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randomly selected and tested to ensure 

that any represented value of water 

consumption or other measure of water 

consumption of a basic model for which 

consumers would favor lower values 

must be greater than or equal to the 

higher of: 

(i) The mean of the sample, where: 

and, x ̄ is the sample mean; 

n is the number of samples; and 

xi is the ith sample; Or, 

(ii) The upper 95 percent confidence 

limit (UCL) of the true mean divided by 

1.10, where: 

and, x ̄ is the sample mean; 

s is the sample standard deviation; 

n is the number of samples; and 

t0.95 is the t statistic for a 95 percent twotailed confidence interval with n-1 

degrees of freedom (from Appendix A of 

this subpart). 

* * * * * 

PART 431—ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN 

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 

EQUIPMENT 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 431 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6317. 

■ 4. Section 431.262 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 431.262 Definitions. 

Basic model means all units of a given 

type of covered product (or class 

thereof) manufactured by one 

manufacturer, having the same primary 

energy source, and which have 

essentially identical electrical, physical, 

and functional (or hydraulic) 

characteristics that affect energy 

consumption, energy efficiency, water 

consumption, or water efficiency. 

Commercial prerinse spray valve 

means a handheld device, containing a 

normally-closed valve, suitable for use 

with commercial dishwashing and ware 

washing equipment for the purpose of 

removing food residue before cleaning 

the items. 

Normally-closed valve means a valve 

that opens when an external force is 

exerted upon it and automatically closes 

when the external force is removed. 

Spray force means the amount of force 

exerted onto the spray disc, measured in 

ounce-force (ozf). 

■ 5. Section 431.263 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b)(1) to read as 

follows: 

§ 431.263 Materials incorporated by 

reference. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) ASTM Standard F2324–13, 

(‘‘ASTM F2324–13’’), Standard Test 

Method for Prerinse Spray Valves, 

approved June 1, 2013; IBR approved as 

follows, sections: 6.1—6.9, 9.1–9.5.3.2, 

10.1–10.2.5, 10.3.1–10.3.8, and 11.3.1 

(replacing ‘‘nozzles’’ with ‘‘nozzle’’), 

excluding reference to the Annex, IBR 

approved for § 431.264. 

* * * * * 

■ 6. Section 431.264 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 431.264 Uniform test method to measure 

flow rate and spray force of commercial 

prerinse spray valves. 

(a) Scope. This section provides the 

test procedure to measure the water 

consumption flow rate and spray force 

of a commercial prerinse spray valve. 

(b) Testing and Calculations.—(1) 

Flow rate. Test a sample unit in 

accordance with the requirements of 

sections 6.1 through 6.9 (Apparatus) 

except 6.4 and 6.7, 9.1 through 9.4 

(Preparation of Apparatus), and 10.1 

through 10.2.5 (Procedure), and perform 

calculations in accordance with section 

11.3.1 (Calculation and Report) of 

ASTM F2324–13, (incorporated by 

reference, see § 431.263). Disregard any 

references to the Annex. Record flow 

rate measurements at the resolutions of 

the test instrumentation. For the sample 

unit, calculate the mean of the flow rate 

measurements. Round the final value for 

flow rate to two decimal places. 

(2) Spray force. Test each sample unit 

in accordance with the test 

requirements specified in sections 6.2 

and 6.4 through 6.9 (Apparatus), 9.1 

through 9.5.3.2 (Preparation of 

Apparatus), and 10.3.1 through 10.3.8 

(Procedure) of ASTM F2324–13. 

Disregard any references to the Annex. 

Record spray force measurements at the 

resolution of the test instrumentation. 

For each sample unit, calculate the 

mean of the spray force measurements. 

Round the spray force to one decimal 

place. 

