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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Notices
capabilities and store the uranium hexafluoride at a domestic facility.
The Department will comply with all applicable laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, in the proposed establishment of a uranium reserve. In addition, the Department will give careful attention to energy justice, distributive impacts, and other relevant issues in its decisionmaking process. This program would include meaningful engagement with stakeholders, including State, local, Tribal governments, and disadvantaged communities.
The Department is publishing this RFI
to gain a better understanding of Tribal and other disadvantaged communities and stakeholder views on topics related to the establishment of a uranium reserve. Responses to the RFI will inform the Departments establishment of a uranium reserve, as well as the development of a procurement strategy for acquisition of uranium, conversion services, and storage.
Specific Questions on Which Information Is Requested The Department is seeking public comment on the following questions related to the establishment of a uranium reserve and the development of a procurement strategy for acquiring uranium, conversion services, and storage for the uranium. Please provide data, analyses, or other justifications for all responses.

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General Questions 1 How can the establishment of a uranium reserve be structured to:
Incentivize the production of uranium from domestic sources and the maintenance of domestic conversion services, Support the Administrations goals described in the American Jobs Plan, and Promote energy justice, including consideration of community needs and distribution of benefits pursuant to the Justice40 Initiative? 2
2 How do you envision reinvigorating the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain as being responsive to the Presidents Justice40 Initiativea plan to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of climate investments to disadvantaged communities and inform equitable research, development, and deployment within the DOE? Please provide specific actions, the type of benefit i.e. employment, educational 2 https www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/

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opportunities, etc. and targeted communities that would be responsive.
3 What siting and environmental justice concerns should the Department consider in the management of any waste generated through establishment of a uranium reserve? Please provide specific concerns, e.g., siting, transportation, exposure, and other human health impacts, including knowledge of the potential impacts of exposure to the hazards associated with uranium production.
4 Are there additional factors or considerations that should be taken into account regarding the establishment of a uranium reserve?
Limitations and/or Restrictions The Department is considering the following factors as we develop our approach to acquire and convert natural uranium and to store uranium hexafluoride in commercial facilities:
Uranium must be newly-produced in the U.S. from deposits at an existing site; uranium that was produced previously that is currently held in inventory will not be eligible.
Uranium newly-produced from alternate feed materials are eligible to be bid for sale.
Provision of uranium must not require 1 initiation or expansion of mining on Tribal lands; 2 expansion of the Office of Legacy Managements Uranium Leasing Program; or 3 expansion of access to additional uranium deposits located on other Federal lands.
Provision of conversion services must utilize existing domestic commercial facilities.
The entity providing uranium, conversion services, or storage must be U.S.-owned or controlled.
Uranium and conversion services must not carry any peaceful-use or enduse restrictions.
5 Do the limitations/restrictions support the Departments objective to incentivize the production of U.S.
uranium and conversion services? Why or why not?
6 Should any of these limitations/
restrictions be modified or eliminated?
Include your justification for any modification or elimination.
7 Please describe any additional limitations/restrictions other than cost that you believe the Department should consider and include your justification.
Additional factors for consideration:
8 Please describe any additional considerations other than cost that you believe the Department should consider and include your justification.
9 Please describe any legal, regulatory, and policy issues, including environmental justice concerns, that
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should be addressed to enable the implementation of the Uranium Reserve Program under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Pub. L. 116
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10 To what extent should the Department prioritize support for multiple suppliers?
Should the Department impose limitations on the procurement of uranium from a single company?
If so, should the limits be percentagebased or based on an absolute quantity maximum?
Submission of Comments DOE invites all interested parties to submit in writing by 30 days from the publication of this RFI or by September 10, 2021, comments and information on matters addressed in this RFI. Any information that may be business proprietary and exempt by law from public discourse should be submitted as described in Section IV. Business Proprietary Information.
Business Proprietary Information Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information he or she believes to be business proprietary and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via email, or postal mail 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 with the information believed to be business proprietary deleted. DOE will make its own determination about the business proprietary status of the information and treat it according to its determination. 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 August 4, 2021,
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