65994 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 / Notices 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

subcommittee meeting of the whole of 

the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Hanford. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 25, 2023; 

9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Washington State 

University, Tri-Cities, Consolidated 

Information Center, Room 120/120A, 

2770 University Drive, Richland, WA 

99354. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lindsay Somers, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Hanford Office of 

Communications, Richland Operations 

Office, P.O. Box 550, Richland, WA 

99354; Phone: (509) 376–0923; or Email: 

lindsay.somers@rl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Department of Energy Budget 

Simulation 

• Hanford Site Cleanup Priorities 

Advice Kickoff 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Lindsay 

Somers at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

within five business days after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Lindsay Somers. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available at 

the following website: https://

www.hanford.gov/page.cfm?page=466. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

20, 2023. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20762 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[EERE–2023–BT–CE–0001] 

Energy Conservation Program: 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Information collection 

extension; notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) intends to extend for three 

years with the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), the Certification 

Reports, Compliance Statements, 

Application for a Test Procedure 

Waiver, and Recordkeeping for 

Consumer Products and Commercial/ 

Industrial Equipment subject to Energy 

or Water Conservation Standards 

Package under OMB No. 1910–1400. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information regarding this proposal 

no later than November 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number EERE–2023–BT–CE–0001. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. Alternatively, interested 

persons may submit comments, 

identified by docket number EERE– 

2023–BT–CE–0001, by any of the 

following methods: 

Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. Include the docket number 

EERE–2023–BT–CE–0001 in the subject 

line of the message. 

Postal Mail: Appliance and 

Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a compact 

disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance 

and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 287–1445. 

If possible, please submit all items on a 

CD, in which case it is not necessary to 

include printed copies. 

No telefacsimiles (‘‘faxes’’) will be 

accepted. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, public meeting attendee lists 

and transcripts (if a public meeting is 

held), comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials, is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov. 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. 

The docket web page can be found at 

www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE2023-BT-CE-0001. The docket web page 

contains instructions on how to access 

all documents, including public 

comments, in the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Lucas Adin, 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) 287– 

5904. Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–1400; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Certification Reports, Compliance 

Statements, Application for a Test 

Procedure Waiver, Application for 

Extension of Representation 

Requirements, Labeling, and 

Recordkeeping for Consumer Products 

and Commercial/Industrial Equipment 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 / Notices 65995 

1All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the Energy Act 

of 2020, Public Law 116–260 (Dec. 27, 2020), which 

reflect the last statutory amendments that impact 

Parts A and A–1 of EPCA. 

2For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated Part A. 

3For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part C was redesignated Part A–1. 

4Commercial heating and air conditioning 

equipment includes Computer Room Air 

Conditioners; Air-Cooled, Three-Phase, Small 

Commercial Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps w/ 

a Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000 Btu/h and 

Air-Cooled, Three-Phase Variable Refrigerant Flow 

Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps w/a Cooling 

Capacity of Less Than 65,000 Btu/h; Single 

Packaged Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat 

Pumps; and Direct-expansion Dedicated Outdoor 

Air Systems. 

subject to Federal Energy or Water 

Conservation Standards; 

(3) Type of Request: Revision with 

changes; 

(4) Purpose: Pursuant to the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act, as 

amended (‘‘EPCA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’),1

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291– 

6317, as codified), DOE regulates the 

energy efficiency of a number of 

consumer products, and commercial 

and industrial equipment. Title III, Part 

B2 of EPCA established the Energy 

Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles, 

which sets forth a variety of provisions 

designed to improve energy efficiency of 

covered consumer products (‘‘covered 

products’’). Title III, Part C 3 of EPCA, 

added by Public Law 95–619, Title IV, 

section 441(a), established the Energy 

Conservation Program for Certain 

Industrial Equipment, which sets forth a 

variety of provisions designed to 

improve energy efficiency of covered 

commercial and industrial equipment 

(collectively referred to as ‘‘covered 

equipment’’). 

