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list of candidates will then be submitted 

for approval by the Secretaries of the 

Navy and Defense who are the 

appointing officials for their 

consideration. At this time, eight 

openings are envisioned on the Panel 

and the final set of nominees will seek 

to balance a range of geographic and 

sector representation and experience. 

Applicants must be US citizens. 

Successful nominees must provide 

detailed information required to 

evaluate potential conflicts of interest. 

Typically the time required to achieve 

the final appointments to the Panel is 

10–12 months. Members of the Panel 

serve as Special Government Employees 

who volunteer their time but whose 

travel costs for Panel business is 

provided by the Government. The ORAP 

is a Federal Advisory Committee and 

operates under the principles of open 

and transparent development of advice 

to the government. 

The selection of new panel members 

will be based on the nominee’s 

qualifications to provide senior advice 

to the NOC; the availability of the 

potential panel member to fully 

participate in the panel meetings; 

absence of any conflict of interest or 

appearance of lack of impartiality, and 

lack of bias; the candidates’ areas of 

expertise and professional 

qualifications; and achieving an overall 

balance of different perspectives, 

geographic representation, and expertise 

on the panel. 

Dated: December 3, 2012. 

C.K. Chiappetta, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29720 Filed 12–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Docket Number: EERE–2012–VT–0049] 

Vehicle Technologies Program; 

Request for Information 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy and Office of the 

General Counsel, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) wishes to continue 

promoting and improving the electronic 

tools it makes available to assist fleets 

and consumers in reducing petroleum 

consumption in vehicles. DOE is 

seeking partners interested in including 

customized versions of the electronic 

tools, as well as other relevant data sets 

and content, on their Web sites. To 

facilitate this process, DOE is publishing 

this request for information (RFI) to 

solicit feedback on DOE’s current Web 

site tools. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested by January 9, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

Alternatively, interested persons may 

submit comments, identified by docket 

number EERE–2012–VT–0049, by one of 

the following methods: 

1. Email: Shannon.shea@ee.doe.gov. 

Include EERE–2012–VT–0049 in the 

subject line of the message. 

2. Mail or deliver: Ms. Shannon Shea, 

U.S. Department of Energy, (EE–2G), 

Room 5F–034, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121, Telephone: (202) 586–8161. 

Please submit one signed paper original. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this request. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents, or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Shannon Shea, U.S. Department of 

Energy, (EE–2G), Room 5F–034, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, 

Telephone: (202) 586–8161, Email: 

shannon.shea@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Ari Altman, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

(GC–71), 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

Telephone: (202) 287–6307, Email: 

ari.altman@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Authority and Background 

FuelEconomy.gov is authorized under 

the 1975 Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act (Pub. L. 94–163), 

which required DOE to publish and 

distribute the annual Fuel Economy 

Guide to consumers. DOE established 

FuelEconomy.gov to complement the 

printed Guide and expand the 

accessibility of information to 

consumers. The Alternative Fuels Data 

Center (AFDC; afdc.energy.gov) was 

authorized by the 1988 Alternative 

Motor Fuels Act (Pub. L. 100–494), 

which contained provisions to formally 

establish an alternative fuels education 

and data resource center. Clean Cities, 

within the Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy’s Vehicle 

Technologies Program, is authorized 

under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 

(Pub. L. 102–486) and manages both 

FuelEconomy.gov and the AFDC. Under 

these statutes, both Web sites are 

authorized to make information and 

data available to the public. By 

providing a variety of tools, databases, 

and informational resources on fuelefficient and alternative fuel vehicles, 

both Web sites help users make 

decisions about which transportation 

options are right for them. 

These Web sites feature 14 interactive 

web tools (afdc.energy.gov/tools) that 

allow users to view and use data in a 

variety of ways. These tools include 

calculators, interactive maps, and data 

searches. 

DOE also offers eight ‘‘widgets’’ based 

on the Web site functionality described 

above. A widget is a simplified version 

of a tool or Web site that provides many 

of the same features, but in a separate 

application that independent Web site 

operators can ‘‘drop in’’ to their Web 

sites with a minimal amount of web 

coding. For example: DOE launched the 

Find-A-Car widget on FuelEconomy.gov 

(http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/ 

findacar.shtml) in September 2012. The 

full version of this tool allows users to 

search for any car from 1984 onward 

and compare it to any other one on fuel 

economy, greenhouse gas emissions, 

energy impact, and cost of fuel. The 

widget version has a simpler and more 

targeted purpose, allowing users to find 

the fuel economy of any car, also from 

1984 onward. FuelEconomy.gov also has 

a ‘‘Fuel Saving Tip of the Week’’ widget, 

launched in May 2011. This widget is 

not based on a pre-existing interactive 

tool, but rather on FuelEconomy.gov’s 

Gas Mileage Tips section. Both widgets 

are available at www.fueleconomy.gov/ 

widgets. 

