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regulatory clarity issues for the 

proposed rulemaking. The NRC is 

soliciting comments on this preliminary 

draft regulatory basis document from 

the public, licensees, and other 

stakeholders to confirm that an adequate 

regulatory basis exists to proceed with 

rulemaking to issue amended license 

renewal regulations for non-power 

reactors. The NRC conducted public 

meetings and Webinars on September 

13 (ML112710285), and December19, 

2011 (ML113630166), and on June 20, 

2012 (ML12177A334), to discuss the 

regulatory basis and to facilitate the 

public’s and stakeholders’ submission of 

informed comments. 

The NRC is issuing this notice to 

solicit public comments on the 

preliminary draft regulatory basis to 

streamline non-power reactor license 

renewal. After the NRC staff considers 

public comments, it will make a 

determination regarding issuance of the 

final regulatory basis. Any subsequent 

versions of the regulatory basis will be 

posted on www.regulations.gov in 

Docket ID NRC–2011–0087. 

Regulations.gov allows you to receive 

alerts when changes or additions occur 

in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1) 

Navigate to the docket folder, NRC– 

2011–0087; (2) click the ‘‘Email Alert’’ 

link; and (3) enter your email address 

and select how frequently you would 

like to receive emails (daily, weekly or 

monthly). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day 

of June, 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jessie F. Quichocho, 

Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing 

Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16115 Filed 6–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2008–BT–STD–0005] 

RIN 1904–AB57 

Energy Efficiency Program for 

Consumer Products: Energy 

Conservation Standards for Battery 

Chargers and External Power Supplies 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This document announces a 

reopening of the comment period for 15 

days in order to consider comments 

previously submitted after the close of 

the earlier comment period and to allow 

interested parties to submit comments 

on the notice of proposed rulemaking to 

establish energy conservation standards 

for battery chargers and external power 

supplies. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted no 

later than July 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the subject matter 

(‘‘Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 

Establish Energy Conservation 

Standards for Battery Chargers and 

External Power Supplies’’) and provide 

the appropriate docket number (EERE– 

2008–BT–STD–0005) and/or RIN 

number (1904–AB57). Comments may 

be submitted using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: BC&EPS_ECS@ee.doe.gov. 

Include docket number EERE–BT–STD– 

0005 and/or RIN number 1904–AB57 in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mail-stop EE–2J, 

Notice of Propsed Rulemaking to 

Establish Energy Conservation 

Standards for Battery Chargers and 

External Power Supplies, docket 

number EERE–2008–BT–STD–0005 

and/or RIN number 1904–AB57, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Please 

submit one signed paper original. 

• 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. Please submit one 

signed paper original. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. Jeremy Dommu, 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) 586–9870. Email: 

Jeremy.Dommu @ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC, 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

For information on how to submit or 

review public comments, contact Ms. 

Brenda Edwards, 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) 586–2945. Email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

27, 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) published in the Federal Register 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NOPR) that would establish energy 

conservation standards for battery 

chargers and amend those that currently 

apply to Class A external power 

supplies (EPSs). (77 FR 18478) That 

notice also proposed to establish 

standards for non-Class A EPSs and 

possible labeling requirements for 

battery chargers and EPSs. The 

comment period for this NOPR closed 

on May 29, 2012. 

Recently, after the closing of the 

comment period, DOE has received 

comments on this rulemaking from 

interested parties. These comments 

submit additional information for DOE 

to consider as part of its evaluation of 

potential standards for battery chargers 

and EPSs. In order to consider 

comments previously submitted after 

the close of the earlier comment period 

and to allow interested parties to submit 

comments on the NOPR, DOE has 

determined that a re-opening of the 

comment period in this rulemaking is 

appropriate and is hereby doing so. DOE 

will consider any comments received 

between March 27, 2012 and July 16, 

2012 to be timely submitted. 

Further Information on Submitting 

Comments 

Under 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 with the 

information believed to be confidential 

deleted. DOE will make its own 

determination about 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) when 

such information might lose its 

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passage of time, and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 25, 

2012. 

