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Oneida 

Pepin 

Portage 

Price 

Richland 

Rusk 

Shawano 

Taylor 

Vernon 

Vilas 

Waupaca 

Wood 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 9501 

RIN 3206–AL02 

Office of Personnel Management 

Criteria for Internal Revenue Service 

Broadbanding Systems 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) hereby withdraws a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

regarding the criteria governing the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

broadbanding systems, published in the 

Federal Register April 17, 2007. OPM 

has determined withdrawal of the 

NPRM is appropriate as it would be 

impractical to issue this rule at this 

time. 

DATES: Effective Date: The proposed 

rule, published on April 17, 2007, in the 

Federal Register (72 FR 19126), is 

withdrawn as of October 31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Melvin, Senior Human 

Resources Specialist, Office of 

Personnel Management, Employee 

Services, Pay and Leave, Room 7H31, 

1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 

20415. Email: jennifer.melvin@opm.gov; 

Telephone: (202) 606–2858; or 

Facsimile: (202) 606–0824. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 5 U.S.C. 9509, the Secretary of 

the Treasury may, under criteria 

prescribed by the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM), establish one or 

more broadbanding systems covering all 

or any portion of the Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS) workforce that would 

otherwise be covered by the General 

Schedule (GS) pay and classification 

system. OPM published its criteria for 

IRS broadbanding systems as a final 

notice in the Federal Register on 

December 19, 2000 (65 FR 79433) and 

the criteria in that notice are still in 

effect. 

On April 17, 2007, OPM issued a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 19126) to 

amend title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations, to establish a new chapter 

XCV and part 9501 providing revised 

criteria for IRS broadbanding systems. 

The proposed regulations would have 

provided the Department of the 

Treasury with the flexibility, in 

coordination with OPM, to establish 

broader bands for covered IRS 

employees and would have established 

a more direct relationship between pay 

and performance. The proposed 

regulations would have also revised the 

criteria consistent with changes in the 

GS pay administration rules made by 

the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 

2004 and OPM implementing 

regulations. 

The comment period for the NPRM 

closed on June 18, 2007. OPM received 

and considered all five written 

comments in response to the NPRM. 

Comments were received from one 

Federal agency, one labor organization, 

two professional associations, and one 

individual. The following is a general 

overview of the comments OPM 

received during the public comment 

period raised in connection with the 

merits of the proposed rule. 

The comments received were varied. 

The main items of concern included the 

role of labor organizations in applying 

the IRS broadbanding system authority 

and OPM criteria, the maximum number 

of grades that may be combined into a 

band, the requirements and flexibilities 

for providing various within-band pay 

adjustments, performance ratings and 

the IRS performance management 

system, limitations on the maximum 

rates of pay for bands, and the flexibility 

to establish control points that limit 

salary progression within bands. Several 

commenters also asked for clarification 

regarding the language used in various 

parts of the proposed rule. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 94 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0032] 

Importation of Beef From a Region in 

Argentina 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our proposed rule 

that would allow, under certain 

conditions, the importation of fresh 

(chilled or frozen) beef from a region in 

Argentina located north of Patagonia 

South and Patagonia North B, referred to 

as Northern Argentina. This action will 

allow interested persons additional time 

to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on August 29, 

2014 (79 FR 51508) is reopened. We will 

consider all comments that we receive 

on or before December 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS–2014–0032. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0032, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=APHIS–2014–0032 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation 

Services, National Import Export 

Services, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 851–3313. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

29, 2014, we published in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 51508–51514, Docket 

No. APHIS–2014–0032) a proposal to 

allow, under certain conditions, the 


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importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) 

beef from a region in Argentina located 

north of Patagonia South and Patagonia 

North B, referred to as Northern 

Argentina. 

Comments on the proposed rule were 

required to be received on or before 

October 28, 2014. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2014–0032 for an additional 60 days. 

We will also accept all comments 

received between October 29, 2014 (the 

day after the close of the original 

comment period) and the date of this 

document. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781– 

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

October 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Parts 429 and 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2014–BT–TP–0007] 

RIN: 1904–AD17 

Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Ceiling Fan Light Kits 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: In this notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NOPR), the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to 

revise its test procedures for ceiling fan 

light kits (CFLKs). DOE proposes to 

update the current test procedures 

(appendix V) by replacing references to 

ENERGY STAR test procedures with 

references to DOE lamps test procedures 

for medium screw base lamps and to 

industry test procedures for pin-based 

fluorescent lamps. DOE also proposes to 

establish new test procedures (appendix 

V1) that would support amendments to 

CFLK energy conservation standards 

that are currently being considered by 

DOE. Specifically, these new test 

procedures would establish an efficacybased metric for all lamps packaged 

with CFLKs and for CFLKs with 

integrated solid-state lighting circuitry. 

DOE proposes that CFLKs with lamp 

types without corresponding DOE test 

procedures would be tested using 

current industry test procedures for 

those lamp types. This NOPR also 

clarifies the energy conservation 

standards for ceiling fan light kits by 

replacing references to ENERGY STAR 

with tables that contain the specific 

performance requirements from the 

ENERGY STAR documents. Finally, 

DOE also addresses standby and offmode power consumption and provides 

updated guidance related to accent 

lighting in CFLKs. DOE is also 

announcing a public meeting to discuss 

and receive comments on the content 

presented in this rulemaking. 

DATES: 

Meeting: DOE will hold two public 

meetings on November 18, 2014 and 

November 19, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m., in Washington, DC. The 

meeting will also be broadcast as a 

webinar. See section V, ‘‘Public 

Participation,’’ for webinar registration 

information, participant instructions, 

and information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants. 

Comments: DOE will accept 

comments, data, and information 

regarding this notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NOPR) before and after the 

public meeting, but no later than 

January 14, 2015. See section V, ‘‘Public 

Participation,’’ for details. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting on 

November 18 will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room 8E–089, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. The 

public meeting on November 19 will be 

held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 6E–069, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

For additional information about 

attending the meeting, see section V of 

this document, ‘‘Public Participation.’’ 

Any comments submitted must 

identify the NOPR for Test Procedures 

for CFLKs and provide docket number 

EE–2014–BT–TP–0007 and/or 

regulatory information number (RIN) 

number 1904–AD17. 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: CFLK2014TP0007@

ee.doe.gov. Include the docket number 

and/or RIN in the subject line of the 

message. 

3. Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, 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 Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC, 20024. Telephone: 

(202) 586–2945. If possible, please 

submit all items on a CD. It is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see section V of this document, ‘‘Public 

Participation.’’ 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

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://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2014-BT-TP0007. This Web page will contain a link 

to the docket for this notice on the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. The 

www.regulations.gov Web page contains 

simple instructions on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. See section V, ‘‘Public 

Participation,’’ for information on how 

to submit comments through 

www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on how to 

submit a comment, review other public 

comments and the docket, or participate 

in the public meeting, contact Ms. 

Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1604. Email: 

ceiling_fan_light_kits@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of the 

General Counsel, GC–71, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–6111. Email: 

Jennifer.Tiedeman@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Authority and Background 

II. Summary of the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking 

III. Discussion 


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