(3) Multiple spray patterns. If a 

sample unit has multiple spray patterns, 

for each possible spray pattern: 

(i) Measure both the flow rate and 

spray force according to paragraphs 

(b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section 

(including calculating the mean flow 

rate and spray force for each spray 

pattern); and 

(ii) Record the mean flow rate for each 

spray pattern, rounded to two decimal 

places. Record the mean spray force for 

each spray pattern, rounded to one 

decimal place. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2015–BT–STD–0006] 

RIN 1904–AD51 

Energy Efficiency Program for 

Consumer Products: Energy 

Conservation Standards for 

Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

availability of the Framework 

Document. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is initiating this 

rulemaking and data collection process 

to consider amending energy 

conservation standards for fluorescent 

lamp ballasts. To inform interested 

parties and to facilitate this process, 

DOE has prepared a Framework 

Document that details the analytical 

approach and scope of coverage for the 

rulemaking, and identifies several issues 

on which DOE is particularly interested 

in receiving comments. DOE will hold 

a public meeting to discuss and receive 

comments on its planned analytical 

approach and issues it will address in 

this rulemaking proceeding. DOE 

welcomes written comments and 

relevant data from the public on any 

subject within the scope of this 

rulemaking. A copy of the Framework 

Document is available at: http://

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=110. 

DATES: Comments: DOE will accept 

written comments, data, and 

information regarding the Framework 

Document before and after the public 

meeting, but no later than August 7, 

2015. 

Meeting: DOE will hold a public 

meeting on Friday, July 17, 2015, from 

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Washington, 

DC. Additionally, DOE plans to conduct 

the public meeting via webinar. You 

may attend the public meeting via 

webinar, and registration information, 

participant instructions, and 

information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants will be 

published on DOE’s Web site at: 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

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aFor editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated Part A. 

bAll references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the American 

Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act 

(AEMTCA), Public Law 112–210 (Dec. 18, 2012). 

rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=110. 

Participants are responsible for ensuring 

their systems are compatible with the 

webinar software. 

DOE must receive requests to speak at 

the public meeting before 4:00 p.m., July 

6, 2015. DOE must receive an electronic 

copy of the statement with the name 

and, if appropriate, the organization of 

the presenter to be given at the public 

meeting before 4:00 p.m., July 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 8E–089, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Please 

note that foreign nationals participating 

in the public meeting are subject to 

advance security screening procedures 

which require advance notice prior to 

attendance at the public meeting. If a 

foreign national wishes to participate in 

the public meeting, please inform DOE 

as soon as possible by contacting Ms. 

Regina Washington at (202) 586–1214 or 

by email: Regina.Washington@

ee.doe.gov so that the necessary 

procedures can be completed. Please 

note that any person wishing to bring a 

laptop computer into the Forrestal 

Building will be required to obtain a 

property pass. Visitors should avoid 

bringing laptops, or allow an extra 45 

minutes. As noted above, persons may 

also attend the public meeting via 

webinar. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

submit comments electronically. 

However, comments may be submitted 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: 

FluorLampBallast2015STD0006@

ee.doe.gov. Include docket number 

EERE–2015–BT–STD–0006 and/or 

regulatory identification number (RIN) 

1904–AD51 in the subject line of the 

message. All comments should clearly 

identify the name, address, and, if 

appropriate, organization of the 

commenter. Submit electronic 

comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft 

Word, PDF, or ASCII file format, and 

avoid the use of special characters or 

any form of encryption. 

• Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–5B, 

Framework Document for Fluorescent 

Lamp Ballasts, Docket No. EERE–2015– 

BT–STD–0006 and/or RIN 1904–AD51, 

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. 

[Please note that comments sent by mail 

are often delayed and may be damaged 

by mail screening processes.] 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, Sixth 

Floor, 950 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 

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. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number and/or RIN for this 

rulemaking. No telefacsimilies (faxes) 

will be accepted. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include Federal Register 

notices, framework document, notice of 

proposed rulemaking, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials throughout the 

rulemaking process. The regulations.gov 

Web page contains simple instructions 

on how to access all documents, 

including public comments, in the 

docket. The docket can be accessed by 

searching for docket number EERE– 

2015–BT–STD–0006 on the 

regulations.gov Web site. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1604. Email: 

fluorescent_lamp_ballasts@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Sarah Butler, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–1777. Email: 

Sarah.Butler@hq.doe.gov. 

