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minimal amount of burden on society to 

obtain regulatory objectives. The 

Executive Order also emphasizes the 

importance of meaningful public 

participation in the rulemaking process, 

and encourages agencies to increase 

their use of online technologies to 

simplify and facilitate participation for 

all stakeholders. Executive Order 13563 

also requires agencies to coordinate, 

simplify, and harmonize regulations to 

reduce costs and promote certainty for 

businesses and the public. 

The Executive Order recognizes that 

these principles should not only guide 

the federal government’s approach to 

new regulations, but to existing ones as 

well. To that end, agencies are required 

to review existing significant regulations 

to determine if they are outmoded, 

ineffective, insufficient or excessively 

burdensome. Executive Order 13563 

also requires that each agency develop 

and submit to the Office of Management 

and Budget’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs a preliminary plan 

for periodically reviewing existing 

significant regulations to determine 

whether they should be modified, 

streamlined, expanded, or repealed so 

as to make the agency’s regulatory 

program more effective or less 

burdensome in achieving regulatory 

objectives. 

II. This Notice—HUD’s Implementation 

of Executive Order 13563 

Through this notice, HUD announces 

several steps that it is undertaking to 

comply with the regulatory review 

requirements of Executive Order 13563. 

The steps announced in this notice will 

help HUD to ensure that its regulations 

are updated and remain necessary, are 

properly tailored, and effectively 

achieve regulatory objectives without 

imposing unwarranted costs. 

First, pursuant to the Executive Order, 

HUD is developing a preliminary plan 

for periodically analyzing existing 

significant regulations. Consistent with 

the principles articulated in the 

Executive Order, and HUD’s 

commitment to public participation in 

the rulemaking process, HUD is 

beginning this process by soliciting 

views from the public on defined 

methods for identifying rules that may 

be obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, 

excessively burdensome, or 

counterproductive. HUD intends for its 

preliminary plan to include an initial 

list of candidate rules for review. 

Accordingly, HUD also seeks 

suggestions for specific current 

regulations that may be outmoded, 

ineffective, or excessively burdensome, 

and therefore should be included on the 

list. 

HUD has also established an e-mail 

inbox at RegulatoryReview@hud.gov 

which interested parties may use, on an 

ongoing basis, to identify regulations 

that may be in need of review. The 

email box may also be used for the 

submission of comments in response to 

this notice. Irrespective of how they are 

submitted, HUD will make all 

comments received in response to this 

notice publicly available on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please see the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice for 

additional information regarding the 

submission of comments. 

III. Issues for Public Comment 

The following is the list of topics on 

which HUD specifically seeks 

comments. The topics represent a 

preliminary attempt to identify issues 

raised by HUD’s effort to develop a 

preliminary plan for the retrospective 

analysis of its regulations and to 

identify regulations on which it should 

focus. With regards to specific existing 

regulations, HUD is particularly 

interested in receiving comments on 

regulations that have been in effect for 

a sufficient amount of time to warrant 

a fair evaluation. Comments should 

reference a specific regulation by 

citation to the Code of Federal 

Regulations, and provide information on 

the perceived problem and the rationale 

for any recommended solution. 

Commenters should focus on rule 

changes that will achieve a broad public 

impact, rather than an individual 

personal or corporate benefit. 

This is a non-exhaustive list that is 

meant to assist in the formulation of 

comments and is not intended to limit 

the issues that commenters may choose 

to address. 

1. How can HUD best obtain and 

consider accurate, objective information 

and data about the cost, burdens, and 

benefits of existing regulations? Are 

there existing sources of data available 

that HUD can use to evaluate the effects 

of its regulations over time? 

2. What factors should HUD use to 

select and prioritize rules and reporting 

requirements for review? 

3. Are there any specific existing HUD 

regulatory requirements that are illadvised or so burdensome as to merit 

elimination? 

4. Are there any specific existing HUD 

regulatory requirements that, while 

necessary, are ineffective and in need of 

streamlining or other modification to 

achieve their objectives? Why are these 

requirements ineffective—are they 

unnecessarily complicated, 

burdensome, or outdated? What changes 

to the regulations would increase their 

usefulness and meet HUD’s objectives? 

5. Are there any HUD regulatory 

requirements that have been overtaken 

by technological developments? Can 

new technologies be used to modify, 

streamline, or do away with these 

requirements? 

6. Are there any existing HUD 

requirements that duplicate or conflict 

with requirements of another Federal 

agency? Can the requirement be 

modified to eliminate the conflict? 

7. Are there HUD regulations that are 

working well and that can be expanded 

or used as a model for other HUD 

programs? 

