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. 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 

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DOE is interested in receiving 

information that relates to the 

relationship between energy efficiency 

and indoor air quality in manufactured 

housing, financing measures that may 

be available for manufactured homes 

with higher energy efficiencies, and 

possible enforcement models for the 

DOE standards. This notice identifies 

several areas on which DOE is 

particularly interested in receiving 

information; however, any input and 

suggestions considered relevant to 

DOE’s effort are welcome. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

July 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically. However, interested 

persons may submit comments, 

identified by docket number EERE– 

2009–BT–BC–0021 or by RIN 1904– 

AC11, by any of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: 

Manufactured.Housing@ee.doe.gov. 

Include docket number EERE–2009–BT– 

BC–0021 in the subject line of the 

message. Please include the full body of 

your comments in the text of the 

message or as an attachment. 

3. Mail: Address written comments to 

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, 6th 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. 

Due to potential delays in DOE’s 

receipt and processing of mail sent 

through the U.S. Postal Service, we 

encourage respondents to submit 

comments electronically to ensure 

timely receipt. 

This RFI and any comments that DOE 

receives will be made available on the 

DOE Building Technologies Office 

Manufactured Housing Web site at 

https://www.energycodes.gov/ 

regulations/manufactured-housingstandards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

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

7892; mailto: 

Manufactured_Housing@ee.doe.gov. 

Questions on DOE’s legal authority 

should be directed to Michael Jensen, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 

General Counsel (GC–71), 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; 

Michael.Jensen@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority and Background 

Section 413 of EISA requires that DOE 

establish by regulation standards for 

energy efficiency in manufactured 

housing. See 42 U.S.C. 17071(a)(1). DOE 

is directed to base the energy efficiency 

standards on the most recent version of 

the International Energy Conservation 

Code (IECC), except where DOE finds 

that the IECC is not cost effective, or a 

more stringent standard would be more 

cost effective, based on the impact of the 

IECC on the purchase price of 

manufactured housing and on total lifecycle construction and operating costs. 

See 42 U.S.C. 17071(b)(1). In 

establishing the energy efficiency 

standards, DOE is directed to consider: 

• The design and factory construction 

techniques of manufactured housing, 

• The climate zones established in 

the U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development’s Manufactured 

Home Construction and Safety 

Standards (the HUD Code) rather than 

the climate zones in the IECC, and 

• Alternative practices that result in 

net estimated energy consumption equal 

to or less than the specific IECC 

standards. See 42 U.S.C. 17071(b)(2). 

In addition, DOE is to provide a 

system for enforcement in which ‘‘[a]ny 

manufacturer of manufactured housing 

that violates a provision of the 

regulations under subsection (a) is liable 

to the United States for a civil penalty 

in an amount not exceeding 1 percent of 

the manufacturer’s retail list price of the 

manufactured housing.’’ See 42 U.S.C. 

17071(c). 

On February 22, 2010, DOE published 

an advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking (ANOPR) to initiate the 

process of developing energy efficiency 

standards for manufactured housing and 

to solicit information and data from 

industry and stakeholders (75 FR 7556). 

The ANOPR identified thirteen specific 

issue areas on which DOE sought 

additional information. DOE received a 

total of twelve written comments in 

response to the ANOPR, all of which are 

available for public viewing at the 

regulations.gov Web page. 

DOE now believes it is important to 

allow interested parties an additional 

opportunity to provide information they 

feel will assist DOE in developing the 

proposed standards. This initial request 

for input will be followed by a notice of 

proposed rulemaking, based on the 

information received as a result of this 

notice and other data and information 

gathered by DOE. 

Public Participation 

A. Submission of Information 

DOE will accept comments in 

response to this notice under the 

timeline provided in the DATES section 

above. Comments submitted to DOE by 

email should be provided in 

WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or 

text file format. Those responding 

should avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption, 

and wherever possible, comments 

should include the electronic signature 

of the author. Comments submitted to 

DOE by mail or hand delivery/courier 

should include one signed original 

paper copy. No telefacsimiles will be 

accepted. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will become a matter of 

public record and will be made publicly 

available. 

