Notice2023-19877

Notice of Intent and Request for Information Regarding Launching a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative; Reopening of Comment Period

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Published
September 14, 2023

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Energy Department

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is reopening the public comment period for its Notice of Intent (NOI) and Request for Information (RFI) regarding launching a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative which was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2023. The published NOI and RFI established a 30-day public comment period that ended on September 11, 2023. DOE received requests to extend the comment period. DOE reviewed the requests and announced on the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) website on September 6, 2023, that it would extend the comment period until September 30, 2023. Accordingly, DOE is reopening the public comment period to allow comments to be submitted until September 30, 2023.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 177 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 63097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19877]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Intent and Request for Information Regarding Launching 
a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is reopening the public 
comment period for its Notice of Intent (NOI) and Request for 
Information (RFI) regarding launching a Responsible Carbon Management 
Initiative which was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 
2023. The published NOI and RFI established a 30-day public comment 
period that ended on September 11, 2023. DOE received requests to 
extend the comment period. DOE reviewed the requests and announced on 
the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) website on 
September 6, 2023, that it would extend the comment period until 
September 30, 2023. Accordingly, DOE is reopening the public comment 
period to allow comments to be submitted until September 30, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the NOI and RFI published on August 11, 
2023 (88 FR 54608), and closed on September 11, 2023, is reopened until 
September 30, 2023. DOE will accept comments regarding this NOI and RFI 
received on and before September 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments electronically to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c4e594f4c53524f555e50595f5d4e5e5352515d525d5b595159524855525548555d48554a597c544d12585359125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="295b4c5a5946475a404b454c4a485b4b4647444847484e4c444c475d4047405d40485d405f4c694158074d464c074e465f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and include 
``Responsible Carbon Management Initiative'' in the subject line of the 
email. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Only 
electronic responses will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelli Roemer, email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d7f687e7d62637e646f61686e6c7f6f6263606c636c6a686068637964636479646c79647b684d657c23696268236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a1b6a0a3bcbda0bab1bfb6b0b2a1b1bcbdbeb2bdb2b4b6beb6bda7babdbaa7bab2a7baa5b693bba2fdb7bcb6fdb4bca5">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or phone: (240) 309-
9639.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 11, 2023, DOE published a NOI and 
RFI in the Federal Register soliciting public input on its intent to 
launch a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative to recognize and 
encourage project developers and others in industry to pursue the 
highest levels of safety, environmental stewardship, accountability, 
community engagement, and societal benefits in carbon management 
projects. DOE stated it would accept written comments through September 
11, 2023. DOE received requests to extend the public comment period. 
DOE has reviewed these requests and considered the benefit to 
stakeholders in providing additional time to review the NOI and RFI and 
provide information that DOE is seeking. DOE announced on the FECM 
website on September 6, 2023, that it would extend the comment period 
until September 30, 2023.\1\ Accordingly, DOE is reopening the comment 
period and will accept comments on and before September 30, 2023.
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    \1\ Notice of Intent and Request for Information: Responsible 
Carbon Management Initiative, <a href="https://www.energy.gov/fecm/notice-intent-and-request-information-responsible-carbon-management-initiative">https://www.energy.gov/fecm/notice-intent-and-request-information-responsible-carbon-management-initiative</a>.
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Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
8, 2023, by Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy 
and Carbon Management, 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 September 11, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-19877 Filed 9-13-23; 8:45 am]
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