Notice2022-17212
Request for Information To Inform the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization; Reopening of Comment Period
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Published
August 11, 2022
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Energy Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 49585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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: <a href="https://energycommunities.gov/comment">https://energycommunities.gov/comment</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Briggs White, Deputy Executive
Director, Energy Communities IWG, (412) 386-7546.
Questions may be addressed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c4e5e454b4b5f5b444558496c4942495e4b554f4341415942455845495f024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e98b9b808e8e9a9e81809d8ca98c878c9b8e908a8684849c87809d808c9ac78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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