Dated: February 22, 2011. 

Helen R. Kanovsky, 

General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 431 

[Docket No. EERE–2010–BT–STD–0048] 

RIN 1904–AC04 

Energy Conservation Standards for 

Distribution Transformers: Public 

Meeting and Availability of the 

Preliminary Technical Support 

Document 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

availability of preliminary technical 

support document. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or Department) will hold 

a public meeting to discuss and receive 

comments on the following issues: The 

equipment classes DOE plans to analyze 

for the purpose of considering the 

amendment of energy conservation 

standards for distribution transformers; 

the analytical framework, models, and 

tools DOE is using to evaluate standards 

for this type of equipment; the results of 

preliminary analyses performed by DOE 

for this equipment; and potential energy 

conservation standard levels derived 

from these analyses that DOE could 

consider for this equipment. DOE also 

encourages interested parties to submit 

written comments on these subjects. To 

inform stakeholders and facilitate the 

public meeting and comment process, 

DOE has prepared an agenda, a 

preliminary technical support document 

(TSD), and briefing materials, which are 

available at: http:// 

www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ 

appliance_standards/commercial/ 

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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part C was re-designated Part A–1. 

DATES: The Department will hold a 

public meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 

2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 

Washington, DC. Any person requesting 

to speak at the public meeting should 

submit such request, along with an 

electronic copy of the statement to be 

given at the public meeting, before 4 

p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Written 

comments are welcome, especially 

following the public meeting, and 

should be submitted by April 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 1E–245, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Please 

note that foreign nationals participating 

in the public meeting are subject to 

advance security screening procedures. 

If a foreign national wishes to 

participate in the public meeting, please 

inform DOE of this fact as soon as 

possible by contacting Ms. Brenda 

Edwards at (202) 586–2945 so that the 

necessary procedures can be completed. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments, identified by the notice title, 

the Notice of Public Meeting (NOPM) 

for Energy Conservation Standards for 

Distribution Transformers, and provide 

the docket number EERE–2010–BT– 

STD–0048 and/or regulatory 

information number (RIN) 1904–AC04. 

Comments may be submitted using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: DistributionTransformers2010-STD-0048@ee.doe.gov. Include 

EERE–2010–BT–STD–0048 and/or RIN 

1904–AC04 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

Public Meeting for Distribution 

Transformers, EERE–2010–BT–STD– 

0048 and/or RIN 1904–AC04, 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. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or RIN for this proposed 

rulemaking. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents, a copy of 

the transcript of the public meeting, or 

comments received, go to the U.S. 

Department of Energy, 6th Floor, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 

20024, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda 

Edwards for additional information 

regarding visiting the Resource Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jim Raba, 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) 586–8654. E-mail: 

Jim.Raba@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of the 

General Counsel, GC–71, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: 

(202) 287–6111. E-mail: 

mailto:Jennifer.Tiedeman@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Statutory Authority 

II. History of Standards Rulemaking for 

Distribution Transformers 

A. Background 

B. Current Rulemaking Process 

III. Summary of the Analyses Performed by 

the U.S. Department of Energy 

A. Engineering Analysis 

B. Markups to Determine Equipment Prices 

C. Energy Use Analysis 

D. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period 

Analyses 

E. National Impact Analysis 

I. Statutory Authority 

Title III, Part C of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6311– 

6317, as codified), added by Public Law 

95–619, Title IV, § 441(a), established 

the Energy Conservation Program for 

Certain Industrial Equipment, a program 

covering distribution transformers, the 

focus of this notice.1 EPCA, as amended 

by the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public 

Law 102–486, directs the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE or the 

Department) to prescribe energy 

conservation standards for those 

distribution transformers for which the 

Secretary of Energy (Secretary) 

determines that standards ‘‘would be 

technologically feasible and 

economically justified, and would result 

in significant energy savings.’’ (42 U.S.C. 

6317(a)) As discussed below in section 

II.A, DOE issued a final rule that 

prescribed standards for distribution 

transformers. 72 FR 58190 (October 12, 

2007) (the 2007 final rule); see 10 CFR 

431.196(b)–(c). 

Following the 2007 final rule, several 

interested parties filed petitions alleging 

that DOE’s environmental assessment, 

conducted for the rulemaking, failed to 

address employment impacts, the value 

of reduced carbon dioxide emissions, 

and impacts on the price of energy, as 

required by the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969. Under the terms of 

a settlement agreement dated July 10, 

2009, DOE is required to review the 

standards for liquid-immersed and 

medium-voltage dry-type (MVDT) 

distribution transformers and publish, 

no later than October 1, 2011, in the 

Federal Register either a determination 

that standards for these products do not 

need to be amended, or a notice of 

proposed rulemaking including any new 

proposed standards for these products. 