Kathleen Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15987 Filed 6–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0689; Directorate 

Identifier 2009–SW–065–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky 

Aircraft-Manufactured Model S–64F 

Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to supersede an 

existing airworthiness directive (AD) for 

the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporationmanufactured Model S–64F helicopters, 

now under the Erickson Air-Crane 

Incorporated (Erickson) Model S–64F 

type certificate. That AD currently 

requires inspections, rework, and 

replacement, if necessary, of the main 

gearbox (MGB) second stage lower 

planetary plate (plate). Since we issued 

that AD, the manufacturer has 

conducted a configuration review and 

analysis, and a review of the service 

history of certain components. The 

proposed actions are intended to 

establish life limits for certain 

components, remove various parts from 

service, and require consistency in the 

part numbers of certain four bladed tail 

rotor (T/R) assemblies to prevent fatigue 

cracking, failure from static overload, 

and subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by August 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Send comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to the 

‘‘Mail’’ address between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

Docket Operations Office between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 

docket contains this proposed AD, the 

economic evaluation, any comments 

received and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

Office (telephone 800–647–5527) is in 

the ADDRESSES section. Comments will 

be available in the AD docket shortly 

after receipt. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Erickson AirCrane Incorporated, ATTN: Chris 

Erickson/Compliance Officer, 3100 

Willow Springs Rd, P.O. Box 3247, 

Central Point, OR 97502, telephone 

(541) 664–5544, fax (541) 664–2312, 

email address 

cerickson@ericksonaircrane.com. You 

may review a copy of this service 

information at the FAA, Office of the 

Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 

2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort 

Worth, Texas 76137. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Kohner, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, 

Rotorcraft Certification Office, Fort 

Worth, Texas 76137, telephone (817) 

222–5170, email 7-avs-asw-170@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to participate in this 

rulemaking by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. We also 

invite comments relating to the 

economic, environmental, energy, or 

federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the proposals in this 

document. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

commenters should send only one copy 

of written comments, or if comments are 

filed electronically, commenters should 

submit only one time. 

We will file in the docket all 

comments that we receive, as well as a 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerning this proposed rulemaking. 

Before acting on this proposal, we will 

consider all comments we receive on or 

before the closing date for comments. 

We will consider comments filed after 

the comment period has closed if it is 

possible to do so without incurring 

expense or delay. We may change this 

proposal in light of the comments we 

receive. 

Discussion 

On May 9, 1997, we issued AD 97– 

10–15, Amendment 39–10028 (62 FR 

28321, May 23, 1997), for the Sikorsky 

Aircraft-manufactured Model S–64F 

helicopters (now under the Erickson 

Model S–64F helicopter type certificate) 

with a plate, P/N 6435–20516–101, with 

2,000 or more hours time-in-service 

(TIS). That AD requires, before the first 

flight of each day, inspecting the MGB 

main oil filter for magnesium 

contamination, and if magnesium 

contamination is present, replacing the 

MGB assembly. That AD also requires 

inspecting the MGB assembly within 

100 hours TIS, and thereafter at 

intervals not to exceed 500 hours TIS, 

and if necessary, replacing the MGB 

assembly. Finally, that AD requires, at 

the next overhaul of the MGB assembly, 

inspecting and reworking the plate. That 

action was prompted by two incidents 

in which the plate was found cracked. 

The requirements of that AD are 

intended to prevent failure of the plate 

due to fatigue cracking, which could 

lead to failure of the MGB and 

subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

Actions Since Existing AD Was Issued 

Since we issued AD 97–10–15, 

Erickson has performed additional 

analysis as a part of a configuration 

review and has also reviewed the 

service history of certain components. 

Erickson determined that certain lifelimits and other maintenance 

requirements need to be revised, and 

released Erickson Service Bulletin (SB) 

No. 64F General-1, Revision 17, dated 

August 17, 2010 (SB No. 64F General1, Rev. 17). We have reviewed this SB 

and have determined that the retirement 

lives of certain parts need to be revised. 

We have also determined that certain 

parts, including the plate, P/N 6435– 

20516–101, which is the subject of the 

existing AD, should be removed from 

service and should no longer be eligible 

for installation on these helicopters. 

FAA’s Determination 

We are proposing this AD because we 

evaluated all the relevant information 

and determined the unsafe condition 

described previously is likely to exist or 


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