[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 49585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17212]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Request for Information To Inform the Interagency Working Group 
on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization; 
Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for information (RFI); reopening of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On June 10, 2022, NETL, on behalf of DOE, issued a Request for 
Information in the Federal Register seeking public comment on the 
Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and 
Economic Revitalization (Interagency Working Group). The information 
requested will help inform the efforts of the Interagency Working 
Group. Comments were due by August 9, 2022. Prior to the end of the 
comment period for the request for information, DOE received requests 
from stakeholders in that region to extend the public comment period to 
focus on recovery due to severe flooding in Eastern Kentucky. The 
Interagency Working Group is reopening its public comment period by 30 
days. Public comments will now be accepted through September 8, 2022.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit responses by September 
8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted via the internet at: https://energycommunities.gov/comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Briggs White, Deputy Executive 
Director, Energy Communities IWG, (412) 386-7546.
    Questions may be addressed to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NETL, on behalf of DOE, published a Request 
for Information (RFI) seeking input from the public on the Interagency 
Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic 
Revitalization (Interagency Working Group). 87 FR 35535. Specifically, 
the RFI requested comments on the challenges facing energy communities, 
measures to address those needs, and recommendations for the Federal 
Government to consider. DOE requested submission of written comments by 
August 9, 2022.
    On July 29, the Blue Green Alliance shared that several 
stakeholders in Appalachia would like to see the comment deadline 
delayed given that they are dealing with the flooding--they did not 
request a specific period for the extension. The comment period for the 
RFI closed on August 9, 2022. After carefully considering this request, 
NETL, on behalf of DOE, has determined that a reopening of the comment 
period to allow additional time for interested parties to submit 
comments is appropriate. Therefore, NETL, on behalf of DOE, is 
reopening the comment period and will accept comments until September 
8, 2022. Accordingly, NETL, on behalf of DOE, will consider any 
comments received by this date, to be timely submitted.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 5, 
2022, by Brian J. Anderson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Interagency 
Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic 
Revitalization and Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory 
(NETL), 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 August 5, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-17212 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
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