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A. Are the draft criteria clear and 

appropriate for the definition for a zero 

emissions building? Should any other 

criteria be considered for Part 1? Please 

provide specific feedback about this 

draft definition. 

B. Energy efficiency criteria. 

Æ Should energy efficiency be 

considered a criteria for the definition of 

a zero emissions building? 

Æ If the efficiency of an existing 

building should be considered, do you 

agree that requiring energy performance 

in the top 25% of similar buildings is an 

appropriate measure of energy 

efficiency for this definition? (ENERGY 

STAR® score of 75 or above.) Should it 

be higher or lower? 

D Are there other benchmarks or 

approaches that should be considered? 

D For an existing building, is one year 

of measured energy performance an 

appropriate requirement for 

demonstrating efficiency or is another 

approach appropriate? 

D Are the draft criteria appropriate for 

single-family homes? Are there other 

benchmarks that should be considered 

for single-family homes? 

Æ For new construction, are the draft 

criteria appropriate? The modeled 

building performance is at least 10% 

lower than the energy use according to 

the latest version of IECC or ASHRAE 

90.1 (e.g., model energy code) and the 

building is designed to achieve an 

ENERGY STAR score of at least 90 (for 

eligible buildings). Are there other 

benchmarks that should be considered? 

D Are the draft criteria appropriate for 

single family homes? Are there other 

benchmarks that should be considered 

for single family homes? 

C. On-site emissions from energy use. 

• Should there be an exemption 

allowed for emission producing 

emergency generation? Are any other 

exemptions needed? 

• Should biofuels consumed on-site 

be allowed? If so, how? 

D. Clean energy generation and 

procurement. 

• Are the clean energy criteria 

provided appropriate for this definition? 

Are there other clean energy criteria that 

should be considered? Should 

community solar qualify for this 

requirement? If so, how? 

• Should there be a proximity 

requirement for off-site power used to 

meet the clean power criterion? If so, 

how should a proximity requirement be 

implemented (e.g., regional definition, 

phase-in, etc.)? 

E. Documentation is important for 

effective implementation. 

• Should organizations leveraging the 

definition be able to determine whether 

buildings have to meet it annually, one 

time, or on a different frequency? 

• If the definition is extended to 

single-family homes, what 

documentation should be required? 

• Are licensed professional and thirdparty certification bodies the 

appropriate parties to independently 

verify the documentation that a building 

has met the definition? Beyond existing 

government resources such as EPA’s 

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, are 

there other methods to verify meeting 

the zero emissions building definition? 

• What time frame should be used for 

greenhouse gas (GHG) calculations (i.e. 

hourly, monthly by year, annually)? 

Explain how this would be 

implemented effectively across the 

market. 

• What other verification criteria are 

necessary to make this definition useful 

for the marketplace? 

• Are there any issues regarding 

conflict or synergy with regional, state 

or local energy and climate programs 

that ought to be addressed? 

F. Use cases. 

• Is it important for a national 

definition to cover all building types, 

including commercial, multifamily, and 

single-family? 

• Are there any other 

recommendations that would help 

clarify and improve the definition? 

• While Part 1 of the definition 

focuses on operating emissions, what 

other areas should be considered in 

future parts of the definition, such as 

embodied carbon, refrigerant, and grid 

interactivity? 

Request for Information Response 

Guidelines 

Responses to this RFI must be 

submitted electronically at https://

forms.office.com/g/Y0Ss3UFdL3. Only 

responses to this web form will be 

accepted. 

Respondents may answer as many or 

as few questions as they wish. 

EERE will not respond to individual 

submissions or publish publicly a 

compendium of responses. A response 

to this RFI will not be viewed as a 

binding commitment to develop or 

pursue the project or ideas discussed. 

Respondents are requested to provide 

the following information at the start of 

their response to this RFI: 

• Company/institution name; 

• Company/institution contact; 

• Contact’s address, phone number, 

and email address. 

