[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39551-39552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14166]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information on Battery Critical Materials 
Supply Chain R&D

AGENCY: Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Battery Critical 
Materials Supply Chain. The notice provided an opportunity for 
submitting electronic, written responses to the RFI by July 16, 2020. 
The RFI will be posted on EERE Exchange on June 29, 2020. DOE is 
extending the public comment period for submitting comments to the RFI 
by 15 days until July 31, 2020.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published on June 16, 2020 (85 FR 
36394) is extended. DOE will accept responses regarding this request 
for information received no later than July 31, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. Include Battery Critical 
Materials Supply Chain R&D in the subject of the title. Only electronic 
responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is located at 
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Question may be addressed to Helena 
Khazdozian at 202-586-9236 or

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[email protected]. Further instruction can be 
found in the RFI document posted on https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 16, 2020, DOE published a notice of 
RFI for Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain R&D to solicit feedback 
from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, 
and other stakeholders on issues related to challenges and 
opportunities in the upstream and midstream critical materials battery 
supply chains. EERE is specifically interested in information on raw 
minerals production and refining and processing of cathode materials 
including cobalt, lithium, and battery grade (Class I) nickel.\1\
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    \1\ Nickel is not a critical mineral commodity on the list 
published by the Secretary of Interior. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/18/2018-10667/final-list-of-critical-minerals-2018
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    The RFI will be published on EERE Exchange on June 29, 2020. DOE 
believes that extending the comment period to allow additional time for 
interested parties to submit comments is appropriate. Therefore, DOE is 
extending the deadline for response until July 31, 2020 to provide 
interested parties additional time to prepare and submit responses.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 24, 
2020, by Valri Lightner, Acting Director, Advanced Manufacturing 
Office, Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 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 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 June 26, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-14166 Filed 6-30-20; 8:45 am]
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