If it is determined that an amendment 

to the standards is warranted, DOE is 

required to publish a final rule in the 

Federal Register no later than October 

1, 2012. 

Before DOE amends any standard for 

distribution transformers, however, it 

must first solicit comments on a 

proposed standard. Moreover, DOE will 

design each standard for this equipment 

to: (1) Achieve the maximum 

improvement in energy efficiency that is 

technologically feasible and 

economically justified, and (2) result in 

significant conservation of energy. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(A) and (o)(3), 42 

U.S.C. 6316(a), and 42 U.S.C. 6317(a) 

and (c)) To determine whether a 

proposed standard is economically 

justified, DOE must, after receiving 

comments on the proposed standard, 

determine whether the benefits of the 

standard exceed its burdens to the 

greatest extent practicable, weighing the 

following seven factors: 

1. The economic impact of the standard on 

manufacturers and customers of equipment 

subject to the standard; 

2. The savings in operating costs 

throughout the estimated average life of the 

covered equipment in the type (or class) 

compared to any increase in the price, initial 

charges, or maintenance expenses for the 

covered equipment which are likely to result 

from the imposition of the standard; 

3. The total projected amount of energy 

savings likely to result directly from the 

imposition of the standard; 

4. Any lessening of the utility or the 

performance of the covered equipment likely 

to result from the imposition of the standard; 

5. The impact of any lessening of 

competition, as determined in writing by the 

Attorney General, that is likely to result from 

the imposition of the standard; 

6. The need for national energy 

conservation; and 

7. Other factors the Secretary considers 

relevant. 


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(42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)(i) and 6316(a)) 

Prior to proposing a standard, DOE 

typically seeks public input on the 

analytical framework, models, and tools 

that will be used to evaluate standards; 

the results of preliminary analyses; and 

potential energy conservation standard 

levels derived from these analyses. With 

this notice, DOE is announcing the 

availability of the preliminary technical 

support document (preliminary (TSD)), 

which details the preliminary analyses 

and summarizes the preliminary results. 

In addition, DOE is announcing a public 

meeting to solicit feedback from 

interested parties on its analytical 

framework, models, and preliminary 

results. 

II. History of Standards Rulemaking for 

Distribution Transformers 

The following sections provide a brief 

summary of DOE’s rulemaking activities 

for distribution transformer energy 

conservation standards. 

A. Background 

DOE published a final rule in October 

2007 that established energy 

conservation standards for liquidimmersed and MVDT distribution 

transformers. 72 FR 58190 (October 12, 

2007); see 10 CFR 431.196(b)–(c). 

During the course of that rulemaking, 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 

2005), Public Law 109–58, amended 

EPCA to set standards for low-voltage 

dry-type (LVDT) distribution 

transformers. (EPACT 2005, Section 

135(c); codified at 42 U.S.C. 6295(y)) 

Consequently, DOE removed these 

transformers from the scope of that 

rulemaking. 72 FR at 58191 (October 12, 

2007). 

After publication of the 2007 final 

rule, certain parties filed petitions for 

review in the United States Courts of 

Appeals for the Second and Ninth 

Circuits, challenging the final rule, and 

several additional parties were 

permitted to intervene in support of 

these petitions. (All of these parties are 

referred to below collectively as 

‘‘petitioners.’’) The petitioners alleged 

that, in developing energy conservation 

standards for distribution transformers, 

DOE did not comply with certain 

applicable provisions of EPCA and of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

DOE and the petitioners subsequently 

entered into a settlement agreement to 

resolve that litigation. The settlement 

agreement outlined an expedited 

timeline for the Department to 

determine whether to amend the energy 

conservation standards for liquidimmersed and MVDT distribution 

transformers. Under the terms of the 

settlement agreement, DOE must 

publish by October 1, 2011 either a 

determination that the standards for 

these distribution transformers do not 

need to be amended or a notice of 

public rulemaking (NOPR) that includes 

any new proposed standards and that 

meets all applicable requirements of 

EPCA and NEPA. If DOE finds that 

amended standards are warranted, DOE 

must publish a final rule containing 

such amended standards by October 1, 

2012. This notice is the Department’s 

first step in satisfying the requirements 

of the settlement agreement. 

