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Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 30, 

2024, 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 

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publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 2, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

ELF’s Letter (Received May 27, 2024) 

This document uses XXX to replace 

information that was CONFIDENTIAL 

information that was exempt from the 

mandatory public disclosure requirements of 

the Freedom of Information Act under 5 

U.S.C. 552(b)(4) for trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information. 

E.L. Foust Co. 

P.O. Box 172 

Mineral Point WI 53565 

May 26, 2024 

U.S. Department of Energy, Small Business 

Exemptions, Appliance Efficiency 

Standards 

Assistant Secretary for Conservation and 

Renewable Energy 

Forrestal Building 

1000 Independence Ave. SW 

Washington, DC 20585 

Sent via email to: lucas.adin@ee.doe.gov, 

troy.watson@ee.doe.gov. 

Re: Application for Small Business 

Exemption per 10 CFR 430 subpart E to the 

applicable provisions of the Energy 

Conservation Program: Energy 

Conservation Standards for Air Cleaners 

published on April 11, 2023, at 88 FR 

21752 and codified at 10 CFR 430.32(ee). 

Dear Secretary, 

On behalf of E.L. Foust Co (ELF), and 

pursuant to 10 CFR 430 subpart E, I write to 

apply for an exemption for two years to the 

applicable provisions of the Energy 

Conservation Program: Energy Conservation 

Standards for Air Cleaners, published on 

April 11, 2023, at 88 FR 21752 and codified 

at 10 CFR 430.32(ee). 

ELF air purifiers were initially 

manufactured for people who suffer from 

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and 

that customer base still makes up a 

considerable portion of our customers. Our 

air purifiers are built with zero plastic or glue 

to eliminate VOCs. Within the last ten years, 

we started adding particulate filtration as an 

option. Many of our customers consider our 

air purifiers to be medical equipment. Some 

end up in the E.R. when they are exposed to 

the fumes or odors that affect them. Larger 

companies do not offer the equipment they 

need. Many cannot tolerate the plastic the 

larger companies use for their air purifier 

housings. Simply searching for discussion 

groups on MCS will reveal the daily 

challenges they face. 

There are about five manufacturers, 

including E.L. Foust, that specifically serve 

the MCS market by not using plastics and 

glues in their air purifier products as well as 

providing substantial gas phase filtration 

media to provide effective filtration for 

months. Three of those manufacturers are 

based in the USA. Failure to grant an 

exemption will prevent E.L. Foust Co. from 

serving the MCS market and competition will 

be reduced to two USA-based manufacturers 

serving that market. The effects of the rule on 

those manufacturers is not known. 

MCS customers are being marginalized by 

manufacturers who market air purifiers to 

them that are made with plastic that many 

find makes their condition worse as the 

plastic off-gases VOCs. As plastic is much 

cheaper than steel, the economic benefits to 

make plastic air purifiers will push purifiers 

that do not contain plastic and glues from the 

market. Less competition in the non-plastic 

MCS market will accelerate the loss of nonplastic air purifiers as competition will not 

need to be a qualifying factor if there is no 

competition or the non-plastic air purifier 

will become much more expensive. This will 

leave many MCS customers without a way to 

treat their symptoms. 

The total gross revenue from the latest tax 

return is XXX. See attachments. 

Please contact me with any questions, 

concerns, or requests for more information. 

Sincerely, 

Robert Oberhauser 

President 

E.L. Foust Co. 

608–987–4800 

bob@foustco.com 

[FR Doc. 2024–23093 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of an open hybrid 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open hybrid meeting of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Friday, November 1, 2024; 10 

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: Information for viewing the 

livestream of the meeting can be found 

on the PCAST website closer to the 

meeting date at: www.whitehouse.gov/ 

PCAST/meetings. Additionally, limited 

space is available to attend the PCAST 

meeting in person which will be held at 

the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC. To register to attend in-person, 

email registrar@cmpinc.net. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Melissa A. Edwards, Designated Federal 

Officer, PCAST, email: PCAST@

ostp.eop.gov; telephone: 202–881–9018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PCAST is 

an advisory group of the nation’s 

leading scientists and engineers, 

appointed by the President to augment 

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U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23152 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 7189–015] 

Green Lake Water Power Company; 

Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule 

for Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Project Relicense 

On March 31, 2022, Green Lake Water 

Power Company (Green Lake Power) 

filed an application for a subsequent 

license to continue to operate and 

maintain the 425-kilowatt Green Lake 

Hydroelectric Project No. 7189 (Green 

Lake Project). On May 31, 2023, 

Commission staff issued a notice of 

intent to prepare an environmental 

assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects 

of relicensing the Green Lake Project. 

The notice included an anticipated 

schedule for issuing the EA. By notices 

issued April 11, 2024, and June 4, 2024, 

staff revised the procedural schedule for 

completing the EA. 

On July 15, 2024, Commission staff 

requested additional information related 

to Green Lake Power’s fall reservoir 

drawdown proposal and associated 

revisions to Exhibits A and E, filed on 

April 22, 2024. On September 16, 2024, 

Green Lake Power filed the requested 

additional information. In order for staff 

to fully consider the information filed 

by Green Lake Power, the procedural 

schedule for completing the EA is being 

revised as follows. Further revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Issue EA ............................... January 2025 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Amanda Gill at (202) 

502–6773, or by email at amanda.gill@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 30, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23055 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC), DOE. 

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