[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8998-8999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02755]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket No. EERE-2012-BT-DET-0033]
RIN 1904-AC83
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination of
Commercial and Industrial Compressors as Covered Equipment
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the period for submitting comments
to the notice of proposed determination, published December 31, 2012,
about commercial and industrial compressors is reopening to February
28, 2013.
DATES: The Department of Energy will accept comments, data, and
information about the notice of proposed determination, but no later
than February 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket
number EERE-2012-BT-DET-0033 or RIN 1904-AC83, by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Include EERE-2012-BT-DET-0033 and/or RIN 1904-AC83 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.
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Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite
600, Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed original paper
copy.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number or RIN for this rulemaking.
Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting
documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://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.
A link to the docket Web page can be found at: http://www.regulations.gov docket no. EERE-2012-BT-DET-0033. This Web page
contains a link to the docket for this notice on the http://www.regulations.gov site that contains instructions on how to access
all documents, including public comments, in the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Raba, 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) 586-8654. Email: [email protected].
In the Office of General Counsel, contact Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-71, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586-
7796. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2012, the Department of
Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register (77 FR 76972) a notice
of proposed determination that commercial and industrial compressors
meet the criteria for covered equipment under Part A-1 of Title III of
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended. The proposed
determination provided for the submission of comments no later than
January 30, 2013. On January 24, 2013, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
requested an extension of the deadline to provide its comments. EEI
raised concerns about the proposed definition of the term
``compressor'' and the scope of proposed coverage for commercial and
industrial compressors. To allow sufficient time for review of such
public notice and thereby enable EEI to provide meaningful comments in
response to the proposed coverage determination for commercial and
industrial compressors, it requested an extension of the comment
period.
In view of the EEI request on January 24 and public notice of the
availability of the Energy Conservation Standards Rulemaking Framework
Document for Commercial and Industrial Pumps on January 25, 2013, at
www.regulations.gov, docket identifier EERE-2011-BT-STD-0031-0013; and
thereafter on January 28, 2013, the public notice of the availability
of the Energy Conservation Standards Rulemaking Framework for
Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers, at www.regulations.gov,
docket identifier EERE-2013-BT-STD-0006-0001, DOE has determined that a
reopening of the public comment period is appropriate based on the
foregoing reasons and is hereby reopening the comment period for its
proposed determination for commercial and industrial compressors as
covered equipment. DOE will consider any comments received by February
28, 2013 and deems any comments received between January 30, 2013 and
February 28, 2013 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 passage of time, and (7) why
disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2013.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
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