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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

19296 

Vol. 75, No. 71 

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket Number: EE–2009–BT–STD–0020; 

EE–2009–BT–STD–0022] 

RIN 1904–AB89; 1904–AC06 

Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures and Energy Conservation 

Standards for Residential Furnaces 

and Boilers 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: This document announces an 

extension of the time periods for 

submitting comments on the 

supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking (SNOPR) to amend the test 

procedures for furnaces and boilers, and 

the energy conservation standards 

notice of public meeting (NOPM) and 

availability of a rulemaking analysis 

plan (RAP) for furnaces. Both comment 

periods are extended to April 27, 2010. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rules published on March 15, 

2010 (75 FR 12144) and April 5, 2010 

(75 FR 17075) is extended to April 27, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the ‘‘SNOPR on Test 

Procedures for Residential Furnaces and 

Boilers’’ or ‘‘NOPM for Energy 

Conservation Standards for Residential 

Furnaces’’ and provide the appropriate 

docket number EE–2009–BT–STD–0020 

(SNOPR) or EE–2009–BT–STD–0022 

(NOPM) and/or RIN number 1904–AB89 

(SNOPR) or 1904–AC06 (NOPM). 

Comments may be submitted using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: RFB–2008–TP– 

0020@ee.doe.gov (SNOPR) or Res– 

Furnaces–2009–STD–0022@ee.doe.gov 

(NOPM). Include docket number EE– 

2009–BT–STD–0020 or EE–2009–BT– 

STD–0022 and/or RIN 1904–AB89 or 

1904–AC06, as appropriate, in the 

subject line of the message. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file 

format and avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption. 

• Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please 

submit one signed original paper copy. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., 6th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20024. Please submit 

one signed original paper copy. 

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., 6th Floor, 

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: Mr. 

Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7892. E-mail: 

Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9507. E-mail: 

Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

15, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) published a Federal Register 

notice announcing the availability of its 

RAP for energy conservation standards 

for residential furnaces, as well as a 

public meeting to discuss and receive 

comment on the RAP. 75 FR 12144. The 

NOPM provides for the submission of 

comments by April 14, 2010, and 

comments were also accepted at a 

public meeting held on March 31, 2010. 

On April 5, 2010, DOE published a 

SNOPR setting forth an integrated 

efficiency descriptor that incorporates 

standby mode and off mode energy 

consumption into the statutorily 

identified efficiency descriptor, Annual 

Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE). 75 

FR 17075. The SNOPR provides for the 

submission of comments by April 20, 

2010. At the public meeting to discuss 

the RAP, several commenters asked for 

an extension of the comment period to 

consider these new amendments to the 

AFUE metric because DOE had 

previously stated in the NOPR that DOE 

was not proposing to integrate standby 

and off mode electrical energy use into 

AFUE, the energy descriptor specified 

in EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6291(22)). 

Commenters pointed out that the 

magnitude of the standby and off mode 

electrical consumption was small as 

compared to the fossil fuel energy 

consumption currently characterized by 

the AFUE metric. The commenters 

requested additional time to review the 

relevant statutory provisions within 

EPCA and to consider the impacts that 

integration of standby and off mode 

electric energy use into the AFUE metric 

may have on existing products, testing, 

energy efficiencies, and reporting. DOE 

has determined that an extension of the 

public comment period is appropriate 

based on the foregoing reasons and is 

hereby extending the comment period. 

DOE will consider any comments 

received by April 27, 2010, and deems 

any comments received between 

publications of the SNOPR and notice 

announcing availability of the RAP, 

respectively, and April 27, 2010 to be 

timely submitted. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 

2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–8508 Filed 4–13–10; 8:45 am] 

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