This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 79, No. 190 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 431 

[Docket Number EERE–2014–BT–PET–0041] 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Certain Commercial and Industrial 

Equipment: Walk-in Coolers and 

Freezers; Test Procedure 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is planning to hold a public 

meeting to discuss the various aspects 

related to testing and calculating the 

energy efficiency ratings for 

refrigeration systems used in walk-in 

coolers and freezers (WICFs). The 

discussion will focus solely on the 

mechanics of measuring the relevant 

values and the downstream calculations 

needed to rate the efficiency of WICF 

refrigeration system basic models that 

are either sold as mixed or matched 

systems. 

DATES: Meeting: DOE will hold a public 

meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 

2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 

Washington, DC. In addition, DOE plans 

to broadcast the public meeting via 

webinar. You may attend the public 

meeting either in person or via webinar. 

Registration information, participant 

instructions, and also information about 

the capabilities available to webinar 

participants will be published in 

advance on DOE’s Web site at: http://

www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/product.aspx/

productid/26. Webinar participants are 

responsible for ensuring their systems 

are compatible with the webinar 

software. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

Room GH–019. To attend, please notify 

Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945. 

Please note that foreign nationals 

visiting DOE Headquarters are subject to 

advance security screening procedures. 

Any foreign national wishing to 

participate in the meeting should advise 

DOE as soon as possible by contacting 

Ms. Edwards to initiate the necessary 

procedures. Please also note that any 

person wishing to bring a laptop into 

the Forrestal Building will be required 

to obtain a property pass. Visitors 

should avoid bringing laptops, or allow 

an extra 45 minutes. Persons may also 

attend the public meeting via webinar. 

Due to the REAL ID Act implemented 

by the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), there have been recent 

changes regarding ID requirements for 

individuals wishing to enter Federal 

buildings from specific states and U.S. 

territories. Driver’s licenses from the 

following states or territory will not be 

accepted for building entry and one of 

the alternate forms of ID listed below 

will be required. 

DHS has determined that regular 

driver’s licenses (and ID cards) from the 

following jurisdictions are not 

acceptable for entry into DOE facilities: 

Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, 

Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, 

Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, and 

Washington. Acceptable alternate forms 

of Photo-ID include: U.S. Passport or 

Passport Card; an Enhanced Driver’s 

License or Enhanced ID-Card issued by 

the states of Minnesota, New York or 

Washington (Enhanced licenses issued 

by these states are clearly marked 

Enhanced or Enhanced Driver’s 

License); a military ID or other Federal 

government issued Photo-ID card. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586– 

6590, email: Ashley.Armstrong@

ee.doe.gov. Michael Kido, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of General 

Counsel, GC–71, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

(202) 586–8145, email: Michael.Kido@

hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) is holding 

a public meeting to discuss a variety of 

issues related to the testing and 

calculation of the energy efficiency of 

refrigeration systems used in walk-in 

coolers and walk-in freezers 

(collectively, ‘‘walk-ins’’ or ‘‘WICFs’’). A 

walk-in is an enclosed storage space 

refrigerated to temperatures ‘‘above, and 

at or below’’ (depending on whether it 

is a cooler or freezer) 32 °F that can be 

walked into, and has a total chilled 

storage area of less than 3,000 square 

feet. See 42 U.S.C. 6311(20). Each walkin is comprised of three key types of 

components: Panels used for the ceiling, 

walls, and (for freezers) the floor; at 

least one door; and a refrigeration 

system. 

At its most basic level, a refrigeration 

system uses two primary components— 

an evaporator coil unit and a 

condensing unit. Both of these 

components are connected together 

through the use of a refrigerant line. 

Within the refrigeration system market, 

some manufacturers produce both 

components, effectively creating a 

complete system for purposes of being 

able to rate the efficiency of a given 

walk-in refrigeration system. Other 

manufacturers, however, produce only 

the evaporator coils or the condensing 

unit. Recent modifications to DOE’s 

WICF test procedure enable 

manufacturers in these single 

component-only scenarios to readily 

calculate the energy efficiency of their 

respective unit using specified default 

values for the other refrigeration system 

component that they do not 

manufacture. See 79 FR 27388 (May 13, 

2014). Those recent modifications also 

allow manufacturers of walk-in 

refrigeration systems to use a 

mathematical model or computer 

simulation, known generically as 

alternative efficiency determination 

methods (AEDMs), in lieu of conducting 

a test when rating a WICF refrigeration 

system’s energy efficiency. 

