20332 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 78 / Tuesday April 24, 2007 / Notices 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 25, 

2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: April 18, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Assessing the Impact of 

Collaborative Strategic Reading on Fifth 

Graders’ Comprehension and 

Vocabulary Skills. 

Frequency: On Occasion; Biennially. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 83. 

Burden Hours: 69. 

Abstract: The current OMB package 

requests clearance for the instruments to 

be used in the Assessing the Impact of 

Collaborative Strategic Reading on Fifth 

Graders’ Comprehension and 

Vocabulary Skills Study (CSR study). 

The CSR study is a project designed to 

test an innovative model of reading 

instruction in the fifth grade, especially 

for ELL students. The data collection 

instruments will measure the 

background characteristics of the 

sample, fidelity of the intervention’s 

implementation, and outcomes of the 

intervention. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3311. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

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ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

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deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E7–7737 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–22–4] 

Application To Amend Presidential 

Permit; British Columbia Transmission 

Corporation 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: British Columbia 

Transmission Corporation (BCTC) has 

applied for an amendment of a 

Presidential permit to construct, 

operate, and maintain an electric 

transmission line across the U.S. 

international border. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before May 24, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (OE–20), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jerry Pell (Program Office) at 202–586–

3362, or by e-mail to 

Jerry.Pell@hq.doe.gov, or Michael T. 

Skinker (Program Attorney) at 202–586–

2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. 

On March 26, 2007, BCTC, a Canadian 

corporation, filed an application with 

the Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability (OE) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) to amend 

Presidential Permit PP–22 which 

authorized the construction, operation, 

and maintenance of ten, singleconductor 132-kV submarine cables 

which cross the U.S. international 

border twice in the Strait of Georgia. 

The international transmission facilities 

covered by Presidential Permit PP–22 

do not connect to any U.S. electrical 

facility, but rather connect the mainland 

of British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, and 

Vancouver Island, passing through 

approximately 7.5 miles of U.S. 

territorial waters in the Strait of Georgia. 

BCTC proposes to replace the three 

southernmost cables with three new 

submarine cables which would operate 

at 230-kV. 

BCTC is the successor to the British 

Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 

which in turn is the successor to the 

British Columbia Electric Company 

Limited, the original holder of PP–22. 

BCTC requests that if DOE grants its 

request to amend PP–22 the amended 

permit be issued to BCTC. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to this 

proceeding or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of 

each petition and protest should be filed 

with DOE on or before the date listed 

above. 


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1 10 CFR 430.27(1). 

Additional copies of such petitions to 

intervene or protest also should be filed 

directly with Mr. Bruce Barrett, Vice 

President, Major Projects, British 

Columbia Transmission Corp., Suite 

110, Four Bentall Centre, 1055 

Dunsmuir Street, P.O. Box 49260, 

Vancouver, B.C. V7X 1V5, Canada. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

granted or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action will 

not adversely impact on the reliability 

of the U.S. electric power supply 

system. In addition, DOE must consider 

the environmental impacts of the 

proposed action (i.e., granting the 

Presidential permit, with any conditions 

and limitations, or denying the permit) 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969. DOE also must 

obtain the concurrences of the Secretary 

of State and the Secretary of Defense 

before taking final action on a 

Presidential permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above. In addition, the 

application may be reviewed or 

downloaded electronically at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/permitting/ 

electricity_imports_exports.htm. Upon 

reaching the home page, select ‘‘Pending 

Applications.’’

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 16, 

2007. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Siting and Permitting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E7–7753 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. RF–006] 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Decision and 

Order Granting a Waiver to Liebherr 

Hausgera ̈te From the Department of 

Energy Electric Refrigerator and 

Electric Refrigerator-Freezer Test 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of decision and order. 

