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.

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 429 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–NOC–0039] 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee: 

Cancellation of Open Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of open 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the cancellation of 

open meetings for the Commercial and 

Industrial Pumps Working Group of the 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) 

scheduled for July 23 through July 25, 

2014. 

DATES: The open meetings scheduled for 

July 23, July 24, and July 25, 2014 are 

cancelled. 

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, (202) 287– 

1692. Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published a notice of open meetings for 

the Commercial and Industrial Pumps 

Working Group of the ASRAC to be held 

in June and July of 2014 (79 FR 2383, 

Jan. 14, 2014) and a second notice 

adding an extra day to both series of 

meetings (79 FR 29692, May 23, 2014). 

Since that time, the working group has 

concluded its activities and determined 

the second series of meetings, scheduled 

for July 23 through July 25, is no longer 

necessary. Through this notice, DOE 

announces cancellation of those 

meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 27, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15646 Filed 7–2–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

5 CFR Chapter XXII 

10 CFR Chapters II, III, and X 

Reducing Regulatory Burden 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: As part of its implementation 

of Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ 

issued by the President on January 18, 

2011, the Department of Energy 

(Department or DOE) is seeking 

comments and information from 

interested parties to assist DOE in 

reviewing its existing regulations to 

determine whether any such regulations 

should be modified, streamlined, 

expanded, or repealed. The purpose of 

DOE’s review is to make the agency’s 

regulatory program more effective and 

less burdensome in achieving its 

regulatory objectives. In this request for 

information (RFI), DOE also highlights 

its regulatory review and reform efforts 

conducted to date in light of comments 

from interested parties. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

July 18, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Regulatory Burden RFI,’’ 

by any of the following methods: 

White House Web site: http://

www.whitehouse.gov/advise. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: Regulatory.Review@

hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Regulatory Burden 

RFI’’ in the subject line of the message. 

Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of the General Counsel, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 

6A245, Washington, DC 20585. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents, or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

That Department’s plan for 

retrospective review of its regulations 

and its subsequent update reports can 

be accessed at http://energy.gov/gc/

services/open-government/

restrospective-regulatory-review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jengeih Tamba, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–5000. 

Email: Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 18, 2011, the President issued 

Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ to 

ensure that Federal regulations seek 

more affordable, less intrusive means to 

achieve policy goals, and that agencies 

give careful consideration to the benefits 

and costs of those regulations. To that 

end, the Executive Order requires, 

among other things, that: 

• Agencies propose or adopt a 

regulation only upon a reasoned 

determination that its benefits justify its 

costs; and that agencies tailor 

regulations to impose the least burden 

on society, consistent with obtaining the 

regulatory objectives, taking into 

account, among other things, and to the 

extent practicable, the costs of 

cumulative regulations; and that, 

consistent with applicable law, agencies 

select, in choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, those approaches 

that maximize net benefits (including 

potential economic, environmental, 

public health and safety, and other 

advantages; distributive impacts; and 

equity). 

• The regulatory process encourages 

public participation and an open 

exchange of views, with an opportunity 

for the public to comment. 

• Agencies coordinate, simplify, and 

harmonize regulations to reduce costs 

and promote certainty for businesses 

and the public. 

• Agencies consider low-cost 

approaches that reduce burdens and 

maintain flexibility. 

• Regulations be guided by objective 

scientific evidence. 

Additionally, the Executive Order 

directs agencies to consider how best to 

promote retrospective analyses of 

existing rules. Specifically, agencies 

were required to develop a plan under 


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which the agency will periodically 

review existing regulations to determine 

which should be maintained, modified, 

strengthened, or repealed to increase the 

effectiveness and decrease the burdens 

of the agency’s regulatory program. 

DOE’s plan and its subsequent update 

reports can be accessed at http://

energy.gov/gc/services/opengovernment/restrospective-regulatoryreview. 

The Department is committed to 

maintaining a consistent culture of 

retrospective review and analysis. DOE 

will continually engage in review of its 

rules to determine whether there are 

burdens on the public that can be 

avoided by amending or rescinding 

existing requirements. To that end, DOE 

is publishing today’s RFI to again 

explicitly solicit public input. In 

addition, DOE is always open to 

receiving information about the impact 

of its regulations. To facilitate both this 

RFI and the ongoing submission of 

comments, interested parties can 

identify regulations that may be in need 

of review at the following recently 

established White House Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/advise. DOE 

has also created a link on the Web page 

of DOE’s Office of the General Counsel 

to an email in-box for the submission of 

comments, Regulatory.Review@

hq.doe.gov. 

