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. 238 

Thursday, December 11, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2013–BT–STD–0051] 

RIN 1904–AD09 

Energy Efficiency Program for 

Consumer Products: Energy 

Conservation Standards for General 

Service Lamps: Public Meeting and 

Availability of the Preliminary 

Technical Support Document 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

availability of preliminary technical 

support document. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting 

to discuss and receive comments on the 

preliminary analysis it has conducted 

for purposes of establishing energy 

conservation standards for general 

service lamps. The meeting will cover 

the analytical framework, models, and 

tools that DOE is using to evaluate 

potential standards for this product; the 

results of preliminary analyses 

performed by DOE for this product; the 

potential energy conservation standard 

levels derived from these analyses that 

DOE could consider for this product; 

and any other issues relevant to the 

development of energy conservation 

standards for general service lamps. In 

addition, DOE encourages written 

comments on these subjects. To inform 

interested parties and to facilitate this 

process, DOE has prepared an agenda, a 

preliminary technical support document 

(TSD), and briefing materials, which are 

available on the DOE Web site at: 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/

ruleid/83. 

DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting 

on January 20, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m., in Washington, DC. Additionally, 

DOE plans to allow for participation in 

the public meeting via webinar. DOE 

will accept comments, data, and other 

information regarding this rulemaking 

before or after the public meeting, but 

no later than February 9, 2015. See 

section IV, ‘‘Public Participation,’’ of 

this notice of public meeting (NOPM) 

for details. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 8E–089, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments, identified by docket number 

EERE–2013–BT–STD–0051 and/or 

Regulation Identification Number (RIN) 

1904–AD09, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: GSL2013STD0051@ee.

doe.gov. Include the docket number 

EERE–2013–BT–STD–0051 and/or RIN 

1904–AD09 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

compact disc (CD), in which case it is 

not necessary to include printed copies. 

[Please note that comments and CDs 

sent by mail are often delayed and may 

be damaged by mail screening 

processes.] 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202) 

586–2945. If possible, please submit all 

items on CD, in which case it is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

Docket: The docket is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov, 

including Federal Register notices, 

framework documents, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. However, 

not all documents listed in the index 

may be publicly available, such as 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure. 

The rulemaking Web page can be 

found at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/

buildings/appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/83. This Web 

page contains a link to the docket for 

this notice on the regulation.gov site. 

The regulations.gov Web page contains 

instructions on how to access all 

documents in the docket, including 

public comments. 

For detailed instructions on attending 

the meeting and submitting comments 

and for additional information on the 

rulemaking process, see section IV, 

‘‘Public Participation,’’ of this 

document. For further information on 

how to submit a comment, review other 

public comments and the docket, or 

participate in the public meeting, 

contact Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 

586–2945 or by email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1604. Email: 

GSL@ee.doe.gov. 

Or visit DOE’s general service lamps 

Web page at http://www1.eere.energy.

gov/buildings/appliance_standards/

rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/83. for 

information about any existing 

standards and test procedures, and the 

history and impacts of previous DOE 

regulatory actions, for this category of 

products. 

In the Office of the General Counsel, 

contact Ms. Celia Sher, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–6122. Email: 

Celia.Sher@hq.doe.gov. 

For information on how to submit or 

review public comments and on how to 

participate in the public meeting, 

contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone (202) 586–2945. Email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Statutory Authority 

II. Rulemaking for General Service Lamps 

A. Background 

B. Current Rulemaking Process 

III. Summary of the Analyses Performed by 

DOE 


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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was re-designated Part A. 

2All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the American 

Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act 

(AEMTCA), Public Law 112–210 (Dec. 18, 2012). 

A. Engineering Analysis 

B. Product Price Determination 

C. Energy Use Analysis 

D. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period 

Analyses 

E. National Impact Analysis 

IV. Public Participation 

A. Attendance at Public Meeting 

B. Procedure for Submitting Requests To 

Speak 

C. Conduct of Public Meeting 

D. Submission of Comments 

V. Approval of the Office of the Secretary 

I. Statutory Authority 

Title III, Part B1 of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975, as 

amended, (EPCA or the Act), Pub. L. 94– 

163 (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309, as codified) 

sets forth a variety of provisions 

designed to improve energy efficiency 

and established the Energy Conservation 

Program for Consumer Products Other 

Than Automobiles, a program covering 

most major household appliances 

(collectively referred to as ‘‘covered 

products’’).2 Subsequent amendments 

expanded Title III of EPCA to include 

additional consumer products, 

including GSLs—the products that are 

the focus of this document. In 

particular, amendments to EPCA in the 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

of 2007 (EISA) directed DOE to conduct 

two rulemaking cycles to evaluate 

energy conservation standards for GSLs. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)–(B)) 

