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of secure test items would significantly 

impede implementation of the NAEP 

assessment program if conducted in 

open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b of 

Title 5 U.S.C. 

Following the Committee meetings, 

the Board will convene in closed 

session from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. to 

receive a briefing and discuss the NAEP 

2012 grade 8 civics, geography, and U.S. 

history report cards. This part of the 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because results of these NAEP 

assessments have been embargoed and 

are not ready for public release. Public 

disclosure of this information would 

likely have an adverse technical and 

financial impact on the NAEP program. 

Discussion of this information would be 

likely to significantly impede 

implementation of a proposed agency 

action if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of § 552b of Title 5 

U.S.C. 

On March 6, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 

3:30 p.m., the Board will meet in open 

session to receive a briefing and discuss 

the NAEP Assessment of English 

Language Learners. 

Thereafter, the Board will meet in 

closed session from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 

p.m. to review and discuss independent 

government costs estimates for subjects 

to be assessed under the proposed 

NAEP Schedule of Assessments. This 

session will be an in-depth briefing and 

discussion to examine specific costs for 

assessing NAEP subjects, including cost 

projections for moving NAEP to digitalbased assessments, which will impact 

the NAEP schedule from 2016–2024. 

This part of the meeting must be 

conducted in closed session because 

public disclosure of this information 

would likely have an adverse financial 

effect on the NAEP program by 

providing contractors attending the 

Board meeting an unfair advantage in 

procurement and contract negotiations 

for NAEP. Discussion of this 

information would be likely to 

significantly impede implementation of 

a proposed agency action if conducted 

in open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b of 

Title 5 U.S.C. 

Following this closed session, from 

4:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Board will 

meet in open session to take action on 

the NAEP Schedule of Assessments. The 

March 6, 2015 session will adjourn at 

5:00 p.m. 

On March 7, 2015, the Nominations 

Committee will meet in closed session 

from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to discuss 

candidates for the eight Board vacancies 

for terms beginning on October 1, 2015. 

The Committee’s discussions pertain 

solely to internal personnel rules and 

practices of an agency and information 

of a personal nature where disclosure 

would constitute an unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. 

On March 7, 2015, the Board will 

meet in closed session from 8:30 a.m. to 

8:50 a.m. to receive a briefing from the 

Nominations Committee on proposed 

candidates for Board vacancies for the 

October 1, 2015 Board term. These 

discussions pertain solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of an 

agency and information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. As such, the 

discussions are protected by exemptions 

2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the 

United States Code. 

From 8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., the Board 

will take action on the proposed 2015 

slate of finalists for the eight Board 

positions. 

From 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., the 

Board will discuss a strategic planning 

initiative in open session. Following 

this session, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m. the Board will receive reports from 

the standing committees and the 

Assessment Literacy Work Group. The 

Board will take action on committee 

recommendations to include action on a 

proposed release plan for the 2014 

NAEP Report Cards in civics, 

geography, and U.S. history. 

From 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the 

Board will preview plans for the 

upcoming May 2015 quarterly Board 

meeting. The March 7, 2015 meeting is 

scheduled to adjourn at 12:00 p.m. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 

public may also inspect the meeting 

materials at www.nagb.gov on Friday, 

March 6, 2015 by 9:00 a.m. ET. The 

official verbatim transcripts of the 

public meeting sessions will be 

available for public inspection no later 

than 30 calendar days following the 

meeting. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice at least two 

weeks before the scheduled meeting 

date. Although we will attempt to meet 

a request received after that date, we 

may not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

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Authority: Public Law 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

§ 301. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Munira Mwalimu, 

Executive Officer, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department 

of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02969 Filed 2–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Extension of Public Comment Period, 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line 

Transmission Project 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) published a notice of 

availability and public hearing on 

December 17, 2014 and a correction on 

December 29, 2014 that provided for a 

comment period ending March 19, 2015. 

DOE is extending the public comment 

period for the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Plains & 

Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project 

(DOE/EIS–0486) to April 20, 2015. 

DATES: DOE extends the public 

comment period to April 20, 2015. 

Comments submitted to DOE 

concerning the Plains & Eastern EIS 

prior to this announcement do not need 

to be resubmitted as a result of this 

extension of the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft EIS may be provided on the EIS 


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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was re-designated Part A. 

