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79072 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 24, 2008 / Notices 

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Dated: December 19, 2008. 

Tracy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E8–30702 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Conservation Program: Data 

Collection and Estimated Future Unit 

Sales of Five Lamp Types 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of data availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is informing the public of its 

collection of historical data and creation 

of spreadsheet models to provide a 

benchmark estimate future unit sales of 

five lamp types (i.e., rough service 

lamps, vibration service lamps, 3-way 

incandescent lamps, 2,601–3,300 lumen 

general service incandescent lamps, and 

shatter resistant lamps). Relating to this 

activity, DOE prepared and is making 

available on its Web site: (1) a report 

that summarizes the methodology and 

presents the benchmark estimate of 

future unit sales for the five lamp types 

and (2) the spreadsheet model used to 

generate that estimate based on their 

respective historical annual growth 

rates. Both the report and the 

spreadsheet are available at: http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ 

appliance_standards/residential/ 

five_lamp_types.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Send requests for additional information 

to Mrs. Linda Graves, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586– 

1851. E-mail: Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov. 

In the Office of General Counsel, contact 

Ms. Francine Pinto, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC– 

72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–9507. 

E-mail: Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov. 

Discussion 

Section 321(a)(3)(B) of Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

(EISA 2007) amends section 325(l) of 

EPCA by adding paragraph (4)(B) that 

generally directs DOE in consultation 

with the National Electrical 

Manufacturers Association (NEMA) to 

(1) collect historical unit sales 1 data for 

each of the five lamp types (i.e., rough 

service lamps, vibration service lamps, 

3-way incandescent lamps, 2,601–3,300 

lumen general service incandescent 

lamps, and shatter-resistant lamps) and 

(2) construct a spreadsheet model for 

each of the five lamp types based on 

1 In this analysis, DOE uses (and intends to 

continue to use) manufacturer shipments as a 

surrogate for unit sales. This assumption presumes 

that retailer inventories remain constant from year 

to year. DOE believes this is a reasonable 

assumption because the markets for these five lamp 

types have existed for many years, enabling 

manufacturers and retailers to establish appropriate 

inventory levels that reflect market demand. 

Furthermore, in the long-run, unit sales could not 

increase in any one year without manufacturer 

shipments increasing either that year or the 

following one. In either case, increasing unit sales 

must eventually result in increasing manufacturer 

shipments. 

coincident economic indicators that 

closely match the historical annual 

growth rates of each lamp type to 

provide a neutral comparison 

benchmark estimate of future unit sales. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(B).) These 

estimates of future unit sales for each of 

the five lamp types constitute a neutral 

comparison benchmark against which 

DOE will later compare actual unit sales 

data starting with calendar 2010. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(C).) 

DOE worked in consultation with 

NEMA to collect actual data for unit 

sales of each of the five lamp types for 

calendar years 1990 through 2006. DOE 

also constructed a model for each type 

of lamp that is based on the historical 

annual growth rate of the lamps which 

provides a benchmark estimate of future 

unit sales for each of the five lamp 

types. DOE has posted on its Web page 2 

(1) a report that summarizes the 

methodology and presents the 

benchmark estimate of future unit sales 

and (2) a spreadsheet model that was 

used to estimate future unit sales for the 

five lamp types based on the historical 

annual growth rates for each. 

The report defines each of the five 

lamp types, presents the historical data 

that was provided by NEMA, discusses 

the methodology followed in analyzing 

that data to generate the estimated 

future unit sales, and presents the 

results for the five lamp types. The 

report also discusses the regulatory 

provisions in the statute for each of the 

five lamp types that would be enacted 

if the unit sales of one of these lamp 

types exceeded the benchmark estimate 

in any given year by 100 percent (i.e., 

double the benchmark estimate level). 

The spreadsheet contains the five 

models constructed for each of the lamp 

types, in compliance with section 

325(l)(4)(B)(ii) of EPCA. These models 

closely match the historical annual 

growth rate of each lamp type and 

generate an estimate of future unit sales 

based on those trends. This future unit 

sales estimate constitutes the neutral 

comparison benchmark against which 

DOE will later conduct comparisons. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2008. 

John F. Mizroch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. E8–30608 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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2 The address for the Web page is given in the 

SUMMARY portion of this Notice.