[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5001-5002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2181]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
[Case No. VHE-001]
Publication of the Petition for Waiver From Empire Comfort
Systems From the Department of Energy Vented Home Heating Equipment
Test Procedure
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of re-opening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 3, 2011, DOE published the Empire Comfort Systems
Inc. (Empire) petition for waiver from the vented home heating
equipment test procedure. This document announces that the period for
submitting comments on the Empire petition for waiver is re-opened
until March 2, 2012.
DATES: The comment period for the Empire petition for waiver, published
on November 3, 2011 (76 FR 68180), is reopened. DOE will accept
comments, data, and information regarding the petition for waiver
received no later than March 2, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the Empire Comfort
Systems Inc. petition for waiver, and provide case number VHE-001.
Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected] Include the case
number [Case No. VHE-001] 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. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. Please
submit one signed original paper copy.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department
of Energy,
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Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed original paper copy.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, visit the U.S. Department of Energy, Resource Room
of the Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda
Edwards at the above telephone number for additional information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mail Stop EE-2J,
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9611. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 3, 2011, DOE published the
Empire petition for waiver from the vented home heating equipment test
procedure in the Federal Register (76 FR 68180). The notice provided
for the submission of comments by December 5, 2011. To provide all
manufacturers of domestically marketed units of the same product type
additional time to submit comments subsequent to notification that the
Petition for Waiver was published in the Federal Register, DOE has
determined that re-opening of the public comment period is appropriate
and is hereby re-opening the comment period. DOE will consider any
comments received by March 2, 2012 and deems any comments received
between February 1, 2012 and March 2, 2012 to be timely submitted.
Further Information on Submitting Comments
Under 10 CFR part 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 about 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) when such information might lose its
confidential character due to the passage of time, and (7) why
disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-2181 Filed 1-31-12; 8:45 am]
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