[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74779-74780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26018]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Nuclear Energy; Request for Information on Approaches 
Involving Private Initiatives for Consolidated Interim Storage 
Facilities

AGENCY: Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, Office of Nuclear Energy, 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy, 
released on its Web site a Request for Information (RFI) on Private 
Initiatives (PIs) for Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities. The 
purpose of the RFI is to gather input on the role of PIs for private 
consolidated interim storage facilities (ISF) services as part of an 
integrated waste management system.

DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before 
January 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit requested information by 
any of the following methods:
    Email: Responses may be provided by email to [email protected].
    Mail: Responses may be provided by mail to the following address: 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Response to RFI on 
Private Initiatives to Develop Consolidated SNF Storage Facilities, 
1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585.
    Fax: Responses may be faxed to 202-586-0544. Please include 
``Response to RFI on Private Initiatives to Develop Consolidated SNF 
Storage Facilities'' on the fax cover page.
    Online: Responses will be accepted online at www.regulations.gov.
    Instructions: All submissions received are to include ``Response to 
RFI on Private Initiatives to Develop Consolidated SNF Storage 
Facilities'' in the subject of the message. The complete RFI, including 
the additional instructions, can be found at www.energy.gov/ne/downloads/Private-ISF.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information 
should be sent to Mr. Andrew Griffith via [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Since the Administration's Strategy for the Management and Disposal 
of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste was issued, PIs 
for interim storage facilities that could provide DOE or utilities with 
consolidated SNF interim storage services are in various stages of 
development. PIs, although were not envisioned in the Administration's 
Strategy, represent a potentially promising alternative to federal 
facilities for consolidated interim storage. The RFI seeks input on key 
questions related to the role PFIs could play in an integrated waste 
management system. The RFI is available on the DOE-NE Web site at: 
www.energy.gov/ne/downloads/Private-ISF.
    The DOE Office of Nuclear Energy invites all interested parties to 
submit in writing by January 27, 2017, comments and information on 
matters addressed in the notice.

Submitting Comments

    Instructions: Submit comments via any of the mechanisms set forth 
in the ADDRESSES section.
    DOE intends to make the responses submitted to this RFI publicly 
available in their entirety. Therefore, DOE recommends that respondents 
do not include any business sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise 
privileged information (Confidential Business Data or CBI), or any 
personally identifiable information (PII) such as personal email or 
phone numbers, in their submission. Responses to this RFI will be 
automatically posted and made publicly available; DOE will not review 
submissions for any CBI or PII so it is the respondents' responsibility 
to ensure no such information is submitted.
    If a respondent would like to respond with information that 
contains potential CBI or PII, they may do so by submitting responses 
to [email protected]. Responses are subject to disclosure 
statutes such as the Freedom of Information Act. As such, the 
respondent should clearly identify any CBI or PII and indicate the 
rationale why such information should not be released. For further 
details on DOE's treatment of potential CBI that is subject to a FOIA 
request, see 10 CFR 1004.11 and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 24, 2016.
Andrew Griffith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste 
Disposition, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-26018 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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