This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Friday, August 15, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. EERE–2009–BT–BC–0021] 

10 CFR Part 460 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee 

(ASRAC)—Manufactured Housing 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting for the Manufactured 

Housing Working Group (MH Working 

Group). The purpose of the working 

group will be to discuss and, if possible, 

reach consensus on a proposed rule for 

the energy efficiency of manufactured 

homes, as authorized by section 413 of 

the Energy Independence and Security 

Act of 2007 (EISA). 

DATES: The meetings will be held from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: 

• August 21–22, 2014; 

• September 9–10, 2014; 

• September 22–23, 2014; and 

• October 1–2, 2014 

ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise specified 

in a subsequent Federal Register notice 

and email blasts, the meetings will be 

held at U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Individuals will also have the 

opportunity to participate by webinar. 

To register for the webinar and receive 

call-in information, please register at 

http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/

appliance-standards-and-rulemakingfederal-advisory-committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Hagerman, Senior Advisor, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE), Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202– 

586–4549; Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting 

The purpose of the working group 

will be to discuss and, if possible, reach 

consensus on a proposed rule for the 

energy efficiency of manufactured 

homes, as authorized by section 413 of 

the Energy Independence and Security 

Act of 2007 (EISA). 

Public Participation 

Members of the public are welcome to 

observe the business of the meeting and, 

if time allows, may make oral 

statements during the specified period 

for public comment. To attend the 

meeting and/or to make oral statements 

regarding any of the items on the 

agenda, email asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the 

email, please indicate your name, 

organization (if appropriate), 

citizenship, and contact information. 

Please note that foreign nationals 

visiting DOE Headquarters are subject to 

advance security screening procedures. 

Any foreign national wishing to 

participate in the meeting should advise 

ASRAC staff as soon as possible by 

emailing asrac@ee.doe.gov to initiate 

the necessary procedures. Anyone 

attending the meeting will be required 

to present a government photo 

identification, such as a passport, 

driver’s license, or government 

identification. Due to the required 

security screening upon entry, 

individuals attending should arrive 

early to allow for the extra time needed. 

Due to the REAL ID Act implemented 

by the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) recent changes regarding 

ID requirements for individuals wishing 

to enter Federal buildings from specific 

states and U.S. territories. Driver’s 

licenses from the following states or 

territory will not be accepted for 

building entry and one of the alternate 

forms of ID listed below will be 

required. 

DHS has determined that regular 

driver’s licenses (and ID cards) from the 

following jurisdictions are not 

acceptable for entry into DOE facilities: 

Alaska, Louisiana, New York, American 

Samoa, Maine, Oklahoma, Arizona, 

Massachusetts, Washington, and 

Minnesota. 

Acceptable alternate forms of PhotoID include: U.S. Passport or Passport 

Card; an Enhanced Driver’s License or 

Enhanced ID-Card issued by the states 

of Minnesota, New York or Washington 

(Enhanced licenses issued by these 

states are clearly marked Enhanced or 

Enhanced Driver’s License); a military 

ID or other Federal government issued 

Photo-ID card. 

Members of the public will be heard 

in the order in which they request to 

make a statement at the public meeting. 

Time allotted per speaker will depend 

on the number of individuals who wish 

to speak but will not exceed five 

minutes. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. A third-party 

neutral facilitator will make every effort 

to allow the presentations of views of all 

interested parties and to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. 

Participation in the meeting is not a 

prerequisite for submission of written 

comments. Written comments are 

welcome from all interested parties 

during the course of the negotiations. 

Any comments submitted must identify 

the Manufactured Housing Working 

Group, and provide docket number 

EERE–2009–BT–BC–0021. Comments 

may be submitted using any of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. Include 

docket number EERE–2009–BT–BC– 

0021 in the subject line of the message. 

3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (CD), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

CD, in which case it is not necessary to 

include printed copies. 

No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be 

accepted. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

public meeting attendee lists and 

transcripts, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov index. 

