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552b), governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and governing DoD 

policies/procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee shall meet at the call of the 

Committee’s Designated Federal Officer, 

in consultation with the Committee’s 

Chairperson. The estimated number of 

Committee meetings is four per year. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Committee and subcommittee 

meetings for the entire duration of each 

and every meeting; however, in the 

absence of the Designated Federal 

Officer, the Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer shall attend the entire 

duration of the Committee or 

subcommittee meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services’ 

membership about the Committee’s 

mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services, 

and this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services Designated Federal Officer can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. The 

Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 

41 CFR 102–3.150, will announce 

planned meetings of the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services. The Designated Federal 

Officer, at that time, may provide 

additional guidance on the submission 

of written statements that are in 

response to the stated agenda for the 

planned meeting in question. 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7537 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Guidelines for Home Energy 

Professionals: Standard Work 

Specifications for Single Family 

Energy Upgrades 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE) requests 

comments on the revised version of the 

Guidelines for Home Energy 

Professionals: Standard Work 

Specifications for Single Family Energy 

Upgrades. This document is a set of 

work specifications applicable to energy 

efficiency retrofits of single family 

homes. These specifications are 

intended as a resource for any 

organization, company, or individual 

involved in energy efficiency retrofits of 

residential homes. This document was 

released for public comment in draft 

form on November 9, 2010. As a result 

of the comments received, EERE made 

revisions to the document for which 

EERE is providing an opportunity for 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments on the Guidelines for 

Home Energy Professionals: Standard 

Work Specifications for Single Family 

Energy Upgrades must be received by 5 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 11, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: A link to the online public 

comment tool can be found at: http://

nrel.pnnl.gov/forumdisplay.php/5-SWSfor-Single-Family-Homes 

You may also submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

• By email: retrofit.guidelines@

nrel.gov 

• By mail: National Renewable 

Energy Laboratory, Attn: Chuck Kurnik, 

RSF402, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 

CO 80401. 

For further information on how to 

submit comments, please see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Olsen, Weatherization and 

Intergovernmental Programs, Mailstop 

EE–2K, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. Phone 

number: (202) 287–1813. Email: Joshua.

Olsen@ee.doe.gov. Christopher 

Calamita, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of the General Counsel, Forrestal 

Building, GC–71, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number: (202) 586–1777. Email: 

christopher.calamita@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EERE 

through the National Renewable Energy 

Laboratory is developing voluntary 

work specifications for the work 

involved in home energy upgrades. This 

document builds upon the considerable 

body of material already in circulation 

and the cumulative knowledge gathered 

throughout the 30-year history of the 

Weatherization Assistance Program and 

broader home performance industry. 

The development of the Guidelines 

for Home Energy Professionals: 

Standard Work Specifications for Single 

Family Energy Upgrades (SWS) is 

supported by the Weatherization 

Assistance Program (WAP) Training and 

Technical Assistance Plan. The process 

of developing the SWS has involved a 

historic collaboration between WAP 

practitioners and trainers, home 

performance contractors, building 

scientists, organized labor, healthy 

homes and worker safety experts, and 

other professionals in the building 

trades and throughout the retrofit 

industry. On November 9, 2010, EERE 

issued a notice requesting public 

comment on a draft version of the SWS. 

75 FR 68781. Additional background 

regarding this effort can be found in that 

document. 

The first public comment period 

resulted in nearly 1000 comments from 

approximately 100 unique commenters 

from across the Weatherization and 

home performance industries. As a 

result of issues identified by 

commenters, EERE gave further 

consideration to a number of technical 

issues and subsequently made changes 

to the SWS. EERE is providing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

technical revisions made in response to 

prior public comments. 

Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment 

DOE is seeking comments and views 

of interested parties on the following 

issues: 

• Revisions to the SWS document 

subsequent to the initial public 

comment period including: 

Æ Reformatting of the document to 

improve usability 

Æ Removal of specifications related to 

the installation of HVAC equipment 

Æ Removal of the Job Task Analyses 

for being out of scope with the SWS 

primary intent of defining quality 

outcomes of installed work 

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1Public Law 109–58. 

2 15 U.S.C. 717t–2. 

3Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3(b)(1). 

Æ Alignment with the International 

Residential Code and other applicable 

standards 

Submission of Comments 

DOE will accept comments, data, and 

information regarding the proposed 

guidelines no later than the date 

specified under the DATES heading. If 

submitting comments via the DOE Web 

page, please follow all instructions on 

the web page: http://www.

weatherization.energy.gov/retrofit_

guidelines. This Web site is specifically 

designed for ease of use to facilitate the 

public comment process. DOE will 

transfer comments received on our Web 

site to Regulations.gov for public 

review. 

Comments, data, and information 

uploaded to Regulations.gov, or 

submitted via DOE’s email address or 

regular mail should be provided in 

WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or 

text (ASCII) file format. Interested 

parties should avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption, 

and wherever possible, comments 

should include the electronic signature 

of the author. Comments, data, and 

information submitted to DOE via 

regular mail may include one signed 

paper original. 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies: One copy of 

the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document that does 

not include the information believed to 

be confidential. DOE will make its own 

determination as to the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: 

(1) A description of the items; 

(2) Whether and why such items are 

customarily treated as confidential 

within the industry; 

(3) Whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; 

(4) Whether the information has 

previously been made available to 

others without obligation concerning its 

confidentiality; 

(5) An explanation of the competitive 

injury to the submitting person which 

would result from public disclosure; 

(6) A date upon which such 

information might lose its confidential 

nature due to the passage of time; and 

(7) Why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 23, 

2012. 

AnnaMaria Garcia, 

Program Manager, Weatherization and 

Intergovernmental Program, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7544 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC12–9–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–552); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collection, FERC– 

552, Annual Report of Natural Gas 

Transactions. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC12–9–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web Site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–552, Annual Report of 

Natural Gas Transactions. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0242. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–552 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

current reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Commission uses the 

information collected within the FERC– 

552 to provide greater transparency 

concerning the use of indices to price 

natural gas and how well index prices 

reflect market forces. The collection also 

includes transactions that contribute to, 

or may contribute to natural gas price 

indices. Many market participants rely 

on indices as a way to reference market 

prices without taking on the risks of 

active trading. 

FERC–552 had its genesis in the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005,1 which 

added section 23 of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA). Section 23 of the NGA, among 

other things, directs the Commission ‘‘to 

facilitate price transparency in markets 

for the sale or transportation of physical 

natural gas in interstate commerce, 

having due regard for the public 

interest, the integrity of those markets, 

and the protection of consumers.’’ 2

Type of Respondents: Wholesale 

natural gas market participants. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

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