[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38743-38744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15987]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005]
RIN 1904-AB57
Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document announces a reopening of the comment period for
15 days in order to consider comments previously submitted after the
close of the earlier comment period and to allow interested parties to
submit comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking to establish
energy conservation standards for battery chargers and external power
supplies.
DATES: Comments must be submitted no later than July 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the subject matter
(``Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Energy Conservation
Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies'') and
provide the appropriate docket number (EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005) and/or
RIN number (1904-AB57). Comments may be submitted using any of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: BC&EPS_ECS@ee.doe.gov. Include docket number EERE-
BT-STD-0005 and/or RIN number 1904-AB57 in the subject line of the
message.
Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Program, Mail-stop EE-2J, Notice of Propsed
Rulemaking to Establish Energy Conservation Standards for Battery
Chargers and External Power Supplies, docket number EERE-2008-BT-STD-
0005 and/or RIN number 1904-AB57, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please submit one signed paper original.
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. Please submit one
signed paper original.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Jeremy Dommu, 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) 586-9870. Email: Jeremy.Dommu @ee.doe.gov.
Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General
Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-8145. Email: Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov.
For information on how to submit or review public comments, 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: On March 27, 2012, the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NOPR) that would establish energy conservation standards
for battery chargers and amend those that currently apply to Class A
external power supplies (EPSs). (77 FR 18478) That notice also proposed
to establish standards for non-Class A EPSs and possible labeling
requirements for battery chargers and EPSs. The comment period for this
NOPR closed on May 29, 2012.
Recently, after the closing of the comment period, DOE has received
comments on this rulemaking from interested parties. These comments
submit additional information for DOE to consider as part of its
evaluation of potential standards for battery chargers and EPSs. In
order to consider comments previously submitted after the close of the
earlier comment period and to allow interested parties to submit
comments on the NOPR, DOE has determined that a re-opening of the
comment period in this rulemaking is appropriate and is hereby doing
so. DOE will consider any comments received between March 27, 2012 and
July 16, 2012 to be timely submitted.
Further Information on Submitting Comments
Under 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 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
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passage of time, and (7) why disclosure of the information would be
contrary to the public interest.
Issued in Washington, DC on June 25, 2012.
Kathleen Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-15987 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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