[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60665-60666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21669]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Civil Nuclear Credit Program: Draft Guidance for the Second Award 
Period

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft guidance; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its draft Guidance for the Second Award Period for the Civil Nuclear 
Credit (CNC) Program authorized under of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (IIJA). The draft Guidance describes the timelines, 
deliverables, and other program requirements for owners or operators of 
eligible nuclear reactors that are projected to cease operations due to 
economic factors to submit certification applications to become 
certified, and instructions on formulating and submitting sealed bids 
to receive credit allocations.

DATES: Comments regarding this draft Guidance must be received on or 
before November 4, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments by any of the 
following methods:
    1. Email: [email protected] (Strongly Preferred). 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 Notice of Availability'' in the subject line.
    2. Online: Submit electronic public comments to 
www.regulations.gov. Click on the ``Comment'' icon, complete the 
required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Department 
of Energy as the agency name for this document. No facsimiles (faxes), 
postal mail, or hand deliver/courier will be accepted. Any information 
that may be business proprietary and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should be submitted as described.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information regarding the CNC 
Program draft Guidance please contact Kelly Lefler, (202) 586-4316, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Section 40323 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), 
Public Law 117-58, codified at 42 U.S.C. 18753, directs the Secretary 
of Energy to establish a CNC Program to evaluate and certify nuclear 
reactors that are projected to cease operations due to economic factors 
and to allocate credits to selected certified nuclear reactors via a 
sealed bid process.
    DOE is seeking public comment on the draft Guidance for the CNC 
Program's second award period, found at https://www.energy.gov/gdo/civil-nuclear-credit-second-award-cycle. The draft Guidance describes 
the program eligibility and certification criteria and bid submission 
requirements, including the certification and bidding processes.

Business Proprietary Information

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information he or 
she believes to be business proprietary and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should submit via email two well-marked copies: One copy of 
the document marked ``Business Proprietary'' including all the 
information believed to be proprietary, and one copy of the document 
marked ``non-Proprietary'' deleting all information believed to be 
business proprietary. DOE will make its own determination about the 
business proprietary status of the information and treat it 
accordingly. Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to 
treat submitted information as business proprietary include: (1) A 
description of the items; (2) whether and why such items are 
customarily treated as business proprietary within

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the industry; (3) whether the information is generally known by or 
available from other sources; (4) whether the information has 
previously been made available to others without obligation concerning 
its business proprietary nature; (5) an explanation of the competitive 
injury to the submitting person which would result from public 
disclosure; (6) when such information might lose its business 
proprietary character due to the passage of time; and (7) why 
disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
30, 2022, by Maria D. Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment Office, 
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 September 30, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-21669 Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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