DOE is required to consider standards 

for general service lamps that: (1) 

Achieve the maximum improvement in 

energy efficiency that is technologically 

feasible and economically justified; and 

(2) result in significant conservation of 

energy. (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(A) and 

(o)(3)(B)) To determine whether a 

proposed standard is economically 

justified, DOE will, after receiving 

comments on the proposed standard, 

determine whether the benefits of the 

standard exceed its burdens to the 

greatest extent practicable, using the 

following seven factors: 

1. The economic impact of the 

standard on manufacturers and 

consumers of products subject to the 

standard; 

2. The savings in operating costs 

throughout the estimated average life of 

the covered products in the type (or 

class) compared to any increase in the 

price, initial charges, or maintenance 

expenses for the covered products 

which are likely to result from the 

standard; 

3. The total projected amount of 

energy savings likely to result directly 

from the standard; 

4. Any lessening of the utility or the 

performance of the covered products 

likely to result from the standard; 

5. The impact of any lessening of 

competition, as determined in writing 

by the Attorney General, that is likely to 

result from the standard; 

6. The need for national energy 

conservation; and 

7. Other factors the Secretary of 

Energy considers relevant. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(o)(2)(B)(i)) 

DOE also adheres to additional 

statutory requirements of general 

applicability for prescribing new or 

amended standards set forth in other 

relevant sections of EPCA. 

II. Rulemaking for General Service 

Lamps 

A. Background 

As mentioned in the previous section, 

amendments to EPCA in EISA directed 

DOE to conduct two rulemaking cycles 

to evaluate energy conservation 

standards for GSLs. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)–(B)) For the first 

rulemaking cycle, EPCA, as amended by 

EISA, directs DOE to initiate a 

rulemaking no later than January 1, 

2014 to evaluate standards for GSLs and 

determine whether exemptions for 

certain incandescent lamps should be 

maintained or discontinued. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)(i)) The scope of the 

rulemaking is not limited to 

incandescent lamp technologies. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)(ii)) The EISA 

amendments to EPCA further require 

that if standards are to be established for 

GSLs, a final rule must be published by 

January 1, 2017 with a compliance date 

at least 3 years after the date on which 

the final rule is published. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)(iii)) Additionally, the 

requirements direct DOE to consider 

phased-in compliance dates based on 

the impact of amending standards on 

manufacturers, retiring and repurposing 

existing equipment, stranded 

investments, labor contracts, workers, 

raw materials, and time needed to revise 

sales and marketing strategies. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)(iv)) 

Further, for this first cycle of 

rulemaking, the EISA amendments 

provide that DOE must consider a 

minimum standard of 45 lumens per 

watt (lm/W). (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)(ii)) 

If DOE fails to meet the requirements of 

42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)(i)–(iv) or the 

final rule from the first rulemaking cycle 

does not produce savings greater than or 

equal to the savings from a minimum 

efficacy standard of 45 lm/W, sales of 

GSLs that do not meet the minimum 45 

lm/W standard beginning on January 1, 

2020 will be prohibited. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)(v)) Additionally, state 

preemption requirements are specified 

for California and Nevada. Namely, 

beginning January 1, 2018, no provision 

of law could preclude these states from 

adopting: (1) A final rule adopted in 

accordance with 42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)(i)–(iv); (2) the minimum 

efficacy standard of the backstop 

requirement (45 lm/W) if no final rule 

was adopted; or (3) for the state of 

California, any California regulations 

related to the covered products adopted 

pursuant to State statute in effect as of 

the date of enactment of EISA. 42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)(vi) 

The EISA-prescribed amendments 

direct DOE to initiate a second 

rulemaking cycle by January 1, 2020 to 

determine whether standards in effect 

for general service incandescent lamps 

(GSILs) should be amended with more 

stringent requirements and if the 

exemptions for certain incandescent 

lamps should be maintained or 

discontinued. (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B)(i)) 

For this second review of energy 

conservation standards, the scope is not 

limited to incandescent lamp 

technologies. (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B)(ii)) 