B. Current Rulemaking Process 

DOE is initiating this rulemaking at 

the preliminary analysis stage rather 

than the framework document stage. In 

considering new or amended standards 

for a given product or type of 

equipment, DOE’s historic practice, 

generally, is to publish a framework 

document as the first step in the 

rulemaking process, and to 

subsequently issue a preliminary TSD 

that contains the Department’s 

preliminary analyses as to potential 

standards. The framework document 

generally advises interested parties of 

the analytical methods, data sources, 

and key assumptions DOE plans to use 

in considering the adoption of standards 

for the product or equipment type. 

Typically the document does not 

contain any analysis of the data. 

On November 16, 2010, DOE 

announced a number of steps meant to 

streamline its regulatory process. 

Among these measures was the concept 

that, in appropriate circumstances, DOE 

might forego certain preliminary stages 

of the rulemaking process and gather 

data in more efficient ways. Because the 

previous rulemaking to develop 

standards for distribution transformers 

was completed in 2007, DOE has a set 

of methodologies, data sources and 

assumptions that have recently been 

vetted and revised according to public 

comments that the Department can use 

to perform the analyses needed for this 

rulemaking. Therefore, while DOE will 

conduct the analyses referenced by the 

petitioners’ complaint and required by 

EPCA and NEPA according to standard 

practices for energy conservation 

standard rulemakings, DOE is not 

issuing a framework document for this 

rulemaking. Rather, DOE is initiating 

this rulemaking at the preliminary 

analysis stage and has prepared a 

preliminary TSD about which it is 

requesting comment. 

At present, DOE plans to examine in 

this rulemaking amended standards for 

LVDT distribution transformers, as well 

as amended standards for liquidimmersed and MVDT transformers. DOE 

is not required to consider LVDT 

distribution transformers as part of the 

settlement agreement. As such, DOE 

may subsequently opt to conduct a 

separate rulemaking for LVDT 

transformers with a different timeline. 

However, the preliminary analysis 

considers LVDT distribution 

transformers along with liquidimmersed and MVDT distribution 

transformers. 

III. Summary of the Analyses 

Performed by the U.S. Department of 

Energy 

For each type of equipment under 

consideration in this rulemaking, DOE 

conducted in-depth technical analyses 

in the following areas: (1) Engineering, 

(2) markups to determine equipment 

price, (3) energy use, (4) life-cycle cost 

(LCC) and payback period (PBP) 

analyses, and (5) national impact 

analysis (NIA). The preliminary TSD 

presents the methodology and results of 

each of these analyses. It is available at 

the web address given in the SUMMARY

section of this notice. The analyses are 

described in more detail below. 

DOE also conducted several other 

analyses that either support the five 

aforementioned analyses or are 

preliminary analyses that will be 

expanded upon for the NOPR. These 

analyses include the market and 

technology assessment, the screening 

analysis (which contributes to the 

engineering analysis), and the 

shipments analysis (which contributes 

to the NIA). In addition to these 

analyses, DOE has completed 

preliminary work on the manufacturer 

impact analysis (MIA) and identified the 

methods to be used for the LCC 

subgroup analysis, the environmental 

assessment, the employment impact 

analysis, the regulatory impact analysis, 

and the utility impact analysis. DOE 

will expand on these analyses in the 

NOPR. In conducting these analyses, 

DOE will specifically consider 

employment impacts, the value of 

reduced carbon dioxide emissions, 

impacts on the price of energy, and 

cumulative climate change impacts, 

which were the focus of the petitioners’ 

complaint from the previous 

rulemaking. 

A. Engineering Analysis 

The engineering analysis establishes 

the relationship between the cost and 

efficiency of the equipment DOE is 

evaluating. This relationship serves as 

the basis for cost-benefit calculations for 

individual customers, manufacturers, 

and the nation. The engineering analysis 

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equipment, which is the starting point 

for analyzing technologies that provide 

energy efficiency improvements. 

Baseline equipment refers to a model or 

models having features and technologies 

typically found in equipment currently 

offered for sale. The baseline model in 

each equipment class represents the 

characteristics of the least efficient 

equipment in that class and, for 

equipment already subject to energy 

conservation standards, usually is a 

model that just meets the current 

standard. Chapter 5 of the preliminary 

TSD discusses the engineering analysis. 

B. Markups To Determine Equipment 

Prices 

DOE derives customer prices for 

equipment from data on manufacturer 

costs, manufacturer markups, retailer 

markups, distributor markups, and sales 

taxes. In deriving these markups, DOE 

has determined (1) The distribution 

channels for equipment sales; (2) the 

markup associated with each party in 

the distribution chain; and (3) the 

existence and magnitude of differences 

between markups for baseline 

equipment (baseline markups) and for 

more efficient equipment (incremental 

markups). DOE calculates both overall 

baseline and overall incremental 

markups based on the equipment 

markups at each step in the distribution 

chain. The overall incremental markup 

relates the change in the manufacturer 

sales price of higher efficiency models 

(the incremental cost increase) to the 

change in the retailer or distributor sales 

price. Chapter 6 of the preliminary TSD 

discusses estimating markups. 