Virtual Listening Sessions may be 

held additional information will be 

posted at: https://www.energy.gov/eere/ 

buildings/national-definition-zeroemissions-building. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 28, 

2023, by Jeffrey Marootian, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 4, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00203 Filed 1–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–34–000] 

Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on December 27, 

2023, Transwestern Pipeline Company, 

LLC (Transwestern), 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the 

above referenced docket, a prior notice 

request pursuant to sections 157.205 

and 157.216 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), and Transwestern’s blanket 

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82– 

534–000, for authorization to abandon 

in place the Crawford Compressor 

Station consisting of two natural gas 

compressor turbines, compressors, yard 

and station piping, and ancillary related 

facilities located in Eddy County, New 

Mexico, (Crawford CS or Project). The 

proposed abandonment will eliminate 

the need to maintain facilities that are 

not necessary for transportation of 

natural gas on Transwestern’s system, 

all as more fully set forth in the request, 

which is on file with the Commission, 

and open to public inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 


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1 18 CFR 157.205. 

2Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

3 18 CFR 157.205(e). 

4 18 CFR 385.214. 

5 18 CFR 157.10. 

6Additionally, you may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment feature, 

which is located on the Commission’s website at 

www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, text-only 

comments on a project. 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page 

(www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

Public access to records formerly 

available in the Commission’s physical 

Public Reference Room, which was 

located at the Commission’s 

headquarters, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426, are now 

available via the Commission’s website. 

For assistance, contact the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call tollfree, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 502– 

8659. 

Any questions concerning this request 

should be directed to Blair 

Lichtenwalter, 1300 Main Street, 

Houston TX 77002, (713) 989–2605, or 

by email at Blair.Lichtenwalter@

energytransfer.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on March 4, 2024. How to 

file protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments is explained below. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,1 any person 2 or the Commission’s 

staff may file a protest to the request. If 

no protest is filed within the time 

allowed or if a protest is filed and then 

withdrawn within 30 days after the 

allowed time for filing a protest, the 

proposed activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request for 

authorization will be considered by the 

Commission. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

157.205(e) of the Commission’s 

regulations,3 and must be submitted by 

the protest deadline, which is March 4, 

2024. A protest may also serve as a 

motion to intervene so long as the 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

Interventions 

Any person has the option to file a 

motion to intervene in this proceeding. 

Only intervenors have the right to 

request rehearing of Commission orders 

issued in this proceeding and to 

subsequently challenge the 

Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit 

Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 4 and the regulations under 

the NGA 5 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is March 4, 2024. 

As described further in Rule 214, your 

motion to intervene must state, to the 

extent known, your position regarding 

the proceeding, as well as your interest 

in the proceeding. For an individual, 

this could include your status as a 

landowner, ratepayer, resident of an 

impacted community, or recreationist. 

You do not need to have property 

directly impacted by the project in order 

to intervene. For more information 

about motions to intervene, refer to the 

FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. The Commission 

considers all comments received about 

the project in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken. To 

ensure that your comments are timely 

and properly recorded, please submit 

your comments on or before March 4, 

2024. The filing of a comment alone will 

not serve to make the filer a party to the 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 

How To File Protests, Interventions, and 

Comments 

There are two ways to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments. In both instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP24–34–000 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your protest, motion 

to intervene, and comments by using the 

Commission’s eFiling feature, which is 

located on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 6

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission by mailing it to the address 

below. Your submission must reference 

the Project docket number CP24–34– 

000. 

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method: DebbieAnne Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail or email (with a link to the 

document) at: Blair Lichtenwalter, 

Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, 1300 

Main Street, Houston, TX 77002, or at 


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1See Ozark’s Weekly Status Report No. 22 (filed 

June 7, 2023) under Docket No. CP22–511–000, 

Accession No. 20230607–503–5039. 

2See Ozark’s Weekly Status Report No. 25 (filed 

June 28, 2023) under Docket No. CP22–511–000, 

Accession No. 20230628–5018. 

