[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41391-41392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13429]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Extended Deadline for Comments to the Notice of Intent 
and Request for Information: Designation of National Interest Electric 
Transmission Corridors; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the 
Department) announced the availability of a Notice of Intent and 
Request for Information for the Designation of National Interest 
Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) Program pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA). The Notice of Intent and Request for Information 
provided a comment period deadline for submitting written comments and 
information by June 29, 2023. The Department received a request from 
the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 
seeking a 30-day extension of the public comment period. DOE has 
reviewed this request and is granting an extension of the public 
comment period for 32 days to allow public comments to be submitted on 
or before July 31, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the Notice of Intent and Request for 
Information for the Designation of National Interest Electric 
Transmission Corridors published in the Federal Register on May 15, 
2022 (88 FR 30956) is extended. Written comments and

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information are now requested on or before July 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
may be sent to: [email protected]. Questions about the Notice of Intent 
and Request for Information may be addressed to Molly Roy at (202) 586-
2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 15, 2022, DOE published in the 
Federal Register a Notice of Intent and Request for Information for the 
Designation of NIETC Program pursuant to the FPA. 88 FR 30956. DOE 
seeks comments from the public and interested parties on these 
identified program elements and any additional program elements that 
should be included to assist in developing final guidelines, 
procedures, and evaluation criteria for the applicant-driven, route-
specific NIETC designation process.
    On June 7, 2023, the Department received a request from NARUC for a 
30-day deadline extension to the submission deadline comments in 
response to the Notice of Intent and Request for Information. In its 
request, NARUC explained that many NARUC member commissions most 
interested in filing comments have limited staff to devote to federal 
issues with competing priorities for their time. Furthermore, NARUC 
stated that there is an upcoming NARUC Summer Policy Summit that could 
be used by members to discuss relevant issues and develop positions to 
submit to DOE if the comment period were extended. DOE has reviewed the 
request has decided to extend the deadline to allow additional time for 
the public to submit their comments. A limited extension of the 
deadline for comments to the Notice of Intent and Request for 
Information will not prevent the Department from advancing the NIETC 
designation program in a timely fashion. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the comment period for the Notice of Intent and Request for 
Information to July 31, 2023, to provide the public additional time to 
prepare and submit commits.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 20, 
2023, 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 June 20, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-13429 Filed 6-23-23; 8:45 am]
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