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to make an oral statement regarding any 

of the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Dr. Ed Synakowski at 301–903– 

8584 (fax) or Ed.synakowski@

science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable 

provisions will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements during the 

Public Comments time on the agenda. 

The Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days on the Fusion 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

Web site at: http://science.energy.gov/

fes/fesac/ 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 12, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement 

AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and 

International Security, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed subsequent 

arrangement. 

SUMMARY: This notice is being issued 

under the authority of section 131a. of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended. The Department is providing 

notice of a proposed subsequent 

arrangement under the Agreement for 

Cooperation Concerning Civil Uses of 

Nuclear Energy Between the 

Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of Canada 

and the Agreement for Cooperation in 

the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy 

Between the United States of America 

and the European Atomic Energy 

Community. 

DATES: This subsequent arrangement 

will take effect no sooner than April 2, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Katie Strangis, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International 

Security, National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

Telephone: 202–586–8623 or email: 

Katie.Strangis@nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

subsequent arrangement concerns the 

retransfer of 171,561.2 l kg of U.S.-origin 

natural uranium hexafluoride (UF6) 

(67.60% U), 115,975.4 kg of which is 

uranium, from Cameco Corporation 

(Cameco) in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, 

to Urenco, Ltd. (URENCO) in 

Capenhurst Works, Chester, United 

Kingdom. The material, which is 

currently located at Cameco, will be 

used for toll enrichment by URENCO at 

its facility in Capenhurst, United 

Kingdom. The material was originally 

obtained by Cameco from Power 

Resources Inc., Cameco ResourcesCrowe Butte Operation, and White Mesa 

Mill pursuant to export license 

XSOU8798. 

In accordance with section 131a. of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, it has been determined that 

this subsequent arrangement concerning 

the retransfer of nuclear material of 

United States origin will not be inimical 

to the common defense and security of 

the United States of America. 

Dated: February 21, 2014. 

For the Department of Energy. 

Anne M. Harrington, 

Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear 

Nonproliferation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Representative 

Average Unit Costs of Energy 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) is 

forecasting the representative average 

unit costs of five residential energy 

sources for the year 2014 pursuant to 

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. 

The five sources are electricity, natural 

gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and 

kerosene. 

DATES: The representative average unit 

costs of energy contained in this notice 

will become effective April 17, 2014 and 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy, Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy Forrestal Building, 

Mail Station EE–5B, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0121, (202) 586–7892, Rep_Average_

Unit_Costs@ee.doe.gov. 

Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of General Counsel, 

Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–72, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202) 586– 

7432, Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

323 of the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act (Act) requires that 

DOE prescribe test procedures for the 

measurement of the estimated annual 

operating costs or other measures of 

energy consumption for certain 

consumer products specified in the Act. 

(42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test 

procedures are found in Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

430, subpart B. 

Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires 

that the estimated annual operating 

costs of a covered product be calculated 

from measurements of energy use in a 

representative average use cycle or 

period of use and from representative 

average unit costs of the energy needed 

to operate such product during such 

cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section 

further requires that DOE provide 

information to manufacturers regarding 

the representative average unit costs of 

energy. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(4)) This cost 

information should be used by 

manufacturers to meet their obligations 

under section 323(c) of the Act. Most 

notably, these costs are used to comply 

with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 

requirements for labeling. 

Manufacturers are required to use the 

revised DOE representative average unit 

costs when the FTC publishes new 

ranges of comparability for specific 

covered products, 16 CFR part 305. 

Interested parties can also find 

information covering the FTC labeling 

requirements at http://www.ftc.gov/

appliances. 

DOE last published representative 

average unit costs of residential energy 

in a Federal Register notice entitled, 

‘‘Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Representative 

Average Unit Costs of Energy’’, dated 

March 22, 2013, 78 FR 17648. On April 

17, 2014, the cost figures published in 

today’s notice will become effective and 

supersede those cost figures published 

on March 22, 2013. The cost figures set 

forth in today’s notice will be effective 

until further notice. 