For information on how to submit or 

review public comments and on how to 

participate in the public meeting, 

contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone (202) 586–2945. Email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title III, Part Ba of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA or 

the Act), Public Law 94–163, (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6309, as codified) sets forth a 

variety of provisions designed to 

improve energy efficiency and 

established the Energy Conservation 

Program for Consumer Products Other 

Than Automobiles, a program covering 

major household appliances 

(collectively referred to as ‘‘covered 

products’’).b Part C of title III (42 U.S.C. 

6311–6317) establishes an energy 

conservation program for certain 

industrial and commercial equipment. 

EPCA authorizes DOE to establish 

technologically feasible, economically 

justified energy conservation standards 

for covered products or equipment that 

would be likely to result in significant 

national energy savings. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(o)(2)(B)(i)(I)–(VII)) 

Additional amendments to EPCA 

have given DOE the authority to regulate 

the energy efficiency of several 

products, including certain fluorescent 

lamp ballasts—the products that are the 

subject of this document. Amendments 

to EPCA in the National Appliance 

Energy Conservation Amendments of 

1988 (NAECA 1988), Public Law 100– 

357, established energy conservation 

standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(5)) These same 

amendments also required that DOE: (1) 

Conduct two rulemaking cycles to 

determine whether these standards 

should be amended; and (2) for each 

rulemaking cycle, determine whether 

the standards in effect for fluorescent 

lamp ballasts should be amended so that 

they would be applicable to additional 

fluorescent lamp ballasts. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(g)(7)(A)–(B)) DOE completed these 

two rulemaking cycles in 2000 and 

2011. 65 FR 56740 (Sept. 19, 2000) and 

76 FR 70548 (Nov. 14, 2011). 

EPCA mandates that within six years 

of the publication of the previous final 

rule, DOE is required to publish either 

a notice of determination that standards 

do not need to be amended or a notice 

of proposed rulemaking including new 

proposed standards. (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)) 

This notice and the associated public 

meeting represent the first step in the 

process to consider whether to amend 

energy conservation standards for 

fluorescent ballasts in that six year 

review process. 

DOE has prepared the Framework 

Document to explain the relevant issues, 

analyses, and processes it anticipates 

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using when considering new or 

amended energy conservation standards 

for fluorescent lamp ballasts. The focus 

of the public meeting noted above will 

be to discuss the information presented 

and issues identified in the Framework 

Document. At the public meeting, DOE 

will make presentations and invite 

discussion on the rulemaking process as 

it applies to fluorescent lamp ballasts. 

DOE will also solicit comments, data, 

and information from participants and 

other interested parties. 

DOE is planning to conduct in-depth 

technical analyses in the following 

areas: (1) Engineering; (2) energy use; (3) 

product price; (4) life-cycle cost and 

payback period; (5) national impacts; (6) 

manufacturer impacts; (7) emission 

impacts; (8) utility impacts; (9) 

employment impacts; and (10) 

regulatory impacts. DOE will also 

conduct several other analyses that 

support those previously listed, 

including the market and technology 

assessment, the screening analysis 

(which contributes to the engineering 

analysis), and the shipments analysis 

(which contributes to the national 

impact analysis). 

DOE encourages those who wish to 

participate in the public meeting to 

obtain the Framework Document and to 

be prepared to discuss its contents. A 

copy of the Framework Document is 

available at: http://

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=110. 

Public meeting participants need not 

limit their comments to the issues 

identified in the Framework Document. 

DOE is also interested in comments on 

other relevant issues that participants 

believe would affect energy 

conservation standards for these 

products, applicable test procedures, or 

the preliminary determination on the 

scope of coverage. DOE invites all 

interested parties, whether or not they 

participate in the public meeting, to 

submit in writing by August 7, 2015, 

comments and information on matters 

addressed in the Framework Document 

and on other matters relevant to DOE’s 

consideration of coverage of and 

standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. 

