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. 79, No. 39 

Thursday, February 27, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 94 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0017] 

RIN 0579–AD41 

Importation of Beef From a Region in 

Brazil 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our proposed rule 

that would allow, under certain 

conditions, the importation of fresh 

(chilled or frozen) beef from a region in 

Brazil (the States of Bahia, Distrito 

Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato 

Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas 

Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio 

de Janeiro, Rondonia, Sao Paulo, 

Sergipe, and Tocantins). This action 

will allow interested persons additional 

time to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published December 23, 

2013 (78 FR 77370) is reopened. We will 

consider all comments that we receive 

on or before April 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2009-0017- 

0010. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2009–0017, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2009-0017 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Regional Evaluation 

Services Staff, National Import Export 

Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 851–3313. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 23, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 77370–77376, 

Docket No. APHIS–2009–0017) a 

proposal to allow, under certain 

conditions, the importation of fresh 

(chilled or frozen) beef from a region in 

Brazil (the States of Bahia, Distrito 

Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato 

Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas 

Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio 

de Janeiro, Rondonia, Sao Paulo, 

Sergipe, and Tocantins). 

Comments on the proposed rule were 

required to be received on or before 

February 21, 2014. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2009–0017 for an additional 60 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We will also consider 

all comments received between 

February 22, 2014 (the day after the 

close of the original comment period) 

and the date of this notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781– 

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

February 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04308 Filed 2–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 431 

[Docket Number EERE–2014–BT–TP–0008] 

RIN 1904–AD18 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Certain Commercial and Industrial 

Equipment: Test Procedure for 

Commercial Water Heating Equipment 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is initiating a rulemaking 

and data collection process to consider 

amendments to the DOE test procedures 

for commercial water heaters, unfired 

hot water storage tanks, and hot water 

supply boilers (henceforth, ‘‘commercial 

water heating equipment’’). To inform 

interested parties and to facilitate this 

process, DOE has identified several 

issues associated with the current 

Federal test procedures on which DOE 

is particularly interested in receiving 

comment. In overview, the issues 

outlined in this document mainly 

concern updating the industry test 

standards that are currently 

incorporated by reference to the most 

recent versions, potential alternative 

methods for determining the efficiency 

of unfired storage tanks, potential 

changes to the method for setting the 

thermostat, potential clarifications in 

the thermal efficiency test method, and 

the potential inclusion of a test method 

for commercial heat pump water heaters 

(HPWH). DOE anticipates that these 

issues (as well as any others which are 

identified during the course of this 

rulemaking) may lead to proposed test 

procedure amendments in a subsequent 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR). 

DOE welcomes written comments and 

data from the public on all aspects of 

this test procedure, including topics not 

raised in this RFI. 

DATES: DOE will accept written 

comments, data, and information on or 

before March 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically. However, interested 

persons may submit comments, 

identified by docket number EERE– 

2014–BT–TP–0008 and/or regulatory 


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