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1Public Law 106–553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 

18a note. 

Subsection of 7A 

Original 

threshold 

(million $) 

Adjusted 

threshold 

(million $) 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees 1 (3)(b)(1) ................................................................. 100 152.5 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) .................................................................... 100 152.5 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) .................................................................... 500 762.7 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3) .................................................................... 500 762.7 

Any reference to these thresholds and 

related thresholds and limitation values 

in the HSR rules (16 CFR parts 801–803) 

and the Antitrust Improvements Act 

Notification and Report Form and its 

Instructions will also be adjusted, where 

indicated by the term ‘‘(as adjusted)’’, as 

follows: 

Original 

threshold 

Adjusted 

threshold 

(million $) 

$10 million ............................ $15.3 

$50 million ............................ 76.3 

$100 million .......................... 152.5 

$110 million .......................... 167.8 

$200 million .......................... 305.1 

$500 million .......................... 762.7 

$1 billion ............................... 1,525.3 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for 

Section 8 of the Clayton Act 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission announces the revised 

thresholds for interlocking directorates 

required by the 1990 amendment of 

Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 

prohibits, with certain exceptions, one 

person from serving as a director or 

officer of two competing corporations if 

two thresholds are met. Competitor 

corporations are covered by Section 8 if 

each one has capital, surplus, and 

undivided profits aggregating more than 

$10,000,000, with the exception that no 

corporation is covered if the competitive 

sales of either corporation are less than 

$1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the 

Federal Trade Commission to revise 

those thresholds annually, based on the 

change in gross national product. The 

new thresholds, which take effect 

immediately, are $31,084,000 for 

Section 8(a)(1), and $3,108,400 for 

Section 8(a)(2)(A). 

DATES: Effective January 21, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James F. Mongoven, Federal Trade 

Commission, Bureau of Competition, 

Office of Policy and Coordination, (202) 

326–2879. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5). 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice–MG–2014–04; Docket No. 2014– 

0002; Sequence No. 25] 

GSA’s Analysis of the Alignment of 

LEED v4 With Federal Green Building 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Office of Federal HighPerformance Green Buildings; Office of 

Government-wide Policy (OGP), General 

Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: GSA is seeking public input 

on its analysis of the latest version of 

the U.S. Green Building Council’s 

(USGBC) Leadership in Energy and 

Environmental Design (LEED v4) green 

building certification system and its 

alignment with Federal green building 

requirements. GSA is also seeking 

public input on several questions 

related to the Government’s use of LEED 

v4 and future GSA reviews of green 

building certification systems. 

GSA used the findings from its 

supplemental review to consult with 

other Federal agencies in the EISA 

436(h) Interagency Ad-hoc Discussion 

Group (Interagency Discussion Group) 

on the Federal Government’s use of 

LEED v4. GSA will be using the 

deliberations from the Interagency 

Discussion Group as well as public 

input from this Federal Register notice 

and a to-be-scheduled public listening 

session to augment GSA’s October 25, 

2013 recommendation to the Secretary 

of Energy. The information being asked 

for in this notice is not for the purpose 

of a proposed GSA rulemaking or a GSA 

regulation. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments by one of the 

methods shown below on or before 

March 23, 2015 to be considered in the 

formation of GSA’s updated 

recommendation to the Secretary of 

Energy. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to Notice–MG–2014–04 by any 

of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘Notice–MG–2014–04’’. 

Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘Notice–MG–2014– 

04’’. Follow the instructions provided 

on the screen. Please include your 

name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Notice–MG–2014–04’’ on your 

attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Email: bryan.steverson@gsa.gov. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), ATTN: Ms. Flowers, 1800 F 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Notice–MG–2014–04, in 

all correspondence related to this case. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. Visit http://

www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview for 

more information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bryan Steverson, Program Advisor, GSA 

Sustainability and Green Buildings, at 

telephone 202–501–6115 or email 

bryan.steverson@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request For Public Input: GSA is 

seeking public input on questions that 

arose during the Interagency Discussion 

Group meetings: 

1. GSA is seeking public input on 

what LEED v4 credits agencies should 

consider focusing on. In its 2013 

recommendations, GSA recommended 

that agencies should focus on achieving 

those credits or points that align with 

federal green building requirements. In 

discussions with the Interagency 

Discussion Group, agencies believed 


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that GSA should avoid making 

recommendations on specific credits 

agencies would be required to pursue if 

using LEED v4, and that any credit 

prioritization or requirement should be 

left up to the discretion of each 

department or agency. The Ad-hoc 

Discussion Group also believed GSA 

should develop guidance that maps 

LEED v4 credits to federal green 

building requirements in order to 

inform agencies as to those credits that 

agencies could achieve to determine 

conformance with federal green 

building requirements. 

2. While several agencies, GSA 

included, have had subject matter 

experts participate on technical 

committees and other advisory roles for 

green building certification systems in 

either their development or 

implementation, how else can the 

Federal Government better contribute 

and collaborate with green building 

certification system owners to ensure 

that the Federal Government’s voice is 

heard in both the system development 

process and in the overall effort to push 

the built-environment to be more 

sustainable? 

In order to improve future green 

building certification system reviews, 

GSA would like to seek public input on 

several questions on how to strengthen 

the analysis and improve GSA’s review 

process: 

3. While GSA believes its analysis 

provides a good source of information 

for other agencies and the public at 

large, GSA would like input on where 

GSA’s future certification system 

reviews could be stronger. In its 

supplemental analysis of LEED v4, GSA 

used the same criteria and methodology 

as it used in its 2012 green building 

certification system study. GSA had this 

analysis peer reviewed by other federal 

agencies, private sector high 

performance green building experts and 

notable members of academia as well as 

the U.S. Green Building Council. 

4. GSA is seeking public input on 

other ways to visually illustrate 

certification system alignment with 

Federal green building requirements. 

During the peer review process for 

GSA’s supplemental analysis of LEED 

v4, several peer reviewers suggested 

GSA should revisit how it visually 

illustrates certification system 

alignment with Federal green building 

requirements in Table 1 (page vii) and 

Table 3–1 (page 3–6) of the report 

(available at http://www.gsa.gov/

gbcertificationreview). The tables show 

several differently shaded circles that 

are defined as follows: 

Full Circle—Federal requirement met 

automatically because certification 

system includes prerequisite that fully 

aligns with the Federal requirement; 

Three-quarters circle—Certification 

system has a credit that meets the 

Federal requirement; 

Half-circle—Certification system has a 

credit that is related to, but not 

specifically aligned with, the Federal 

requirement; 

Empty circle—Federal requirement is 

not an identified component within the 

certification system. 

5. GSA is seeking comment on how 

GSA and the Federal Government can 

better carry out its responsibilities in 

Section 436(h) of EISA, and do so in 

‘‘real-time’’. During GSA’s 2012 review 

of green building certification systems, 

both Green Globes and LEED were in 

the process of being revised. GSA’s 

recommendation number five (from 

GSA’s October 25, 2013 letter to the 

Secretary of Energy) suggested that a 

process be established to keep current 

with revisions to green building 

certification systems and to review 

certification systems once they have 

been released to the public. While GSA 

still believes this process is critical in 

staying current with the evolving green 

building certification system 

marketplace, the reviews GSA conducts 

have proven to be time-consuming, and, 

in some cases, have overlapped with a 

release of a new version to a 

certification system not part of that 

current review. 

Background 

GSA is seeking public input on its 

analysis of LEED v4 and its alignment 

with Federal green building 

requirements. Section 436(h) of the 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

of 2007 (EISA, Pub. L. 110–140) requires 

the Director of GSA’s Office of Federal 

High-Performance Green Buildings to 

evaluate green building certification 

systems every five years and to identify 

a system and certification level that 

‘‘will be most likely to encourage a 

comprehensive and environmentally 

sound approach to the certification of 

green federal buildings’’. EISA requires 

the GSA Administrator to provide a 

recommendation to the Secretary of 

Energy, who then consults with the 

Secretary of Defense and the GSA 

Administrator, to identify the system(s) 

appropriate for use in the Federal sector. 

