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

37963 

Vol. 79, No. 128 

Thursday, July 3, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 429 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–NOC–0039] 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee: 

Cancellation of Open Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of open 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the cancellation of 

open meetings for the Commercial and 

Industrial Pumps Working Group of the 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) 

scheduled for July 23 through July 25, 

2014. 

DATES: The open meetings scheduled for 

July 23, July 24, and July 25, 2014 are 

cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Cymbalsky, ASRAC Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW., Washington, DC, 20024, (202) 287– 

1692. Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published a notice of open meetings for 

the Commercial and Industrial Pumps 

Working Group of the ASRAC to be held 

in June and July of 2014 (79 FR 2383, 

Jan. 14, 2014) and a second notice 

adding an extra day to both series of 

meetings (79 FR 29692, May 23, 2014). 

Since that time, the working group has 

concluded its activities and determined 

the second series of meetings, scheduled 

for July 23 through July 25, is no longer 

necessary. Through this notice, DOE 

announces cancellation of those 

meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 27, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

5 CFR Chapter XXII 

10 CFR Chapters II, III, and X 

Reducing Regulatory Burden 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: As part of its implementation 

of Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ 

issued by the President on January 18, 

2011, the Department of Energy 

(Department or DOE) is seeking 

comments and information from 

interested parties to assist DOE in 

reviewing its existing regulations to 

determine whether any such regulations 

should be modified, streamlined, 

expanded, or repealed. The purpose of 

DOE’s review is to make the agency’s 

regulatory program more effective and 

less burdensome in achieving its 

regulatory objectives. In this request for 

information (RFI), DOE also highlights 

its regulatory review and reform efforts 

conducted to date in light of comments 

from interested parties. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

July 18, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Regulatory Burden RFI,’’ 

by any of the following methods: 

White House Web site: http://

www.whitehouse.gov/advise. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: Regulatory.Review@

hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Regulatory Burden 

RFI’’ in the subject line of the message. 

Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of the General Counsel, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 

6A245, Washington, DC 20585. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents, or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

That Department’s plan for 

retrospective review of its regulations 

and its subsequent update reports can 

be accessed at http://energy.gov/gc/

services/open-government/

restrospective-regulatory-review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jengeih Tamba, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–5000. 

Email: Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 18, 2011, the President issued 

Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ to 

ensure that Federal regulations seek 

more affordable, less intrusive means to 

achieve policy goals, and that agencies 

give careful consideration to the benefits 

and costs of those regulations. To that 

end, the Executive Order requires, 

among other things, that: 

• Agencies propose or adopt a 

regulation only upon a reasoned 

determination that its benefits justify its 

costs; and that agencies tailor 

regulations to impose the least burden 

on society, consistent with obtaining the 

regulatory objectives, taking into 

account, among other things, and to the 

extent practicable, the costs of 

cumulative regulations; and that, 

consistent with applicable law, agencies 

select, in choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, those approaches 

that maximize net benefits (including 

potential economic, environmental, 

public health and safety, and other 

advantages; distributive impacts; and 

equity). 

• The regulatory process encourages 

public participation and an open 

exchange of views, with an opportunity 

for the public to comment. 

• Agencies coordinate, simplify, and 

harmonize regulations to reduce costs 

and promote certainty for businesses 

and the public. 

• Agencies consider low-cost 

approaches that reduce burdens and 

maintain flexibility. 

• Regulations be guided by objective 

scientific evidence. 

Additionally, the Executive Order 

directs agencies to consider how best to 

promote retrospective analyses of 

existing rules. Specifically, agencies 

were required to develop a plan under 


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