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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor Sort ascending
2025-04-18	Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Direct Recycling-Enabled Closed-Loop and Cost Competitive Domestic Lithium Iron Phosphate (571.3 KB)	Prime: Li Industries, Inc.; Subs: General Motors, iM3NY	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	MESC/FAC/FA/Team A
2024-11-20	Advanced Manufacturing Support for Integrated Solar Photovoltaic + Thermal Capture Technology (577.16 KB)	Prime: RG RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Subs:	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	MESC/FAC/FA
2024-10-29	LiFSI: Electrolyte Salt Production Facility (606.71 KB)	Prime: Honeywell International Inc. Subs: Argonne National Laboratory	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	MESC/FAC/FA
2025-01-16	Virginia Smart Manufacturing Accelerator 2 (VSMA 2) (593.7 KB)	Prime: GENEDGE Alliance Subs: Several	Multiple Sites, VA	MESC
2024-12-05	Tennessee EV Manufacturing Conversion Grants (593.98 KB)	Prime: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation - Office of Sustainable Practices Subs: None	Nashville, TN	MESC
2024-12-05	Michigan Supplier Conversion Grant Program (593.37 KB)	Prime: Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Subs: None	Okemos, MI	MESC
2024-09-04	MNA-OH PHEV Conversion and MUSe Battery System Assembly Plant Construction (398.67 KB)	Prime: American Autoparts Inc Subs: Mobis North America	Toledo, OH	MESC
2024-12-05	Indiana Auto Manufacturing Conversion (593.57 KB)	Prime: Indiana Economic Development Corporation Subs: None	Indianapolis, IN	MESC
2024-02-01	Honeywell HFO-1234yf Process Expansion (203.36 KB)	Honeywell International, Inc	Geismar, LA	MESC
2024-12-05	Kentucky's Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants for Small and Medium Sized Kentucky Manufacturers (SMMs) (594.89 KB)	Prime: Commonwealth of Kentucky Subs: None	Frankfort, IN	MESC
2024-12-05	Red to Green: Supporting Illinois’ Existing Automotive Supply Chain to Successfully Transition to the EV Sector (593.95 KB)	Prime: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Subs: Multiple	Multiple Sites, IL	MESC
2024-02-02	Maysville High-Efficiency Heat Pump Compressor Manufacturing (206.78 KB)	Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.	Maysville, KY	MESC
2024-09-03	FCA US Conversion Of Indiana Transmission Plant for Electric Modules (584.55 KB)	Prime: FCA US LLC Subs: None	Kokomo, IN	MESC
2024-09-06	Accelerate Domestic Manufacturing of High-efficiency Electric Heat Pumps in Qualified HVAC Industrial Settings – 2024 (155.26 KB)	Prime: Modine Manufacturing Company Subs: None	Multiple Sites. Multiple States	MESC
2024-11-04	REV Nickel: A partnership between a next-generation critical mineral processing company and the only operating US nickel mine... (611.6 KB)	Prime: Revex Technologies, Inc. Subs: Several	Multiple Sites, MI	MESC
2026-03-17	Multi-Agency Household Battery Recycling Program Expansion (160.5 KB)	Prime: Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA); Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, NY	MESC
2024-11-03	Project Laver (422.44 KB)	Prime:Element 25, LLC; Subs:None	Multiple sites, LA	MESC
2024-08-06	B20 & B23 Facility Modifications (168.67 KB)	NETL - Albany	Albany, OR	LOC/FO/Facility Planning and Engineering
2023-07-28	B28 Architectural and HVAC Upgrades Phase 2 (163.29 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Albany, OR	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2024-04-18	B1 East Main Stairs Replacement (167.44 KB)	Prime: Lee Jensen	Albany, OR	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2023-07-28	B28 Architectural and HVAC Upgrades Phase 1 (196.63 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Albany, OR	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2023-07-06	Emergency Shower and Eyewash Upgrades (186.03 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Pittsburgh, PA	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2025-06-24	B28 Roof Replacement (358.37 KB)	NETL - Albany	Albany, OR	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2023-03-03	Emergency Shower and Eyewash Upgrades (192.39 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2024-07-29	Albany Groundwater Project Phase I Execution (151.17 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Albany, OR	Laboratory Operations