3See Ozark’s Weekly Status Report No. 51 (filed 

December 27, 2023) under Docket No. CP22–511– 

000, Accession No. 20231227–5034. 

4Contested proceedings are those where an 

intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 

18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1). 

5Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

6 Id. at P 40. 

7Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate 

the issuance of an NGA section 3 authorization, 

including whether a proposed project is not 

inconsistent with the public interest and whether 

the Commission’s environmental analysis for the 

permit order complied with NEPA. 

8Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

Blair.Lichtenwalter@energytransfer.com. 

Any subsequent submissions by an 

intervenor must be served on the 

applicant and all other parties to the 

proceeding. Contact information for 

parties can be downloaded from the 

service list at the eService link on FERC 

Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: January 3, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00223 Filed 1–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–511–001] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Time 

Take notice that on December 28, 

2023, Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Ozark) requested that the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) grant an extension of 

time, until May 29, 2024, to complete 

construction and place into service the 

Ozark Supply Access Project (Project) 

located in Lawrence County, Arkansas. 

On September 28, 2022, the 

Commission issued a Notice of Request 

Under Blanket Authorization, which 

established a 60-day comment period, 

ending on November 28, 2022, to file 

protests. No protests were filed during 

the comment period, and accordingly 

the project was authorized on November 

29, 2022 and by Rule should have been 

completed within one year. 

In its 2023 Extension of Time Request, 

Ozark states that it was not able to 

complete all the work associated with 

the Project by the November 29, 2023, 

deadline. To date Ozark reported 

completion of the Standing Rock 

Compressor Station modifications 1 and 

the Loop Line 2 portions of the Project 

as well as progress at the Raney 

Compressor Station and MRT Meter 

Station portions of the Project.3 There 

was no progress reported for the 

interconnection point with the Natural 

Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC. 

Ozark attributes the delay to material 

procurement and delivery timelines still 

being behind schedule due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic. Additionally, 

Ozark states that obtaining approvals for 

final design and materials related to 

various elements of the new 

interconnection points from the other 

interstate pipelines has proved 

challenging. Finally, construction crews 

have experienced delays at times due to 

heavy rain leading to wet conditions. 

Accordingly, Ozark requests an 

extension of time until May 29, 2024, to 

complete construction of project 

facilities with in-service projected to 

occur at the beginning of May 2024. 

This notice establishes a 15-calendar 

day intervention and comment period 

deadline. Any person wishing to 

comment on Ozark’s request for an 

extension of time may do so. No reply 

comments or answers will be 

considered. If you wish to obtain legal 

status by becoming a party to the 

proceedings for this request, you 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file a motion to intervene 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.10). 

As a matter of practice, the 

Commission itself generally acts on 

requests for extensions of time to 

complete construction for NGA facilities 

when such requests are contested before 

order issuance. For those extension 

requests that are contested,4 the 

Commission will aim to issue an order 

acting on the request within 45 days.5

The Commission will address all 

arguments relating to whether the 

applicant has demonstrated there is 

good cause to grant the extension.6 The 

Commission will not consider 

arguments that re-litigate the issuance of 

the certificate order, including whether 

the Commission properly found the 

project to be in the public convenience 

and necessity and whether the 

Commission’s environmental analysis 

for the certificate complied with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA).7 At the time a pipeline requests 

an extension of time, orders on 

certificates of public convenience and 

necessity are final and the Commission 

will not re-litigate their issuance.8 The 

Director of the Office of Energy Projects, 

or his or her designee, will act on all of 

those extension requests that are 

uncontested. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. Public 

access to records formerly available in 

the Commission’s physical Public 

Reference Room, which was located at 

the Commission’s headquarters, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

are now available via the Commission’s 

website. For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments in lieu of 

paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing, 

you may submit a paper copy which 

must reference the Project docket 

number. 

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other courier: DebbieAnne Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 


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