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that the scales can remain static for at 

least 10 years. The overall efficiency of 

the U.S. building stock is not expected 

to change dramatically enough to 

warrant scale revisions within 10 years. 

Although building equipment will 

degrade over time, equipment 

performance is affected by multiple 

factors, most of which are related to 

operation and maintenance. Given this 

combination of influences, equipment 

degradation is not accounted for in the 

score and will not affect the durability 

of the score. 

DOE will incorporate new software 

releases of EnergyPlus as they are 

developed. However, DOE expects that 

most new features that extend modeling 

capability or increase simulation speed 

will have little effect on the energy asset 

score. If a software update of EnergyPlus 

or other updates to the scoring tool 

result in a change of the modeling 

results, prior users of the tool will 

receive an updated score report. 

More information about the score 

durability is described in Section 3.2.4 

of the Protocol. DOE welcomes 

stakeholder comments on the durability 

of the energy asset score scale and the 

period for which a building should be 

able to maintain its score. 

Submitting Comments to DOE 

DOE invites comments on all 

elements discussed above, as well as 

additional issues that respondents deem 

important. Specifically, DOE requests 

comments on (1) Data classification for 

the simple and advanced levels of tool 

use as well as score validation methods; 

(2) critical information to be included in 

the energy asset score report; and (3) 

durability of the energy asset scores. 

Comments may be submitted in 

writing via direct mail or email within 

on or before March 11, 2013. Please 

limit comments to no more than 3 pages 

per program area, not to exceed a total 

of 8 pages. 

Disclaimer and Important Notes 

This is an RFI issued solely for 

information and program planning 

purposes; this RFI does not constitute a 

formal solicitation for proposals or 

abstracts. Your response to this notice 

will be treated as information only. DOE 

will not provide reimbursement for 

costs incurred in responding to this RFI. 

Respondents are advised that DOE is 

under no obligation to acknowledge 

receipt of the information received or 

provide feedback to respondents with 

respect to any information submitted 

under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do 

not bind DOE to any further actions 

related to this topic. 

Confidential Business Information 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email, postal mail, or hand 

delivery/courier two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked confidential including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

non-confidential with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. 

Submit these documents via email or on 

a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) when 

such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. 

It is DOE’s policy that all comments 

may be included in the public docket, 

without change and as received, 

including any personal information 

provided in the comments (except 

information deemed to be exempt from 

public disclosure). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02753 Filed 2–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9777–4] 

Adequacy Status of the Motor Vehicle 

Emission Budgets for Metropolitan 

Washington DC Area (DC–MD–VA) 

1997 8-Hour Ozone Non-Attainment 

Area’s 2009 Attainment Plan and 2010 

Contingency Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Motor 

Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) for 

volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) in the 2009 

Attainment Plan and 2010 Contingency 

Plan submitted as a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision on 

June 4, 2007 by the Maryland 

Department of the Environment (MDE) 

and June 12, 2007 by both the Virginia 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(VADEQ) and the District of Columbia 

Department of Health (DCDOH) are 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding, 

the Washington DC–MD–VA 

Nonattainment Area for the 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (the Metropolitan Washington 

Area) must use the MVEBs from the 

June 4, 2007 and June 12, 2007 

Attainment Plan and Contingency Plan 

for future conformity determinations for 

the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. 

DATES: The adequacy finding for MVEBs 

for VOCs and NOX is effective February 

22, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Kotsch, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103 at (215) 814–3335 or by email at: 

kotsch.martin@epa.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The word 

‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor vehicle 

emission budgets for VOCs and NOX. 