SUMMARY: Today’s notice publishes a 

Decision and Order (Case No. RF–006) 

granting a waiver to Liebherr Hausgera ̈te 

(Liebherr) from the existing Department 

of Energy (DOE) test procedure for 

residential electric refrigerators and 

refrigerator-freezers, for its combination 

wine storage-freezer line of appliances. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mail Stop EE–2J, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 

586–9611, E-mail: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov; or 

Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail 

Stop GC–72, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586–

9507, E-mail: 

Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 10 CFR 430.27(l), 

notice is hereby given of the issuance of 

the Decision and Order set forth below. 

In the Decision and Order, the DOE 

grants Liebherr a Waiver from the 

electric refrigerator and electric 

refrigerator-freezer test procedures 

under 10 CFR 430.23(a), for its 

combination wine storage-freezer 

products. This Waiver is applicable only 

to units whose wine storage 

compartment occupies more than 50 

percent of the total volume of the unit 

and cannot be converted to any other 

type of compartment. Today’s decision 

requires that any representations 

concerning the energy efficiency of 

these products are made consistent with 

the provisions and restrictions in the 

modified test procedure set forth in the 

Decision and Order below. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2007. 

Alexander A. Karsner, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

Decision and Order 

In the Matter of: Liebherr Hausgera ̈te 

(Liebherr). (Case No. RF–006). 

Background 

Title III of the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act (‘‘EPCA’’) sets forth a 

variety of provisions concerning energy 

efficiency. Part B of Title III (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6309) provides for the ‘‘Energy 

Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles.’’

Part B includes definitions, test 

procedures, labeling provisions, energy 

conservation standards, and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers. Further, 

Part B authorizes the Secretary of 

Energy to prescribe test procedures that 

are reasonably designed to produce 

results which measure energy 

efficiency, energy use, or estimated 

operating costs, and that are not unduly 

burdensome to conduct. (42 U.S.C. 

6293(b)(3)) The test procedure for 

residential refrigerators and refrigeratorfreezers is contained in 10 CFR part 430, 

subpart B, Appendix A1. DOE’s 

regulations contain provisions that 

allow a person to petition for a waiver 

from any test procedure requirement for 

covered consumer products. These 

provisions are set forth in 10 CFR 

430.27. The waiver provisions authorize 

the Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy to 

temporarily waive the test procedure for 

a particular basic model, provided that 

the petitioner shows that the basic 

model contains one or more design 

characteristics that prevent testing 

according to the prescribed test 

procedures, or when the prescribed test 

procedures may evaluate the basic 

model in a manner so unrepresentative 

of its true energy consumption as to 

provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data. 10 CFR 430.27(l). 

The Assistant Secretary may grant the 

waiver subject to conditions, including 

adherence to alternate test procedures.1

Petitioners must include in their 

petition any alternate test procedures 

known to evaluate the basic model in a 

manner representative of its energy 

consumption characteristics. 10 CFR 

430.27(b)(1)(iii). Waivers generally 

remain in effect until final test 

procedure amendments resolving the 

problem that is the subject of the waiver 

become effective. 

On July 5, 2005, Liebherr submitted a 

Petition for Waiver from the electric 

refrigerator and electric refrigeratorfreezer test procedure under 10 CFR 

430.23(a). Liebherr requested a waiver 

from the DOE test procedure because, 

Liebherr asserts, its line of combination 

wine storage—freezer models are not 

accurately categorized by any of the 

current DOE classes for residential 

refrigeration appliances. The Liebherr 

product is currently classified as an 

automatic defrost refrigerator-freezer 

with bottom-mounted freezer. However, 

the wine storage compartment has a 

minimum temperature of 41 °F, which 

makes the product unsuitable for 

general use as a refrigerator-freezer. 

Liebherr asserts that to apply the current 

test procedure for electric refrigeratorfreezers would evaluate these products 

in a manner so unrepresentative of their 

true energy consumption characteristics 

as to provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data. 

Liebherr has proposed a modified test 

procedure based on the one prescribed 

for electric refrigerator-freezers under 

Appendix A1 to Subpart B of Part 430. 


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