Proposed Rule2025-19541
Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act
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Published
October 15, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces a public meeting to discuss the development of voluntary agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act requires that the announcement of such meetings occur through the Federal Register at least seven days prior to the meeting. This notice is intended to satisfy this requirement.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 15, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19541]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 821
[DOE-HQ-2025-0175]
RIN 1901-AB73
Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production
Act
AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department)
announces a public meeting to discuss the development of voluntary
agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. The
Defense Production Act requires that the announcement of such meetings
occur through the Federal Register at least seven days prior to the
meeting. This notice is intended to satisfy this requirement.
DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 23, 2025,
from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Washington, DC. The public meeting
will also be broadcast as a webinar.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Nuclear Energy
Institute (NEI). NEI is located at 1201 F Street NW, Washington, DC
20024. Please see the Public Participation section of this notice for
additional information on attending the public meeting, including
webinar registration information, participant instructions, and
information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sarah McPhee Charrez, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585. Telephone: (202) 586-1092. Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#783c28391b17160b170a0c110d1538160d1b141d190a561d161d0a1f01561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7f3e7f6d4d8d9c4d8c5c3dec2daf7d9c2d4dbd2d6c599d2d9d2c5d0ce99d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 25, 2025, the Department of Energy
(``DOE'') published an interim final rule to codify procedures for
implementing voluntary agreements pursuant to section 708 of the
Defense Production Act of 1950 (``DPA''), Public Law 81-774 (Sept. 8,
1950) (codified at 50 U.S.C. 4558). See 90 FR 41279. As explained in
that notice, DOE has codified its procedures consistent with recent
Executive orders related to nuclear energy and a Presidential
declaration of a national energy emergency. See Executive Order
(``E.O.'') 14302 (Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base), 90 FR
22595 (May 29, 2025) and E.O. 14156 (Declaring a National Energy
Emergency), 90 FR 8433 (Jan. 29, 2025). Consistent with the DPA's
provisions and DOE's related rule, this notice announces a public
meeting that will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 10:00
a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Washington, DC at the Nuclear Energy Institute
(NEI). NEI is located at 1201 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20024. The
public meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar.
Meetings Closed to the Public: By default, the DPA requires
meetings held to implement a voluntary agreement or plan of action to
be open to the public. However, attendance may be limited if DOE finds
that the matter to be discussed at a meeting falls within the purview
of 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), (3), and (4), as well as 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), such
as matters of authorized or ordered to be kept secret in the interest
of national defense or foreign policy, trade secrets, and commercial or
financial information.
Consistent with the DPA's provisions and DOE's regulations set
forth at 10 CFR part 821, DOE will subsequently hold a closed meeting
on Thursday, October 23, 2025, promptly commencing at 11:05 a.m. in
Washington, DC, at the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) (``closed
meeting''). DOE has determined that the matters to be discussed at the
closed meeting fall within the purview of 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), (3), and
(4), as well as 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), as appropriate. Accordingly, DOE will
restrict attendance at the closed meeting and will withhold all closed
meeting materials as exempt from public disclosure on the
aforementioned grounds.
Public Participation
Attendance at Public Meeting
The times, dates, and locations of the public meeting are listed in
the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this document. If you plan to
attend the public meeting, please notify the Office of Nuclear Energy
staff at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#14504455777b7a677b66607d6179547a6177787175663a717a7166736d3a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="16524657757978657964627f637b567863757a7377643873787364716f38717960">[email protected]</span></a>.
In addition, you can attend the public meeting via webinar. Webinar
registration information, participant instructions, and information
about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be
published on DOE's website: <a href="http://www.energy.gov/ne/defense-production-act-consortium">www.energy.gov/ne/defense-production-act-consortium</a>. Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are
compatible with the webinar software.
Conduct of Public Meeting
A designated Federal Officer will preside at the public meeting and
may also use a professional facilitator to aid discussion. The meeting
will not be a judicial or evidentiary-type public hearing. The meeting
will be hybrid, online and at the offices of the Nuclear Energy
Institute (NEI), 1201 F St. NW, Washington, DC 20024. Consortium
participants will receive an official invite, while members of the
public may access the link on the DOE DPA Consortium's web page:
<a href="http://www.energy.gov/ne/defense-production-act-consortium">www.energy.gov/ne/defense-production-act-consortium</a>.
Docket
The docket is available for review at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOE-HQ-2025-0175">www.regulations.gov/docket/DOE-HQ-2025-0175</a>, including Federal Register notices, public meeting
attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting
documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> index. However, not all documents listed in the
index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt
from public disclosure.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 9,
2025, by Theodore Garrish, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy,
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 October 9, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-19541 Filed 10-14-25; 8:45 am]
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