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GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 101–20

[FPMR Amendment D–93]

RIN 3090–AF50

Energy Conservation

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service,

General Services Administration.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule eliminates the

General Services Administration’s

existing operating standards and allows

for the maintenance of building

temperatures in a manner satisfactory to

users and consistent with local

commercial practices. In addition, it

deletes the minimum ventilation rate

and replaces it with the ventilation

standards specified by the American

Society of Heating, Refrigeration and

Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE

Standard 62 Ventilation for Acceptable

Indoor Air Quality).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jim Carelock, Office of Property

Management, Washington, DC 20405,

(202) 501–1430.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive

Order 12862, Setting Customer Service

Standards, states that in order to carry

out the principles of the National

Performance Review, the Federal

Government must be customer-driven.

GSA, in an effort to become more

customer driven, seeks to improve

customer satisfaction, by changing

regulations that have direct effect on

three areas of low customer satisfaction.

GSA’s customers, building tenants have

indicated by their responses to customer

surveys that they have very low

satisfaction levels for the following:

ventilation, 42 percent satisfied; indoor

air quality, 44 percent satisfied; summer

temperature, 53 percent satisfied; and

winter temperature, 56 percent satisfied.

The two sections of the Federal

Property Management Regulations

(FPMR) addressed in this regulation

mandate space temperatures and

ventilation rates that contribute to low

customer satisfaction. These changes

will permit the Buildings Managers to

control building temperatures and

mandate adherence to the latest air

ventilation guidelines. The proposed

regulation was published in the Federal

Register on September 13, 1994, for

comment (59 FR 46951). No comments

were received during the comment

period.

Executive Order 12866

The General Services Administration

(GSA) has determined that this rule is

not a significant regulatory action for

the purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

GSA has determined that this rule

will not have a significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities under the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 101–20

Fire prevention, Blind, Safety,

Concessions, Crime, Federal buildings

and facilities, Government property

management, Security measures.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 41 CFR Part 101–20 is

amended as follows:

PART 101–20—MANAGEMENT OF

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

1. The authority citation for Part 101–

20 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40

U.S.C. 486(c).

Subpart 101–20.1—Building

Operations, Maintenance, Protection,

and Alterations

2. Section 101–20.107 is amended by

revising paragraph (c)(1) and paragraph

(e) to read as follows:

§ 101–20.107 Energy conservation.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(1) Temperatures will be maintained

to maximize customer satisfaction by

conforming to local commercial

equivalent temperature levels and

operating practices. GSA will seek to

minimize energy use while operating its

buildings in this manner. During nonworking hours, heating temperatures

shall be set no higher than 55 degrees

Fahrenheit and air-conditioning will not

be provided except as necessary to

return space temperatures to a suitable

level for the beginning of working

hours.

* * * * *

(e) During working hours in periods of

heating and cooling, provide ventilation

in accordance with ASHRAE Standard

62, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor

Air Quality where physically practical.

Where not physically practical, provide

the maximum allowable amount of

ventilation during periods of heating

and cooling and pursue opportunities to

increase ventilation up to current

standards. ASHRAE Standard 62 is

available from ASHRAE Publications

Sales, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta,

GA 30329–2305.

* * * * *

Dated: March 24, 1995.

Julia M. Stasch,

Acting Administrator of General Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 950206040–5040–01; I.D.

040395D]

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands Area; Trawl Yellowfin

Sole Fishery in Zone 1

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the directed

fishery for yellowfin sole by vessels

using trawl gear in Bycatch Limitation

Zone 1 (Zone 1) of the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands management area

(BSAI). This action is necessary to

prevent exceeding the prohibited

species catch (PSC) allowance of C.

bairdi Tanner crab apportioned to the

trawl yellowfin sole fishery category in

Zone 1.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), April 4, 1995, until 12

midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew N. Smoker, 907–586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive

economic zone is managed by NMFS

according to the Fishery Management

Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific

Fishery Management Council under

authority of the Magnuson Fishery

Conservation and Management Act.

Fishing by U.S. vessels is governed by

regulations implementing the FMP at 50

CFR parts 620 and 675.

The 1995 PSC allowance of C. bairdi

Tanner crab in Zone 1 for the trawl

yellowfin sole fishery category, which is

described at § 675.21(b)(1)(iii)(B)(1), was

established as 225,000 crabs in Table 7

on page 8485 of the 1995 specifications

(60 FR 8479, February 14, 1995).

The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS,

has determined, in accordance with

§ 675.21(c)(1)(i), that the PSC allowance
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of C. bairdi Tanner crab for the trawl

yellowfin sole fishery in Zone 1 has

been reached. Therefore, NMFS is

prohibiting directed fishing for

yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl

gear in Zone 1 of the BSAI.

Directed fishing standards for

applicable gear types may be found in

the regulations at § 675.20(h).

Classification

This action is taken under § 675.21

and is exempt from review under E.O.

12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: April 3, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–8621 Filed 4–4–95; 4:13 pm]

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