Web site at http://www.plainsand

easterneis.com (preferred) or addressed 

to Plains & Eastern EIS, 216 16th Street, 

Suite 1500, Denver, Colorado 80202; via 

email to comments@

PlainsandEasternEIS.com; or by 

facsimile to (303) 295–2818. Please 

mark envelopes and email subject lines 

as Plains & Eastern Draft EIS Comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Summerson, Ph.D., DOE NEPA 

Document Manager on behalf of the 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 

NNSA, PO Box 391 Building 401, 

Kirtland Air Force Base East, 

Albuquerque, NM 87185; email at 

Jane.Summerson01@nnsa.doe.gov; or 

phone (505) 845–4091. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 17, 2014, DOE published a 

notice of availability and public hearing 

(79 FR 75132) and on December 29, 

2014, DOE published a correction (79 

FR 78079) that announced that 

comments on the Plains & Eastern EIS 

should be submitted within a 90-day 

period beginning on December 19, 2014 

and ending on March 19, 2015. DOE is 

extending the time allowed for 

submittal of comments to April 20, 

2015. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 

2015. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office 

of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02947 Filed 2–11–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. RF–042] 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to GE Appliances From the Department 

of Energy Residential Refrigerator and 

Refrigerator-Freezer Test Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Decision and order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) gives notice of the 

decision and order in Case No. RF–042 

that grants to GE Appliances (GE) a 

waiver from the DOE electric 

refrigerator and refrigerator-freezer test 

procedures for determining the energy 

consumption of the specific residential 

refrigerator-freezer basic models set 

forth in GE’s petition for waiver. Under 

today’s decision and order, GE shall be 

required to test and rate these 

refrigerator-freezer basic models, which 

use dual compressors, using an alternate 

test procedure that takes this technology 

into account when measuring energy 

consumption. 

DATES: This Decision and Order is 

effective February 12, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies Program, 

Mail Stop EE–5B, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–0371. Email: 

Bryan.Berringer@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, 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) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE gives 

notice of the issuance of its decision and 

order as set forth below. The decision 

and order grants GE a waiver from the 

applicable residential refrigerator and 

refrigerator-freezer test procedures 

found in 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, 

appendix A for certain basic models of 

refrigerator-freezers with dual 

compressors, provided that GE tests and 

rates such products using the alternate 

test procedure described in this notice. 

Today’s decision prohibits GE from 

making representations concerning the 

energy efficiency of these products 

unless the product has been tested in a 

manner consistent with the provisions 

and restrictions in the alternate test 

procedure set forth in the decision and 

order below, and the representations 

fairly disclose the test results. 

Distributors, retailers, and private 

labelers are held to the same standard 

when making representations regarding 

the energy efficiency of these products. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 

2015. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

Decision and Order 

In the Matter of: GE Appliances (Case 

No. RF–042) 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III, Part B of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Pub. L. 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309, as 

codified) established the Energy 

Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles, a 

program covering most major household 

appliances, which includes the 

residential electric refrigerators and 

refrigerator-freezers that are the focus of 

this notice.1 Part B includes definitions, 

test procedures, labeling provisions, 

energy conservation standards, and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers. Further, 

Part B authorizes the Secretary of 

Energy to prescribe test procedures that 

are reasonably designed to produce 

results measuring energy efficiency, 

energy use, or estimated operating costs, 

and that are not unduly burdensome to 

conduct. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The test 

procedure for residential electric 

refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers is 

set forth in 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, 

appendix A. 

The regulations set forth in 10 CFR 

430.27 contain provisions that enable a 

person to seek a waiver from the test 

procedure requirements for covered 

products. DOE will grant a waiver if it 

is determined that the basic model for 

which the petition for waiver was 

submitted contains one or more design 

characteristics that prevents testing of 

the basic model according to the 

prescribed test procedures, or if the 

prescribed test procedures may evaluate 

the basic model in a manner so 

unrepresentative of its true energy 

consumption characteristics as to 

provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data. 10 CFR 430.27(f)(2). 

Petitioners must include in their 

petition any alternate test procedures 

known to the petitioner to evaluate the 

basic model in a manner representative 

of its energy consumption. The 

Assistant Secretary may grant the 

waiver subject to conditions, including 

adherence to alternate test procedures. 

10 CFR 430.27(f)(2). Waivers remain in 

effect pursuant to the provisions of 10 

CFR 430.27(l). 

DOE also may grant a petitioning 

manufacturer with an interim waiver 

from the test procedure requirements 

when such relief is sought. 10 CFR 

430.27(e)(2). Within one year of 

issuance of an interim waiver, DOE will 

either: (i) Publish in the Federal 

Register a determination on the petition 

for waiver; or (ii) publish in the Federal 

Register a new or amended test 

procedure that addresses the issues 

presented in the waiver. 10 CFR 

430.27(h)(1). When DOE amends the test 

procedure to address the issues 

presented in a waiver, the waiver will 

automatically terminate on the date on 

which use of that test procedure is 

required to demonstrate compliance. 10 

CFR 430.27(h)(2). 


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