The EISA amendments require that if 

standards are to be amended for GSILs, 

a final rule must be published by 

January 1, 2022 with a compliance date 

at least 3 years after the date on which 

the final rule is published. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(B)(iii)) These amendments 

also direct DOE to consider phased-in 

effective dates for the second round of 

review based on the impact of amending 

standards on manufacturers, retiring 

and repurposing existing equipment, 

stranded investments, labor contracts, 

workers, raw materials, and time needed 

to revise sales and marketing strategies. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B)(iv)) 

Additionally, this rulemaking satisfies 

the requirements under 42 U.S.C 

6295(m)(1) for DOE to review the 

existing standards for medium base 

compact fluorescent lamps (MBCFLs) as 

compact fluorescent lamps are included 

in the definition of GSL. The Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) 

amended EPCA by establishing energy 

conservation standards for MBCFLs. 

Under 42 U.S.C 6295(m)(1), within 6 

years after issuance of any final rule 

establishing or amending a standard, 

DOE is required to publish a notice 

determining whether to amend such 

standards. If DOE determines that 

amendment is warranted, DOE must 

also issue a notice of proposed 

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3For purposes of analysis, DOE assumes that 

2020 would be the first year of compliance with 

amended standards. 

energy conservation standards by that 

same date. (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(l)) 

B. Current Rulemaking Process 

In initiating this rulemaking, DOE 

prepared a Framework Document, 

‘‘Energy Conservation Standards 

Rulemaking Framework Document for 

General Service Lamps,’’ which 

describes the procedural and analytical 

approaches DOE anticipates using to 

evaluate energy conservation standards 

for general service lamps. This 

document is available at: http://www1.

eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_

standards/rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/83. 

DOE held a public meeting on January 

14, 2014, at which it described the 

various analyses DOE would conduct as 

part of the rulemaking, such as the 

engineering analysis, the life-cycle cost 

(LCC) and payback period (PBP) 

analyses, and the national impact 

analysis (NIA). Representatives for 

manufacturers, trade associations, 

environmental and energy efficiency 

advocates, and other interested parties 

attended the meeting. 

Comments received since publication 

of the Framework Document have 

helped DOE identify and resolve issues 

related to the preliminary analyses. 

Chapter 2 of the preliminary TSD 

summarizes and addresses the 

comments received. 

III. Summary of the Analyses 

Performed by DOE 

For the products covered in this 

rulemaking, DOE conducted in-depth 

technical analyses in the following 

areas: (1) Engineering; (2) markups to 

determine product price; (3) energy use; 

(4) life-cycle cost and payback period; 

and (5) national impacts. The 

preliminary TSD that presents the 

methodology and results of each of 

these analyses is available at http://

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/

ruleid/83. 

The tools used in preparing several of 

the above analyses (life-cycle cost and 

national impacts) are available at the 

same Web site. Each individual 

spreadsheet includes an introduction 

describing the various inputs and 

outputs to the analysis, as well as 

operation instructions. 

DOE also conducted, and has 

included in the preliminary TSD, 

several other analyses that support the 

major analyses or are preliminary 

analyses that will be expanded upon for 

a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) 

if DOE determines that energy 

conservation standards are 

technologically feasible, economically 

justified, and would save a significant 

amount of energy, based on the 

information presented to the 

Department. These analyses include: (1) 

The market and technology assessment; 

(2) the screening analysis, which 

contributes to the engineering analysis; 

and (3) the shipments analysis, which 

contributes to the LCC and PBP analysis 

and NIA. In addition to these analyses, 

DOE has begun preliminary work on the 

manufacturer impact analysis and has 

identified the methods to be used for the 

consumer subgroup analysis, the 

emissions analysis, the employment 

impact analysis, the regulatory impact 

analysis, and the utility impact analysis. 

DOE will expand on these analyses in 

the NOPR. 

A. Engineering Analysis 

For this GSL rulemaking, DOE derives 

efficacy levels in the engineering 

analysis and lamp end-user prices in the 

product price determination (see section 

III.B). DOE estimates the end-user price 

of GSLs directly because it is difficult to 

disassemble and reverse-engineer the 

lamps. The outputs of the engineering 

analysis and product price 

determination are used to develop costefficiency relationships. 