While the Department promulgates 

rules in accordance with the law and to 

the best of its analytic capability, it is 

difficult to be certain of the 

consequences of a rule, including its 

costs and benefits, until it has been 

tested. Because knowledge about the 

full effects of a rule is widely dispersed 

in society, members of the public are 

likely to have useful information and 

perspectives on the benefits and 

burdens of existing requirements and 

how regulatory obligations may be 

updated, streamlined, revised, or 

repealed to better achieve regulatory 

objectives, while minimizing regulatory 

burdens. Interested parties may also be 

well-positioned to identify those rules 

that are most in need of review and, 

thus, assist the Department in 

prioritizing and properly tailoring its 

retrospective review process. In short, 

engaging the public in an open, 

transparent process is a crucial step in 

DOE’s review of its existing regulations. 

Recent Successes 

Two items on the most recent, January 

2014 update are the Alternative 

Efficiency Determination Methods and 

Alternate Rating Methods rule (AEDM), 

and the Test Procedure Waiver rule. Just 

prior to release of the update, DOE 

published the final AEDM rule; the final 

test procedure waiver rule was 

published shortly after release of the 

update. Both of these final rules were 

issued in furtherance of DOE’s 

commitment to the retrospective review 

of its regulations. In the AEDM rule, 

DOE revised its regulations on the use 

of alternatives to testing to certify 

compliance with applicable energy 

conservation standards and the 

reporting of related ratings for covered 

commercial and industrial equipment. 

These regulations arose from a 

negotiated rulemaking effort on issues 

regarding certification of commercial 

heating, ventilating, air-conditioning 

(HVAC), water heating (WH), and 

refrigeration equipment. In addition, 

DOE extended the compliance dates for 

the initial certification of commercial 

HVAC, WH, and refrigeration 

equipment. In the Test Procedure 

Waiver rule, DOE amends portions of its 

regulations governing petitions for 

waiver and interim waiver from DOE 

test procedures to improve the waiver 

process. The final rule restores, with 

minor amendments, text inadvertently 

omitted in the March 7, 2011 

certification, compliance, and 

enforcement final rule. Additionally, the 

rule adopts a process by which other 

manufacturers of a product employing a 

specific technology or characteristic, for 

which DOE has granted a waiver to 

another manufacturer for a product 

employing that particular technology, 

would petition for a waiver. The rule 

also sets forth a process for 

manufacturers to request rescission or 

modification of a waiver if they 

determine that the waiver is no longer 

needed, or for other appropriate reasons; 

adopts other minor modifications to the 

waiver provisions for both consumer 

products and industrial equipment; and 

clarifies certain aspects related to the 

submission and processing of a waiver 

petition. 

List of Questions for Commenters 

The following list of questions is 

intended to assist in the formulation of 

comments and not to restrict the issues 

that may be addressed. In addressing 

these questions or others, DOE requests 

that commenters identify with 

specificity the regulation or reporting 

requirement at issue, providing legal 

citation where available. The 

Department also requests that the 

submitter provide, in as much detail as 

possible, an explanation why a 

regulation or reporting requirement 

should be modified, streamlined, 

expanded, or repealed, as well as 

specific suggestions of ways the 

Department can better achieve its 

regulatory objectives. 

(1) How can the Department best 

promote meaningful periodic reviews of 

its existing rules and how can it best 

identify those rules that might be 

modified, streamlined, expanded, or 

repealed? 

(2) What factors should the agency 

consider in selecting and prioritizing 

rules and reporting requirements for 

review? 

(3) Are there regulations that are or 

have become unnecessary, ineffective, 

or ill advised and, if so, what are they? 

Are there rules that can simply be 

repealed without impairing the 

Department’s regulatory programs and, 

if so, what are they? 

(4) Are there rules or reporting 

requirements that have become outdated 

and, if so, how can they be modernized 

to accomplish their regulatory objectives 

better? 

(5) Are there rules that are still 

necessary, but have not operated as well 

as expected such that a modified, 

stronger, or slightly different approach 

is justified? 

(6) Does the Department currently 

collect information that it does not need 

or use effectively to achieve regulatory 

objectives? 

(7) Are there regulations, reporting 

requirements, or regulatory processes 

that are unnecessarily complicated or 

could be streamlined to achieve 

regulatory objectives in more efficient 

ways? 

(8) Are there rules or reporting 

requirements that have been overtaken 

by technological developments? Can 

new technologies be leveraged to 

modify, streamline, or do away with 

existing regulatory or reporting 

requirements? 

(9) How can the Department best 

obtain and consider accurate, objective 

information and data about the costs, 

burdens, and benefits of existing 

regulations? Are there existing sources 

of data the Department can use to 

evaluate the post-promulgation effects 

of regulations over time? We invite 

interested parties to provide data that 

may be in their possession that 

documents the costs, burdens, and 

benefits of existing requirements. 

