[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 34491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11380]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of Interim Guidance on Packaging, 
Transportation, Receipt, Management, Short-Term and Long-Term Storage 
of Elemental Mercury, Extension of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments: extension of 
public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 2, 2023, a Federal Register Notice was issued that 
announced the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) Interim Guidance on Packaging, Transportation, Receipt, 
Management, Short-Term and Long-Term Storage of Elemental Mercury 
(Interim Guidance). The NOA contained errors that limited the public's 
ability to review and comment on the Interim Guidance. A correction was 
issued in the Federal Register on May 9, 2023. Following a request to 
extend the comment period, DOE is extending the public comment period 
for the Interim Guidance from June 1, 2023, to July 3, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the NOA published on May 2, 2023 (88 FR 
27495), and corrected on May 9, 2023 (88 FR 29896), is extended to July 
3, 2023. DOE will consider all comments submitted or postmarked by July 
3, 2023. Comments submitted to DOE concerning the Interim Guidance 
prior to this announcement do not need to be resubmitted as a result of 
this extension of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the Interim Guidance and 
other related documents are available online at: https://www.energy.gov/em/long-term-management-and-storage-elemental-mercury.
     Email: [email protected]. Please submit comments as 
an email message or email attachment (i.e., Microsoft Word or PDF file 
format) without encryption.
     Postal Mail: Please submit comments by U.S. Mail to David 
Haught, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy, 
EM-4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the Interim 
Guidance can be sent to David Haught, Office of Environmental 
Management, U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (301) 903-1765, or to 
[email protected].

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 23, 
2023, by Kristen G. Ellis, Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, Office of Environmental 
Management. 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 May 24, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-11380 Filed 5-26-23; 8:45 am]
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