Covered products and covered 

equipment are described in 10 CFR 

parts 429, 430, and 431. These covered 

products and covered equipment, 

including all product or equipment 

classes, include: (1) Consumer 

refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and 

freezers; (2) Room air conditioners; (3) 

Central air conditioners and central air 

conditioning heat pumps; (4) Consumer 

water heaters; (5) Consumer furnaces 

and boilers; (6) Dishwashers; (7) 

Residential clothes washers; (8) Clothes 

dryers; (9) Direct heating equipment; 

(10) Cooking products; (11) Pool heaters; 

(12) Television sets; (13) Fluorescent 

lamp ballasts; (14) General service 

fluorescent lamps, general service 

incandescent lamps, and incandescent 

reflector lamps; (15) Faucets; (16) 

Showerheads; (17) Water closets; (18) 

Urinals; (19) Ceiling fans; (20) Ceiling 

fan light kits; (21) Torchieres; (22) 

Compact fluorescent lamps; (23) 

Dehumidifiers; (24) External power 

supplies; (25) Battery chargers; (26) 

Candelabra base incandescent lamps 

and intermediate base incandescent 

lamps; (27) Commercial warm air 

furnaces; (28) Commercial refrigerators, 

freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; (29) 

Commercial heating and air 

conditioning equipment; 4 (30) 

Commercial water heating equipment; 

(31) Automatic commercial ice makers; 

(32) Commercial clothes washers; (33) 

Distribution transformers; (34) 

Illuminated exit signs; (35) Traffic signal 

modules and pedestrian modules; (36) 

Commercial unit heaters; (37) 

Commercial pre-rinse spray valves; (38) 

Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage 

vending machines; (39) Walk-in coolers 

and walk-in freezers and certain 

components; (40) Metal halide lamp 

ballasts and fixtures; (41) Integrated 

light-emitting diode lamps; (42) General 

service lamps; (43) Furnace fans; (44) 

Pumps; (45) Commercial packaged 

boilers; (46) Consumer miscellaneous 

refrigeration equipment; (47) Portable 

air conditioners; (48) Compressors; (49) 

Electric motors; (50) Small electric 

motors; (51) rough service lamps; (52) 

vibration service lamps; (53) dedicatedpurpose pool pump motors; and (54) air 

cleaners. 

Under EPCA, DOE’s energy 

conservation program consists 

essentially of four parts: (1) Testing, (2) 

labeling, (3) Federal energy conservation 

standards, and (4) certification and 

enforcement procedures. For consumer 

products, relevant provisions of the Act 

specifically include definitions (42 

U.S.C. 6291), energy conservation 

standards (42 U.S.C. 6295), test 

procedures (42 U.S.C. 6293), labeling 

provisions (42 U.S.C. 6294), and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers (42 U.S.C. 

6296). For covered equipment, relevant 

provisions of the Act include definitions 

(42 U.S.C. 6311), energy conservation 

standards (42 U.S.C. 6313), test 

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

provisions (42 U.S.C. 6315), and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers (42 U.S.C. 

6316). DOE is seeking to renew its 

information collection related to the 

following aspects of the appliance 

standards program: (1) Gathering data 

and submitting certification and 

compliance reports for each basic model 

distributed in commerce in the U.S. 

including supplemental testing 

instructions for certain commercial 

equipment; (2) maintaining records 

underlying the certified ratings for each 

basic model including test data and the 

associated calculations; (3) applications 

for a test procedure waiver, which 

manufacturers may elect to submit if 

they manufacture a basic model that 

cannot be tested pursuant to the DOE 

test procedure; (4) applications 

requesting an extension of the date by 

which representations must be made in 

accordance with any new or amended 

DOE test procedure; and (5) labeling. 

DOE’s certification and compliance 

activities ensure accurate and 

comprehensive information about the 

energy and water use characteristics of 

covered products and covered 

equipment sold in the United States. 

Manufacturers of all covered products 

and covered equipment must submit a 

certification report before a basic model 

is distributed in commerce, annually 

thereafter, and if the basic model is 

redesigned in such a manner to increase 

the consumption or decrease the 

efficiency of the basic model such that 

the certified rating is no longer 

supported by the test data. Additionally, 

manufacturers must report when 

production of a basic model has ceased 

and is no longer offered for sale as part 

of the next annual certification report 

following such cessation. DOE requires 

the manufacturer of any covered 

product or covered equipment to 

establish, maintain, and retain the 

records of certification reports, of the 

underlying test data for all certification 

testing, and of any other testing 

conducted to satisfy the requirements of 

part 429, part 430, and/or part 431. 

Certification reports provide DOE and 

consumers with comprehensive, up-todate efficiency information and support 

effective enforcement. 

