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products. The proposed regulations 

cover such subjects as preharvest and 

transportation, facilities and sanitation, 

requirements for Sanitation Standard 

Operation Procedures and HACCP 

plans, handling and disposal of 

condemned and inedible materials, 

product labeling, food ingredients and 

preparation of products, records 

required to be kept, and export and 

import requirements. 

Under the proposed regulations, 

catfish and catfish products imported 

into the United States would have to 

come from countries that FSIS has 

determined to operate systems of 

inspection equivalent to that of FSIS 

and from establishments certified by the 

foreign inspection system as complying 

with FSIS requirements. Upon arrival at 

United States points of entry, the catfish 

and catfish products would be subject to 

re-inspection before entry into this 

country. 

The proposed rule provides for a 

transition period during which domestic 

and international operations would 

come into compliance with the catfish 

inspection program. Comments are 

requested regarding the transition 

phases and their duration. FSIS plans to 

announce in the final rule the 

implementation dates for each transition 

phase. 

In addition, FSIS is soliciting 

comments on the scope of the proposed 

regulations and, in particular, whether 

to define catfish as members of the order 

Siluriformes or to limit the definition to 

members of the family Ictaluridae. 

II. Purpose of the Meeting and Agenda 

The purpose of the public meeting is 

to provide the public with an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed rule. Meeting times at each 

location may be adjusted according to 

public participation and comments. 

The agenda and other documents 

related to the meetings will be made 

available for viewing prior to the 

meeting at the FSIS Web site: http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Meetings_

&_Events/. The proposed rule is 

available at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/

OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/2008-0031.pdf. 

The preliminary regulatory impact 

analysis, the risk assessment, reports on 

analysis of catfish samples for residues, 

and links to other documents are can be 

found at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

Regulations_&_Policies/ 

Proposed_Rules/index.asp 

III. Transcripts 

As soon as the meeting transcripts are 

available, they will be accessible on the 

FSIS Web site at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Meetings_

&_Events/. The transcripts may also be 

viewed at the FSIS Docket Room, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, Room 2–2127 

George Washington Carver Center, 5601 

Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 

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Done, at Washington, DC, on May 4, 2011. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket Number EERE–2007–BT–STD– 

0010] 

RIN 1904–AA89 

Energy Conservation Program: Energy 

Conservation Standards for 

Residential Clothes Dryers and Room 

Air Conditioners 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In a direct final rule 

published on April 21, 2011, DOE 

adopted amended energy conservation 

standards for residential clothes dryers 

and room air conditioners. As required 

by EPCA, DOE also published 

simultaneously a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NOPR) that proposed 

identical energy efficiency standards. 

The standards set forth in the direct 

final rule and NOPR were consistent 

with the consensus agreement that 

served as the basis for those rulemaking 

actions. The consensus agreement also 

provided specific compliance dates for 

both products—June 1, 2014 for room 

air conditioners and January 1, 2015 for 

clothes dryers. In the direct final rule 

and NOPR, however, DOE provided for 

a compliance date 3 years after the date 

of publication in the Federal Register, 

or April 21, 2014. As such, the 

compliance date of the direct final rule 

and NOPR did not correspond with the 

consensus agreement. DOE now 

proposes to amend the compliance dates 

set forth in the direct final rule and 

corresponding NOPR to be consistent 

with the compliance dates set out in the 

consensus agreement. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested by June 8, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the direct final rule for 

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1 DOE Docket No. EERE–2007–BT–STD–0010, 

Comment 35. DOE considered the Joint Petitioners 

comments to supersede earlier comments by the 

listed parties regarding issues subsequently 

discussed in the Joint Petition. 

Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Clothes Dryers and Room 

Air Conditioners, and provide docket 

number EERE–2007–BT–STD–0010 

and/or regulatory information number 

(RIN) number 1904–AA89. Comments 

may be submitted using any of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. E-mail: home_appliance2.

rulemaking@ee.doe.gov. Include the 

docket number and/or RIN in the 

subject line of the message. 

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

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

CD. 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. It is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at regulations.gov, including 

Federal Register notices, framework 

documents, public meeting attendee 

lists and transcripts, comments, and 

other supporting documents/materials. 

All documents in the docket are listed 

in the regulations.gov index. Not all 

documents listed in the index may be 

publicly available, such as information 

that is exempt from public disclosure. 

