranium reserve? 

Limitations and/or Restrictions 

The Department is considering the 

following factors as we develop our 

approach to acquire and convert natural 

uranium and to store uranium 

hexafluoride in commercial facilities: 

Uranium must be newly-produced in 

the U.S. from deposits at an existing 

site; uranium that was produced 

previously that is currently held in 

inventory will not be eligible. 

Uranium newly-produced from 

‘‘alternate feed’’ materials are eligible to 

be bid for sale. 

Provision of uranium must not require 

(1) initiation or expansion of mining on 

Tribal lands; (2) expansion of the Office 

of Legacy Management’s Uranium 

Leasing Program; or (3) expansion of 

access to additional uranium deposits 

located on other Federal lands. 

Provision of conversion services must 

utilize existing domestic commercial 

facilities. 

The entity providing uranium, 

conversion services, or storage must be 

U.S.-owned or controlled. 

Uranium and conversion services 

must not carry any peaceful-use or enduse restrictions. 

(5) Do the limitations/restrictions 

support the Department’s objective to 

incentivize the production of U.S. 

uranium and conversion services? Why 

or why not? 

(6) Should any of these limitations/ 

restrictions be modified or eliminated? 

Include your justification for any 

modification or elimination. 

(7) Please describe any additional 

limitations/restrictions (other than cost) 

that you believe the Department should 

consider and include your justification. 

Additional factors for consideration: 

(8) Please describe any additional 

considerations (other than cost) that you 

believe the Department should consider 

and include your justification. 

(9) Please describe any legal, 

regulatory, and policy issues, including 

environmental justice concerns, that 

should be addressed to enable the 

implementation of the Uranium Reserve 

Program under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116– 

260). 

(10) To what extent should the 

Department prioritize support for 

multiple suppliers? 

Should the Department impose 

limitations on the procurement of 

uranium from a single company? 

If so, should the limits be percentagebased or based on an absolute quantity 

maximum? 

Submission of Comments 

DOE invites all interested parties to 

submit in writing by 30 days from the 

publication of this RFI or by September 

10, 2021, comments and information on 

matters addressed in this RFI. Any 

information that may be business 

proprietary and exempt by law from 

public discourse should be submitted as 

described in Section IV. Business 

Proprietary Information. 

Business Proprietary Information 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information he or she 

believes to be business proprietary and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit via email, or postal mail 

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’’ with the information 

believed to be business proprietary 

deleted. DOE will make its own 

determination about the business 

proprietary status of the information 

and treat it according to its 

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 August 4, 2021, 


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by Jill Hruby, Under Secretary for 

Nuclear Security and Administrator of 

the National Nuclear Security 

Administration, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Secretary of Energy. 

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signature and date is maintained by 

DOE. For administrative purposes only, 

and in compliance with requirements of 

the Office of the Federal Register, the 

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sign and submit the document in 

electronic format for publication, as an 

official document of the Department of 

Energy. This administrative process in 

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document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 4, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17145 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 6470–008] 

Winooski Hydroelectric Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Soliciting Additional Study Requests 

and Establishing Procedural Schedule 

for Relicensing and a Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 6470–008. 

c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Winooski Hydroelectric 

Company (WHC). 

e. Name of Project: Winooski 8 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the Winooski River in 

Washington County, Vermont. No 

federal lands are occupied by the project 

works or located within the project 

boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r) 

h. Applicant Contact: Mathew Rubin, 

General Partner, Winooski Hydroelectric 

Company, 26 State Street, Montpelier, 

Vermont 05602; (802) 793–5939; or 

email at m@mrubin.biz. 

i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at 

(202) 502–6587, or kristen.sinclair@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: September 28, 2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings 

must clearly identify the project name 

and docket number on the first page: 

Winooski 8 Hydroelectric Project (P– 

6470–008). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

Winooski 8 Hydroelectric Project 

consists of: (1) A 222.5-foot-long, 26- 

foot-high concrete gravity dam 

impounding a reservoir with a storage 

capacity of approximately 20 acre-feet at 

an elevation of 615 feet mean sea level; 

(2) a 148-foot-long spillway with 4-foothigh flashboards built into the crest of 

the dam; (3) a 24-foot-long, 

hydraulically operated crest gate built 

into the crest of the dam; (4) a 1,100- 

square-foot forebay located adjacent to 

the project impoundment; (5) three 

hydraulically operated trashracks; (6) a 

1,550-square-foot powerhouse that 

contains two semi-Kaplan turbines and 

one fixed propeller turbine for a total 

installed capacity of 856 kilowatts; (7) a 

100-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 1,000 

kilovolt-amp station transformer; (9) a 

30-foot long, 13-kilovolt transmission 

line and (10) appurtenant facilities. The 

project generates an annual average of 

3,507 megawatt-hours. WHC proposes to 

continue to operate the project in an 

automated run-of-river mode. WHC also 

proposes to add 3.6 acres to the existing 

project boundary to enclose a 4,100- 

foot-long dirt road currently used by 

WHC to access the dam and powerhouse 

and to enclose an existing unimproved 

site that provides access to the river for 

boating and fishing activities 

downstream of the dam. 

o. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

notice, as well as other documents in 

the proceeding (e.g., license application) 

via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document (P–6470). 

At this time, the Commission has 

suspended access to the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule will be made 

as appropriate. 

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)— 

August 2021 

Request Additional Information (if 

needed)—September 2021 

Issue Notice of Acceptance—December 

2021 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—January 2022 


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