(10) Are there regulations that are 

working well that can be expanded or 

used as a model to fill gaps in other 

DOE regulatory programs? 

The Department notes that this RFI is 

issued solely for information and 

program-planning purposes. Responses 

to this RFI do not bind DOE to any 

further actions related to the response. 

All submissions will be made publically 

available on. http://

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Issued in Washington, DC on June 25, 

2014. 

Steven P. Croley, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15644 Filed 7–2–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0363; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NE–08–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce 

plc Turbofan Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211 Trent 768– 

60, 772–60, and 772B–60 turbofan 

engines. This proposed AD was 

prompted by fuel leaks caused by 

damage to the fan case low-pressure 

(LP) fuel tube. This proposed AD would 

require inspection of the fan case LP 

fuel tubes and associated clips and the 

fuel oil heat exchanger (FOHE) mounts 

and associated hardware. We are 

proposing this AD to prevent failure of 

the fan case LP fuel tube, which could 

lead to an in-flight shutdown of one or 

more engines due to fuel starvation, loss 

of thrust control, and damage to the 

airplane. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by September 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Rolls-Royce 

plc, Corporate Communications, P.O. 

Box 31, Derby, England, DE248BJ; 

phone: 011–44–1332–242424; fax: 011– 

44–1332–249936; email: http://

www.rolls-royce.com/contact/civil_

team.jsp; Web site: https://

www.aeromanager.com. You may view 

this service information at the FAA, 

Engine & Propeller Directorate, 12 New 

England Executive Park, Burlington, 

MA. For information on the availability 

of this material at the FAA, call 781– 

238–7125. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2014– 

0363; or in person at the Docket 

Operations office between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this proposed AD, the 

mandatory continuing airworthiness 

information (MCAI), the regulatory 

evaluation, any comments received, and 

other information. The address for the 

Docket Office (phone: 800–647–5527) is 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

will be available in the AD docket 

shortly after receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wego Wang, Aerospace Engineer, 

Engine Certification Office, FAA, Engine 

& Propeller Directorate, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803; 

phone: 781–238–7134; fax: 781–238– 

7199; email: wego.wang@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2014–0363; Directorate Identifier 

2014–NE–08–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD based on those comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. We 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact with FAA 

personnel concerning this proposed AD. 

Discussion 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Community, has issued EASA AD 2014– 

0089, dated April 15, 2014 (referred to 

hereinafter as ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct an 

unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

Fuel leaks from the engine have occurred 

in-service due to damage to sections of the 

fan case low-pressure (LP) fuel tube which 

runs between the fuel oil heat exchanger 

(FOHE) and the high pressure fuel pump. 

Frettage damage between the securing clips 

and the tube outer surface has been caused 

by excessive movement within the system 

that resulted from deterioration of the FOHE 

mounting hardware. The thinning of the tube 

wall causes the tube to fracture and fuel loss 

to occur. 

This condition, if not detected and 

corrected, could lead to a critical fuel 

imbalance or in-flight fuel starvation, 

possibly resulting engine in-flight shut-down 

and, consequently, reduced control of the 

aeroplane. 

For the reasons described above, this AD 

requires repetitive on-wing and in-shop 

inspections and, depending on findings, 

replacement of fan case LP fuel tubes, clips 

and FOHE mounting hardware. 

You may obtain further information 

by examining the MCAI in the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2014– 

0363. 

Relevant Service Information 

RR has issued Alert Non-Modification 

Service Bulletin (NMSB) No. RB.211– 

73–AH522, Revision 1, dated March 18, 

2014. The Alert NMSB describes 

procedures for on-wing and in-shop 

inspection and replacement if 

necessary, of the LP fuel tubes and 

FOHE mounts and associated hardware. 

FAA’s Determination and Requirements 

of This Proposed AD 

This product has been approved by 

the aviation authority of the United 

Kingdom and is approved for operation 

in the United States. Pursuant to our 

bilateral agreement with the European 

Community, EASA has notified us of 

the unsafe condition described in the 

MCAI and service information 

referenced above. We are proposing this 

AD because we evaluated all 

information provided by EASA and 

determined the unsafe condition exists 

and is likely to exist or develop on other 

products of the same type design. This 

proposed AD would require inspection 

of affected LP fuel tubes and FOHE 

mounts and associated hardware and, if 

necessary, replacement with a part 

eligible for installation. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this proposed AD 

would affect about 50 engines installed 

on airplanes of U.S. registry. We also 

estimate that it would take about 6 

hours per engine to comply with this 

proposed AD. The average labor rate is 

$85 per hour. Based on these figures, we 


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