This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposedissuance of rules and regulations. Thepurpose of these notices is to give interestedpersons an opportunity to participate in therule making prior to the adoption of the finalrules.Proposed RulesFederal Register77589 
Vol. 80, No. 240 
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 
1For a narrow sliver of products that combined 
a wine storage compartment with a fresh food or freezer compartment (‘‘combination coolers’’), DOE 
had previously issued guidance indicating that these products may fall within the electric refrigerator and electric refrigerator-freezer definitions. See Refrigerators and Freezers Guidance (February 10, 2011) (discussing the treatment of ‘‘hybrid’’ refrigeration products—i.e., cominbation coolers). DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Part 430 
[Docket Number EERE–2011–BT–STD– 
0043] 
RIN 1904–AC51 
Energy Conservation Standards and 
Test Procedure for Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products: Notice of Data Availability; Request for Information 
AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 
ACTION : Notice of data availability 
(NODA); request for information (RFI). 
SUMMARY : The U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) is currently weighing whether and how to regulate the energy efficiency of certain refrigeration products such as wine chillers and beverage centers (collectively, ‘‘coolers’’). These ‘‘miscellaneous refrigeration products’’ (‘‘MREFs’’) include coolers that do not operate using a conventional compressor/
condenser-based system, particularly those products that use a thermoelectric-based refrigeration system. In support of this effort, DOE has collected and analyzed a variety of data to better understand the composition of the MREF industry and its products. To ensure its understanding of this market and its products, DOE is requesting additional information from the public related to the manufacturers of thermoelectric- based MREFs. 
DATES : DOE will accept comments, data, 
and information regarding the NODA no later than January 14, 2016. Details regarding the data referenced in this document are provided in docket EERE– 2011–BT–STD–0043, available at www.regulations.gov. 
ADDRESSES : Comments may be 
submitted to the addresses provided in section IV. of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY  
INFORMATION . 
The docket, EERE–2011–BT–STD– 
0043, is available for review at www.regulations.gov, including Federal 
Register notices, comments, and other 
supporting documents or materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. 
However, not all documents listed in the index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure. 
A link to the docket Web page can be 
found at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2011-BT-STD- 0043. The regulations.gov Web page 
contains instructions on how to access all documents in the docket, including public comments. For further information on how to review the docket, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by email: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Direct requests for additional information may be sent to Mr. Joseph Hagerman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE–2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: 202–586–4549. Email: Joseph.Hagerman@ee.doe.gov. 
In the office of the General Counsel, 
contact Mr. Michael Kido, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 0121, (202) 586–8145, Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
Table of Contents 
I. Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products— 
Background 
II. Results and Analyses Summary 
III. Request for Information and Specific 
Issues for Which DOE Is Seeking Comment 
IV. Public Participation 
I. Miscellaneous Refrigeration 
Products—Background 
In November 2011, the Department of 
Energy (‘‘DOE’’) began a process to consider whether to include as covered products and establish energy conservation standards for certain types of refrigeration products that largely fall outside of DOE’s regulations pertaining to refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers.
1See 76 FR 69147 (November 8, 2011) (Notice of Proposed Determination) and 10 CFR 430.32(a) (setting out energy conservation standards for each class of refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer, and freezer currently regulated by DOE). Chief among the products garnering DOE’s attention were products such as wine chillers (‘‘coolers’’)—which typically provide storage temperatures exceeding those used in those products already addressed by DOE’s regulations. Cooling the storage areas of these products can be accomplished using different methods. One method is to use a conventional compressor/condenser- based system that feeds cold air into the internal storage compartment of the product. Another method— thermoelectric-based cooling—relies on the use of a solid-state heat pump that creates a cooling effect when electric current passes through two conductors. Under this approach, a temperature difference is created between the junction of two different types of materials as voltage is applied to the free ends of each material. Both of these technologies were considered in DOE’s approach to regulating miscellaneous refrigeration equipment. 
Pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (‘‘EPCA’’), DOE may add a new product to its scope of regulatory coverage when certain criteria are met. See 42 U.S.C. 6292(b) (laying out specific criteria to satisfy when classifying a consumer product not already statutorily-covered as a covered product). Similarly, DOE may set energy conservation standards for those newly covered products if additional criteria are met. See 42 U.S.C. 6295(l) (detailing additional requirements to meet prior to prescribing standards for newly covered products). As part of its continuing efforts to improve consumer product and industrial equipment energy efficiency, DOE is considering including miscellaneous refrigeration products (‘‘MREFs’’), such as coolers that do not use a compressor/condenser-based system, to its list of products for 
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regulatory coverage authority and to set 
energy conservation standards for them. 
