Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 24, 2013 / Proposed Rules 77607 

Document PDR Web ADAMS Accession No. 

Draft Technical Basis, Revision 1 (December 2009) [NRC–2009–0558] ................................................ X X ML093280743. 

Commission: SECY–10–0114 (August 26, 2010) .................................................................................... X ................ ML101960614. 

Commission: SRM–SECY–10–0114 (November 16, 2010) ..................................................................... X X ML103210025. 

Commission: SECY–07–0148 (redacted) (August 28, 2007) .................................................................. X X ML080030050. 

Commission: SRM–SECY–07–0148 (December 18, 2007) ..................................................................... X X ML073530119. 

Comment: Nuclear Energy Institute, January 29, 2010 ........................................................................... X X ML100341196. 

Comment: Prairie Island Indian Community, January 31, 2010 .............................................................. X X ML100341215. 

Comment: Anonymous, January 31, 2010 ............................................................................................... X X ML100341214. 

Comment: Department of Energy, February 1, 2010 ............................................................................... X X ML100341195. 

Comment: Union of Concerned Scientists, January 31, 2010 ................................................................. X X ML100341213. 

Comment Summaries and Responses ..................................................................................................... X X ML13085A150. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of December 2013. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark Thaggard, 

Deputy Director, Division of Security Policy, 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30679 Filed 12–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Parts 429 and 430 

[Docket Number EERE–2010–BT–STD– 

0011] 

RIN 1904–AC22 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Energy 

Conservation Standards for 

Residential Furnace Fans 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On October 25, 2013, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) 

regarding energy conservation standards 

for residential furnace fans, with a 

comment period that was scheduled to 

close December 24, 2013. This 

document announces an extension of 

the time period for submitting 

comments on the NOPR. The comment 

period is extended 30 days. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NOPR regarding energy conservation 

standards for residential furnace fans 

published on October 25, 2013 (78 FR 

64067) is extended to January 23, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the NOPR for Energy 

Conservation Standards for Residential 

Furnace Fans, and provide docket 

number EERE–2010–BT–STD–0011 

and/or regulatory information number 

(RIN) 1904–AC22. Comments may be 

submitted using any of the following 

methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: FurnFans-2010–STD–0011@

ee.doe.gov. Include the docket number 

and/or RIN in the subject line of the 

message. Submit electronic comments 

in Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, 

or ASCII file format, and avoid the use 

of special characters or any form of 

encryption. 

3. Postal Mail: 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. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

CD, in which case it is not necessary to 

include printed copies. 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in this proposed 

rule may be submitted to Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy through the methods listed 

above and by email to Chad_S._

Whiteman@omb.eop.gov. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regu lations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

framework documents, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. However, 

not all documents listed in the index 

may be publicly available, such as 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure. 

A link to the docket Web page can be 

found at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/

buildings/appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/41. This Web 

page contains a link to the docket for 

this notice on the www.regulations.gov 

site. The www.regulations.gov Web page 

contains simple instructions on how to 

access all documents, including public 

comments, in the docket. 

For information on how to submit a 

comment or review other public 

comments and the docket, contact Ms. 

Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by 

email: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ronald Majette, 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: (202) 586–7935. Email: 

residential_furnace_fans@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Kavita Vaidyanathan, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of the 

General Counsel, GC–71, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–0669. Email: 

Kavita.Vaidyanathan@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 25, 2013, DOE published a 

NOPR in the Federal Register (78 FR 

64067) to make available and invite 

comments on the proposed rule 

regarding energy conservation standards 

for residential furnace fans. That notice 

set a deadline for the submission of 

written comment by December 24, 2013, 

and comments were also accepted at a 

public meeting held at DOE 

Headquarters on December 3, 2013. 

Several stakeholders requested an 

extension of the comment period. These 

stakeholders stated the additional time 

is necessary for interested parties to 

consider and respond to the proposed 

rule and public meeting presentation, in 

order to submit meaningful and useful 

comments. 

After careful consideration of the 

multiple requests for more time to 

develop comments, DOE has 

determined that an extension of the 


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77608 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 24, 2013 / Proposed Rules 

1 12 U.S.C. 1756. 

2 Id. 1782(a)(1). 

3 12 CFR 741.6. 

4 12 U.S.C. 1784. 

5 Id. 1766(j)(1). 

6 Id. 1789(a)(4). 

7The 14 federally insured, state-chartered, homebased credit unions have assets ranging from 

$115,000 to nearly $11,000,000. The state-chartered, 

home-based credit unions are located in nine states 

as follows: Kansas has five, Utah has two, and 

Alabama, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, 

Pennsylvania, and Vermont each have one. 

public comment period is appropriate 

and in the public interest based on the 

foregoing reasoning. Accordingly, DOE 

is hereby extending the comment period 

and will consider any comments 

received by January 23, 2014. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30726 Filed 12–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 701 

RIN 3133–AE34 

Requirements for Contacts with 

Federal Credit Unions 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) 

proposes to amend part 701 of its 

regulations to require examinations and 

other contacts between NCUA staff and 

staff or officials of a federal credit union 

(FCU) occur in an FCU’s business 

offices or other public location. This 

does not include a private residence. 

