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 Register44892 
Vol. 80, No. 144 
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Part 431 
[Docket Number EERE–2010–BT–STD– 
0003] 
RIN 1904–AC19 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment 
AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 
ACTION : Publication of determination. 
SUMMARY : The Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) make a determination on the impact, if any, on the lessening of competition likely to result from a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed rule for energy conservation standards and that DOE publish the determination in the Federal Register. DOE published its final rule for energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment on March 28, 2014, and is publishing DOJ’s November 25, 2013 determination on such proposed rule. 
DATES : Date of DOJ determination— 
November 25, 2013. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Mr. 
John Cymbalsky, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE–5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 287–1692. Email: walk-in_ coolers_ and_ walk-in_ freezers@
EE.Doe.Gov. 
Ms. Johanna Hariharan, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 287–6307. Email: Johanna.Hariharan@hq.doe.gov . 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : On March 
28, 2014 (79 FR 17725), DOE published a final rule amending energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment. Those amended standards were determined by DOE to be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in the significant conservation of energy. The Energy Conservation and Policy Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C.6291, et seq; ‘‘EPCA’’), Public Law 94–163, 
requires that the Attorney General make a determination and analysis of the impact, if any, of any lessening of competition likely to result from a proposed standard, within 60 days of publication. (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)(ii)) EPCA also requires that DOE publish the determination and analysis in the Federal Register. Id. 
DOE received the determination in 
response to the September 11, 2013 NOPR (78 FR 55781) from the Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on November 25, 2013. DOE is publishing the text of DOJ’s November 25, 2013 determination. 
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 21, 
2015. 
Kathleen B. Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
Antitrust Division WILLIAM J. BAER Assistant Attorney General RFK Main Justice Building 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20530–0001 (202) 514–2401/(202) 616–2645 (Fax) 
November 25, 2013 
Eric J. Fygi 
Deputy General Counsel Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 
Dear Deputy General Counsel Fygi: 
I am responding to your September 
24, 2013 letter seeking the views of the 
Attorney General about the potential impact on competition of proposed energy conservation standards for walk- in coolers and refrigerators. Your request was submitted under Section 325(o)(2)(B)(i)(V) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (ECPA), 42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)(i)(V), which requires the Attorney General to make a determination of the impact of any lessening of competition that is likely to result from the imposition of proposed energy conservation standards. The Attorney General’s responsibility for responding to requests from other departments about the effect of a program on competition has been delegated to the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division in 28 CFR 0.40(g). 
In conducting its analysis the 
Antitrust Division examines whether a proposed standard may lessen competition, for example, by substantially limiting consumer choice, by placing certain manufacturers at an unjustified competitive disadvantage, or by inducing avoidable inefficiencies in production or distribution of particular products. A lessening of competition could result in higher prices to manufacturers and consumers, and perhaps thwart the intent of the revised standards by inducing substitution to less efficient products. 
We have reviewed the proposed 
standards contained in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (78 FR 176, September 11, 2013) (NOPR). We have also reviewed supplementary information submitted to the Attorney General by the Department of Energy, including a transcript of the public meeting held on the proposed standards on October 3, 2013. Based on this review, our conclusion is that the proposed energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment are unlikely to have a significant adverse impact on competition. 
Sincerely, 
William J. Baer Enclosure 
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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
Federal Aviation Administration 
14 CFR Part 39 
[Docket No. FAA–2015–3073; Directorate 
Identifier 2015–CE–017–AD] 
RIN 2120–AA64 
Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air 
Limited Airplanes 
AGENCY : Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). 
ACTION : Notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NPRM). 
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