Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 21, 2010 / Notices 20833 

Issued at Washington, DC on April 16, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9154 Filed 4–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Docket No. EERE–2010–BT–BC–0012] 

Building Energy Codes 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for Information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is soliciting information 

on how it can better assist the states to 

adopt, implement, enforce, and assess 

compliance with the current model 

building energy codes or their 

equivalent. DOE is interested in better 

understanding the barriers and issues 

involved and the needs, resources, 

materials and other technical assistance 

required to accomplish the goal of 

increased adoption and compliance 

with the latest model building energy 

codes, Standard 90.1–2007, Energy 

Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise 

Residential Buildings (or equivalent), for 

commercial buildings and the 2009 

International Energy Conservation Code 

(or equivalent) for low-rise residential 

buildings. 

DOE is publishing this request for 

information to allow interested parties 

to provide suggestions, comments, and 

other information. This notice identifies 

several areas in which DOE is 

particularly interested in receiving 

information; however, any input and 

suggestions considered relevant to the 

topic are welcome. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested by May 21, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments in writing, identified 

by docket number EERE–2010–BT–BC– 

0012, by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

HelpUpdateStateCodes@ee.doe.gov. 

Include EERE–2010–BT–BC–0012 in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

Building Energy Codes, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Phone 

(202) 586–2945. Please submit one 

signed paper original. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 6th 

Floor, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 

586–2945. Please submit one signed 

paper original. 

• Internet: http:// 

www.energycodes.gov/ 

HelpUpdateStateCodes. Please use the 

input form and complete all required 

fields. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket number. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents, or 

comments received, visit the U.S. 

Department of Energy, Resource Room 

of the Building Technologies Program, 

950 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586–2945, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards at the 

above telephone number for additional 

information regarding visiting the 

Resource Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margo Appel or Jean Boulin, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 

Mailstop EE–2J, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121. Ms. Appel (202) 586–9495, e-mail: 

margo.appel@ee.doe.gov or Mr. Boulin 

(202) 586–9870, e-mail: 

jean.boulin@ee.doe.gov. 

Christopher Calamita, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of the 

General Counsel, Forrestal Building, 

Mailstop GC–71, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

Telephone: (202) 586–1777, e-mail: 

christopher.calamita@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority and Background 

Any strategy to realize the goal of the 

President and the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary)—to achieve 83-percent 

reductions in energy use by the year 

2050—must address the energy 

performance of the buildings sector. 

Increases in stringency to building 

energy codes, along with increased 

adoption by states and localities and 

paired with rigorous compliance 

verification, can provide significant 

reductions in building energy use. This 

is consistent with section 304(d) and (e) 

of the Energy Conservation and 

Production Act which requires DOE to 

provide technical and financial 

assistance to states. (42 U.S.C. 6833(d) 

and (e)) 

A number of states are in the process 

of, or planning to, update, implement, 

and enforce their building energy codes. 

Further, many states will implement 

plans to assess and improve compliance 

with their updated codes, in response to 

assurances received by their governors 

in response to the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 

111–5), of which the Secretary was 

notified. This presents a unique 

opportunity to increase current efforts to 

ensure that states, municipalities, and 

local governments, are able to adopt the 

latest energy codes and increase 

compliance rates. 

In view of the above, DOE believes it 

is important to provide interested 

parties with an opportunity to submit 

information they feel will assist DOE in 

compiling information. 

Public Participation 

A. Submission of Information 

DOE will accept information in 

response to this notice under the 

timeline provided in the DATES section 

above. Information submitted to the 

Department by e-mail 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 the Department 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/topics: 

(1) Problems, issues, and barriers to 

the adoption, implementation, 

enforcement, and improved compliance 

with improved building energy codes. 

(2) Training needed for designers, 

builders, code officials, owners, and 

others to support upgraded codes to 

meet Standard 90.1–2007 (or code that 

achieves equivalent or greater energy 

savings) for commercial buildings and 

the 2009 IECC (or code that achieves 

equivalent or greater energy savings) for 

residential buildings. Training and 

assistance needed to develop and 

implement a plan to achieve compliance 

with upgraded codes by 2017. 

(3) Processes, information, materials 

and tools necessary to upgrade building 


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codes to meet Standard 90.1–2007, 

Energy Standard for Buildings Except 

Low-Rise Residential Buildings (or 

equivalent) for commercial buildings 

and the 2009 International Energy 

Conservation Code (or equivalent) for 

residential buildings. Information, 

materials, and tools necessary to 

develop and implement a plan to 

achieve 90-percent compliance with 

upgraded codes by 2017. 

(4) Assistance and resources available 

from stakeholders, states, local 

jurisdictions, and others. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9152 Filed 4–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

April 13, 2010. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP10–586–000. 

Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America, LLC. 

Description: Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America, LLC submits 

amendment to the Firm Transportation 

and Storage Negotiated Rate Agreement 

with CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas. 

Filed Date: 04/08/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100408–0205. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–587–000. 

Applicants: Midwestern Gas 

Transmission Company. 

Description: Midwestern Gas 

Transmission Company submits Eighth 

Revised Sheet 1 et al. to its FERC Gas 

Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1, to be 

effective 05/10/10. 

Filed Date: 04/08/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100408–0204 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–588–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC submits Second 

Revised Sheet 2 et al. to its FERC Gas 

Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1, to be 

effective 05/09/10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0203. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–589–000. 

Applicants: Central Kentucky 

Transmission Company. 

Description: Central Kentucky 

Transmission Company submits First 

Revised Sheet 2 et al. to its FERC Gas 

Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1, to be 

effective 05/09/10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0204. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–590–000. 

Applicants: Hardy Storage Company, 

LLC. 

Description: Hardy Storage Company, 

LLC submits First Revised Sheet 2 et al. 

to FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume 1 

to be effective 05/09/10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0202. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–591–000. 

Applicants: Crossroads Pipeline 

Company. 

Description: Crossroad Pipeline 

Company submits Fourth Revised Sheet 

2 et al. to its FERC Gas Tariff, First 

Revised Volume 1, to be effective 05/09/ 

10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0205. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–592–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gulf 

Transmission Company. 

Description: Columbia Gulf 

Transmission Company submits Third 

Revised Sheet 2 et al. to its FERC Gas 

Tariff, Second Revised Volume 1, to be 

effective 05/09/10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0206. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–593–000. 

Applicants: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company, LLC. 

Description: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company, LLC submits the 

transportation service agreements under 

Rate Schedule FT. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0218. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–594–000. 

Applicants: Garden Banks Gas 

Pipeline, LLC. 

Description: Garden Banks Gas 

Pipeline, LLC submits Fifth Revised 

Sheet 0 et al. to its FERC Gas Tariff, 

Original Volume 1, to be effective 05/ 

10/10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–0219. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–595–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing 

per 154.203: Baseline Filing to be 

effective 04/09/10. 

Filed Date: 04/09/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100409–5087. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–596–000. 

Applicants: Northwest Pipeline GP. 

Description: Northwest Pipeline GP 

submits Second Revised Sheet 4 to 

FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised 

Volume 1, to be effective 05/12/10. 

Filed Date: 04/12/2010. 

Accession Number: 20100413–0205. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 26, 2010. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. Protests 

will be considered by the Commission 

in determining the appropriate action to 

be taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 


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