To help better inform its potential 
regulation of these items, DOE 
announced its intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking working group that would operate under the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (‘‘ASRAC’’) with the purpose of exploring possible energy efficiency requirements for MREFs. See 80 FR 17355 (April 1, 2015). DOE solicited the public for participants to help serve on the MREF Working Group and identified various groups who would be significantly affected by a rulemaking that would address MREF energy efficiency. See id. at 17357. The 
Working Group ultimately reached 
consensus among its members on a variety of issues, including the potential scope of coverage, applicable definitions, test procedure details, and energy conservation standards that would apply to these products. This effort, which was conducted in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (5 U.S.C. 561–570), produced a consensus agreement addressing the above issues. 
II. Results and Analyses Summary 
The consensus agreement reached by 
the various participating parties was 
based on research and testing data related to MREF products. The data from this effort were used to create a comprehensive technical analysis that the Working Group used to develop the recommendations in its consensus agreement. The agreement was prepared for submission to ASRAC, which would then weigh its merits for approval for further consideration by DOE. 
Among the issues considered by the 
Working Group were the potential impacts related to manufacturers of thermoelectric-based MREF products. While DOE believes that the MREF Working Group, which included one manufacturer who currently sells thermoelectric-based products and other manufacturers who have sold thermoelectric coolers in the past, 
comprised a group of persons that are fairly representative of relevant points of view, including manufacturers of thermoelectric-based MREF products, DOE is seeking comment and any additional information regarding the nature of these manufacturers, and the marketing nuances and other issues specifically facing the manufacturers of thermoelectric-based MREF products. III. Request for Information and 
Specific Issues for Which DOE Is Seeking Comment 
DOE welcomes comments on all 
aspects of this notice of data availability and request for information. DOE is particularly interested in receiving comments from interested parties on the following data and questions related to the manufacturers of thermoelectric- based MREF products: 
(1) The number, location, size, 
product offering, and business structure of the original equipment manufacturers (‘‘OEMs’’) producing thermoelectric coolers for sale in the U.S. market. 
(2) The sales channels of the 
thermoelectric cooler OEMs serving the U.S. market. Which of these OEMs sell products directly to the U.S. market and which serve the U.S. market indirectly through private labelers? 
(3) The U.S. market shares (in terms 
of total shipments) of both the thermoelectric cooler private labelers and OEMs. 
(4) Using a database of models 
generated from publicly available information (including existing product databases and manufacturer and vendor Web sites), DOE identified over 30 brands of cooler models offered for sale in the U.S. that utilize thermoelectric refrigeration systems—all of which appear to be manufactured overseas. In DOE’s view, the current market is competitive with no one dominant player and includes such private labelers as Vinotemp, Wine Enthusiast, Koolatron, and Haier. DOE seeks comment on whether this description of the thermoelectric cooler market is accruate and whether using the number of cooler models available on the U.S. market can be used as a proxy for market share for the cooler industry.DOE considered thermoelectric coolers when generating engineering analysis information included in the preliminary analysis (79 FR 71705 (Dec. 3, 2014)) and updated its analysis documents based on the Working Group discussions. (DOE’s engineering analysis documents developed in support of the Working Group meetings are available at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket ID 
EERE–2011–BT–STD–0043.) These analyses indicated that thermoelectric cooler energy efficiency performance could be improved to a level that would be on-par (or exceed) the efficiency levels recommended by the Working Group by using a variety of options including, but not limited to, adding cabinet insulation, incorporating heat pipes, using solid rather than glass doors, or using glass or other translucent door material with higher insulating values. DOE requests comment on these engineering results and related estimates. 
(5) DOE seeks comment as to whether 
there are any substantive issues with relying on information furnished by private labelers who purchase thermoelectric-based MREFs for purposes of DOE’s manufacturer impacts analysis. If there are no issues with relying on this information (or its source), please so state. 
(6) DOE also seeks any additional 
feedback relating to its analyses that it is making available as part of this NODA as it relates to thermoelectric manufacturers. 
IV. Public Participation Submission of Comments 
DOE welcomes comments on all 
aspects of this NODA and on other 
relevant issues that participants believe would affect the eventual test procedures and energy conservation standards applicable to MREF products. Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. Alternatively, interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket number EERE–2011–BT–STD–0043, by any of the following methods: 
•Email: To WineChillers-2011-STD- 
0043@ee.doe.gov. Include EERE–2011– 
BT–STD–0043 in the subject line of the message. 
•Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Phone: (202) 586–2945. Please submit one signed paper original. 
•Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 
Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 6th Floor, 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586–2945. Please submit one signed paper original. 
All submissions received must 
include the agency name and docket number or RIN for this rulemaking. 
After the close of the comment period, 
DOE will begin reviewing the public comments and making any necessary adjustments to its standards analysis supporting its rulemaking proceeding concerning potential energy conservation standards for MREF products. 
DOE considers public participation to 
be a very important part of the process for developing test procedures and 
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1The latest spreadsheet of CSAPR FIP allowance 
allocations to existing units, updated in 2014 to 
reflect changes to CSAPR’s implementation schedule but with allocation amounts unchanged since June 2012, is available at http://www.epa.gov/ 
crossstaterule/actions.html. See Availability of Data 
on Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances to Existing Electricity Generating Units, 79 FR 71674 (December 3, 2014). 