The engineering analysis focuses on 

selecting commercially available lamps 

that incorporate design options that 

improve efficacy. The engineering 

analysis identifies both the highest 

efficacy level that is technologically 

feasible within each product class and 

the representative baseline models, 

which serve as reference points against 

which DOE can measure changes 

resulting from potential energy 

conservation standards. After 

identifying more efficacious substitutes 

for each baseline model, DOE develops 

candidate standard levels. Chapters 2 

and 5 of the preliminary TSD discuss 

the engineering analysis, and chapters 2 

and 6 of the preliminary TSD discuss 

the product price determination. 

B. Product Price Determination 

As mentioned in section III.A, DOE 

often develops cost-efficiency 

relationships in the engineering 

analysis. However, for this rulemaking, 

DOE estimated the end-user price of 

GSLs directly. DOE selected this 

methodology because it is difficult to 

reverse-engineer GSLs, which are not 

easily disassembled. Chapters 2 and 6 of 

the preliminary TSD provide detail on 

the estimation of end-user prices. 

C. Energy Use Analysis 

The energy use analysis provides 

estimates of the annual energy 

consumption of general service lamps. 

The energy use analysis seeks to 

estimate the range of energy 

consumption of the products that meet 

each of the efficiency levels considered 

in a given rulemaking as they are used 

in the field. DOE uses these values in 

the LCC and PBP analyses and in the 

NIA. Chapter 7 of the preliminary TSD 

addresses the energy use analysis. 

D. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period 

Analyses 

The LCC and PBP analyses determine 

the economic impact of potential 

standards on individual consumers. The 

LCC is the total cost of purchasing, 

installing and operating a considered 

product over the course of its lifetime. 

The LCC analysis compares the LCCs of 

products designed to meet possible 

energy conservation standards with the 

LCC of the product likely to be installed 

in the absence of standards. DOE 

determines LCCs by considering: (1) 

Total installed cost to the purchaser 

(which consists of end-user product 

price, sales taxes, and installation cost); 

(2) the operating cost of the product 

(energy cost, water and wastewater cost 

in some cases, and maintenance and 

repair cost); (3) product lifetime; and (4) 

a discount rate that reflects the real 

consumer cost of capital and puts the 

LCC in present-value terms. The PBP 

represents the number of years needed 

to recover the increase in purchase price 

(including installation cost) of higherefficiency products through savings in 

the operating cost of the product. PBP 

is calculated by dividing the 

incremental increase in installed cost of 

the higher efficiency product, compared 

to the baseline product, by the annual 

savings in operating costs. Chapter 8 of 

the preliminary TSD addresses the LCC 

and PBP analyses. 

E. National Impact Analysis 

The NIA estimates the national energy 

savings (NES) and the net present value 

(NPV) of total consumer costs and 

savings expected to result from 

standards at specific efficiency levels 

(referred to as candidate standard 

levels). DOE calculated NES and NPV 

for each candidate standard level for 

general service lamps as the difference 

between a base-case forecast (without 

standards) and the standards-case 

forecast (with standards). Cumulative 

energy savings are the sum of the annual 

NES determined for the lifetime of the 

products shipped from 2020 to 2049.3

The NPV is the sum over time of the 

discounted net savings each year, which 

consists of the difference between total 


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operating cost savings and increases in 

total installed costs. Critical inputs to 

this analysis include shipments 

projections, estimated product lifetimes, 

product installed costs and operating 

costs, product annual energy 

consumption, the base case efficiency 

projection, and discount rates. Chapter 

10 of the preliminary TSD addresses the 

NIA. 

IV. Public Participation 

DOE invites input from the public on 

all the topics described above. The 

preliminary analytical results are 

subject to revision following further 

review and input from the public. A 

complete and revised TSD will be made 

available upon issuance of a NOPR. The 

final rule establishing any energy 

conservation standards will contain the 

final analytical results and will be 

accompanied by a final rule TSD. 

DOE encourages those who wish to 

participate in the public meeting to 

obtain the preliminary TSD from DOE’s 

Web site and to be prepared to discuss 

its contents. Once again, a copy of the 

preliminary TSD is available at: http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/

ruleid/83. However, public meeting 

participants need not limit their 

comments to the topics identified in the 

preliminary TSD; DOE is also interested 

in receiving views concerning other 

relevant issues that participants believe 

would affect energy conservation 

standards for this product or that DOE 

should address in the NOPR. 