In October 2013, GSA recommended 

that agencies, if they choose to use a 

green building certification system, use 

one of two certification systems as best 

suited to agency missions and portfolio 

needs: The Green Building Initiative’s 

Green Globes and USGBC’s LEED 

v2009. GSA submitted additional 

recommendations on how the 

Government should stay involved with 

green building certification systems as 

they evolve over time, including the 

establishment of a process to keep 

current with revisions to green building 

certification systems. 

In November 2013, the USGBC 

released an updated version of LEED, 

LEED v4, for use in the marketplace. In 

keeping with its recommendation, GSA 

completed a supplemental review of 

LEED v4 in August 2014 and focused 

the analysis on LEED v4 BD+C: New 

Construction, LEED v4 O+M: Existing 

Buildings, and LEED v4 ID+C: 

Commercial Interiors. GSA considered 

this review a supplement to its previous 

2012 study (found at http://

www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview) and 

used the same criteria and methodology 

in its evaluation of LEED v4. While no 

recommendations are offered in the 

supplemental study, the analysis shows 

that LEED v4 aligns well with Federal 

green building requirements. For a copy 

of the analysis and associated 

appendices, please visit http://

www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview. 

In recognition that there was a high 

level of interest in the green building 

certification system review, both within 

and outside the Federal sector, GSA 

asked the Department of Energy (DOE) 

and the Department of Defense (DoD) to 

co-chair an Interagency Discussion 

Group to discuss the Federal 

Government’s use of LEED v4. The 

Interagency Discussion Group included 

representatives from major Federal real 

estate portfolio holders, including GSA, 

the DoD, the DOE, the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), the 

Department of State (DOS), the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), the Department of 

Interior (DOI), the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), and the 

Department of Justice (DOJ). The 

Interagency Discussion Group met two 

times in September and October 2014 to 

discuss the Federal Government’s 

potential use of LEED v4, credits within 

LEED v4 that agencies should focus on, 

and the need for guidance that maps 

LEED v4 credits to Federal green 

building requirements. 

It should be noted that on October 14, 

2014, the U.S. DOE published its final 

rule that formally identifies criteria that 

green building certification systems 

must meet in order to be used by the 

Federal Government. This GSA request 

for information is not for the purposes 

of that final rulemaking, but to inform 

GSA on its related responsibilities to 

study green building certification 

systems and recommend ones to the 

DOE that may fit within the framework 


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of the final rule. DOE’s final rule can be 

found at http://www.regulations.gov 

(docket number EE–RM/STD–02–112 or 

RIN number 1904–AC13). 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Kevin Kampschroer, 

Federal Director, Office of Federal HighPerformance Green Buildings, Office of 

Government-wide Policy, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–14–P 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Medicare Payment Advisory 

Commission Nominations 

AGENCY: Government Accountability 

Office (GAO). 

ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination. 

SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of 

1997 established the Medicare Payment 

Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and 

gave the Comptroller General 

responsibility for appointing its 

members. For appointments to MedPAC 

that will be effective May 1, 2015, I am 

announcing the following: Letters of 

nomination and resumes should be 

submitted by March 13, 2015 to ensure 

adequate opportunity for review and 

consideration of nominees prior to the 

appointment of new members. 

ADDRESSES: 

Email: MedPACappointments@

gao.gov 

Mail: U.S. GAO, Attn: MedPAC 

Appointments, 441 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20548 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

GAO Office of Public Affairs, (202) 512– 

4800. 