The public meeting will be conducted 

in an informal, facilitated, conference 

style. There shall be no discussion of 

proprietary information, costs or prices, 

market shares, or other commercial 

matters regulated by U.S. antitrust laws. 

A court reporter will record the 

proceedings of the public meeting, after 

which a transcript will be available for 

purchase from the court reporter and 

placed on the DOE Web site at: http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=110. 

After the public meeting and the close 

of the comment period on the 

Framework Document, DOE will collect 

data, conduct the analyses as discussed 

in the Framework Document and at the 

public meeting, and review the public 

comments it receives. 

DOE considers public participation to 

be a very important part of the process 

for determining whether to establish or 

amend energy conservation standards 

and, if so, in setting those new or 

amended standards. DOE actively 

encourages the participation and 

interaction of the public during the 

comment period at each stage of the 

rulemaking process. Beginning with the 

Framework Document, and during each 

subsequent public meeting and 

comment period, interactions with and 

among members of the public provide a 

balanced discussion of the issues to 

assist DOE in the standards rulemaking 

process. Accordingly, anyone who 

wishes to participate in the public 

meeting, receive meeting materials, or 

be added to the DOE mailing list to 

receive future notices and information 

about this rulemaking should contact 

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

or via email at Brenda.Edwards@

ee.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 17, 

2015. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Parts 607, 614, 615, 620 and 

628 

RIN 3052–AC81 

Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory 

Capital, Implementation of Tier 1/Tier 2 

Framework 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA or we) is 

reopening the comment period on the 

proposed rule that would revise our 

regulatory capital requirements for Farm 

Credit System (System) institutions to 

include tier 1 and tier 2 risk-based 

capital ratio requirements, a tier 1 

leverage requirement, a capital 

conservation buffer, revised risk 

weightings, and additional public 

disclosure requirements. 

DATES: You may send us comments from 

June 26, 2015, through July 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: For accuracy and efficiency 

reasons, please submit comments by 

email or through the FCA’s Web site. 

We do not accept comments submitted 

by facsimile (fax), as faxes are difficult 

for us to process in compliance with 

section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Please do not submit your comment 

multiple times via different methods. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Email: Send us an email at regcomm@fca.gov. 

• FCA Web site: http://www.fca.gov. 

Select ‘‘Public Commenters,’’ then 

‘‘Public Comments,’’ and follow the 

directions for ‘‘Submitting a Comment.’’ 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Barry F. Mardock, Deputy 

Director, Office of Regulatory Policy, 

Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm 

Credit Drive, McLean, VA 22102–5090. 

You may review copies of all 

comments we receive at our office in 

McLean, Virginia, or from our Web site 

at http://www.fca.gov. Once you are in 

the Web site, select ‘‘Public 

Commenters,’’ then ‘‘Public 

Comments,’’ and follow the directions 

for ‘‘Reading Submitted Public 

Comments.’’ We will show your 

comments as submitted, but for 

technical reasons we may omit items 

such as logos and special characters. 

Identifying information you provide, 

such as phone numbers and addresses, 

will be publicly available. However, we 

will attempt to remove email addresses 

to help reduce Internet spam. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

J.C. Floyd, Associate Director, Finance 

and Capital Markets Team, Office of 

Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (720) 213–0924, TTY (703) 883– 

4056; 

or 

Rebecca S. Orlich, Senior Counsel, or 

Jennifer A. Cohn, Senior Counsel, 

Office of General Counsel, Farm 

Credit Administration, McLean, VA 

22102–5090, (703) 883–4020, TTY 

(703) 883–4056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 4, 2014, FCA published a 

proposed rule to revise our regulatory 

capital requirements for Farm Credit 

System (System) institutions to establish 

tier 1/tier 2 risk-based capital ratio 

requirements (replacing core surplus 

and total surplus ratios), a tier 1 

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