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A similar scenario occurred with the development of wind and solar resources on federal lands, with DOI first exploring the appropriate authority and then working through a workable leasing process -- and eventually finalizing a competitive leasing process in November 2016.1 And more recently, the coal leasing process has precipitated questions and even a moratorium while DOI considers several issues. These varied existing leasing programs, therefore, counsel that any effort to craft a DOE energy leasing process should 1 Bureau of Land Management, 2016, "Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development and Technical Changes and Corrections," Federal Register 81(243)
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These offices are experienced in beneficial reuse of DOE sites and are in some ways a good fit to manage a program of energy resource development on DOE sites. Particularly in the early 2010s, DOE initiated the Asset Revitalization Initiative to improve use of DOE lands for reuse, including for energy development, coordinated out of the Office of Legacy Management.2 Accomplishments have included installing solar panels on the roof of DOE' headquarters in southwest Washington, D.C., and initiating metals recycling at the Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio.3 Because DOE site responsibilities and stewardship are disparate and spread across a number of offices and programs within DOE, a secretary-level program office might be necessary to coordinate the overall effort of developing DOE lands.
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FUTURE STATE The committee believes DOE management, including at the Secretary-level, could provide appropriate direction and funding to the full range of DOE programs and offices and realize the potential available on DOE lands. This effort would need to be focused and single-purposed and be established internally with a realignment of existing personnel and resources.
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Instead, they could be considered potentially productive assets, through energy project development, that could be accretive to budgets. Moreover, DOE's approach could extend well beyond LM properties to the full range of DOE offices and programs -- for example, lands under the purview of the Office of Science, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Offices of Fossil Energy, Nuclear Energy, and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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and the positive experience that BLM has had in leasing oil, gas, coal, and geothermal, as well as DOI's programs for granting access to public lands for solar and wind power development. Presently, BLM has an active geothermal leasing program, so it is recommended that DOE continue to contribute developable properties toward that program.
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