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Purpose of the Committee: The 

Committee provides advice and 

guidance on a continuing basis to the 

Office of Science and to the Department 

of Energy on scientific priorities within 

the field of advanced scientific 

computing research. 

Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting 

is the semi-annual meeting of the 

Committee. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• View from Washington 

• View from Germantown 

• Update on Exascale project activities 

• Update on ASCR collaborations 

• Update from Committee of Visitors 

• Challenges and Best Practices for 

increasing Diversity 

• Technical presentations 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule) 

The meeting agenda includes an update 

on the budget, accomplishments, and 

planned activities of the Advanced 

Scientific Computing Research program 

and the exascale computing project; an 

update from the Office of Science; 

technical presentations from funded 

researchers; updates from 

subcommittees and there will be an 

opportunity for comments from the 

public. The meeting will conclude at 

6:00 p.m. EDT on July 29, 2021. Agenda 

updates and presentations will be 

posted on the ASCAC website prior to 

the meeting: https://science.osti.gov/ 

ascr/ascac. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Individuals and 

representatives of organizations who 

would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so during the 

meeting. Approximately 30 minutes will 

be reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but will not 

exceed 10 minutes. The Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Those wishing to speak 

should submit your request at least five 

days before the meeting. Those not able 

to attend the meeting or who have 

insufficient time to address the 

committee are invited to send a written 

statement to Christine Chalk, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; email to Christine.Chalk@

science.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available within 90 days on the 

Advanced Scientific Computing website 

at: https://science.osti.gov/ascr/ascac. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2021. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14856 Filed 7–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) gives notice of a request for 

public comment, pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on 

the continued collection of information 

entitled: Budget Justification, which 

DOE has developed for submission to 

and approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before September 13, 

2021. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to U.S. Department of Energy, 

Golden Field Office, 15013 Denver West 

Parkway, Golden, CO 80401–3111, Attn: 

James Cash, or by email at james.cash@

ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to James Cash, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Golden Field Office, 15013 

Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 

80401–3111, or by phone (240) 562– 

1456, or by email at james.cash@

ee.doe.gov. The information collection 

instrument, titled ‘‘Budget Justification’’ 

may also be viewed at: https://

www.energy.gov/eere/funding/articles/ 

eere-negotiation-forms. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5162, Budget 

Justification; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Budget Justification; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: This collection of 

information is necessary in order for 

DOE to identify allowable, allocable, 

and reasonable recipient project costs 

eligible for Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements under Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy (EERE) 

programs; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 400; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 400; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 24 hours, per response; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,010.52 

per one time response; 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Statutory Authority: Section 989(a) 

EPACT 2005 [Merit Review]{42 U.S.C. 

16353(a)}; Section 646 DOE 

Organization Act [Contracts]{42 U.S.C. 

7256(a)}; and 31 U.S.C. 503 (the Chief 

Financial Officers Act, Functions of the 

Deputy Director for Management), 31 

U.S.C. 1111 (Improving Economy and 

Efficiency of the United States 

Government), 41 U.S.C. 1101–1131 (the 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

Act), Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, 

and Executive Order 11541 

(‘‘Prescribing the Duties of the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Domestic Policy Council in the 

Executive Office of the President’’), the 

Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 

(31 U.S.C. 7501–7507), as well as The 

Federal Program Information Act (Pub. 

L. 95–220 and Pub. L. 98–169, as 

amended, codified at 31 U.S.C. 6101– 

6106). 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

July 7, 2021, by Derek G. Passarelli, 

Head of Contracting Activity and 

Director, Golden Field Office, pursuant 

to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 


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1All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the Energy Act 

of 2020, Public Law 116–260 (Dec. 27, 2020). 

2For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part C was redesignated as Part A–1. 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14838 Filed 7–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case Number 2020–005; EERE–2020–BT– 

WAV–0022] 

Energy Conservation Program: 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to Vinotemp International Corp. From 

the Department of Energy Walk-In 

Coolers and Walk-In Freezers Test 

Procedure 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of decision and 

order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (‘‘DOE’’) gives notification of a 

Decision and Order (Case Number 

2020–005) that grants to Vinotemp 

International Corp. (‘‘Vinotemp’’) a 

waiver from specified portions of the 

DOE test procedure for determining the 

energy efficiency of specified walk-in 

cooler refrigeration systems. Due to the 

design of the specific basic models of 

walk-in refrigeration systems subject to 

this Decision and Order, the current test 

procedure evaluates such models in a 

manner that is unrepresentative of their 

energy use. Under the Decision and 

Order, Vinotemp is required to test and 

rate the specified basic models of its 

walk-in cooler refrigeration systems in 

accordance with the alternate test 

procedure set forth in the Decision and 

Order. 