The scheduled meeting is intended to 

assist interested parties, particularly 

those individual manufacturers who 

produce only one of the two primary 

refrigeration system components noted 

above, with applying DOE’s calculation 

methodology when rating the efficiency 

of that manufacturer’s component. This 

calculation methodology must be used 

when determining whether a 

manufacturer’s individual component 

complies with the applicable energy 

conservation standards DOE recently 

issued, compliance with which is 

required as of June 5, 2017. See 79 FR 

32050 (June 3, 2014). 

DOE plans to discuss the following 

issues: 


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• The scope of the refrigeration 

system test procedure, particularly, 

identifying which refrigeration 

components fall within the scope of 

DOE’s walk-in regulations; 

• the operation of the test procedure’s 

methodology, including the methods 

used to calculate defrost energy 

consumption; 

• the application of the test procedure 

when rating different walk-in 

refrigeration systems (i.e., mixed versus 

matched systems); 

• the calculation of the ratings of a 

given walk-in refrigeration system 

component when only component (i.e. 

the evaporator coil unit or condenser 

unit) is produced; and 

• the AEDM requirements as they 

apply to walk-in refrigeration systems. 

DOE encourages all interested persons 

to submit questions to DOE that are 

relevant to the above topics in advance 

of the meeting date to ensure that the 

agency is able to fully address these 

topics. As the intent of this meeting is 

to help manufacturers to better 

understand how to rate their equipment, 

DOE will not be discussing the 

methodology or analysis used in 

developing the recently amended energy 

conservation standards for walk-in 

refrigeration systems. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

23, 2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23417 Filed 9–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. EERE–2009–BT–BC–0021] 

10 CFR Part 460 

RIN 1904–AC11 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee 

(ASRAC)—Manufactured Housing 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of term; and 

Open meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a term 

extension for the Manufactured Housing 

Working Group (MH Working Group) 

and open meetings. More time is needed 

for the working group to continue 

negotiations towards consensus on 

proposed Federal standards for the 

energy efficiency of manufactured 

homes, as authorized by section 413 of 

the Energy Independence and Security 

Act of 2007 (EISA). 

DATES: The Manufactured Housing 

working group charter will be extended 

until November 1, 2014. 

The meetings will be held from 9:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: 

• October 1–2, 2014 

• October 23–24, 2014 

ADDRESSES: The October 1–2, 2014 

meetings will be held at U.S. 

Department of Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room GH–019, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. The October 23– 

24, 2014 meetings will be held at U.S. 

Department of Energy, Golden Field 

Office, 15013 Denver West Parkway, 

Golden, Colorado 80401. A room 

number has not yet been set for the 

October 23–24, 2014 meetings in 

Golden, CO. Once a room number is set 

it will be stated on the DOE Rulemaking 

for Manufactured Housing Energy 

Conservation Standards Web page at 

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=97. 

Individuals will also have the 

opportunity to participate by webinar. 

To register for the webinar and receive 

call-in information, please register at 

http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/

appliance-standards-and-rulemakingfederal-advisory-committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Hagerman, Senior Advisor, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE), Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202– 

586–4549; Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

ASRAC set a deadline of September 

30, 2014 for the MH Working Group to 

negotiate proposed Federal standards 

for the energy efficiency of 

manufactured homes. The MH Working 

Group has held six public meetings 

between August and September, 2014. 

More time is needed for the MH 

Working Group to continue negotiations 

towards consensus on proposed Federal 

standards for the energy efficiency of 

manufactured homes. ASRAC approved 

an extension of the term of the MH 

Working Group until November 1, 2014. 

The MH Working Group will meet on 

October 1–2, 2014 and October 23–24, 

2014 at the addresses provided in the 

ADDRESSES section. Information 

regarding the background of the MH 

Working Group and public participation 

in the meetings was outlined in a 

previous Federal Register notice 

published on August 15, 2014. See 79 

FR 48097. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23422 Filed 9–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0655; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–070–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to supersede 

airworthiness directive (AD) 2007–14– 

05, for all Airbus Model A310 and 

Model A300 B4–600, B4–600R, and F4– 

600R series airplanes, and Model A300 

C4–605R Variant F airplanes 

(collectively called Model A300–600 

series airplanes). AD 2007–14–05 

currently requires revising the 

Airworthiness Limitations section of the 

Instructions for Continued 

Airworthiness by incorporating certain 

certification maintenance requirements. 

Since we issued AD 2007–14–05, we 

have determined that more restrictive 

maintenance requirements and 

airworthiness limitations are necessary. 

This proposed AD would require 

revising the maintenance or inspection 

program to incorporate more restrictive 

maintenance requirements and 

airworthiness limitations. We are 

proposing this AD to prevent safetysignificant latent failures that would, in 

combination with one or more other 

specific failures or events, result in a 

hazardous or catastrophic failure 

condition of avionics, hydraulic 

systems, fire detection systems, fuel 

systems, or other critical systems. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by November 17, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 


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