2The NUSA amounts range from two percent to 
eight percent of the respective state budgets. The variation in percentages reflects differences among states in the quantities of emission allowances projected to be required by known new units at the time the budgets were set or amended. energy conservation standards. DOE 
actively encourages the participation and interaction of the public during the comment period in each stage of the rulemaking process. Interactions with and between members of the public provide a balanced discussion of the issues and assist DOE in the rulemaking process. Anyone who wishes to be added to the DOE mailing list to receive future notices and information about this rulemaking should contact Mr. Joseph Hagerman at (202) 586–4549, or via e-mail at joseph.hagerman@ee.doe.gov. 
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 4, 
2015. 
Kathleen B. Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
[FR Doc. 2015–31566 Filed 12–14–15; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
16 CFR Ch. II 
[Docket No. CPSC–2015–0022] 
Petition Requesting Rulemaking on 
Products Containing Organohalogen Flame Retardants; Notice of Opportunity for Oral Presentation of Comments 
Correction 
In proposed rule document 2015– 
30694 beginning on page 75955 in the 
issue of Monday, December 7, 2015, make the following correction: 
On page 75956, in the first column, in 
the second paragraph, in the fifth and sixth lines ‘‘is 866–623–8636 and participant code is 4816474’’ should read ‘‘will be provided to remote participants prior to the December 9, 2015 hearing.’’. 
[FR Doc. C1–2015–30694 Filed 12–14–15; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
40 CFR Part 97 
[FRL–9940–10–OAR] 
Allocations of Cross-State Air 
Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for 2015 Control Periods 
AGENCY : Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA). ACTION : Notice of data availability 
(NODA). 
SUMMARY : The Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the 
availability of preliminary lists of units 
eligible for allocations of emission allowances under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Under the CSAPR federal implementation plans (FIPs), portions of each covered state’s annual emissions budgets for each of the four CSAPR emissions trading programs are reserved for allocation to electricity generating units that commenced commercial operation on or after January 1, 2010 (new units) and certain other units not otherwise obtaining allowance allocations under the FIPs. The quantities of allowances allocated to eligible units from each new unit set- aside (NUSA) under the FIPs are calculated in an annual one- or two- round allocation process. EPA previously completed the first round of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2015 control periods for all four CSAPR trading programs, as well as the second round of allocations for the CSAPR NO
X 
Ozone Season Trading Program, and is now making available preliminary lists of units eligible for allocations in the second round of the NUSA allocation process for the CSAPR NO
XAnnual, 
SO 2Group 1, and SO 2Group 2 Trading 
Programs. EPA has posted spreadsheets containing the preliminary lists on EPA’s Web site. EPA will consider timely objections to the lists of eligible units contained in the spreadsheets and will promulgate a notice responding to any such objections no later than February 15, 2016, the deadline for recording the second-round allocations of CSAPR NO
XAnnual, SO 2Group 1, 
and SO 2Group 2 allowances in sources’ 
compliance accounts. This notice of availability may concern CSAPR- affected units in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. 
DATES : Objections to the information 
referenced in this notice of availability must be received on or before January 14, 2016. 
ADDRESSES : Submit your objections via 
email to CSAPR_ NUSA@epa.gov. 
Include ‘‘2015 NUSA allocations’’ in the email subject line and include your name, title, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address in the body of the email. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Questions concerning this action should be addressed to Robert Miller at (202) 343–9077 or miller.robertl@epa.gov or 
Kenon Smith at (202) 343–9164 or smith.kenon@epa.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : Under the 
CSAPR FIPs, the mechanisms by which initial allocations of emission allowances are determined differ for ‘‘existing’’ and ‘‘new’’ units. For ‘‘existing’’ units—that is, units commencing commercial operation before January 1, 2010—the specific amounts of CSAPR FIP allowance allocations for all control periods have been established through rulemaking. EPA has announced the availability of spreadsheets showing the CSAPR FIP allowance allocations to existing units in previous notices.
1 
‘‘New’’ units—that is, units 
commencing commercial operation on or after January 1, 2010—as well as certain older units that would not otherwise obtain FIP allowance allocations do not have pre-established allowance allocations. Instead, the CSAPR FIPs reserve a portion of each state’s total annual emissions budget for each CSAPR emissions trading program as a new unit set-aside (NUSA)
2and 
establish an annual process for allocating NUSA allowances to eligible units. States with Indian country within their borders have separate Indian country NUSAs. The annual process for allocating allowances from the NUSAs and Indian country NUSAs to eligible units is set forth in the CSAPR regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and 97.412 (NO
XAnnual Trading Program), 
97.511(b) and 97.512 (NO XOzone 
Season Trading Program), 97.611(b) and 97.612 (SO
2Group 1 Trading Program), 
and 97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO 2Group 2 
Trading Program). Each NUSA allowance allocation process involves up to two rounds of allocations to new units followed by the allocation to existing units of any allowances not allocated to new units. EPA provides public notice at certain points in the process. 
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