50878 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 174 / Monday, September 13, 2021 / Notices 

1https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ 

statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-theamerican-jobs-plan/. 

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

ports-ssab/listings/meeting-materials. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

3, 2021. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19705 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Request for Information Regarding 

Establishment of the Department of 

Energy Uranium Reserve Program 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Reopening of the public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) published the Request for 

information (RFI) to invite public 

comment on topics related to the 

Establishment of the DOE’s Uranium 

Reserve program on August 11, 2021. 

Through this notice, DOE announces the 

reopening of the Uranium Reserve RFI 

comment period for an additional 30 

days. The August 11, 2021 Federal 

Register notice mistakenly listed an 

option for online submissions via 

www.regulations.gov, but that option is 

not available at this time. Comments can 

be submitted via email or postal mail 

through the instructions in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

DATES: The comment period for the RFI 

published on August 11, 2021 (86 FR 

44007), which closed on September 10, 

2021, is hereby reopened. DOE will 

accept written comments, data, 

information in response no later than 

October 13, 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. 

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: The U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE or the 

Department) issued this RFI to invite 

public comment on topics related to 

establishment of the DOE’s Uranium 

Reserve program. DOE is re-opening the 

comment period on this RFI to provide 

ample time for interested parties to 

respond. 

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 

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. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 7, 

2021, by Dr. Charles Verdon, Deputy 

Administrator for Defense Programs for 

the National Nuclear Security 

Administration, 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 


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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 

8, 2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19701 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1061–103] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

Notice of Waiver Period for Water 

Quality Certification Application 

On August 26, 2021, Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company submitted to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) a copy of their 

application for a Clean Water Act 

section 401(a)(1) water quality 

certification filed with the California 

State Water Resources Control Board 

(California Water Board), in conjunction 

with the above captioned project. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6, we hereby 

notify the California Water Board of the 

following: 

Date of Receipt of the Certification 

Request: August 26, 2021. 

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on 

the Certification Request: One year. 

Date Waiver Occurs for Failure to Act: 

August 26, 2022. 

If the California Water Board fails or 

refuses to act on the water quality 

certification request by the above waiver 

date, then the agency’s certifying 

authority is deemed waived pursuant to 

section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 

33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). 

Dated: September 7, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19677 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5261–023] 

Green Mountain Power Corporation; 

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.: 5261–023. 

c. Date filed: August 27, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power 

Corporation. 

e. Name of Project: Newbury 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the Wells River, in the 

town of Newbury, Orange County, 

Vermont. The project does not occupy 

any federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: John Greenan, 

Green Mountain Power Corporation, 

2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; 

Phone at (802) 770–2195, or email at 

John.Greenan@

greenmountainpower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 

502–8449, or adam.peer@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: October 26, 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: 

Newbury Hydroelectric Project (P– 

5261–023). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

Newbury Project consists of: (1) An 

11.4-acre impoundment at a normal 

water surface elevation of 463.9 feet 

mean sea level; (2) a 26-foot-high by 90- 

foot-long concrete gravity dam that 

includes a 73.3-foot-long spillway 

topped with 5-foot-high pneumatic crest 

gates; (3) a seasonally installed, 8-footlong by 4-foot-wide steel sluice box on 

the south side of the spillway to provide 

downstream fish passage; (4) an 11.2- 

foot-wide, 9-foot-long intake structure 

with trash racks, connected to a 5-footdiameter, 435-foot-long underground 

steel penstock; (5) a 1,892-square-foot 

powerhouse containing a single 315- 

kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (6) a 

second 50-kilowatt turbine-generator 

unit located outside of the powerhouse 

approximately 75-feet downstream of 

the dam along the bypassed reach; (7) a 

125-foot-long tailrace; (8) three 150-footlong generator leads that create a 480 

Volt, 3 phase 150-foot-long underground 

transmission line connected to three 

pole mounted 167 kilovolt-ampere stepup transformers; and (9) appurtenant 

facilities. The project creates a 590-footlong bypassed reach of the Wells River. 

o. The current license requires Green 

Mountain Power Corporation to: (1) 

Operate the project in run-of-river 

mode; (2) release a continuous bypassed 

reach minimum flow of 50 cubic feet 

per second (cfs) from April 15 to June 

10 and 25 cfs during the remainder of 

the year; and (3) release a year-round, 


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