[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41102-41103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17213]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0003]
RIN 1904-AC19
Energy Conservation Program: Re-Opening of the Public Comment
Period for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Proposed rule: Re-opening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On May 6, 2010, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) published
a Notice of Public Meeting (NOPM) in the Federal Register to announce
the availability of the framework document for commercial refrigeration
equipment and provide notice of a public meeting. The NOPM provided for
the submission
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of comments by June 7, 2010, and comments were also accepted at a
public meeting held on May 18, 2010. This document announces that the
period for submitting comments on the framework document for commercial
refrigeration equipment is to be re-opened from July 15, 2010 to July
30, 2010.
DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the
framework document for commercial refrigeration equipment received
between July 15, 2010 and July 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the framework document
for commercial refrigeration equipment, and provide docket number EERE-
2010-BT-STD-0003 and/or RIN number 1904-AC19. Comments may be submitted
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket
number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0003 and/or RIN 1904-AC19 in the subject line
of the message. Submit electronic comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft
Word, PDF, or ASCII file format and avoid the use of special characters
or any form of encryption.
Postal 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, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 6th
Floor, 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
regarding visiting the Resource Room. Please note: DOE's Freedom of
Information Reading Room (Room 1E-190 at the Forrestal Building) no
longer houses rulemaking materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Llenza, 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) 586-2192. E-mail: [email protected].
Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General
Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121, (202) 586-8145, [email protected]; or Ms. Elizabeth Kohl,
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-71, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-7796,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6, 2010, DOE published a NOPM in the
Federal Register (75 FR 24824) to announce the availability of the
framework document for commercial refrigeration equipment and provide
notice of a public meeting. The NOPM provided for the submission of
comments by June 7, 2010, and comments were also accepted at a public
meeting held on May 18, 2010. The People's Republic of China submitted
a request for DOE to extend the comment period to allow additional time
for review of the documents and the submission of comments. DOE has
determined that an extension of the public comment period is
appropriate as a result of this comment and is hereby extending the
comment period. DOE will consider any comments received between July
15, 2010 and July 30, 2010 and deems any comments received between
publication of the NOPM on May 6, 2010 and July 30, 2010 to be timely
submitted.
Further Information on Submitting Comments
Under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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 July 8, 2010.
Cathy Zoi,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2010-17213 Filed 7-14-10; 8:45 am]
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