DOE’s Energy Information 

Administration (EIA) has developed the 

2014 representative average unit aftertax residential costs found in this 

notice. These costs for electricity, 

natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, and 

propane are based on simulations used 

to produce the February 2014, EIA 

Short-Term Energy Outlook (EIA 

releases the Outlook monthly). The 

representative average unit after-tax cost 

for kerosene is derived from its price 


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relative to that of heating oil, based on 

the 2009-to 2013 averages of the U.S. 

refiner price to end users, which 

include all the major energy-consuming 

sectors in the U.S. for these fuels. The 

source for these price data is the January 

2014, Monthly Energy Review DOE/EIA– 

0035(2014/01). The Short-Term Energy 

Outlook and the Monthly Energy Review 

are available on the EIA Web site at 

http://www.eia.doe.gov. Propane prices 

are econometric modeling projections 

based on historical Weekly Petroleum 

Status Report winter prices and Mont 

Belvieu (Texas) spot and futures prices. 

For more information on the data 

sources used in this Notice, contact the 

National Energy Information Center, 

Forrestal Building, EI–30, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8800, 

email: infoctr@eia.doe.gov. 

The 2014 representative average unit 

costs under section 323(b)(4) of the Act 

are set forth in Table 1, and will become 

effective April 17, 2014. They will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11, 

2014. 

David T. Danielson, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

TABLE 1—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES (2014) 

Type of energy Per million 

Btu 1 In commonly used terms As required by test 

procedure 

Electricity ................................................................... $36.34 12.4¢/kWh2 thnsp;3 ................................................ $0.124/kWh 

Natural Gas ............................................................... 11.28 $1.128/therm4 ...........................................................

or $11.56/MCF 5 thnsp;6 ........................................

0.00001128/Btu 

No. 2 Heating Oil ...................................................... 27.04 3.75/gallon 7 .............................................................. 0.00002704/Btu 

Propane ..................................................................... 29.89 2.73/gallon 8 .............................................................. 0.00002989/Btu 

Kerosene ................................................................... 31.70 4.28/gallon 9 .............................................................. 0.00003170/Btu 

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (February 11, 2014) and Monthly Energy Review (January 30, 

2014). 

Notes: Prices include taxes. 

1. Btu stands for British thermal units. 

2. kWh stands for kilowatt hour. 

3. 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu. 

4. 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. 

5. MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet. 

6. For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,025 Btu. 

7. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu. 

8. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu. 

9. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05949 Filed 3–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Guidance Surrounding Department of 

Energy Support of Building Energy 

Code Compliance Software 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes 

Program has made available guidance 

on how it intends to respond to requests 

for modified versions of energy code 

compliance software. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeremiah Williams, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, 

Telephone: (202) 287–1941, Email: 

jeremiah.williams@ee.doe.gov. 

Daniel Cohen, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Forrestal Building, Mailstop GC–71, 

1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

(202) 586–9523, Email: daniel.cohen@

hq.doe.gov. 

ADDRESSES: The guidance described in 

this notice is also posted at http:// 

www.energycodes.gov/compliance/tools. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Priorities for REScheck and 

COMcheck Support 

The Energy Conservation and 

Production Act, as amended, directs the 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) to provide technical assistance 

‘‘to improve and implement State 

residential and commercial building 

energy efficiency codes’’ (42 U.S.C. 

6833(d) and (e)). As part of this 

directive, to accelerate national code 

adoption and compliance, DOE’s 

Building Energy Codes Program 

provides residential (REScheck) and 

commercial (COMcheck) energy code 

compliance software to the building 

industry and local building 

jurisdictions, available as free 

downloads at energycodes.gov. DOE 

creates a new version of REScheck each 

time a new edition of the International 

Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is 

published and a new version of 

COMcheck each time that a new edition 

of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 is 

published. DOE also releases regular 

updates of REScheck and COMcheck for 

maintenance and enhancement. 

The IECC and ASHRAE 90.1, 

respectively, are typically referred to as 

the national model codes, as they are 

referenced specifically in federal statute 

(42 U.S.C. 6833(d) and (e)). Because 

many states adopt both the residential 

and commercial provisions of the IECC, 

and the IECC commercial provisions 

formally reference Standard 90.1 as 

alternative compliance path, COMcheck 

is typically updated to accommodate 

both the commercial provisions of the 

IECC and Standard 90.1. 

DOE has historically created a small 

number of custom versions of REScheck 

and COMcheck when requested by 

individual states which have adopted 

the national model codes with 

amendments. In recent years the 

number of these requests has increased 

to exceed available program resources. 

The following priorities provide internal 

consistency and transparency to the 

public regarding resources dedicated to 

REScheck and COMcheck. 

1. Order of Priorities for Developing and 

Maintaining REScheck and COMcheck 

Versions 

(a) Current version of national model 

codes as published. 


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