A link to the docket Web page can be 

found at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on how to 

submit or review public comments or 

view hard copies of the docket, contact 

Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945 

or e-mail: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Witkowski, 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, (202) 

586–7463, e-mail: 

stephen.witkowski@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, 

GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC, 20585–0121, 

(202) 586–7796, e-mail: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published a direct final rule to establish 

amended energy conservation standards 

for clothes dryers and room air 

conditioners on April 21, 2011 (76 FR 

22454, April 21, 2011). 

EPCA, as amended, grants DOE 

authority to issue a final rule 

(hereinafter referred to as a ‘‘direct final 

rule’’) establishing an energy 

conservation standard on receipt of a 

statement submitted jointly by 

interested persons that are fairly 

representative of relevant points of view 

(including representatives of 

manufacturers of covered products, 

States, and efficiency advocates) as 

determined by the Secretary, that 

contains recommendations with respect 

to an energy conservation standard that 

are in accordance with the provisions of 

42 U.S.C. 6295(o). EPCA also requires a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) 

that proposes an identical energy 

efficiency standard to be published 

simultaneously with the final rule. A 

public comment period of at least 110 

days must be provided. 42 U.S.C. 

6295(p)(4). Not later than 120 days after 

issuance of the direct final rule, if one 

or more adverse comments or an 

alternative joint recommendation are 

received relating to the direct final rule, 

the Secretary must determine whether 

the comments or alternative 

recommendation may provide a 

reasonable basis for withdrawal under 

42 U.S.C. 6295(o) or other applicable 

law. If the Secretary makes such a 

determination, DOE must withdraw the 

direct final rule and proceed with the 

simultaneously published notice of 

proposed rulemaking. DOE must 

publish in the Federal Register the 

reason why the direct final rule was 

withdrawn. Id. 

During the rulemaking proceeding to 

develop amended standards for clothes 

dryers and room air conditioners, DOE 

received the ‘‘Agreement on Minimum 

Federal Efficiency Standards, Smart 

Appliances, Federal Incentives and 

Related Matters for Specified 

Appliances’’ (the ‘‘Joint Petition’’), a 

comment submitted by groups 

representing manufacturers (the 

Association of Home Appliance 

Manufacturers (AHAM), Whirlpool 

Corporation (Whirlpool), General 

Electric Company (GE), Electrolux, LG 

Electronics, Inc. (LG), BSH Home 

Appliances (BSH), Alliance Laundry 

Systems (ALS), Viking Range, Sub-Zero 

Wolf, Friedrich A/C, U–Line, Samsung, 

Sharp Electronics, Miele, Heat 

Controller, AGA Marvel, Brown Stove, 

Haier, Fagor America, Airwell Group, 

Arcelik, Fisher & Paykel, Scotsman Ice, 

Indesit, Kuppersbusch, Kelon, and 

DeLonghi); energy and environmental 

advocates (American Council for an 

Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), 

Appliance Standards Awareness Project 

(ASAP), Natural Resources Defense 

Council (NRDC), Alliance to Save 

Energy (ASE), Alliance for Water 

Efficiency (AWE), Northwest Power and 

Conservation Council (NPCC), and 

Northeast Energy Efficiency 

Partnerships (NEEP)); and consumer 

groups (Consumer Federation of 

America (CFA) and the National 

Consumer Law Center (NCLC)) 

(collectively, the ‘‘Joint Petitioners’’). 

This collective set of comments, which 

DOE refers to in this notice as the ‘‘Joint 

Petition’’1 or ‘‘Consensus Agreement’’ 

recommends specific energy 

conservation standards for residential 

clothes dryers and room air conditioners 

that, in the commenters’ view, would 

satisfy the EPCA requirements in 42 

U.S.C. 6295(o). The Joint Petition also 

sets forth compliance dates for these 

recommended standards. The 

compliance dates are June 1, 2014 for 

room air conditioners and January 1, 

2015 for clothes dryers. 

As discussed in the direct final rule, 

DOE determined that the relevant 

criteria under 42 U.S.C. 6295(p)(4) were 

satisfied and that it was appropriate to 

adopt amended energy conservation 

standards for clothes dryers and room 

air conditioners through the direct final 

rule. In publishing the direct final rule, 

however, DOE inadvertently specified a 

compliance date 3 years after 

publication of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register, rather than specifying 

the compliance dates set forth in the 

Joint Petition. In today’s proposed rule, 

DOE proposes to adopt those 

compliance dates. Specifically, for room 

air conditioners, DOE proposes a 

compliance date of June 1, 2014, and for 

clothes dryers, DOE proposes a 

compliance date of January 1, 2015. 