42 U.S.C. 1395b–6. 

Gene L. Dodaro, 

Comptroller General of the United States. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00759 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Public Meeting of the Presidential 

Commission for the Study of 

Bioethical Issues 

AGENCY: Presidential Commission for 

the Study of Bioethical Issues, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Health, 

Office of the Secretary, Department of 

Health and Human Services, 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Presidential Commission 

for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the 

Commission) will conduct its twentieth 

meeting on February 5–6, 2015. At this 

meeting, the Commission will conclude 

discussions related to the BRAIN 

Initiative and ongoing work in 

neuroscience, and begin discussions 

about the ethical considerations and 

implications of public health emergency 

response with a focus on the current 

Ebola virus disease epidemic. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Thursday, February 5, 2015, from 9 a.m. 

to approximately 5:30 p.m., and Friday, 

February 6, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 

approximately 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hamilton Crowne Plaza 

Hotel, 1001 14th St. NW., Washington, 

DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hillary Wicai Viers, Communications 

Director, Presidential Commission for 

the Study of Bioethical Issues, 1425 

New York Avenue NW., Suite C–100, 

Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: 

202–233–3960. Email: Hillary.Viers@

bioethics.gov. Additional information 

may be obtained at www.bioethics.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

of 1972, Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2, notice is hereby given of the 

twentieth meeting of the Commission. 

The meeting will be open to the public 

with attendance limited to space 

available. The meeting will also be 

webcast at www.bioethics.gov. 

Under authority of Executive Order 

13521, dated November 24, 2009, the 

President established the Commission. 

The Commission is an expert panel of 

not more than 13 members who are 

drawn from the fields of bioethics, 

science, medicine, technology, 

engineering, law, philosophy, theology, 

or other areas of the humanities or 

social sciences. The Commission 

advises the President on bioethical 

issues arising from advances in 

biomedicine and related areas of science 

and technology. The Commission seeks 

to identify and promote policies and 

practices that ensure scientific research, 

health care delivery, and technological 

innovation are conducted in a socially 

and ethically responsible manner. 

The main agenda items for the 

Commission’s twentieth meeting are to 

discuss the BRAIN Initiative and 

ongoing work in neuroscience, and the 

ethical considerations and implications 

of public health emergency response 

with a focus on the current Ebola virus 

disease epidemic. The draft meeting 

agenda and other information about the 

Commission, including information 

about access to the webcast, will be 

available at www.bioethics.gov. 

The Commission welcomes input 

from anyone wishing to provide public 

comment on any issue before it. 

Respectful debate of opposing views 

and active participation by citizens in 

public exchange of ideas enhances 

overall public understanding of the 

issues at hand and conclusions reached 

by the Commission. The Commission is 

particularly interested in receiving 

comments and questions during the 

meeting that are responsive to specific 

sessions. Written comments will be 

accepted at the registration desk and 

comment forms will be provided to 

members of the public in order to write 

down questions and comments for the 

Commission as they arise. To 

accommodate as many individuals as 

possible, the time for each question or 

comment may be limited. If the number 

of individuals wishing to pose a 

question or make a comment is greater 

than can reasonably be accommodated 

during the scheduled meeting, the 

Commission may make a random 

selection. 

Written comments will also be 

accepted in advance of the meeting and 

are especially welcome. Please address 

written comments by email to info@

bioethics.gov, or by mail to the 

following address: Public Commentary, 

Presidential Commission for the Study 

of Bioethical Issues, 1425 New York 

Avenue NW., Suite C–100, Washington, 

DC 20005. Comments will be made 

publicly available, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that they contain. 

Trade secrets should not be submitted. 

Anyone planning to attend the 

meeting who needs special assistance, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other reasonable accommodations, 

should notify Esther Yoo by telephone 

at (202) 233–3960, or email at 

Esther.Yoo@bioethics.gov in advance of 

the meeting. The Commission will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

who need special assistance. 

Dated: January 5, 2015. 

Lisa M. Lee, 

Executive Director, Presidential Commission 

for the Study of Bioethical Issues. 

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