C. Energy Use Analysis 

The energy use analysis provides 

estimates of the annual energy 

consumption of distribution 

transformers. DOE uses these values in 

the LCC and PBP analyses and in the 

NIA. DOE developed energy 

consumption estimates for all 

equipment analyzed in the engineering 

analysis and for those non-analyzed 

equipment classes included in the NIA. 

Chapter 7 of the preliminary TSD 

discusses the energy use analysis. 

D. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period 

Analyses 

The LCC and PBP analyses determine 

the economic impact of potential 

standards on individual customers. The 

LCC is the total customer expense for 

equipment over the life of the 

equipment. The LCC analysis compares 

the LCCs of equipment designed to meet 

possible energy conservation standards 

with the LCCs of the equipment likely 

to be installed in the absence of 

amended standards. DOE determines 

LCCs by considering (1) Total or 

incremental installed cost to the 

purchaser (which consists of 

manufacturer selling price, sales taxes, 

distribution chain markups, and 

installation cost); (2) the operating 

expenses of the equipment (energy use 

and maintenance); (3) expected 

equipment lifetime; and (4) a discount 

rate that reflects the real consumer cost 

of capital and puts the LCC in presentvalue terms. The PBP is the number of 

years needed to recover the increase in 

purchase price (including installation 

cost) of more efficient equipment 

through savings in the operating cost of 

the equipment. It is the quotient of the 

change in total installed cost due to 

increased efficiency divided by the 

change in annual operating cost from 

increased efficiency. Chapter 8 of the 

preliminary TSD discusses the LCC and 

PBP analyses. 

E. National Impact Analysis 

The NIA estimates the national energy 

savings (NES) and the net present value 

(NPV) of total customer costs and 

savings expected to result from 

amended standards at specific efficiency 

levels. DOE calculated NES and NPV for 

each candidate standard level as the 

difference between a base case forecast 

(without amended standards) and the 

standards case forecast (with standards 

at that particular level). Cumulative 

energy savings are the sum of the annual 

NES determined over a specified 

analysis period. The national NPV is the 

sum over time of the discounted net 

savings each year, which consists of the 

difference between total operating cost 

savings and increases in total installed 

costs. Critical inputs to this analysis 

include shipments projections, 

estimated equipment lifetimes, and 

estimates of changes in shipments in 

response to changes in equipment costs 

due to standards. Chapter 10 of the 

preliminary TSD discusses the NIA. 

DOE consulted with interested parties 

as part of its process for conducting all 

of the analyses and invites further input 

from the public on these topics. The 

preliminary analytical results are 

subject to revision following review and 

input from the public. The final rule 

will contain the final analysis results. 

The Department encourages those 

who wish to participate in the public 

meeting to obtain the preliminary TSD 

and to be prepared to discuss its 

contents. A copy of the preliminary TSD 

is available at the web address given in 

the SUMMARY section of this notice. 

However, public meeting participants 

need not limit their comments to the 

topics identified in the preliminary 

TSD. The Department is also interested 

in receiving views concerning other 

relevant issues that participants believe 

would affect energy conservation 

standards for this equipment or that 

DOE should address in the NOPR. 

Furthermore, the Department invites 

all interested parties, regardless of 

whether they participate in the public 

meeting, to submit in writing by April 

18, 2011, comments and information on 

matters addressed in the preliminary 

TSD and on other matters relevant to 

consideration of standards for 

distribution transformers. 

The public meeting will be conducted 

in an informal, conference style. A court 

reporter will be present to record the 

minutes of the meeting. There shall be 

no discussion of proprietary 

information, costs or prices, market 

shares, or other commercial matters 

regulated by United States antitrust 

laws. 

After the public meeting and the 

expiration of the period for submitting 

written statements, the Department will 

consider all comments and additional 

information that it obtains from 

interested parties or through further 

analyses. Afterwards, the Department 

will publish either a determination that 

the standards for distribution 

transformers need not be amended or a 

NOPR proposing to amend those 

standards. Any NOPR will include 

proposed energy conservation standards 

for the equipment covered by this 

rulemaking, and members of the public 

will be given an opportunity to submit 

written and oral comments on the 

proposed standards. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 

2011. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 73 

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Docket No. 11–AEA–2] 

Proposed Amendment to and 

Establishment of Restricted Areas, 

Warren Grove; NJ 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

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