DOE seeks comment on these 

compliance dates. 

Procedural Issues and Regulatory 

Review 

The regulatory reviews conducted for 

this proposed rule remain unchanged 

from those conducted for the direct final 

rule establishing the amended energy 

conservation standards. DOE does not 

believe that the changes in the 

compliance dates—approximately one 

and a half months for room air 

conditioners and eight and a half 

months for clothes dryers—would result 

in changes to those analyses. Please see 

the direct final rule for further details. 

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List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Confidential business 

information, Energy conservation, 

Household appliances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, and Small 

businesses. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2011. 

Kathleen Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Office of Technology 

Development, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, DOE proposes to amend 

chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations, as set 

forth below: 

PART 430—ENERGY CONSERVATION 

PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER 

PRODUCTS 

1. The authority citation for part 430 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6309; 28 U.S.C. 

2461 note. 

2. Revise § 430.32 paragraphs (b), and 

(h) to read as follows: 

§ 430.32 Energy and water conservation 

standards and their effective dates. 

* * * * * 

(b) Room air conditioners. 

Product class 

Energy efficiency ratio, 

effective from 

Oct. 1, 2000 to 

May 31, 2014 

Combined energy efficiency 

ratio, effective 

as of June 1, 

2014 

1. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h ............................................................. 9.7 11.0 

2. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h .............................................................. 9.7 11.0 

3. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 8,000 to 13,999 Btu/h ............................................................ 9.8 10.9 

4. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h .......................................................... 9.7 10.7 

5a. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 20,000 to 24,999 Btu/h ........................................................ 8.5 9.4 

5b. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 25,000 Btu/h or more ........................................................... 9.0 

6. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h ........................................................ 9.0 10.0 

7. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h ......................................................... 9.0 10.0 

8a. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 8,000 to 10,999 Btu/h ..................................................... 8.5 9.6 

8b. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 11,000 to 13,999 Btu/h ................................................... 9.5 

9. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h ..................................................... 8.5 9.3 

10. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more ...................................................... 8.5 9.4 

11. With reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 20,000 Btu/h .............................................................. 9.0 9.8 

12. With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 14,000 Btu/h ......................................................... 8.5 9.3 

13. With reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more ................................................................ 8.5 9.3 

14. With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 Btu/h or more ........................................................... 8.0 8.7 

15. Casement-Only .................................................................................................................................................. 8.7 9.5 

16. Casement-Slider ................................................................................................................................................ 9.5 10.4 

* * * * * 

(h) Clothes dryers. (1) Gas clothes 

dryers manufactured after January 1, 

1988 shall not be equipped with a 

constant burning pilot. 

(2) Clothes dryers manufactured on or 

after May 14, 1994 and before January 

1, 2015, shall have an energy factor no 

less than: 

Product class Energy factor 

(lbs/kWh) 

i. Electric, Standard (4.4 ft3

or greater capacity) ........... 3.01 

ii. Electric, Compact (120V) 

(less than 4.4 ft3 capacity) 3.13 

iii. Electric, Compact (240V) 

(less than 4.4 ft3 capacity) 2.90 

iv. Gas .................................. 2.67 

(3) Clothes dryers manufactured on or 

after January 1, 2015, shall have a 

combined energy factor no less than: 

Product class 

Combined 

energy factor 

(lbs/kWh) 

i. Vented Electric, Standard 

(4.4 ft3 or greater capacity) 3.73 

Product class 

Combined 

energy factor 

(lbs/kWh) 

ii. Vented Electric, Compact 

(120V) (less than 4.4 ft3

capacity) ............................ 3.61 

iii. Vented Electric, Compact 

(240V) (less than 4.4 ft3

capacity) ............................ 3.27 

iv. Vented Gas ...................... 3.30 

v. Ventless Electric, Compact 

(240V) (less than 4.4 ft3

capacity) ............................ 2.55 

vi. Ventless Electric, Combination Washer-Dryer ...... 2.08 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–1240; Airspace 

Docket No. 10–ASW–18] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Ranger, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E airspace at Ranger, TX. 

Controlled airspace is necessary to 

accommodate new Standard Instrument 

Approach Procedures (SIAP) at Cook 

Canyon Ranch Airport. The FAA is 

taking this action to enhance the safety 

and management of Instrument Flight 

Rules (IFR) operations for SIAPs at the 

airport. 

DATES: 0901 UTC. Comments must be 

received on or before June 23, 2011. 

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