As the result of a several changes to 

its regulatory provisions for covered 

products and equipment enacted 

through rulemakings since the last 

review of the current information 

collection, DOE has also proposed 

several updates to its certification 

provisions for the affected products and 

equipment. DOE proposed these 

changes in a notice of proposed 

rulemaking issued on August 28, 2023 

(‘‘Certification NOPR’’). The total 

annual estimated respondents, 

responses, burden hours, and reporting 

and recordkeeping cost burden that are 

reported in this notice include the 

additional costs that DOE estimated 

would result from the changes to 

certification reporting requirements 

proposed in the Certification NOPR. The 

notice of proposed rulemaking for these 

certification provisions is included in 

docket number EERE–2023–BT–CE– 

0001. 

(5) Proposed changes to the 

information collection, including 


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65996 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 / Notices 

5The pre-publication proposed rule can be 

accessed at https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/ 

files/2023-08/cce-nop.pdf?utm_

medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery. 

description of additional information 

that would be collected. 

In a proposed rule issued on August 

28, 2023,5 the U.S. Department of 

Energy (‘‘DOE’’) proposed to establish 

and amend the certification provisions, 

labeling requirements, and enforcement 

provisions for the following products 

and equipment: central air conditioners 

and heat pumps; dishwashers; 

residential clothes washers; pool 

heaters; dehumidifiers; external power 

supplies; battery chargers; computer 

room air conditioners; direct-expansion 

outdoor air systems; Air Cooled, ThreePhase, Small Commercial Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pumps with a 

Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000 

Btu/h and Air-Cooled, Three-Phase, 

Variable Refrigerant Flow Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pumps with a 

Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000 

Btu/h; commercial water heating 

equipment; automatic commercial ice 

makers; walk-in coolers and freezers; 

commercial and industrial pumps; 

portable air conditioners; compressors; 

dedicated-purpose pool pump motors; 

air cleaners; single-package vertical air 

conditioners and heat pumps; and 

ceiling fan light kits. These proposed 

amendments are described in sections II 

and III of the proposed rule. DOE is 

proposing these amendments to align 

reporting that is consistent with 

currently applicable energy 

conservation standards and test 

procedures and to ensure DOE has the 

information necessary to determine the 

appropriate classification of products 

for the application of standards. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,083; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 32,255; 

(8) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 776,310 (35 hours per 

certification, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information; 16 additional hours for 

creating supplement testing instructions 

for commercial HVAC, water heating, 

and refrigeration equipment 

manufacturers; 160 hours for test 

procedure waiver preparation; 160 

hours for representation extension 

request preparation), 1 hour for creating 

and applying a label for walk-in cooler 

and freezer, commercial and industrial 

pump, and electric motor 

manufacturers). 

(9) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 

$51,795,000. 

Statutory Authority: Section 326(d) of 

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 

Public Law 94–163, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 6296); 10 CFR parts 429, 430, and 

431. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 19, 

2023, by Jeffrey Marootian, Principal 

Deputy 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 September 

21, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20827 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG23–298–000. 

Applicants: Sky Ranch Solar, LLC. 

Description: Sky Ranch Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 9/19/23. 

Accession Number: 20230919–5120. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: EG23–299–000. 

Applicants: Hardin Solar Energy II 

LLC. 

Description: Hardin Solar Energy II 

LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification 

of Exempt Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 9/20/23. 

Accession Number: 20230920–5098. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following Complaints and 

Compliance filings in EL Dockets: 

Docket Numbers: EL23–99–000. 

Applicants: City of Corona, California 

v. California Independent System 

Operator Corporation. 

Description: Complaint of City of 

Corona, California v. California 

Independent System Operator 

Corporation. 

Filed Date: 9/19/23. 

Accession Number: 20230919–5119. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2816–001. 

Applicants: Rocket Solar, LLC. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Amendment to Market-Based Rate 

Application to be effective 11/12/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/20/23. 

Accession Number: 20230920–5104. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2894–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 4022 

Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Co 

WEIS Market Part. Agr to be effective 

9/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/20/23. 

Accession Number: 20230920–5018. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2895–000. 

Applicants: Hardin Solar Energy II 

LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Application for Market-Based Rate 

Authorization to be effective 11/20/ 

2023. 

Filed Date: 9/20/23. 

Accession Number: 20230920–5078. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23. 

Docket Numbers: ER23–2896–000. 

Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric 

Company, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Pennsylvania Electric Company submits 

tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Penelec 

amends 10 ECSAs (5388 5393 5394 5396 

5397 5398 5399 5400 5404 5405) to be 

effective 12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 9/20/23. 

Accession Number: 20230920–5113. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// 

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 


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