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it is not necessary to include printed 

copies. No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be 

accepted. 

It is recommended that nominations 

be submitted in electronic format via 

email to asrac@ee.doe.gov. Submissions 

submitted by mail are welcome, but may 

be delayed in delivery due to the DOE 

mail vetting procedures in place. For 

submission by mail, please send to Ms. 

Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies Office, 

Mailstop EE–5B, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee will provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Energy on the DOE’s Appliance and 

Equipment Standards Program’s test 

procedures and rulemaking 

determinations. The Committee’s scope 

is to review and make recommendations 

on the: (1) Development of minimum 

efficiency standards for residential 

appliances and commercial equipment, 

(2) development of product test 

procedures, (3) certification and 

enforcement of standards, (4) labeling 

for various residential products and 

commercial equipment, and (5) specific 

issues of concern to DOE as requested 

by the Secretary of Energy, the Assistant 

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, and the Buildings 

Technologies Office’s Director. 

To facilitate the functioning of the 

Committee, working groups (i.e., 

subcommittees) may be formed with the 

approval of the Department of Energy. 

The objectives of the working groups are 

to make recommendations to the parent 

committee with respect to particular 

matters related to the responsibilities of 

the parent committee. Such working 

groups may not work independently of 

the chartered committee and must 

report their recommendations and 

advice to the full committee for full 

deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittee members are appointed 

with DOE approval. 

DOE is hereby soliciting nominations 

for members of the Appliance Standards 

and Rulemaking Federal Advisory 

Committee. The Committee is expected 

to be continuing in nature. Members 

will be selected with a view toward 

achieving a balanced committee of 

experts in fields relevant to energy 

efficiency, appliance and commercial 

equipment standards to include DOE, as 

well as representatives of industry 

(including manufacturers and trade 

associations representing 

manufacturers, component 

manufacturers and related suppliers, 

and retailers), utilities, energy 

efficiency/environmental advocacy 

groups and consumers. Committee 

members will serve for a term of three 

years or less and may be reappointed for 

successive terms, with no more than 

two successive terms. Appointments 

may be made in a manner that allows 

the terms of the members serving at any 

time to expire at spaced intervals, so as 

to ensure continuity in the functioning 

of the Committee. Some Committee 

members may be appointed as special 

Government employees, experts in 

fields relevant to energy efficiency and 

appliance and commercial equipment 

standards; or as representatives of 

industry (including manufacturers and 

trade associations representing 

manufacturers, component 

manufacturers and related suppliers, 

and retailers), utilities, energy 

efficiency/environmental advocacy 

groups and consumers. Special 

Government employees will be subject 

to certain ethical restrictions and such 

members will be required to submit 

certain information in connection with 

the appointment process. 

Members of the Committee will serve 

without compensation; however, each 

member may be reimbursed in 

accordance with Federal Travel 

Regulations for authorized travel and 

per diem expenses incurred while 

attending Committee meetings. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Qualified individuals can 

self-nominate or be nominated by any 

individual or organization. Nominators 

should submit: 

1. The nominee’s current resume or 

curriculum vitae and contact 

information, including mailing address, 

email address, and telephone number; 

2. A letter of interest, including a 

summary of how the nominee’s 

experience and expertise would support 

the Committee’s objectives; and 

3. An affirmative statement that: (a) 

The nominee is not currently a 

federally- registered lobbyist and will 

not be a federally-registered lobbyist at 

the time of appointment and during his/ 

her tenure as a Committee member, or 

(b) if the nominee is currently a 

federally- registered lobbyist, that the 

nominee will no longer be a federallyregistered lobbyist at the time of 

appointment to the Committee and 

during his/her tenure as a member. 

All nomination information should be 

provided in a single, complete package 

by the deadline specified in this notice. 

Nominations packages should be 

submitted by either mail or 

electronically, but not by both methods. 

Should more information be needed, 

DOE staff will contact the nominee, 

obtain information from the nominee’s 

past affiliations or obtain information 

from publicly available sources, such as 

the internet. A selection team will 

review the nomination packages. This 

team will be comprised of 

representatives from several DOE 

Offices. The selection team will seek 

balanced viewpoints and consider many 

criteria, including: (a) Scientific or 

technical expertise, knowledge, and 

experience; (b) stakeholder 

representation; (c) availability and 

willingness to serve; and (d) skills 

working in committees, working groups 

and advisory panels. The selection team 

will make recommendations regarding 

membership to the Secretary of Energy 

for review and selection of Committee 

members. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, 

mental or physical handicap, marital 

status, or sexual orientation. To ensure 

that recommendations to the Committee 

take into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by DOE, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent the 

needs of women and men of all racial 

and ethnic groups, and persons with 

disabilities. Please note, however, that 

Federally-registered lobbyists and 

individuals already serving on another 

Federal advisory committee are 

ineligible for nomination. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Cymbalsky by telephone at 202–287– 

1692 or by email at asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9911–21–OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance 

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1This notice does not address all exemptions in 

section 604 such as the exemptions for critical uses, 

sanitation and food protection, or national security. 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Courtney Kerwin at (202) 566–1669 or 

email at Kerwin.Courtney@epa.gov and 

please refer to the appropriate EPA 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

control numbers for EPA regulations are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR 

chapter 15. 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 2456.02; 

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water 

Quality in the Chesapeake Bay 

(Revised); was approved on 04/11/2014; 

OMB Number 2010–0043; expires on 

09/30/2015; Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 2405.01; 

Underground Storage Tank: Information 

Request Letters, Pacific Southwest 

Region (Region IX) (New); 40 CFR part 

280; was approved on 04/11/2014; OMB 

Number 2050–0210; expires on 08/31/ 

2014; Approved. 