DATES: The Decision and Order is 

effective on July 13, 2021. The Decision 

and Order will terminate upon the 

compliance date of any future 

amendment to the test procedure for 

walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers 

located at title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (‘‘CFR’’), part 431, subpart 

R, appendix C that addresses the issues 

presented in this waiver. At such time, 

Vinotemp must use the relevant test 

procedure for this equipment for any 

testing to demonstrate compliance with 

the applicable standards, and any other 

representations of energy use. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Email: AS_Waiver_

Requests@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with § 431.401(f)(2) of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(‘‘CFR’’) (10 CFR 431.401(f)(2)), DOE 

gives notification of the issuance of its 

Decision and Order as set forth below. 

The Decision and Order grants 

Vinotemp a waiver from the applicable 

test procedure at 10 CFR part 431, 

subpart R, appendix C for specified 

basic models of walk-in cooler 

refrigeration systems, and provides that 

Vinotemp must test and rate such walkin cooler refrigeration systems using the 

alternate test procedure specified in the 

Decision and Order. Vinotemp’s 

representations concerning the energy 

efficiency of the specified basic models 

must be based on testing according to 

the provisions and restrictions in the 

alternate test procedure set forth in the 

Decision and Order, and the 

representations must fairly disclose the 

test results. Distributors, retailers, and 

private labelers are held to the same 

requirements when making 

representations regarding the energy 

efficiency of these products. (42 U.S.C. 

6314(d)) 

Manufacturers not currently 

distributing equipment in commerce in 

the United States that employ a 

technology or characteristic that results 

in the same need for a waiver from the 

applicable test procedure must petition 

for and be granted a waiver prior to the 

distribution in commerce of that 

equipment in the United States. 

Manufacturers may also submit a 

request for interim waiver pursuant to 

the requirements of 10 CFR 431.401. (10 

CFR 431.401(j)) 

Case # 2020–005 

Decision and Order 

I. Background and Authority 

The Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act, as amended (‘‘EPCA’’),1 authorizes 

the U.S. Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) 

to regulate the energy efficiency of a 

number of consumer products and 

certain industrial equipment. (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6317) Title III, Part C 2 of EPCA 

established the Energy Conservation 

Program for Certain Industrial 

Equipment, which sets forth a variety of 

provisions designed to improve the 

energy efficiency for certain types of 

industrial equipment. This equipment 

includes walk-in coolers and walk-in 

freezers (collectively, ‘‘walk-ins’’), the 

focus of this document. (42 U.S.C. 

6311(1)(G)) 

The energy conservation program 

under EPCA consists essentially of four 

parts: (1) Testing, (2) labeling, (3) 

Federal energy conservation standards, 

and (4) certification and enforcement 

procedures. Relevant provisions of 

EPCA include 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; 42 

U.S.C. 6299). 

The Federal testing requirements 

consist of test procedures that 

manufacturers of covered equipment 

must use as the basis for: (1) Certifying 

to DOE that their equipment complies 

with the applicable energy conservation 

standards adopted pursuant to EPCA (42 

U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6295(s)), and 

(2) making representations about the 

efficiency of that equipment (42 U.S.C. 

6314(d)). Similarly, DOE must use these 

test procedures to determine whether 

the equipment complies with relevant 

standards promulgated under EPCA. (42 

U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6295(s)) 

Under 42 U.S.C. 6314, EPCA sets forth 

the criteria and procedures DOE is 

required to follow when prescribing or 

amending test procedures for covered 

walk-ins. EPCA requires that any test 

procedures prescribed or amended 

under this section must be reasonably 

designed to produce test results which 

reflect energy efficiency, energy use or 

estimated annual operating cost of walkins during a representative average use 

cycle and requires that test procedures 

not be unduly burdensome to conduct. 

(42 U.S.C.6314(a)(2)) The test procedure 

for walk-ins is set forth in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (‘‘CFR’’) at 10 CFR 

part 431, subpart R, appendix C, 

Uniform Test Method for the 

Measurement of Net Capacity and 

AWEF of Walk-in Cooler and Walk-in 

Freezer Refrigeration Systems 

(‘‘Appendix C’’). 

Any interested person may submit a 

petition for waiver from DOE’s test 

procedure requirements. 10 CFR 

431.401(a)(1). DOE will grant a waiver 

from the test procedure requirements if 

DOE determines either that the basic 

model for which the waiver was 

requested contains a design 


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