34684 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 114 / Tuesday, June 14, 2011 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of Virtual Public Forum 

for EAC Standards Board. 

DATE AND TIME: Monday, July 11, 2011, 

9 a.m. EDT through Friday, July 22, 

2011, 5 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: EAC Standards Board Virtual 

Public Forum at http://www.eac.gov/ 

virtual_public_forum.aspx. Once at the 

main page of EAC’s Web site, viewers 

should click the link to the Virtual 

Public Forum. The virtual public forum 

will open on Monday, July 11, 2011, at 

9 a.m. EDT and will close on Friday, 

July 22, 2011, at 5 p.m. EDT. The site 

will be available 24 hours per day 

during that 12-day period. 

PURPOSE: The EAC Standards Board will 

review and provide feedback on the 

EAC’s Status Resolutions Update, which 

is an update on actions taken regarding 

Standards Board resolutions. 

The EAC Standards Board Virtual 

Public Forum was established to enable 

the Standards Board to provide 

comment in an efficient manner in a 

public forum, including being able to 

review and discuss draft documents 

when it is not feasible for an in-person 

board meeting. The Standards Board 

will not take any votes or propose any 

resolutions during the 12-day forum of 

July 11–July 22, 2011. 

This activity is open for public 

observation. the public may view the 

proceedings of this special forum by 

visiting the EAC Standards Board 

Virtual Public Forum at http:// 

www.eac.gov/virtual_public_forum.aspx 

any time between Monday, July 11, 

2011, 9 a.m. EDT and Friday, July 22, 

2011, 5 p.m. EDT. The public also may 

view the resolution status update, 

which will be posted on EAC’S Web site 

beginning July 11, 2011. The public may 

file written statements to the EAC 

Standards Board at 

STANDARDSBOARD@EAC.GOV and by 

copying Sharmili Edwards at 

SEDWARDS@EAC.GOV. Data on EAC’S 

Web site is accessible to visitors with 

disabilities and meets the requirements 

of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566– 

3100. 

Gineen M. Bresso, 

Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14847 Filed 6–10–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Offshore Renewable Energy; Public 

Meeting on Information Needs for 

Resource Assessment and Design 

Conditions 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting for interested parties to 

provide DOE information on existing 

needs for acquiring meteorological and 

oceanographic information to support 

cost-effective deployment of offshore 

renewable energy plants, particularly 

wind and marine hydrokinetic (MHK) 

technologies. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m., and Friday, June 24, 2011, 

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 

2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, 

VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan 

Calvert at stan.calvert@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is for DOE to 

obtain input regarding the development 

of accurate meteorological and 

oceanographic information for 

evaluating the energy potential, 

economic viability, and engineering 

requirements of offshore project sites. 

The meeting is an opportunity for 

participants to provide, based on their 

individual experience, individual 

information and facts regarding this 

topic. It is not the object of this session 

to obtain any group position or 

consensus. Rather, the Department is 

seeking as many recommendations as 

possible from all individuals at this 

meeting. 

The public meeting will consist of an 

initial plenary session in which invited 

speakers will survey information 

availability and needs for various 

applications related to offshore 

renewable energy. For the remainder of 

the meeting, breakout groups will be 

used to provide participants an 

opportunity to present to DOE 

information on the specified areas 

regarding existing gaps in observations 

and computational products. These 

groups will be an opportunity to 

provide comment on information needs 

for the following applications: 

1. Forecasting 

Initialize, constrain, and improve 

appropriate forecast models addressing 

periods of hours to days ahead for 

winds, waves, and currents. 

2. Energy Projections/Performance 

Monitoring 

Estimate energy to be produced by an 

offshore renewable energy plant. Once 

plants are in place, information would 

also be required to evaluate the plants 

actual production and determine causes 

for changes in its performance. 

3. Technology Design and Validation 

Design and validate energy devices for 

the marine environment that would 

predictably withstand physical loads on 

energy devices in the marine 

environment while operating at 

optimum efficiency. 

4. Facility Design 

Effectively design offshore energy 

plants as a whole, including designs 

that would account for interactions 

among individual devices and for siting 

issues. 

5. Operations Planning/Site Safety 

Effectively schedule and execute 

O&M activities, including safe facility 

access and response to extreme events. 

The meeting is intended to hear from 

experts involved in planning, 

deployment, operation, and regulation 

of offshore wind and marine 

hydrokinetic energy, experts involved in 

meteorological and oceanic disciplines 

relevant to offshore energy, as well as 

the interested public. However, the 

meeting will not focus on 

environmental impact or management 

issues, which are being addressed by 

separate efforts. While participation is 

open to all interested parties, the 

breakout structure of the meeting will 

limit its overall size to about 100 

participants. When the meeting is fully 

subscribed, registration will be closed. 

To register, please visit http:// 

www.sentech.org/ 

Offshore_RADC_Meeting/. 

Tentative Agenda (Subject To Change) 

Day 1 

7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. 

Registration and continental breakfast 

8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. 

Welcome and plenary session 

10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

Break 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

First breakout sessions 

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

Lunch 

1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 


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U.S. Code, Part C was re-designated Part A–1. 

Second breakout sessions 

3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Break 

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. 

Plenary session—breakout reports 

Day 2 

8 a.m.–8:30 a.m. 