Furthermore, DOE welcomes all 

interested parties, regardless of whether 

they participate in the public meeting, 

to submit in writing by February 9, 2015 

comments, data, and information on 

matters addressed in the preliminary 

TSD and on other matters relevant to 

consideration of energy conservation 

standards for general service lamps. 

The public meeting will be conducted 

in an informal conference style. A court 

reporter will be present to record the 

minutes of the meeting. There shall be 

no discussion of proprietary 

information, costs or prices, market 

shares, or other commercial matters 

regulated by United States antitrust 

laws. 

After the public meeting and the 

closing of the comment period, DOE 

will consider all timely-submitted 

comments and additional information 

obtained from interested parties, as well 

as information obtained through further 

analyses. Afterwards, the Department 

will publish either a determination that 

the standards for general service lamps 

need not be amended or a NOPR 

proposing to amend those standards. 

The NOPR will include proposed energy 

conservation standards for the products 

covered by the rulemaking, and 

members of the public will be given an 

opportunity to submit written and oral 

comments on the proposed standards. 

A. Attendance at Public Meeting 

The time and date of the public 

meeting are listed in the DATES and 

ADDRESSES sections at the beginning of 

this notice. The public meeting will be 

held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 8E–089, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. To attend 

the public meeting, please notify Ms. 

Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945. 

Please note that foreign nationals 

participating in the public meeting are 

subject to advance security screening 

procedures which require advance 

notice prior to attendance at the public 

meeting. If a foreign national wishes to 

participate in the public meeting, please 

inform DOE of this fact as soon as 

possible by contacting Ms. Regina 

Washington at (202) 586–1214 or by 

email: Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov 

so that the necessary procedures can be 

completed. DOE requires visitors to 

with laptop computers and other 

devices, such as tablets, to be checked 

upon entry into the building. Any 

person wishing to bring these devices 

into the Forrestal Building will be 

required to obtain a property pass. 

Visitors should avoid bringing these 

devices, or allow an extra 45 minutes to 

check in. Please report to the visitor’s 

desk to have devices checked before 

proceeding through security. 

Due to the REAL ID Act implemented 

by the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), there have been recent 

changes regarding ID requirements for 

individuals wishing to enter Federal 

buildings from specific states and U.S. 

territories. Driver’s licenses from the 

following states or territory will not be 

accepted for building entry and one of 

the alternate forms of ID listed below 

will be required. DHS has determined 

that regular driver’s licenses (and ID 

cards) from the following jurisdictions 

are not acceptable for entry into DOE 

facilities: Alaska, American Samoa, 

Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, 

Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, 

Oklahoma, and Washington. Acceptable 

alternate forms of Photo-ID include: U.S. 

Passport or Passport Card; an Enhanced 

Driver’s License or Enhanced ID-Card 

issued by the states of Minnesota, New 

York or Washington (Enhanced licenses 

issued by these states are clearly marked 

Enhanced or Enhanced Driver’s 

License); a military ID or other Federal 

government issued Photo-ID card. 

You can attend the public meeting via 

webinar, and registration information, 

participant instructions, and 

information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants will be 

published on the following Web site: 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/

ruleid/83. Participants are responsible 

for ensuring their computer systems are 

compatible with the webinar software. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

receive comments and to help DOE 

understand potential issues associated 

with this rulemaking. DOE must receive 

requests to speak at the meeting before 

5 p.m. on January 6, 2014. DOE must 

receive a signed original and an 

electronic copy of statements to be given 

at the public meeting before 5 p.m. on 

January 6, 2014. 

B. Procedure for Submitting Requests to 

Speak 

Any person who has an interest in 

today’s notice or who is a representative 

of a group or class of persons that has 

an interest in these issues may request 

an opportunity to make an oral 

presentation. Such persons may handdeliver requests to speak, along with a 

computer diskette or CD in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, PDF, or text (ASCII) file 

format to Ms. Brenda Edwards at the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES section 

at the beginning of this notice between 

9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Requests may also be sent by mail to the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES section 

or email to Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

Persons requesting to speak should 

briefly describe the nature of their 

interest in this rulemaking and provide 

a telephone number for contact. DOE 

requests persons selected to be heard to 

submit an advance copy of their 

statements at least two weeks before the 

public meeting. At its discretion, DOE 

may permit any person who cannot 

supply an advance copy of their 

statement to participate, if that person 

has made advance alternative 

arrangements with the Building 

Technologies Program. The request to 

give an oral presentation should ask for 

such alternative arrangements. 

