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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 78, No. 122 

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 429 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–NOC–0023] 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee: Notice of 

Open Teleconference/Webinar 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open Teleconference/ 

Webinar. 

SUMMARY: This document announces a 

meeting of the Appliance Standards and 

Rulemaking Federal Advisory 

Committee (ASRAC). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, PublicLaw 

92–463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that 

agencies publish notice of an advisory 

committee meeting in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 3:00 

p.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: Teleconference/Webinar 

Only, you may register at https:// 

www1.gotomeeting.com/register/ 

265936657. Upon registering you will 

receive the appropriate call-in 

information as well. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Cymbalsky, ASRAC Designated Federal 

Officer, Supervisory Operations 

Research Analyst, U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 

20024. Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Energy Department on the development 

of standards and test procedures for 

residential appliances and commercial 

equipment, certification and 

enforcement of standards, and product 

labeling. 

Tentative Agenda: (Subject to change; 

final agenda will be posted at 

www.appliancestandards.energy.gov): 

• Update on Commercial HVAC, 

Water Heating, and Refrigeration 

Certification Working Group efforts. 

Æ Openly review and deliberate on 

working group’s formed 

recommendations on Alternate 

Efficiency Determination Methods. 

• Open deliberation on possibly 

establishing a working group to explore 

negotiated rulemaking for commercial/ 

industrial pumps. 

• Set date for next in person meeting. 

Public Participation: Members of the 

public are welcome to observe the 

business of the meeting and, if time 

allows, may make oral statements 

during the specified period for public 

comment. To attend the meeting and/or 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, email 

asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please 

indicate your name, organization (if 

appropriate), citizenship, and contact 

information. Please note that foreign 

nationals visiting DOE Headquarters are 

subject to advance security screening 

procedures. 

Members of the public will be heard 

in the order in which they sign up for 

the Public Comment Period. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number of individuals who wish to 

speak but will not exceed five minutes. 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

on the agenda. The co-chairs of the 

Committee will make every effort to 

hear the views of all interested parties 

and to facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Participation in the meeting is not a 

prerequisite for submission of written 

comments. ASRAC invites written 

comments from all interested parties. 

Any comments submitted must identify 

the ASRAC, and provide docket number 

EERE–2013–BT–NOC–0005. Comments 

may be submitted using any of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: ASRAC@ee.doe.gov. Include 

docket number EERE–2013–BT–NOC– 

0005 in the subject line of the message. 

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

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (CD), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 

(202) 586–2945. If possible, please 

submit all items on a CD, in which case 

it is not necessary to include printed 

copies. 

No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be 

accepted. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

public meeting attendee lists and 

transcripts, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov index. 

However, not all documents listed in 

the index may be publicly available, 

such as information that is exempt from 

public disclosure. 

The Secretary of Energy has approved 

publication of today’s notice of 

proposed rulemaking. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 19, 

2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–15124 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 460 

[Docket No. EERE–2009–BT–BC–0021] 

RIN 1904–AC11 

Energy Efficiency Standards for 

Manufactured Housing 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) has initiated the process 

to develop and publish energy standards 

for manufactured housing, as directed 

by the Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007 (EISA). To 

facilitate this process, enhance the 

quality of the standards and supporting 

documentation, and to allow interested 

parties to provide suggestions, 

comments, and information, DOE is 

publishing this request for information. 


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