Notice2023-04760
Civil Nuclear Credit Program: Guidance for the Second Award Period
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Published
March 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces the availability of the Guidance for the Second Award Cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program authorized under of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Department is providing notification of the issuance of the U.S. Department of Energy Guidance for the Second Award Cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit Program on SAM.gov. The Guidance describes the timelines, deliverables, and other 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 nuclear reactors, and instructions on formulating and submitting sealed bids to receive credit allocations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14356-14357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04760]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Civil Nuclear Credit Program: Guidance for the Second Award
Period
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of guidance for the second award cycle
of the civil nuclear credit program.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department)
announces the availability of the Guidance for the Second Award Cycle
of the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program authorized under of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Department is
providing notification of the issuance of the U.S. Department of Energy
Guidance for the Second Award Cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit Program
on <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>. The Guidance describes the timelines, deliverables, and
other 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 nuclear reactors,
and instructions on formulating and submitting sealed bids to receive
credit allocations.
DATES: DOE invites eligible nuclear reactors to submit certification
applications and sealed bids for credits starting on March 2, 2023 at
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>. The last date for which certification applications and sealed
bids will be received is May 31, 2023. DOE will announce conditional
awards thereafter in accordance with the guidance. Application
information and Bid submissions must be submitted at <a href="https://proposalscnc.inl.gov">https://proposalscnc.inl.gov</a> by 23:59 MT on May 31, 2023, or they will not be
considered timely filed for the current Award Period and will not be
evaluated.
ADDRESSES: Please see the Guidance posting at <a href="https://sam.gov/opp/c89f5456c69c46e99535558222ed53a1/view">https://sam.gov/opp/c89f5456c69c46e99535558222ed53a1/view</a> for contact information relating
to certification applications and sealed bids. For information relating
to the CNC Program, please see <a href="https://www.energy.gov/gdo/civil-nuclear-credit-program">https://www.energy.gov/gdo/civil-nuclear-credit-program</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information regarding the CNC
Program or Guidance please contact Theodore Taylor, (202) 586-4316,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7a4a9a498b7b5a8a0b5a6aa98aaa6aeaba5a8bf87afb6e9a3a8a2e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86e5e8e5d9f6f4e9e1f4e7ebd9ebe7efeae4e9fec6eef7a8e2e9e3a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 published in the Federal Register, a Notice of
Availability and Request for Comments regarding the Second Award Cycle
of the Civil Nuclear Credit Program on October 6, 2022, to solicit
public input into the CNC Program design (87 FR 60665). The Department
used the responses to help inform its approach in creating the
Guidance. The Guidance describes the CNC Program, program eligibility,
certification criteria (including a Community Benefits Plan to advance
environmental justice objectives) and bid submissions requirements for
the second certification and bidding process.
Business Proprietary Information
Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information
believed 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 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 March 3,
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.
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Signed in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-04760 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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