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Notices Federal Register

469 

Vol. 84, No. 20 

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: United States African 

Development Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. African 

Development Foundation (USADF) will 

hold its quarterly meeting of the Board 

of Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. This 

meeting will occur via telephone as a 

conference call. 

DATES: The meeting date is Tuesday, 

February 5, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 

noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is 

USADF, 1400 I St. NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Brown, (202) 577–5713. 

Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 U.S.C. 

290h). 

Dated: January 25, 2019. 

June B. Brown, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00301 Filed 1–29–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case Number 2018–001] 

Energy Conservation Program: Notice 

of Decision and Order Denying an 

Exemption to Aero-Tech Light Bulb Co. 

From the Department of Energy Rough 

Service Lamps Energy Conservation 

Standards 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of decision and order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) gives notice of a Decision 

and Order (Case Number 2018–001) that 

denies Aero-Tech Light Bulb Co.’s 

(Aero-Tech) application for a two-year 

small business exemption from 

compliance with the DOE rough service 

lamp energy conservation standards. 

DATES: The Decision and Order is 

effective on January 17, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, comments, 

and other supporting documents/ 

materials, is available for review at 

https://www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the https://www.regulations.gov index. 

However, some documents listed in the 

index, such as those containing 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure, may not be publicly 

available. 

The docket web page can be found at 

http://www.regulations.gov/docket

?D=EERE-2018-BT-PET-0016. The 

docket web page contains simple 

instruction on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Stephanie Johnson, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1943. E-mail: 

AeroTech2018PET0016@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Celia Sher, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 287–6122. E-mail: 

Celia.Sher@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On December 26, 2017, DOE issued a 

final rule codifying at 10 CFR 430.32(bb) 

statutory backstop requirements 

applicable to rough service lamps and 

vibration service lamps. Prior to the 

rule, these backstop requirements were 

triggered as a result of rough and 

vibration service lamps exceeding a 

previously announced sales threshold 

and in the absence of any other energy 

conservation regulation issued by DOE 

for these lamps. In particular, the final 

rule applies a statutorily established 40- 

watt maximum energy use and 

packaging limitation to rough and 

vibration service lamps manufactured 

on or after January 25, 2018. 82 FR 

60845. 

On May 23, 2018, Aero-Tech 

submitted an application, pursuant to 

Subpart E of 10 CFR part 430, requesting 

a two-year small business exemption 

from the DOE rough service lamps 

energy conservation standards found in 

10 CFR 430.32(bb). Aero-Tech requested 

an exemption from the standards on the 

basis of its status as a small business. 

According to Aero-Tech, failure to 

receive a small business exemption 

would likely result in a lessening of 

competition in the market for lighting 

companies. 

Under 42 U.S.C. 6295(t), DOE may 

grant to a manufacturer a temporary 

exemption from an applicable energy 

conservation standard if DOE finds that 

the annual gross revenues of such 

manufacturer from all its operations 

(including the manufacture and sale of 

covered products) does not exceed 

$8,000,000 for the 12-month period 

preceding the date of the application. In 

making this finding, DOE must account 

for the annual gross revenues of any 

other person who controls, is controlled 

by, or is under common control with, 

such manufacturer. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(t)(1)) The Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) may not grant an exemption 

with respect to any type (or class) of 

covered product subject to an energy 

conservation standard unless the 

Secretary finds, after obtaining the 

written views of the Attorney General, 

that a failure to allow an exemption 

would likely result in a lessening of 

competition. (42 U.S.C. 6295(t)(2)) See 

also, subpart E of 10 CFR part 430. A 

notice of the decision of the Secretary 

must be published in the Federal 

Register along with the reason for 

denying or granting the application. 10 

CFR 430.56(c) 

On October 15, 2018, DOE issued a 

notice announcing the receipt of and 

publishing Aero-Tech’s application for 

exemption. 83 FR 51931. In accordance 

with its regulations, DOE also 

transmitted Aero-Tech’s application for 

exemption to the Attorney General by 

the Secretary along with: (a) A statement 

of the facts and of the reasons for the 

exemption, and (b) copies of all 

documents submitted. 10 CFR 430.54. 

DOE received one comment submitted 

by the National Electrical Manufacturers 

Association (NEMA) which provided 

data and supporting factual information 


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