2026-03-12	Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (416.3 KB)	NETL Albany	Albany, OR	HGEO
2026-03-16	Building 25 Melting Facility (427.18 KB)	NETL Albany	Albany, OR	HGEO
2026-03-16	Engineering-Scale Testing of Electrochemical Systems for Conversion into Value-Added Products (455.28 KB)	Prime: Dioxide Materials, Inc. Sub: National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)	Multiple sites, Multiple states	HGEO
2025-12-08	B-5 Compressed Air and Dryer Replacement (421.02 KB)	NETL - Morgantown	Morgantown, WV	HGEO
2026-02-24	Flexible Pilot Plant for Producing Graphite Anode Material from North American Sources for Li-Ion Batteries (429.48 KB)	Prime: Mexichem Fluor, Inc.; Subs: Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials USA, Inc., Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Multiple sites, Multiple states	HGEO
2026-02-27	Consolidated Project 1 (393.92 KB)	NETL Pittsburgh, Morgantown, and Albany	Pitsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, Albany, OR	HGEO
2026-04-27	IIJA – Enabling Compact and Durable Next-Generation CO2 Electrolyzers for Synthetic Fuels and Chemicals (362.21 KB)	Twelve Benefit Corporation	Berkeley, CA, Moses Lake, WA	HGEO
2026-04-06	Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) at Ghent Coal-Fired Generating Station (394.52 KB)	Kentucky Utilities Company	Ghent, KY	HGEO
2026-01-21	Novel Amine Carbon Dioxide Capture Sorbents (405.83 KB)	NETL Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	HGEO
2026-01-21	Underground Cable Resilience Retrofit Project (405.83 KB)	NETL Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	HGEO
2026-02-02	Direct Air Capture Center Laboratory (424.48 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Pittsburgh, PA	HGEO
2026-02-04	Manufacturing Value-Added Products from Tungsten Carbide Waste Streams (405.41 KB)	MELT Technologies, L.P., DBA AMERMIN	Briggs, TX	HGEO
2026-02-05	An Electrochemical Process to Enable the Domestic, Sustainable, and Economic Production of Copper and its Metal Co-Products (424.28 KB)	Still Bright, Inc.	Newark, NJ	HGEO
2026-04-10	Carbon Capture Test Center Capital Improvement (417.06 KB)	University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center	Grand Forks, ND	HGEO
2026-03-10	Pre-Pilot Scale Demonstration of Co-Production of Li, K, and Mg from GSL Brine (388.56 KB)	Prime: University of Utah; Subs: Idaho National Laboratory, NexGen Materials Inc	Salt Lake City, UT	HGEO
2026-04-30	Sustainable Production Processes for Geopolymer Bricks, Lightweight Aggregates, and Ceramic Tiles from Mine Tailings of Critical (394.28 KB)	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	HGEO
2024-07-11	AVEC System Resiliency Project (171.17 KB)	Kansas Corporation Commission	Multiple Sites, KS	GDO/TDC/EDS/IR&SLTT
2024-07-23	Vacuum Reclosers for Resiliency and Wildfire Prevention (171.13 KB)	Prime: Southern Ute Tribe Subs: La Plata Electric Association	La Plata County, CO	GDO/TDC/EDS/IR&SLTT
2024-07-25	M1 EGLE 40101 (d) Grid Resiliency Pole Replacement Project (170.8 KB)	Prime: Michigan EGLE Subs: Lansing Board of Water and Light	Lansing, MI	GDO/TDC/EDS/IR & SLTT
2024-02-09	Palmetto Electric Cooperative, Inc. Electronic Reclosers (235.86 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper, SC Sub: Palmetto Electric Cooperative, Inc	Multiple Sites, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-03-05	Customer Battery Energy Sharing (CBES) pilot project (167.23 KB)	Prime: COR3 Subs: LUMA Energy ServCo	Multiple sites, PR	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-12-19	Community Energy Resilience Hubs (Ecomaxx) (392.47 KB)	Prime: COR3 Subs: Cooperative Hidroelectrica de la Montana	Multiple Sites, PR	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-04-01	Poudre Valley Rural Electric Assocation Microgrid Project (179.09 KB)	Prime: Colorado Energy Office Sub: Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association	Multiple sites, CO	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-02-12	York Electric - Bonnor Horton (206.7 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper, SC Sub: York Electric Cooperative, Inc	York County, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-12-19	Community Energy Resilience Hubs (392.47 KB)	Prime: COR3 Subs: Cooperative Hidroelectrica de la Montana	Multiple Sites, PR	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT