WASHINGTON STATE — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to assess the potential environmental impacts for the proposed action of providing financial assistance to the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (also referred to as the PNWH2 Association) to facilitate the design, construction, and operation and maintenance of the Pacific Northwest Regional Hydrogen Hub, including in the states of Washington, Oregon and Montana.

OCED invites your participation in the scoping process. There will be one virtual public scoping meeting and two in-person scoping meetings that offer the public

an opportunity to submit comments on the scope of the EIS. Written comments on the scope of the EIS can also be submitted through the 75-day scoping period, which concludes on March 3, 2025. Dates and locations for the scoping meetings and how to submit written comments during the scoping period can be found can be found at this web address:

https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0571-pacific-northwest-hydrogen-hub

The Pacific Northwest Regional Hydrogen Hub would demonstrate the production of clean hydrogen from renewable energy resources and would consist of a suite of demonstration projects involving clean hydrogen production, transportation, and end uses located within the Pacific Northwest. As currently proposed, the hub would encompass approximately 10 projects, including clean hydrogen production facilities that could produce 300-400 metric tons per day of clean hydrogen, hydrogen liquefiers, connective infrastructure including refueling stations and pipelines, and a range of end uses including fuel cell electric trucks, fuel cell electric buses, cargo handling equipment, and stationary fuel cells. The EIS will help inform DOE’s decision as to whether to carry the Pacific Northwest Hub forward for project-specific funding decisions but will not directly authorize funding for specific Pacific Northwest Hub projects.

DOE will be the lead federal agency in the preparation of the EIS (DOE/EIS-0571). More information on the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub and the DOE/EIS-0571 can be found here:

https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0571-pacific-northwest-hydrogen-hub