EPA ICR Number 1230.29; Prevention 

of Significant Deterioration and NonAttainment New Source Review 

(Renewal); 40 CFR 51.160–51.164; 40 

CFR 51.166; 40 CFR part 52.21; 40 CFR 

51.165; 40 CFR part 51 Appendix S; 40 

CFR 52.24; and 40 CFR 49.166–49.173 

and 49.151–49.161; was approved on 

04/02/2014; OMB Number 2060–0003; 

expires on 04/30/2017; Approved with 

change. 

Dated: May 16, 2014. 

Erin Collard, 

Acting Director, Collections Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9911–77–OAR] 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Request for Applications for Essential 

Use Exemptions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is providing information about the 

process for submitting applications for 

essential use exemptions. Essential use 

exemptions are exceptions to the 

phaseout of production and import of 

controlled class I ozone-depleting 

substances (ODS). Essential use 

exemptions must be authorized by the 

Parties to the Montreal Protocol on 

Substances That Deplete the Ozone 

Layer and must be in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act. Applications received 

in accordance with this notice will be 

considered as the basis for submitting 

potential nominations for essential use 

exemptions to future Meetings of the 

Parties to the Montreal Protocol. 

DATES: Applications for essential use 

exemptions must be submitted to EPA 

no later than September 30 of each year, 

in order for the U.S. Government to 

complete its consideration for 

nomination to the United Nations 

Environment Programme and the Parties 

to the Montreal Protocol in a timely 

manner. 

ADDRESSES: Send application materials 

to: Essential Use Exemption 

Coordinator, Stratospheric Protection 

Division (6205J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Confidentiality: Application materials 

that are confidential should be 

submitted under separate cover and be 

clearly identified as ‘‘confidential 

business information.’’ Information 

covered by a claim of business 

confidentiality will be treated in 

accordance with the procedures for 

handling information claimed as 

confidential under 40 CFR part 2, 

subpart B, and will be disclosed only to 

the extent and by means of the 

procedures set forth in that subpart. If 

no claim of confidentiality accompanies 

the information when it is received by 

EPA, the information may be made 

available to the public by EPA without 

further notice to the company (40 CFR 

2.203). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeremy Arling at the addresses above, by 

telephone at (202) 343–9055, or by 

email at arling.jeremy@epa.gov. 

Information about essential uses may be 

obtained from EPA’s stratospheric 

protection Web site at www.epa.gov/

ozone/title6/exemptions/essential.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on the Essential Use 

Exemption 

The Parties to the Montreal Protocol 

on Substances that Deplete the Ozone 

Layer (Montreal Protocol) agreed during 

the Fourth Meeting in Copenhagen in 

1992 that non-Article 5 Parties 

(developed countries) would phase out 

the production and consumption of 

halons by January 1, 1994, and phase 

out the production and consumption of 

other substances referred to under the 

Clean Air Act as class I substances, 

except methyl bromide, by January 1, 

1996. The control measures for many of 

these substances, however, allow 

exemptions from the phaseout ‘‘to the 

extent the Parties decide to permit the 

level of production or consumption that 

is necessary to satisfy uses agreed by 

them to be essential.’’ See, e.g. art. 2A 

para 4. The Parties also decided on the 

criteria to be used for allowing 

‘‘essential use’’ exemptions from the 

phaseout of production and import of 

controlled substances. Decision IV/25 of 

the Fourth Meeting of the Parties details 

the specific criteria and review process 

for granting essential use exemptions. 

Paragraph 1(a) of Decision IV/25 

states that ‘‘use of a controlled 

substance should qualify as ‘essential’ 

only if: (i) It is necessary for the health, 

safety or is critical for the functioning of 

society (encompassing cultural and 

intellectual aspects); and (ii) there are 

no available technically and 

economically feasible alternatives or 

substitutes that are acceptable from the 

standpoint of environment and health.’’ 

In addition, Paragraph 1(b) of Decision 

IV/25 states that ‘‘production and 

consumption, if any, of a controlled 

substance, for essential uses should be 

permitted only if: (i) All economically 

feasible steps have been taken to 

minimize the essential use and any 

associated emission of the controlled 

substance; and (ii) the controlled 

substance is not available in sufficient 

quantity and quality from the existing 

stocks of banked or recycled controlled 

substances . . .’’ 

The Clean Air Act in section 604 

contemplates exemptions from the 

phaseout of Class I controlled 

substances in the United States, 

including exemptions for essential 

uses.1 The Clean Air Act sets sunset 

dates for three of these uses that are now 

in the past: (1) Methyl chloroform use 

generally (ending January 1, 2005); (2) 

halons for fire suppression and 

explosion prevention generally (ending 

December 31, 1999); and (3) halons for 

fire suppression and explosion 

prevention for oil production on the 

North Slope of Alaska (ending 

December 31, 2004). Two other uses do 

not have statutory sunset dates: (1) Class 

I substances for medical devices (section 

604(d)(2)), and (2) halons for aviation 

safety (section 604(d)(3)). Each of these 


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