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 

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Vol. 78, No. 42

Monday, March 4, 2013

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**10 CFR Part 431**

**[Docket No. EERE–2012–BT–STD–0029]**

**RIN 1904–AC82**

**Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment:**  **Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document for Packaged**  **Terminal Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps;**  **Correction**

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

**ACTION :**  Notice of public meeting and availability of the framework document; correction.

**SUMMARY :**  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice in the Federal Register on February 22, 2013, concerning an announcement of a public meeting and availability of the framework document for packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps. This document corrects the date of the public meeting.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mr. Ronald Majette, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, EE–2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–7935. Email: PTACs@ee.doe.gov.

Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 287–6111. Email: Jennifer.Tiedeman@hq.doe.gov.

Correction

DOE published a notice in the Federal Register on February 22, 2013 (78 FR 12252), concerning an announcement of a public meeting and availability of the framework document for packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps. This notice corrects the date of the public meeting. The public meeting will now be held on Monday, March 18, 2013, beginning at 9 a.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and receive comments on DOE’s planned analytical approach and issues it will address in initiating a rulemaking and data collection process to consider amending energy conservation standards for this equipment.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26,
2013. Kathleen B. Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2013–04878 Filed 3–1–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM**

**12 CFR Part 234**

**[Regulation HH; Docket No. R–1455]**

**RIN No. 7100–AD 94**

**Financial Market Utilities**

**AGENCY :**  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

**SUMMARY :**  Section 806(a) of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’ or ‘‘Act’’) permits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the ‘‘Board’’) to authorize a Federal Reserve Bank to establish and maintain an account for, and through the account provide certain financial services to, financial market utilities (‘‘FMUs’’) that are designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the ‘‘Council’’). In addition, section 806(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act permits a Reserve Bank to pay interest on the balances maintained by or on behalf of a designated FMU. The Board is proposing to add two new sections to Part 234 of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations to implement these provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice of proposed rulemaking must be received by May 3, 2013.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. R–1455 and RIN No. 7100–AD–94, by any of the following methods: • Agency Web Site: http:// www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• Email: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include the docket number in the subject line of the message.

• Facsimile: (202) 452–3819 or (202)
452–3102.

• Mail: Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20551.

All public comments are available from the Board’s Web site at http:// www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, unless modified for technical reasons. Accordingly, your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper form in Room MP–500 of the Board’s Martin Building (20th and C Streets NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Jeff Stehm, Senior Associate Director (202) 452–2217 or Stuart Sperry, Assistant Director (202) 452–2832, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems; Christopher W. Clubb, Special Counsel (202) 452–3904 or Kara L. Handzlik, Counsel (202) 452–3852, Legal Division; for users of Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) only, contact (202) 263–4869.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  I. Background A. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

FMUs, such as payment systems, central securities depositories, and central counterparties, are critical components of the nation’s financial system that provide the essential infrastructure to clear and settle payments and other financial transactions, upon which the financial markets and the broader economy rely to function effectively. FMUs operate multilateral systems in which financial institutions, such as banks, participate pursuant to a common set of rules and