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

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Vol. 88, No. 168 

Thursday, August 31, 2023 

1See Docket No. EERE–2019–BT–STD–0036, 

which is available at www.regulations.gov. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[EERE–2019–BT–STD–0036] 

RIN 1904–AE82 

Energy Conservation Program: Energy 

Conservation Standards for Consumer 

Boilers 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting 

and webinar. 

SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act, as amended (EPCA), 

prescribes energy conservation 

standards for various consumer 

products and certain commercial and 

industrial equipment, including 

consumer boilers. DOE previously 

proposed amended energy conservation 

standards for consumer boilers in a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 14, 2023, which also announced 

a public meeting via webinar to receive 

input on these proposed standards and 

associated analyses and results. On 

August 15, 2023, DOE received a letter 

from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & 

Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) asking the 

Department to extend the NOPR 

comment period by 30 days and also to 

hold an in-person public meeting 

regarding the NOPR. In this document, 

DOE grants AHRI’s request for an inperson meeting and announces that the 

public meeting will now be held in 

person, in addition to being broadcast as 

a webinar. DOE is denying AHRI’s 

request for a comment period extension 

for the reasons explained in this 

document. 

DATES: Meeting: DOE will hold a public 

meeting on Tuesday, September 12, 

2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in 

Arlington, VA. This meeting will also be 

broadcast as a webinar. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 

1400, Arlington, VA 22209. See the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION (Public 

Participation) section for further details, 

including procedures for attending the 

in-person meeting, webinar registration 

information, participant instructions, 

and information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Julia Hegarty, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (240) 597– 

6737. Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–5827. Email: 

Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov. 

For further information on how to 

participate in the public meeting, 

contact the Appliance and Equipment 

Standards Program staff at (202) 287– 

1445 or by email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

14, 2023, DOE published a NOPR in the 

Federal Register titled ‘‘Energy 

Conservation Standards for Consumer 

Boilers,’’ which seeks to determine 

whether more-stringent standards 

would be technologically feasible and 

economically justified and would result 

in significant energy savings. 88 FR 

55128. That document, which proposes 

amended energy conservation standards 

for consumer boilers, provides a 60-day 

public comment period ending on 

October 13, 2023. The NOPR also 

scheduled a public meeting webinar to 

discuss the consumer boilers NOPR and 

to receive input on these proposed 

standards and associated analyses and 

results from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023. 

On August 15, 2023, DOE received a 

letter 1 from AHRI asking the 

Department to extend the Consumer 

Boilers energy conservation standards 

NOPR comment period by 30 days and 

also to hold an in-person public meeting 

regarding the NOPR. AHRI stated that 

their members need additional time to 

consider and collect data on this topic. 

After carefully considering AHRI’s 

requests, the Department has decided to 

grant the request for an in-person public 

meeting at the date and time previously 

scheduled in the August 14, 2023 

Consumer Boilers NOPR. Consequently, 

DOE will be hosting an in-person public 

meeting in addition to the webinar. 

Please note that attendance will be 

limited for the in-person public meeting 

do to room size capacity limits. 

DOE has decided to deny AHRI’s 

request for a comment period extension. 

The Department continues to believe 

that the comment period length is 

appropriate and provides a meaningful 

opportunity for interested parties to 

comment on the NOPR. It is noted that 

DOE also posted a pre-publication copy 

of the NOPR on the DOE website and 

notified stakeholder organizations of its 

availability via email on July 28, 2023, 

which provided many stakeholders with 

another 17 days of review in addition to 

the 60-day comment period. 

Public Participation 

Participation in the Public Meeting and 

Webinar 

The time, date and location of the 

public meeting are listed in the DATES

and ADDRESSES sections of this 

document. If you plan to attend the 

public meeting, you must notify the 

Appliance and Equipment Standards 

Program staff no later than September 8, 

2023, either by phone at (202) 287–1445 

or by email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. Please note advance 

registration is required and capacity in 

the meeting room will be limited. 

Please note that foreign nationals 

participating in the public meeting are 

subject to advance security screening 

procedures which require advance 

notice prior to attendance at the public 

meeting. If a foreign national wishes to 

participate in the public meeting, please 

inform DOE as soon as possible by 

contacting Ms. Regina Washington at 

(202) 586–1214 or by email: 

Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov so that 

the necessary procedures can be 

completed. 

DOE requires visitors to have laptops 

and other devices, such as tablets, 

checked upon entry into the building. 

Any person wishing to bring these 

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be required to obtain a property pass. 