However, not all documents listed in 


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1Flame propagation is defined as the spread of a 

flame in a combustible environment outward from 

the point at which the combustion started. 

the index may be publicly available, 

such as information that is exempt from 

public disclosure. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19299 Filed 8–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 25, 121, and 129 

[Docket No.: FAA–2014–0500; Notice No. 

14–07] 

RIN 2120–AK30 

Fuel Tank Vent Fire Protection 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action would amend 

certain airworthiness regulations for 

transport category airplanes to require 

fuel tank designs that prevent a fuel 

tank explosion caused by flame 

propagation through the fuel tank vents 

from external fires. This action would 

add a new requirement for fuel tank 

vent fire protection and would increase 

the time available for passenger 

evacuation and emergency response. 

This proposed amendment would apply 

to applications for new type certificates 

and certain applications for amended or 

supplemental type certificates. It would 

also require certain airplanes produced 

in the future and operated by air carriers 

to meet the new standards. 

DATES: Send comments on or before 

November 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2014–0500 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Mike Dostert, Propulsion 

and Mechanical Systems Branch, ANM– 

112, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind 

Ave. SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356; 

telephone (425) 227–2132; facsimile 

(425) 227–1149; email Mike.Dostert@

faa.gov. 

For legal questions concerning this 

action, contact Sean Howe, Office of the 

Regional Counsel, ANM–7, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 

98057–3356; telephone (425) 227–2591; 

facsimile (425) 227–1007; email 

Sean.Howe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for this Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules on 

aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the 

United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 

106 describes the authority of the FAA 

Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation 

Programs, describes in more detail the 

scope of the agency’s authority. 

This rulemaking is promulgated 

under the authority described in 

Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 

44701, ‘‘General Requirements.’’ Under 

that section, the FAA is charged with 

promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in 

air commerce by prescribing regulations 

and minimum standards for the design 

and performance of aircraft that the 

Administrator finds necessary for safety 

in air commerce. This regulation is 

within the scope of that authority. It 

prescribes new safety standards for the 

design and operation of transport 

category airplanes. 

I. Overview of Proposed Rule 

A. General 

This proposed rule would prevent 

fuel tank explosions caused by ignition 

(from potential external ignition 

sources) of fuel vapor present in or 

exiting through the fuel tank vent 

outlets. Ignition sources may include, 

but are not limited to, ground handling 

equipment, fuel fires that result from 

refueling spills, or ground fire that may 

be present following a survivable crash 

landing in which the fuel tank and the 

vent system remain intact. The FAA has 

determined that a means to prevent 

propagation of flame 1 from external 

sources into the tank through the fuel 

tank vents, such as flame arrestors or a 

means of inerting the fuel tanks, could 

be used to prevent or delay fuel tank 

explosions following certain accidents. 

This prevention or delay would provide 

time for the safe evacuation of 

passengers from the airplane. 

This proposed rule would apply to 

applications for new type certificates 

and applications for amended or 

supplemental type certificates on 

significant product level change projects 

in which Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) 25.975, Fuel tank 

vents and carburetor vapor vents, is 

applicable to a changed area. We are 

also proposing a new operating 

requirement applicable to newly 

produced airplanes that are issued an 

original airworthiness certificate after a 

specified date, per 14 CFR part 121, 

Operating Requirements: Domestic, 

Flag, and Supplemental Operations, and 

14 CFR part 129, Operations: Foreign 

Air Carriers and Foreign Operators of 

U.S.-Registered Aircraft Engaged in 

Common Carriage. We do not propose 

to require retrofit of the existing fleet. 

Currently, there is not an advisory 

circular (AC) that describes compliance 

means for protection of fuel tank vents 

from external ignition sources. We have 

provided compliance means 

information to applicants for type 

certificates through project-specific 

issue papers. These issue papers 

describe how to demonstrate that flame 

will not progress through the fuel tank 

vents into the fuel tank. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this proposal, we are also publishing for 


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