Continental breakfast 

8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

Third breakout sessions 

10:30 a.m. –11 a.m. 

Break 

11 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Closing plenary: breakout reports and 

closing comments 

Registration and Accommodations 

A room-block for meeting participants 

has been established at the Hyatt 

Regency Crystal City. The room block is 

limited and is not guaranteed after 

Friday, June 10. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2011. 

Mark A. Higgins, 

Acting Program Manager, Wind and 

Hydropower Technologies, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14659 Filed 6–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. CAC–029] 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Certain Commercial and Industrial 

Equipment: Decision and Order 

Granting a Waiver to Daikin AC 

(Americas) Inc. From the Department 

of Energy Commercial Package Air 

Conditioner and Heat Pump Test 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Decision and Order. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Decision 

and Order in Case No. CAC–029, which 

grants Daikin AC (Americas) Inc. 

(Daikin) a waiver from the existing DOE 

test procedures applicable to 

commercial package air-source central 

air conditioners and heat pumps. The 

waiver is specific to the Daikin VRV III– 

PB variable refrigerant flow (VRF) multisplit commercial heat pumps. As a 

condition of this waiver, Daikin must 

use the alternate test procedure set forth 

in this notice to test and rate its VRV III– 

PB variable refrigerant flow (VRF) multisplit commercial heat pumps. 

DATES: This Decision and Order is 

effective June 14, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9611. E-mail: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7796. E-mail: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

431.401(f)(4), DOE provides notice of 

the issuance of the Decision and Order 

set forth below. In this Decision and 

Order, DOE grants Daikin a waiver from 

the existing DOE commercial package 

air conditioner and heat pump test 

procedures for its VRV III–PB multisplit products. DOE also requires the 

use of an alternate test procedure for 

this equipment. The cooling capacities 

of Daikin’s VRV III–PB multi-split heat 

pumps in its waiver petition range from 

72,000 Btu/h to 360,000 Btu/h. Daikin 

must use American National Standards 

Institute/Air-Conditioning, Heating and 

Refrigeration Institute (ANSI/AHRI) 

Standard 1230–2010, ‘‘Performance 

Rating of Variable Refrigerant Flow 

(VRF) Multi-Split Air-Conditioning and 

Heat Pump Equipment’’ to test and rate 

the specified models of VRV III–PB 

variable refrigerant flow (VRF) multisplit commercial heat pumps, identified 

below, with cooling capacities less than 

or equal to 300,000 Btu/hr. Daikin must 

use the alternate test procedure 

specified in its interim waiver to test 

and rate the specified models of VRV 

III–PB variable refrigerant flow (VRF) 

multi-split commercial heat pumps, 

identified below, with cooling 

capacities above 300,000, except that for 

consistency with the testing required by 

ANSI/AHRI 1230–2010, tests of both 

ducted and non-ducted indoor units 

must now be conducted. 76 FR 19069 

(April 6, 2011). 

Today’s decision prohibits Daikin 

from making any representations 

concerning the energy efficiency of 

these products unless the product has 

been tested consistent with the 

provisions and restrictions in the 

alternate test procedure set forth in the 

Decision and Order below, and the 

representations fairly disclose the test 

results. (42 U.S.C. 6314(d)) Distributors, 

retailers, and private labelers are held to 

the same standard when making 

representations regarding the energy 

efficiency of these products. Id. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2011. 

Kathleen Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Office of Technology 

Development, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

Decision and Order 

In the Matter of: Daikin AC 

(Americas) Inc. (Daikin) (Case No. CAC– 

029). 

Background 

Title III, Part C of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6311– 

6317, as codified) established the 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Certain Industrial Equipment, a program 

covering certain industrial equipment, 

which includes the VRV III–PB variable 

refrigerant flow (VRF) commercial 

multi-split heat pumps (‘‘VRV III–PB 

multi-split heat pumps’’) that are the 

focus of this notice.1 Part C specifically 

includes definitions (42 U.S.C. 6311), 

test procedures (42 U.S.C. 6314), 

labeling provisions (42 U.S.C. 6315), 

energy conservation standards (42 U.S.C 

6313), and the authority to require 

information and reports from 

manufacturers. 42 U.S.C. 6316. With 

respect to test procedures, Part C 

authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the 

Secretary) to prescribe test procedures 

that are reasonably designed to produce 

results that measure energy efficiency, 

energy use, and estimated annual 

operating costs, and that are not unduly 

burdensome to conduct. (42 U.S.C. 

6314(a)(2)) 

For commercial package airconditioning and heating equipment, 

EPCA provides that ‘‘the test procedures 

shall be those generally accepted 

industry testing procedures or rating 

procedures developed or recognized by 

the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration 

Institute [ARI] or by the American 

Society of Heating, Refrigerating and 

Air-Conditioning Engineers [ASHRAE], 

as referenced in ASHRAE/IES Standard 

90.1 and in effect on June 30, 1992.’’ (42 

U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(A)) Under 42 U.S.C. 

6314(a)(4)(B), the statute further directs 

the Secretary to amend the test 

procedure for a covered commercial 

product if the industry test procedure is 

amended, unless the Secretary 

determines, by rule and based on clear 

and convincing evidence, that such a 

modified test procedure does not meet 

the statutory criteria set forth in 42 

U.S.C. 6314(a)(2) and (3). 


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