C. Conduct of Public Meeting 

DOE will designate a DOE official to 

preside at the public meeting and may 

also employ a professional facilitator to 

aid discussion. The meeting will not be 

a judicial or evidentiary-type public 

hearing, but DOE will conduct it in 

accordance with section 336 of EPCA. 

(42 U.S.C. 6306) A court reporter will 

record the proceedings and prepare a 

transcript. DOE reserves the right to 


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schedule the order of presentations and 

to establish the procedures governing 

the conduct of the public meeting. After 

the public meeting, interested parties 

may submit further comments on the 

proceedings as well as on any aspect of 

the rulemaking until the end of the 

comment period. 

The public meeting will be conducted 

in an informal conference style. DOE 

will present summaries of comments 

received before the public meeting, 

allow time for presentations by 

participants, and encourage all 

interested parties to share their views on 

issues affecting this rulemaking. Each 

participant will be allowed to make a 

prepared general statement (within 

DOE-determined time limits) prior to 

the discussion of specific topics. DOE 

will permit other participants to 

comment briefly on any general 

statements. 

At the end of all prepared statements 

on a topic, DOE will permit participants 

to clarify their statements briefly and 

comment on statements made by others. 

Participants should be prepared to 

answer questions from DOE and other 

participants concerning these issues. 

DOE representatives may also ask 

questions of participants concerning 

other matters relevant to this 

rulemaking. The official conducting the 

public meeting will accept additional 

comments or questions from those 

attending, as time permits. The 

presiding official will announce any 

further procedural rules or modification 

of the above procedures that may be 

needed for the proper conduct of the 

public meeting. 

A transcript of the public meeting will 

be posted on the DOE Web site and will 

also be included in the docket, which 

can be viewed as described in the 

Docket section at the beginning of this 

notice. In addition, any person may buy 

a copy of the transcript from the 

transcribing reporter. 

D. Submission of Comments 

DOE will accept comments, data, and 

other information regarding this 

rulemaking before or after the public 

meeting, but no later than the date 

provided at the beginning of this notice. 

Please submit comments, data, and 

other information as provided in the 

ADDRESSES section. Submit electronic 

comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft 

Word, PDF, or text (ASCII) file format 

and avoid the use of special characters 

or any form of encryption. Comments in 

electronic format should be identified 

by the Docket Number EERE–2013–BT– 

STD–0051 and/or RIN 1904–AD09 and, 

wherever possible, carry the electronic 

signature of the author. No 

telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies: One copy of 

the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential 

and one copy of the document with the 

information believed to be confidential 

deleted. DOE will make its own 

determination as to the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: (1) 

A description of the items; (2) whether 

and why such items are customarily 

treated as confidential within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its confidentiality; (5) an 

explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) a date 

upon which such information might 

lose its confidential nature due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. 

V. Approval of the Office of the 

Secretary 

The Secretary of Energy has approved 

publication of this notice of public 

meeting and availability of preliminary 

technical support document. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 5, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29143 Filed 12–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Parts 891 and 892 

[Docket No. FR–5576–N–02] 

RIN 2502–AJ10 

Supportive Housing and Services for 

the Elderly and Persons With 

Disabilities: Implementing Statutory 

Reforms—Reopening of Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Reopening of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On October 7, 2014, HUD 

published a proposed rule entitled 

‘‘Supportive Housing and Services for 

the Elderly and Persons with 

Disabilities: Implementing Statutory 

Reforms,’’ and solicited public comment 

through December 8, 2014. The 

response to HUD’s solicitation of public 

comment was lower than what HUD 

expected, and HUD is therefore 

reopening the public comment period 

and will seek additional comments 

through January 15, 2015. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published October 7, 

2014 (79 FR 60590) is extended. 

Comments are due January 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this rulemaking to the Regulations 

Division, Office of General Counsel, 451 

7th Street SW., Room 10276, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. Communications must refer to the 

above docket number and title. There 

are two methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 

submission of comments allows the 

commenter maximum time to prepare 

and submit comments, ensures timely 

receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 

make them immediately available to the 

public. Comments submitted 

electronically through the 

www.regulations.gov Web site can be 

viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. All submissions must refer to the 

docket number and title of the rule. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(fax) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 


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