B. Issues on Which DOE Seeks 

Information 

DOE is particularly interested in 

receiving information on the following 

issues: 

(1) Indoor Air Quality. DOE is 

interested in data, studies, and other 

such materials that address the 

relationship between potential 

reductions in levels of natural air 

infiltration and both indoor air quality 

and occupant health for a manufactured 

home. DOE is particularly interested in 

information on the potential interplay 

between air exchange rates comparable 

to those specified under the 2012 IECC 

and emission control requirements 

under the HUD Code. DOE also is 

interested in information on typical 

baseline levels of air infiltration through 

recently-built manufactured homes and 

information on the role of total air flow 

through a manufactured home in the 

protection of occupant health and 

safety. 

(2) Financing and related incentives. 

DOE received comments in response to 

the ANOPR that noted generally that the 

increased cost of financing energy 

efficient manufactured homes often can 

be an obstacle to purchase. DOE is 

interested in receiving additional 

information on the types of financing 

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availability of this financing, the extent 

to which manufactured housing 

currently is incentivized, and the 

availability of energy efficiency 

incentive programs available to 

manufactured home purchasers. DOE 

also is interested in information on the 

existence of financing structures offered 

by utilities, manufacturers, lenders, and 

federal, state, and local governments, 

and the estimated payback associated 

with each method of financing. 

(3) Model systems of enforcement. 

DOE received comments in response to 

the ANOPR that included urging DOE to 

rely on HUD’s existing enforcement 

system rather than develop a separate 

DOE system of enforcement, 

encouraging DOE develop a separate 

compliance certification system that 

would be independent of the existing 

HUD certification system, and 

recommending that DOE rely on the 

EPA ENERGY STAR verification and 

labeling program to ensure compliance 

with the DOE energy efficiency 

standards. DOE is interested in 

receiving additional information that 

commenters believe would be useful to 

DOE regarding suggested characteristics 

in developing a model system of 

enforcement for DOE’s energy efficiency 

standards. 

(4) Suggested sources, studies, and 

research results of other information 

considered relevant to DOE’s effort to 

establish energy standards for 

manufactured housing. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18, 

2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–15055 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0611; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AWP–11] 

Proposed Amendment of Class D 

Airspace; Santa Monica, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). 

SUMMARY: This SNPRM would further 

modify the Class D airspace area at 

Santa Monica Municipal Airport, Santa 

Monica, CA. In a NPRM published in 

the Federal Register of October, 27, 

2011, the FAA proposed to create 

additional Class D airspace at Santa 

Monica Municipal Airport. The FAA 

has reassessed the proposal and finds 

that further enlargement of the airspace 

area is necessary for the safety and 

management of Instrument Flight Rules 

(IFR) operations in the Santa Monica, 

CA, area. The geographic coordinates of 

the airport also would be adjusted. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 9, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 

366–9826. You must identify FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–0611; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AWP–11, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Roberts, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4517. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

On October 27, 2011, the FAA 

published a NPRM to modify Class D 

airspace, at Santa Monica Municipal 

Airport, Santa Monica, CA (76 FR 

66662). The comment period closed 

December 12, 2011. No comments were 

received. Subsequent to publication, the 

Los Angeles Visual Flight Rules (VFR) 

Airspace Task Force identified airspace 

in the areas adjacent to Los Angeles 

International Airport as highly 

congested with participating and nonparticipating VFR aircraft. This action 

would increase the level of safety for 

aircraft in the Santa Monica, CA, 

airspace area. The FAA seeks comments 

on this SNPRM. 

Comments Invited 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this proposed rulemaking 

by submitting such written data, views, 

or arguments, as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA 

2011–0611 and Airspace Docket No. 11– 

AWP–11) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management System (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this action must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–0611 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–AWP–11’’. The 

postcard will be date/time stamped and 

returned to the commenter. 

All communications received on or 

before the specified closing date for 

comments will be considered before 

taking action on the proposed rule. The 

proposal contained in this action may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public docket both before and after the 

closing date for comments. A report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerned 

with this rulemaking will be filed in the 

docket. 

Availability of NPRM’s 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

You may review the public docket 

containing the proposal, any comments 

received, and any final disposition in 

person in the Dockets Office (see the 

ADDRESSES section for the address and 

phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. An informal 

docket may also be examined during 

normal business hours at the Northwest 

Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Air Traffic 

Organization, Western Service Center, 

Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057. 

Persons interested in being placed on 

a mailing list for future NPRM’s should 

contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking, 

(202) 267–9677, for a copy of Advisory 

Circular No. 11–2A, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking Distribution System, which 

describes the application procedure. 


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