[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14189-14190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04964]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Key Challenges in Reconstituting Uranium Mining and Conversion 
Capabilities in the United States

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comment on key 
challenges in reconstituting uranium mining and conversion capabilities 
in the United States. The RFI established a March 16, 2020 deadline for 
the submission of written comments. DOE is extending the comment period 
to March 30, 2020.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published on February 24, 2020 
(85 FR 10424) is extended. DOE will accept comments, data, and 
information responding to this RFI submitted on or before March 30, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments by any of the 
following methods.
    1. Email: [email protected]. Submit electronic comments in 
Microsoft Word or PDF and avoid the use of special characters or any 
form of encryption. Please include ``Response to RFI'' in the subject 
line.
    2. Postal Mail: Response to Mining and Conversion RFI, c/o Ms. 
Cheryl Moss Herman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Mailstop NE-42, 19901 Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 20874-
1290.
    3. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Cheryl Moss Herman, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE-42, B-409, 19901 
Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Phone: (301) 903-1788.
    4. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information 
should be sent to [email protected] or Ms. Cheryl Moss Herman, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE-42, B-
409, 19901

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Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Phone: (301) 903-1788. 
Please include ``Question on the RFI'' in the subject line.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal 
Register (85 FR 10424). DOE issued this RFI to invite public input on 
key challenges in reconstituting uranium mining and conversion 
capabilities in the United States. This invitation is in recognition of 
the importance of nuclear fuel supply chain capabilities in the United 
States. The Joint Explanatory Statement of the Energy and Water 
Development Committees on H.R. 1865, the Fiscal Year 2020 Energy and 
Water Appropriations Act, requests the Department to contract not later 
than 60 days after enactment of the Act with a Federally-Funded 
Research and Development Center (FFRDC) or other independent 
organization to work with industry to identify key challenges in 
reconstituting mining and conversion capabilities in the United States. 
The responses received from this RFI will be provided to the FFRDC or 
the independent organization. The RFI established a March 16, 2020, 
deadline for the submission of written comments. DOE has received 
requests from the public for extension of the public comment period. In 
response to those requests, DOE is extending the comment period to 
March 30, 2020 to provide the public additional time for comment.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2020.
Andrew Griffith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Supply Chain, 
Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-04964 Filed 3-10-20; 8:45 am]
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