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Federal Register /Vol. 69, No. 84 I Friday, April 30, 2004 I Proposed Rules 23699 

(1) The request must be for 

subordination of a specific amount of 

the Rural Development indebtedness, 

and the amount must be within the 

approval official's authority as set forth 

in exhibits A and B of subpart A of part 

1901 of this chapter (available in any 

Rural Development office). 

* * * * * 

4. Section 1951.226 is amended in 

paragraph (b)(4)(ii) by removing the 

word "below" and adding in its place 

the phrase "of this subpart." 

5. Section 1951.230 is amended in 

paragraph (f) (2) by removing the phrase 

"Form FmHA or its successor agency 

under Public Law 103- 354 442- 46" find 

adding in its place the phrase "Form RD 

1942- 46." 

6. Section 1951.242 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 1951.242 Servicing delinquent 

Community Facility loans. 

(a) For the purpose of this section, a 

loan is delinquent when a borrower fails 

to make all or part of a payment by the 

due date. 

(b) The delinquent loan borrower and 

the Agency, at its discretion, may enter 

into a written workout agreement. 

(c) For loans that are delinquent, the 

borrower must provide, monthly 

comparative financial statements in a 

format that is acceptable to the Agency 

by the 15th day of the following month. 

The Agency may waive this requirement 

if it would cause a hardship for the 

borrower or the borrower is actively 

marketing the security property. 

7. Section 1951.250 is amended by 

removing the last sentence. 

Dated: April 15, 2004. 

James E. Selmon, III, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 04- 9787 Filed 4- 29- 04: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410-XV-P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

10 CFR Part 430 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products and Commercial 

and Industrial Equipment 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE or Department) will hold an 

informal public meeting to discuss the 

priorities of the existing program and 

any possible expansion of the scope of 

the program to include additional 

consumer products and commercial and 

industrial equipment for either 

standards or voluntary programs. The 

Department is interested in receiving 

suggestions on the criteria, data, and 

analysis methods it should use to reach 

decisions on these issues, and 

comments on the FY 2005 Preliminary 

Priority-Setting Summary Report and 

Actions Proposed which includes data 

sheets for potential new products, 

revised data sheets for existing 

products, the FY 2005 Technical 

Support Document (TSD), and actions 

proposed. 

DATES: The Department will hold a 

public meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 

2004, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please 

submit written comments by Friday, 

July 9, 2004. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room IE- 245, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. (Please note that 

foreign nationals visiting DOE 

headquarters are subject to advance 

security screening procedures. If you are 

a foreign national and wish to 

participate in the meeting, please inform 

DOE of this fact as soon as possible by 

contacting Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at 

(202) 586- 2945 to complete the 

necessary procedures.) 

The Department placed on the DOE 

Web site at http://www.eere.energy.gov/ 

buildings/appliance_standards/ the FY 

2005 Preliminary Priority-Setting 

Summary Report and Actions Proposed 

containing the new data sheets, the FY 

2005 TSD, and a letter discussing the 

proposed prioritization for FY 2005 

which lists the priority for standards 

and test procedure rulemakings for 

products that are currently mandated by 

statute and possible new products that 

have been identified by various 

stakeholders or included in proposed 

legislation. 

Written comments are welcome, 

especially following the meeting. The 

Department will accept comments, data, 

and information regarding this prioritysetting no later than the date provided 

in the DATES section. 

You may submit comments, identified 

for the FY 2005 Appliance Standards 

Prioritization, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: 

prioritysetting2005@ee.doe.gov. Include 

FY 2005 Appliance Standards 

Prioritization in the subject line of the 

message. • Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE- 2J, 

FY 2005 Appliance Standards 

Prioritization, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20585-

0121. Telephone: (202) 586- 2945. 

Please submit one signed paper original. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies Program, 

Room lJ- 018, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20585. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

reference the FY 2005 Appliance 

Standards Prioritization. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, PDF, or text (ASCII) 

format file; avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption; 

and, wherever possible, include the 

electronic signature of the author. If you 

don't include an electronic signature, 

you must authenticate comments by 

thereafter submitting the signed original 

paper document. No telefacsimiles 

(telefaxes) will be accepted. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to the U.S. 

Department of Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room lJ- 018 (Resource Room 

of the Building Technologies Program), 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, (202) 586- 9127, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at 

the above telephone number for 

additional information regarding 

visiting the Resource Room. Please note: 

The Department's Freedom of 

Information Reading Room (formerly 

Room IE- 190 at the Forrestal Building) 

is no longer housing rulemaking 

materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Twigg, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, EE- 2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

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

9611, e-mail: 

Barbara.Twigg@ee.doe.gov; or Francine 

Pinto, Esq., or Thomas DePriest, Esq., 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

General Counsel, GC- 72, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586- 9507, 

e-mail: Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov, or 

Thomas.DePriest@hq.doe.gov, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In May 

2001, the National Energy Policy 

Development Group reported a National 
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23700 Federal Register/Vol. 69, No. 84/Friday, April 30, 2004/Proposed Rules 

Energy Policy (NEP) to the President. 

One of the NEP's recommendations 

called for the President to direct the 

Secretary of Energy to take steps to 

improve the energy efficiency of 

appliances. The recommendation 

included supporting the existing 

appliance standards program, setting 

higher standards where technologically 

feasible and economically justified, and 

expanding the scope of the program to 

include additional consumer products 

and commercial and industrial 

equipment where technologically 

feasible and economically justified. 

