Notice2023-13429
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
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Published
June 26, 2023
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Energy Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41391-41392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
may be sent to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#baf4f3ffeef9fad2cb94ded5df94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="115f585445525179603f757e743f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>. 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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