The proposal also would require 

affected FCUs to bring to the meeting 

site any records or materials NCUA staff 

requests, and to maintain at least one 

method for members and NCUA staff to 

contact the credit union. These 

requirements would apply upon the 

effective date of a final rule. 

Additionally, the proposal would 

require all FCUs to obtain and maintain 

a business office, not located on the 

premises of a private residence address, 

no later than two years following the 

effective date of a final rule. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 23, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (Please 

send comments by one method only): 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• NCUA Web site: http:// 

www.ncua.gov/Legal/Regs/Pages/ 

PropRegs.aspx. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Email: Address to 

regcomments@ncua.gov. Include ‘‘[Your 

name]—Comments on Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking for Part 701’’ in 

the email subject line. 

• Fax: (703) 518–6319. Use the 

subject line described above for email. 

• Mail: Address to Gerard Poliquin, 

Secretary of the Board, National Credit 

Union Administration, 1775 Duke 

Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314– 

3428. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

mail address. 

Public Inspection: You may view all 

public comments, as submitted, on 

NCUA’s Web site at http:// 

www.ncua.gov/Legal/Regs/Pages/ 

PropRegs.aspx, except those we cannot 

post for technical reasons. NCUA will 

not edit or remove identifying or contact 

information from the public comments 

submitted. You may inspect paper 

copies of comments in NCUA’s law 

library at 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22314, by appointment 

weekdays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. To 

make an appointment, call (703) 518– 

6546 or send an email to 

OGCMail@ncua.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Wirick, Staff Attorney, Office 

of General Counsel, at the above address 

or by telephone: (703) 518–6540. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Summary of the Proposed Rule 

III. Regulatory Procedures 

I. Background 

1. NCUA Authority to Regulate Settings 

of FCU Examinations and Other On-Site 

Contacts, Require Production of 

Records, and Regulate Operating 

Conditions of FCUs 

The Federal Credit Union Act (Act) 

requires FCUs to ‘‘make financial 

reports to it [the NCUA Board] as and 

when it may require’’ and requires FCUs 

to make ‘‘books and records accessible 

to’’ NCUA for examination purposes.1

Likewise, federally insured, statechartered credit unions must make 

‘‘reports of condition . . . in such form 

. . . as the Board may require.2 Under 

this authority, the Board requires all 

insured credit unions to file quarterly 

call reports.3

The Act also requires and authorizes 

the Board to appoint examiners to 

examine any insured credit union to 

determine the credit union’s condition.4

NCUA examiners often review and 

verify the information credit unions 

submit in their call reports through onsite examinations. Specialized NCUA 

staff, such as problem case officers, also 

visit credit unions to address issues 

identified in the examination process. 

In addition to the Board’s statutory 

responsibilities to obtain financial 

reports and conduct examinations of 

insured credit unions, the Act gives the 

Board general authority to adopt 

regulations related to the oversight of 

FCUs. Taken together, these powers give 

the Board the authority to specify the 

location and other conditions of 

examinations and other on-site contacts 

with FCUs, as well as to require FCUs 

to conduct business in a commercial 

setting rather than in a home. 

2. NCUA Authority To Direct Conditions 

of Work for NCUA Employees 

The Act grants the Board authority to 

‘‘direct employees of the Board’’ 5 and 

‘‘define their duties.’’ 6 Most of NCUA’s 

1,260 employees are credit union 

examiners who work on-site at credit 

union locations, performing 

examinations and other types of 

reviews. By requiring that all 

examinations and other on-site contacts 

between NCUA staff and FCU officials 

occur in business offices or other public 

locations, the proposal ensures that 

examinations and other FCU contacts 

occur in a professional and safe setting. 

3. Home-Based Credit Unions 

In the early days of credit union 

organizing, it was common for a credit 

union to operate out of the home of one 

of its officials. As credit unions grew, 

however, most added offices either at a 

sponsor’s location or in another 

commercial setting. NCUA has 

identified approximately 95 remaining 

home-based, federally insured credit 

unions. These are credit unions 

operated out of a home or on the 

premises of a home address, such as in 

a garage, sunroom, or basement 

apartment. Eighty-one of these are 

FCUs, with assets ranging from $34,000 

to $12,000,000. Most of these FCUs are 

very small; 34 have assets below 

$1,000,000 and 38 have assets between 

$1,000,000 and $5,000,000.7

More recently, NCUA has encouraged 

examiners and other staff to arrange 

meetings with officials of home-based 

FCUs in public places, such as libraries 

or hotel conference rooms. NCUA did 

not, however, prohibit staff from 

meeting with an FCU official at a private 


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