Visitors should avoid bringing these 

devices, or allow an extra 45 minutes to 

check in. Please report to the visitor’s 

desk to have devices checked before 

proceeding through security. 

Due to the REAL ID Act implemented 

by the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), there have been recent 

changes regarding ID requirements for 

individuals wishing to enter Federal 

buildings from specific States and U.S. 

territories. DHS maintains an updated 

website identifying the State and 

territory driver’s licenses that currently 

are acceptable for entry into DOE 

facilities at www.dhs.gov/real-idenforcement-brief. A driver’s license 

from a State or territory identified as not 

compliant by DHS will not be accepted 

for building entry and one of the 

alternate forms of ID listed below will 

be required. Acceptable alternate forms 

of Photo-ID include U.S. Passport or 

Passport Card; an Enhanced Driver’s 

License or Enhanced ID-Card issued by 

States and territories as identified on the 

DHS website (Enhanced licenses issued 

by these States and territories are clearly 

marked Enhanced or Enhanced Driver’s 

License); a military ID or other Federal 

government-issued Photo-ID card. 

In addition, you can attend the public 

meeting via webinar. Webinar 

registration information, participant 

instructions, and information about the 

capabilities available to webinar 

participants will be published on DOE’s 

website: www.energy.gov/eere/ 

buildings/public-meetings-andcomment-deadlines. Participants are 

responsible for ensuring their systems 

are compatible with the webinar 

software. 

Procedure for Submitting Prepared 

General Statements for Distribution 

Any person who has plans to present 

a prepared general statement may 

request that copies of his or her 

statement be made available at the 

public meeting. Such persons may 

submit requests, along with an advance 

electronic copy of their statement in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format, to the appropriate address 

shown in the ADDRESSES section at the 

beginning of this document. The request 

and advance copy of statements must be 

received at least one week before the 

public meeting and are to be emailed. 

Please include a telephone number to 

enable DOE staff to make follow-up 

contact, if needed. 

Conduct of the Public Meeting 

DOE will designate a DOE official to 

preside at the public meeting and may 

also use a professional facilitator to aid 

discussion. The meeting will not be a 

judicial or evidentiary-type public 

hearing, but DOE will conduct it in 

accordance with section 336 of EPCA 

(42 U.S.C. 6306). A court reporter will 

be present to record the proceedings and 

prepare a transcript. DOE reserves the 

right to schedule the order of 

presentations and to establish the 

procedures governing the conduct of the 

webinar/public meeting. There shall not 

be discussion of proprietary 

information, costs or prices, market 

share, or other commercial matters 

regulated by U.S. anti-trust laws. After 

the webinar and until the end of the 

comment period, interested parties may 

submit further comments on the 

proceedings and any aspect of the 

proposed rulemaking. 

The webinar will be conducted in an 

informal, conference style. DOE will 

present a general overview of the topics 

addressed in this proposed rulemaking, 

allow time for prepared general 

statements by participants, and 

encourage all interested parties to share 

their views on issues affecting this 

proposed rulemaking. Each participant 

will be allowed to make a general 

statement (within time limits 

determined by DOE), before the 

discussion of specific topics. DOE will 

permit, as time permits, other 

participants to comment briefly on any 

general statements. 

At the end of all prepared statements 

on a topic, DOE will permit participants 

to clarify their statements briefly. 

Participants should be prepared to 

answer questions by DOE and by other 

participants concerning these issues. 

DOE representatives may also ask 

questions of participants concerning 

other matters relevant to this proposed 

rulemaking. The official conducting the 

webinar will accept additional 

comments or questions from those 

attending, as time permits. The 

presiding official will announce any 

further procedural rules or modification 

of the above procedures that may be 

needed for the proper conduct of the 

public meeting. 

A transcript of the public meeting will 

be included in the docket, which can be 

viewed as described in the Docket 

section at the beginning of the August 

14, 2023 NOPR. In addition, any person 

may buy a copy of the transcript from 

the transcribing reporter. 

Approval of the Office of the Secretary 

The Secretary of Energy has approved 

publication of this notification of public 

meeting and webinar. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on August 28, 2023, 

by Francisco Alejandro Moreno, Acting 

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 28, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18850 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 21 

[Docket No.: FAA–2022–1378] 

Proposed Primary Category Design 

Criteria; ICON Aircraft, Inc., Model A5– 

B Airplane 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

existence of and requests comments on 

the proposed airworthiness design 

criteria for acceptance for the type 

certification of the ICON Aircraft, Inc., 

Model A5–B airplane under the 

regulations for primary category aircraft. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

by October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by Docket No. FAA–2022–1378 using 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 


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