DOE launched the Vehicle Cost 

Calculator (www.afdc.energy.gov/ 

calculator) and accompanying widgets 

on the AFDC in October 2011. The full 

version of this tool allows users to 

provide basic information about driving 

habits to compare emissions and 

lifetime operating costs of specific 

vehicle models, including conventional 

cars and trucks, as well as vehicles 

running on alternative fuels such as 

electricity, ethanol, natural gas, or 

biodiesel. This tool has a basic widget 

version, which allows users to select a 

representative alternative fuel vehicle 

(not a specific model, as in the full 

version) and compare its fuel cost and 

emissions to a similar conventional 

vehicle. This tool also has four specialty 

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widgets that each focus on a specific 

type of alternative fuel vehicle 

(biodiesel, compressed natural gas, E85, 

and electric drive). 

Finally, DOE launched the Alternative 

Fueling Station Locator widget on the 

AFDC in August 2012. The full tool 

allows users to obtain addresses, maps, 

and driving directions for charging and 

alternative fueling stations near a 

particular address. The widget version 

allows users to embed a specific section 

of the locator map on their Web site, so 

that they can highlight a particular 

geographic area or a particular fuel. 

Working with outside partners to 

modify and distribute both these tools 

and their accompanying widgets will 

expose this information to a larger pool 

of users and help consumers find it on 

Web sites that they already frequent. 

II. Public Participation 

A. Submission of Comments 

DOE will accept comments in 

response to this RFI under the timeline 

provided in the DATES section above. 

Comments submitted to the Department 

through the eRulemaking Portal or by 

email should be provided in 

WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or 

text file format. Those responding 

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 submitted to 

the Department by mail or hand 

delivery/courier should include one 

signed original paper copy. No 

telefacsimiles will be accepted. 

The Department encourages interested 

parties to contact DOE if they would 

like to meet in person to discuss their 

comments. The Department’s policy 

governing ex parte communications is 

posted on the Office of the General 

Counsel’s Web site at: http:// 

www.gc.energy.gov/1309.htm. 

Confidential Business Information. 

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 via email, postal mail, or 

hand delivery two well-marked copies: 

one copy of the document marked 

confidential including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

non-confidential with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. 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 that would result 

from public disclosure; (6) when such 

information might lose its confidential 

character due to the passage of time; and 

(7) why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

It is DOE’s policy that all comments 

may be included in the public docket, 

without change and as received, 

including any personal information 

provided in the comments (except 

information deemed to be exempt from 

public disclosure). 

B. Issues on Which DOE Seeks 

Information 

Although DOE welcomes comments 

on any aspect of this request for 

information, DOE is particularly 

interested in receiving comments and 

views of interested parties concerning 

the availability of DOE’s transportationoriented electronic tools, as well as the 

potential to partner with Internet 

information providers, as set forth 

below. 

(1) Current Electronic Tools and Content 

DOE would like to expand the reach 

of its current electronic tools designed 

to reduce petroleum use in 

transportation. The Vehicle Cost 

Calculator and the Alternative Fueling 

Station Locator on the AFDC, as well as 

the Find-A-Car tool and Gas Saving Tips 

on FuelEconomy.gov, are all currently 

available in ‘‘widget’’ form. Are the full 

tools currently available useful? Are the 

widget versions of these tools useful? 

Are there other existing tools on the 

AFDC or FuelEconomy.gov that your 

company would like available as 

widgets? Would your company embed 

the current widgets on its Web site? 

Why or why not? Are there other types 

of content on the AFDC and 

FuelEconomy.gov sites besides the 

current electronic tools that Web site 

operators would like to use? 

(2) Interest in Partnering on Electronic 

Tool Customization 

While any independent Web site can 

use the tools in widget form, DOE is 

interested in partnering with major Web 

sites that provide information on 

vehicles to consumers and fleet 

managers to offer customized versions 

of these widgets. Ideal candidates are 

entities whose users, stakeholders, or 

members look to them for information 

about vehicle purchases. The primary 

objective of the effort is to pair the 

capabilities of interested entities with 

DOE’s electronic tools to provide 

additional value to partner Web sites, 

and in turn, more value and education 

about transportation options to end 

users. DOE seeks to identify entities 

with whom to collaborate on this effort. 

Note that DOE is not offering funding 

related to this request. What companies 

would be interested in such a 

collaboration? What services do they 

currently offer to users and how would 

these widgets complement those 

services? What is the membership or 

user base of these existing Web sites? 

What types of customization would 

these Web sites want for the widgets 

described previously? 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

19, 2012. 

Patrick B. Davis, 

Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies 

Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29759 Filed 12–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9759–4] 

California State Motor Vehicle 

Pollution Control Standards; Notice of 

Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption; 

California’s 2010 Model Year HeavyDuty Vehicle and Engine On-Board 

Diagnostic Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of decision. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted the 

California Air Resources Board (CARB) 

its request to confirm that its 

amendments to California’s heavy-duty 

vehicle and engine on-board diagnostic 

(HD OBD) requirements that relax the 

standards for 2010–2012 model years 

(MYs) are within the scope of a previous 

waiver of preemption of the Clean Air 

Act (Act). The amendments to the HD 

OBD requirements for MY 2013 and 

later are granted a new waiver of 

preemption. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0816. All 

documents relied upon in making this 

decision, including those submitted to 

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