The Department reevaluates program 

priorities on an annual basis. On 

October 1, 2003, DOE completed and 

distributed the Fiscal Year 2004 

priorities based on stakeholder 

comments regarding priorities drawn 

from appliance energy data sheets 

updated from the original FY 2003 

Priority-Setting Summary Report and 

Actions Proposed, dated August 22, 

2002. This year, the Department has 

conducted a more comprehensive 

updating of the FY 2003 report and has 

posted the new report, FY 2005 

Preliminary Priority-Setting Summary 

Report and Actions Proposed, on its 

website for stakeholder comment. This 

includes draft data sheets on potential 

new covered products. The Department 

requests comments on these new 

products. 

The June 9, 2004, public meeting will 

provide an opportunity to discuss the 

Department's draft priorities for FY 

2005, the new and revised data sheets 

which support those draft priorities, 

potential new covered products, and the 

factors, data, and analysis methods that 

DOE uses, or might use in its decisionmaking process. The Department will 

consider these comments as it 

determines which products do not merit 

further consideration at this time for 

either a standard or a voluntary 

program, and as DOE assigns existing 

and new products a priority ranking. 

Prioritization will by necessity reflect 

funding and staffing constraints which 

limit how many rulemakings DOE can 

pursue. 

The meeting will be conducted in an 

informal, conference style. There will 

not be any discussion of proprietary 

information, costs or prices, market 

shares, or other commercial matters 

regulated by the U.S. antitrust laws. 

After the meeting and expiration of 

the period for submitting written 

statements, the Department will 

consider the comments received. 

If you would like to participate in the 

meeting or be added to the DOE mailing 

list to receive future notices and 

information regarding the energy 

conservation program for consumer 

products and commercial and industrial 

equipment, please contact Ms. Brenda 

Edwards-Jones at (202) 586- 2945. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 27, 

2004. 

Douglas L. Faulkner, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 04- 9830 Filed 4- 29- 04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

15 CFR Part 50 

[Docket Number 040408109-4109-01] 

RIN 0607-AA41 

Amendment to the Age Search Fee 

Structure 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is proposing to amend 

Title 15, § 50.5, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) to increase the fee for 

conducting an Age Search from $40.00 

to $65.00. The Census Bureau also is 

proposing to add an additional charge of 

$20.00 per case for expedited requests 

requiring search results within one day. 

These changes are being made to 

recover the increase in operating costs 

associated with processing an Age 

Search request. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 1, 2004. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

on this proposed rule making to Mark T. 

Grice, Acting Chief, National Processing 

Center, U.S. Census Bureau, 1201 East 

10th Street, Room 247, Building 66, 

Jeffersonville, IN 47132, by telephone 

on (812) 218- 3344, or by fax on (812) 

218- 3293. You may also submit 

comments, identified by RIN number 

0607- AA41, to the Federal e-rulemaking 

Portal: http:/www.regulations.gov. 

Please follow the instructions at that site 

for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Little, Chief, Survey Processing 

Branch, National Processing Center, 

U.S. Census Bureau, 1201 East 10th 

Street, Building 64C, Jeffersonville, IN 

47132, by telephone on (812) 218- 3796, 

or by fax on (812) 218- 3081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The age and citizenship searching 

service is a self-supporting operation of 

the Census Bureau, conducted in 

accordance with 13 U.S.C. 8(a). Under 

this statute, all expenses incurred in the 

retrieval of personal information from 

decennial census records and the 

preparation of census transcripts are 

covered by fees paid by individuals who 

request this service. The Age Search 

census transcript provides proof of age 

to qualify individuals for social security 

or other retirements benefits, proof of 

citizenship to obtain passports, proof of 

family relationships for rights of 

inheritance, or to satisfy other situations 

where a birth certificate is required but 

not available. Individuals request the 

Age Search service to qualify for social 

security/retirement benefits, obtain 

passports, documentation for court 

litigation or insurance settlements, and 

genealogical research. The 1910 through 

2000 censuses in custody of the Census 

Bureau are confidential and protected 

from disclosure by 13 U.S.C. 9. No 

transcript of any record will be 

furnished that would violate statutes 

requiring that information furnished to 

the Census Bureau be held confidential 

and not used to the detriment of the 

person to whom it relates. 

Program Requirements 

There has not been an Age Search fee 

increase since February 1, 1993. Due to 

an increase in operating costs over this 

11-year period and in order to help 

maintain the self-supporting financial 

status, the Census Bureau proposes the 

following amendment to 15 CFR part 50: 

• Amend§ 50.5 to update the fee 

structure and add a fee charge for 

expedited requests. The Census Bureau 

proposes increasing the fee structure 

from $40.00 to $65.00 on searches of 

one census for one person and one 

transcript. The Census Bureau also is 

proposing to add an additional charge of 

$20.00 per case for expedited requests 

requiring search results within one day. 

The additional $20.00 charge for 

expedited cases represents the estimated 

cost to the Census Bureau for this 

service. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of 

the Department of Commerce certifies to 

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration that this 

proposed rule, if adopted, would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Most, if not all, respondents affected by 

the proposed fee increase are