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

48821 

Vol. 78, No. 155 

Monday, August 12, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–DET–0034] 

RIN 1904–AD03 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products and Certain 

Commercial and Industrial Equipment: 

Proposed Determination of Computer 

Servers as a Covered Consumer 

Product 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: This document announces an 

extension of the time period for 

submitting comments on the proposed 

determination that computer servers 

(servers) qualify as a covered product. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed determination relating to 

servers published on July 12, 2013 (78 

FR 41868) is extended. Comments are 

due September 12, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the proposed 

determination for servers and provide 

docket number EERE–2013–BT–DET– 

0034 and/or RIN number 1904–AD03. 

Comments may be submitted using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: to 

Servers2013DET0034@ee.doe.gov. 

Include EERE–2013–BT–DET–0034 and/ 

or RIN 1904–AD03 in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

Proposed Coverage Determination of 

Servers, EERE–2013–BT–DET–0034, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. Phone: 

(202) 586–2945. Please submit one 

signed paper original. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 6th 

Floor, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 

586–2945. Please submit one signed 

paper original. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents, or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeremy Dommu, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9870. Email: 

DOE_server_standards@ee.doe.gov. 

In the office of the General Counsel, 

contact Ms. Celia Sher, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–6122. Email: 

Celia.Sher@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

12, 2013, The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) published a proposed 

determination in the Federal Register 

(78 FR 41868) tentatively determining 

that servers qualify as a covered product 

under Part A of Title III of the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as 

amended. DOE has preliminarily 

determined that servers meet the criteria 

for covered products because classifying 

products of such type as covered 

products is necessary or appropriate to 

carry out the purposes of EPCA, and the 

average U.S. household energy use for 

servers is likely to exceed 100 kilowatthours (kWh) per year. The proposed 

determination requested public 

comment from interested parties on 

matters relevant to consideration of a 

determination for servers and provided 

for the submission of comments by 

August 12, 2013. Thereafter, the 

Consumer Electronics Association 

(CEA), on behalf of itself and its member 

organizations, requested an extension of 

the public comment period by a 

minimum of 30 days. CEA stated that 

many companies in the information 

technology industry have not previously 

been involved in the DOE rulemaking 

process and could benefit from 

additional time. Thus, CEA asserted that 

additional time could help ensure 

complete input and feedback from all 

interested companies is provided to 

DOE in response to this proposal. 

Based on CEA’s request, DOE believes 

that extending the comment period to 

allow additional time for interested 

parties to submit comments is 

appropriate. Therefore, DOE is 

extending the comment period until 

September 12, 2013 to provide 

interested parties additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

Accordingly, DOE will consider any 

comments received by September 12, 

2013 to be timely submitted. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19475 Filed 8–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–DET–0035] 

RIN 1904–AD04 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products and Certain 

Commercial and Industrial Equipment: 

Proposed Determination of Computers 

as a Covered Consumer Product 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: This document announces an 

extension of the time period for 

submitting comments on the proposed 

determination that computers qualify as 

a covered product. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed determination relating to 

computers, published on July 12, 2013 

(78 FR 41873), is extended. Comments 

are due September 12, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the proposed 

determination for computers and 

provide docket number EERE–2013– 

BT–DET–0035 and/or RIN number 

1904–AD04. Comments may be 

submitted using any of the following 

methods: 


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