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provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/ 

minutes.htm. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on December 14, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32505 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Northern New 

Mexico. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 

1 p.m.–7 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: NNMCAB Offices, 96 Cities 

of Gold Road, Suite 3, Pojoaque, New 

Mexico 87506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Menice Santistevan, Northern New 

Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board 

(NNMCAB), 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Suite 

B, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Phone (505) 

995–0393; Fax (505) 989–1752 or Email: 

msantistevan@doeal.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: The purpose of the Board is 

to make recommendations to DOE–EM 

and site management in the areas of 

environmental restoration, waste 

management, and related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

1 p.m. Call to Order by Co-Deputy 

Designated Federal Officers 

(DDFO), Ed Worth and Lee Bishop. 

Establishment of a Quorum: Roll Call 

and Excused Absences, Karen 

Erickson. 

Welcome and Introductions, Ralph 

Phelps. 

Approval of Agenda and November 

30, 2011, Meeting Minutes. 

1:30 p.m. Public Comment Period. 

1:45 p.m. Old Business. 

• Written Reports. 

• Other Items. 

2 p.m. New Business, Ralph Phelps. 

2:30 p.m. Items from DDFOs, Ed 

Worth and Lee Bishop. 

• Definition of One Contaminant (as 

requested). 

• Other Items. 

3 p.m. Break. 

3:15 p.m. Presentation on 

Environmental Cleanup. 

4:30 p.m. Discussion on Draft 

Recommendation(s) to DOE, Ralph 

Phelps. 

5 p.m. Dinner Break. 

6 p.m. Public Comment Period . 

6:15 p.m. Consideration and Action on 

Draft Recommendation(s) to the 

DOE, Ralph Phelps. 

6:30 p.m. Wrap up and Comments 

from Board Members. 

7 p.m. Adjourn, Lee Bishop and Ed 

Worth. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Northern New Mexico, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Menice Santistevan at 

least seven days in advance of the 

meeting at the telephone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Menice 

Santistevan at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Menice Santistevan at 

the address or phone number listed 

above. Minutes and other Board 

documents are on the Internet at: 

http://www.nnmcab.org/. 

Issued at Washington, DC on December 14, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32535 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6405–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ohio State University, 

Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road, 

Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel 

Bradburne, Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer, Department of Energy 

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Post 

Office Box 700, Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

Phone (740) 897–3822. email: 

Joel.Bradburne@lex.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda. 

• Approval of December Minutes. 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments. 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments. 

• Liaisons’ Comments. 

• Presentation: 

Æ Site Characterization, Habitat and 

Land Use Mapping and Data/Wildlife 

Management Plan—Summary of Year 1 

Field Work and Data Collection, Bob 

Eichenberg and Rob Wiley, Ohio 

University. 

• Information Portfolio, Karen Price. 

• FLUOR B&W Community 

Commitment Plan Update, Jerry 

Schneider. 

• Administrative Issues: 

Æ Subcommittee Updates. 

• Public Comments. 

• Final Comments from the Board. 


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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part C was re-designated Part A–1. 

• Adjourn. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Portsmouth, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Joel 

Bradburne at least seven days in 

advance of the meeting at the phone 

number listed above. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Joel Bradburne at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Joel Bradburne at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://www.portsssab.energy.gov/. 

Issued at Washington, DC on December 14, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32539 Filed 12–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. CAC–036] 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. From the 

Department of Energy Commercial 

Package Air Conditioner and Heat 

Pump Test Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Decision and Order. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Decision 

and Order in Case No. CAC–036, which 

grants LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. (LG) 

a waiver from the existing DOE test 

procedures applicable to commercial 

package air-source central air 

conditioners and heat pumps. The 

waiver is applicable to the LG Multi V 

III variable refrigerant flow (VRF) multisplit commercial heat pumps specified 

in LG’s July 22, 2011 petition for waiver. 

As a condition of this waiver, LG must 

use the alternate test procedure set forth 

in this notice to test and rate its Multi 

V III VRF multi-split commercial heat 

pumps. 

DATES: This Decision and Order is 

effective December 20, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9611. Email: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7796. Email: 

mailto:Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

issues notice of this Decision and Order 

in accordance with Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

431.401(f)(4). In this Decision and 

Order, DOE grants LG a waiver from the 

existing DOE commercial package air 

conditioner and heat pump test 

procedures for the basic models of its 

Multi V III VRF multi-split equipment 

specified in its July 22, 2011 petition for 

waiver. DOE also requires the use of 

AHRI 1230 with Addendum 1 as the 

alternative test procedure for these basic 

models. 

Today’s decision requires LG to make 

representations concerning the energy 

efficiency of this equipment consistent 

with the provisions and restrictions of 

the alternate test procedure in the 

Decision and Order below, and the 

representations must fairly disclose the 

test results. (42 U.S.C. 6314(d)) The 

same standard applies to distributors, 

retailers, and private labelers when 

making representations of the energy 

efficiency of this equipment. Id. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

14, 2011. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

Decision and Order 

In the Matter of: LG Electronics 

U.S.A., Inc. (LG) (Case No. CAC–036). 

Background 

Title III, Part C of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6311– 

6317), established the Energy 

Conservation Program for certain 

industrial equipment, which includes 

commercial air conditioning equipment, 

the focus of this decision and order.1

Part C specifically includes 

definitions (42 U.S.C. 6311), test 

procedures (42 U.S.C. 6314), labeling 

provisions (42 U.S.C. 6315), energy 

conservation standards (42 U.S.C 6313), 

and the authority to require information 

and reports from manufacturers (42 

U.S.C. 6316). With respect to test 

procedures, Part C authorizes the 

Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to 

prescribe test procedures that are 

reasonably designed to produce results 

that measure energy efficiency, energy 

use, and estimated annual operating 

costs, and that are not unduly 

burdensome to conduct. (42 U.S.C. 

6314(a)(2)) 

For commercial package airconditioning and heating equipment, 

EPCA provides that ‘‘the test procedures 

shall be those generally accepted 

industry testing procedures or rating 

procedures developed or recognized by 

the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration 

Institute [ARI] or by the American 

Society of Heating, Refrigerating and 

Air-Conditioning Engineers [ASHRAE], 

as referenced in ASHRAE/IES Standard 

90.1 and in effect on June 30, 1992.’’ (42 

U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(A)) Under 42 U.S.C. 

6314(a)(4)(B), if the industry test 

procedure for commercial package airconditioning and heating equipment is 

amended, EPCA directs the Secretary to 

amend the corresponding DOE test 

procedure unless the Secretary 

determines, by rule and based on clear 

and convincing evidence, that such a 

modified test procedure does not meet 

the statutory criteria set forth in 42 

U.S.C. 6314(a)(2) and (3). 

On December 8, 2006, DOE published 

a final rule adopting test procedures for 

commercial package air-conditioning 

and heating equipment, effective 

January 8, 2007. 71 FR 71340. Table 1 

to Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) 431.96 directs 

manufacturers of commercial package 

air conditioning and heating equipment 

to use the appropriate procedure when 

measuring energy efficiency of this 

equipment. For commercial package airsource equipment with capacities 

between 65,000 and 760,000 Btu/h, ARI 

Standard 340/360–2004 is the 

applicable test procedure. 

DOE’s regulations for covered 

products and equipment permit a 

person to seek a waiver from the test 


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