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under Docket ID NRC–2013–0004. You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject):

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2013–0004. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov

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• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.

• Fax comments to: RADB at 301–
492–3446.

For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Accessing Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** section of this document.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Bernard White, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–492–3303, or email: Bernard.White@nrc.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013– 0004 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, by any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2013–0004.

• ADAMS: You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The request for comment document is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12293A434.

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments

Please include Docket ID NRC–2013– 0004 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http:// www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Background

After more than 20 years of regulatory experience with dry cask storage and in the anticipation of longer storage durations and with more nuclear power plants storing high burnup fuel (fuel with peak rod average burnup greater than 45,000 MWd/MTU is considered high burnup fuel), the NRC is reviewing its policies and regulatory framework for dry cask storage and spent fuel transportation in several key areas. As discussed in COMSECY–10–0007, ‘‘Project Plan for the Regulatory Program Review to Support Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML101390216), the NRC is currently evaluating its spent fuel storage and transportation regulatory structure. The goal of this review is to identify areas for enhancing the regulatory framework (e.g. regulations, guidance, procedures and processes) to incorporate past regulatory knowledge and experience, and to ensure long-term stability and effectiveness of NRC’s future dry cask storage and transportation program. NRC expects to consider a number of issues for which NRC will request public input early in the decisionmaking process. Current regulatory areas that NRC has identified for evaluation and potential enhancement include: (1) Compatibility and integration of storage and transportation requirements; (2) streamlining the process for spent fuel storage cask design certification; (3) administration of storage certificates of compliance and amendments to certificates of compliance; (4) applicability, compatibility, and consistency of the storage regulatoryframework; and (5) regulating standalone ISFSIs. The NRC staff held two public meetings on July 27, 2011 and August 16, 2012, (see http:// www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/ public-involvement.html for more information on these two meetings) to solicit initial stakeholder feedback on these topics. This is the first of a series of requests for stakeholder input related to these topics that NRC expects to issue during its review of its storage and transportation regulatory framework.

III. NRC Consideration of Public Comments

The NRC does not intend to provide detailed comment responses to information provided by stakeholders in response to this request. The NRC staff will consider timely comments on this request in its evaluation of policy issues on retrievability, cladding integrity and safe handling of spent fuel. In its efforts to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the regulatory framework for spent fuel storage and transportation, NRC may ultimately revise regulations or guidance. Stakeholders will have the opportunity to participate in any future rulemaking or guidance developments.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of December, 2012.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mark Lombard, Director, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2013–00478 Filed 1–16–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 7590–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**10 CFR Chapter II**

**Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC)** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.


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1 Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other Locations, Request for Public Comment, 74 FR 18170 (April 21, 2009).

2 Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other Locations, Reopening of Comment Period, 74 FR 36972 (July 27, 2009). **ACTION :**  Notice of open meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  This document announces the first meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register

. **DATES :**  Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EST).

**ADDRESSES :**  U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E–245, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.

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

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the Energy Department on the development of standards and test procedures for residential appliances and commercial equipment, certification and enforcement of standards, and product labeling.

Tentative Agenda: (Subject to change; final agenda will be posted at the following Web site: www.appliancestandards.energy.gov ):

• Overview of the Appliance Standards Program.

• Discussion of the Committee’s purpose and structure.

• Discussion of appliances and equipment best suited for the negotiated rulemaking process.

Public Participation: Members of the public are welcome to observe the business of the meeting and may make oral statements during the specified period for public comment. To attend the meeting and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate your name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact information. Space is limited. Please indicate if the individual is not a U.S. citizen to ensure the proper paperwork for entry can be completed in advance. Please notify ASRAC staff as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, February 15, 2013, by emailing: asrac@ee.doe.gov. Anyone attending the meeting will be required to present government-issued photo identification, such as a passport, driver’s license, or government identification. Due to the required security screening upon entry, individuals attending are advised to arrive early for processing.

Public comment will be available on a first come, first served basis. Time allotted per speaker will depend on the number of individuals who wish to speak but will not exceed five minutes. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The co-chairs of the Committee will make every effort to hear the views of all interested parties and are empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Participation in the meeting is not a prerequisite for submission of written comments. ASRAC invites written comments from all interested parties. If you would like to file a written statement with the committee, you may do so either by submitting a hard or electronic copy before or after the meeting. Electronic copy of written statements should be emailed to asrac@ee.doe.gov.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review at www.appliancestandards.energy.gov

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11,
2013. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–00931 Filed 1–16–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION**

**16 CFR Part 429**

**Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain**  **Other Locations**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Trade Commission.

**ACTION :**  Proposed rule amendment; request for public comment.

**SUMMARY :**  The Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) has completed its regulatory review of the Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other Locations (‘‘Cooling-Off Rule’’ or ‘‘Rule’’) as part of the Commission’s systematic review of all current Commission regulations and industry guides. The Rule makes it an unfair and deceptive act or practice for a seller engaged in a door-to-door sale of consumer goods or services, with a purchase price of $25 or more, to fail to provide the buyer with certain oral and written disclosures regarding the buyer’s right to cancel the contract within three business days from the date of the sales transaction. Based on the comments received, the Commission has determined to retain the Rule. In addition, the Commission is soliciting public comment on a proposed increase in the $25 exclusionary limit identified in the Rule to account for inflation since the exclusionary limit was established.

**DATES :**  Written comments concerning the Cooling-Off Rule must be received no later than March 4, 2013.

**ADDRESSES :**  Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** section below. Write ‘‘Cooling-Off Rule Regulatory Review, 16 CFR 429, Comment, Project No. P087109’’ on your comment, and file your comment online
at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ ftc/coolingoffproposedamend, byfollowing the instructions on the webbased form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H–113 (Annex C), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Sana Coleman Chriss, Attorney, (404) 656–1364, or Cindy A. Liebes, Regional Director, (404) 656–1390, Federal Trade Commission, Southeast Region, 225 Peachtree Street NE., Suite 1500, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
I. Introduction

The Commission systematically reviews all its rules and guides to ensure they continue to achieve their intended purpose without unduly burdening commerce. These reviews seek information about the costs and benefits of the rules and guides, and their regulatory and economic impact. The information obtained assists the Commission in identifying rules and guides that warrant modification or rescission.

To that end, the Commission sought comment on the effectiveness of the Cooling-Off Rule, 16 CFR part 429, including the continuing need for the Rule, its economic impact, and the effect of any technological, economic, or industry changes on the Rule. 1 The comment period closed on September 25, 2009. 2 The Commission has completed its analysis of the comments