The word ‘‘SIP’’ in this document refers 

to the Attainment Plan and Contingency 

Plan for the Metropolitan Washington 

Area, 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area submitted to EPA 

as a SIP revision on June 4, 2007 by 

MDE and June 12, 2007 by VADEQ and 

DCDOH. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

that the MVEBs in the 2009 Attainment 

Plan and 2010 Contingency Plan, 

submitted on June 4, 2007 by MDE and 

June 12, 2007 by VADEQ and DCDOH, 

are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. As a result of 

EPA’s finding, the Metropolitan 

Washington Area must use the MVEBs 

from the 2009 Attainment Plan and 

2010 Contingency Plan for future 

conformity determinations for the 1997 

8-hour ozone standard. This finding has 

also been announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http:// 

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www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate 

MVEBs are shown in the following 

table: 

METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AREA

MVEBS 2009 ATTAINMENT PLAN

AND 2010 CONTINGENCY PLAN

Milestone 

year 

VOCs 

(tons per day) 

NOX

(tons per day) 

2009 .......... 66.5 146.1 

2010 .......... N/A 144.3 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and procedures 

for determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. The 

criteria by which EPA determines 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4). EPA has described the 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 

93.118(f) and has followed this rule in 

making its adequacy determination. 

Dated: January 25, 2013. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02808 Filed 2–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9528–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Westlund (202) 566–1682, or email at 

westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer 

to the appropriate EPA Information 

Collection Request (ICR) Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 0161.12; Foreign 

Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement 

of Unregistered Pesticides; 40 CFR part 

168, subpart D; was approved on 01/04/ 

2013; OMB Number 2070–0027; expires 

on 01/31/2016; Approved without 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 2263.04; NSPS for 

Petroleum Refineries for which 

Construction, Reconstruction, or 

Modification Commenced after May 14, 

2007; 40 CFR part 60, subparts A and Ja; 

was approved on 01/07/2013; OMB 

Number 2060–0602; expires on 12/31/ 

2015; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1718.09; Fuel 

Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold 

in 2001 and Later Years; Tax-Exempt 

(Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; and NonRoad Locomotive and Marine Diesel 

Fuel (Renewal); 40 CFR 80.561 and 

80.597; and 40 CFR part 80 subpart I; 

was approved on 01/19/2013; OMB 

Number 2060–0308; expires on 01/31/ 

2016; Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 2450.01; EPA’s 

Design for the Environment (DfE) 

Partner of the Year Awards Program; 

was approved on 01/23/2013; OMB 

Number 2070–0184; expires on 01/31/ 

2016; Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 1901.05; NSPS for 

Emission Guidelines and Compliance 

Times for Small Municipal Waste 

Combustion Units Constructed on or 

before August 30, 1999; 40 CFR part 60, 

subparts A and BBBB; was approved on 

01/29/2013; OMB Number 2060–0424; 

expires on 01/31/2016; Approved 

without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1061.12; NSPS for 

the Phosphate Fertilizer Industry; 40 

CFR part 60, subparts T, U, V, W and 

X; was approved on 01/30/2013; OMB 

Number 2060–0037; expires on 01/31/ 

2016; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1935.04; 

Standardized Permit for RCRA 

Hazardous Waste Management Facilities 

(Renewal); 40 CFR part 267; 40 CFR 

270.290, 270.300–270.315; was 

approved on 01/30/2013; OMB Number 

2050–0182; expires on 01/31/2016; 

Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 2323.05; NESHAP 

for Chemical Manufacturing Area 

Sources; 40 CFR part 63, subparts A and 

VVVVVV; was approved on 01/30/2013; 

OMB Number 2060–0621; expires on 

01/31/2016; Approved without change. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collections Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02761 Filed 2–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2012–0033; FRL–9527–8] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Willingness To Pay Survey for 

Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily 

Load: Instrument, Pre-Test, and 

Implementation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Willingness to 

Pay Survey for Chesapeake Bay Total 

Maximum Daily Load: Instrument, Pretest, and Implementation’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2456.01, OMB Control No. 2010–NEW) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a request for approval of a new 

collection. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (77 FR 31006) on May 24, 2012 

during a 60-day comment period, which 

was later extended for an additional 30 

days (77 FR 43822). This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OA–2012–0033, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by fax at (202) 566– 

9744; or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB via email to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

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