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§ 3201.85 Packing and insulating
materials.
(a) Definition. Pre-formed and molded
materials that are used to hold package
contents in place during shipping or for
insulating and sound proofing
applications.
(b) Minimum biobased content. The
Federal preferred procurement product
must have a minimum biobased content
of at least 74 percent, which shall be
based on the amount of qualifying
biobased carbon in the product as a
percent of the weight (mass) of the total
organic carbon in the finished product.
(c) Preference compliance date. No
later than April 4, 2013, procuring
agencies, in accordance with this part,
will give a procurement preference for
qualifying biobased packing and
insulating materials. By that date,
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Federal agencies that have the
responsibility for drafting or reviewing
specifications for products to be
procured shall ensure that the relevant
specifications require the use of
biobased packing and insulating
materials.
§ 3201.86 Pneumatic equipment
lubricants.
(a) Definition. Lubricants designed
specifically for pneumatic equipment,
including air compressors, vacuum
pumps, in-line lubricators, rock drills,
jackhammers, etc.
(b) Minimum biobased content. The
Federal preferred procurement product
must have a minimum biobased content
of at least 67 percent, which shall be
based on the amount of qualifying
biobased carbon in the product as a
percent of the weight (mass) of the total
organic carbon in the finished product.
(c) Preference compliance date. No
later than April 4, 2013, procuring
agencies, in accordance with this part,
will give a procurement preference for
qualifying biobased pneumatic
equipment lubricants. By that date,
Federal agencies that have the
responsibility for drafting or reviewing
specifications for products to be
procured shall ensure that the relevant
specifications require the use of
biobased pneumatic equipment
lubricants.
(d) Determining overlap with an EPAdesignated recovered content product.
Qualifying products within this item
may overlap with the EPA-designated
recovered content product: Vehicular
Products—re-refined lubricating oils.
USDA is requesting that manufacturers
of these qualifying biobased products
provide information on the USDA Web
site of qualifying biobased products
about the intended uses of the product,
information on whether or not the
product contains any recovered
material, in addition to biobased
ingredients, and performance standards
against which the product has been
tested. This information will assist
Federal agencies in determining
whether or not a qualifying biobased
product overlaps with EPA-designated
re-refined lubricating oil products and
which product should be afforded the
preference in purchasing.
Note to paragraph (d): Biobased pneumatic
equipment lubricants within this designated
product category can compete with similar
re-refined lubricating oil products with
recycled content. Under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,
section 6002, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency designated re-refined
lubricating oil products containing recovered
materials as products for which Federal
agencies must give preference in their
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purchasing programs. The designation can be
found in the Comprehensive Procurement
Guideline, 40 CFR 247.17.
§ 3201.87
Wood and concrete stains.
(a) Definition. Products that are
designed to be applied as a finish for
concrete and wood surfaces and that
contain dyes or pigments to change the
color without concealing the grain
pattern or surface texture.
(b) Minimum biobased content. The
Federal preferred procurement product
must have a minimum biobased content
of at least 39 percent, which shall be
based on the amount of qualifying
biobased carbon in the product as a
percent of the weight (mass) of the total
organic carbon in the finished product.
(c) Preference compliance date. No
later than April 4, 2013, procuring
agencies, in accordance with this part,
will give a procurement preference for
qualifying biobased wood and concrete
stains. By that date, Federal agencies
that have the responsibility for drafting
or reviewing specifications for products
to be procured shall ensure that the
relevant specifications require the use of
biobased wood and concrete stains.
Dated: March 28, 2012.
Pearlie S. Reed,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number EERE–2010–BT–TP–0021]
RIN 1904–AC08
Energy Conservation Program: Test
Procedures for Residential Clothes
Washers; Correction
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is correcting a final rule
establishing revised test procedures for
residential clothes washers, published
in the Federal Register on March 7,
2012, and applicable as of April 6, 2012.
DOE erroneously omitted regulatory
language to remove the obsolete
parenthetical note from the water factor
calculation section of the currently
applicable test procedure.
DATES: Effective: April 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Witkowski, U.S. Department
SUMMARY:
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of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE–2J, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–7463. Email:
Stephen.Witkowski@ee.doe.gov.
Elizabeth Kohl, Esq., U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of General Counsel,
GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–7796. Email:
Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov.
DOE
published new and amended test
procedures for residential clothes
washers on March 7, 2012 (hereafter, the
‘‘March 2012 final rule’’). 77 FR 13888.
The current test procedure is codified at
appendix J1 in 10 CFR part 430 subpart
B (hereafter, ‘‘appendix J1’’). The March
2012 final rule amended certain
provisions in appendix J1 and also
established new clothes washer test
procedures, codified in a new appendix
J2. Residential clothes washer
manufacturers must continue to use
appendix J1 to determine compliance of
their products with energy conservation
standards until the compliance date of
any amended standards.
In the preamble to the March 2012
final rule, DOE described its intention to
remove an obsolete parenthetical note in
section 4.2 of appendix J1, which states
that the water factor calculations need
not be performed to determine
compliance with the energy
conservation standards for clothes
washers. The Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007)
amended the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291, et
seq.) by establishing a water factor
standard for top-loading and frontloading standard-size residential clothes
washers manufactured on or after
January 1, 2011 (42 U.S.C.
6295(g)(9)(A)(ii)); accordingly, this
parenthetical note is now obsolete. The
calculations in section 4.2 must be
performed to determine compliance
with energy conservation standards for
these clothes washers. In the March
2012 final rule, DOE erroneously
omitted regulatory language to remove
the obsolete parenthetical note from the
water factor calculation section of
appendix J1. This final rule corrects
section 4.2 of appendix J1 to remove
this obsolete note.
In FR Doc. 2012–4819 appearing on
page 13888 in the Federal Register of
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the
following corrections are made:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Appendix J1 [Corrected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1. On page 13937, correct amendatory
instruction 7.m. to read as follows:
■ m. Revising section 4.2 introductory
text;
■ 2. On page 13938, third column,
before 4.2.3, add the following text:
■ 4.2 Water consumption of clothes
washers.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29,
2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012–8073 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am]
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Small Business Investment
Companies—Conflicts of Interest and
Investment of Idle Funds
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Small Business
Administration is revising a rule which
prohibits a small business investment
company (SBIC) from providing
financing to an Associate, as defined in
the rules, unless it first obtains a
conflict of interest exemption from SBA.
The revision eliminates the requirement
for an exemption in the case of a followon investment in a small business
concern by an SBIC and an Associate
investment fund, where both parties
invested previously on the same terms
and conditions and where the follow-on
investment would also be on the same
terms and conditions as well as in the
same proportions. In addition, this rule
implements two provisions of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, as
amended. First, it brings the public
notice requirement for conflict of
interest transactions into conformity
with statutory requirements. Second, it
expands the types of investments an
SBIC is permitted to make with its ‘‘idle
funds’’ (cash that is not immediately
needed for fund operations or
investments in small business
concerns). Finally, the rule makes two
technical corrections: Removing an
outdated cross-reference; and
eliminating a section that exactly
duplicates a provision found elsewhere
in part 107.
DATES: This rule is effective May 4,
2012.
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Carol Fendler, Office of Investment,
(202) 205–7559 or sbic@sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 14, 2010, SBA published a
proposed rule (75 FR 63110) to: (1)
Remove the requirement for an SBIC to
obtain a conflict of interest exemption
from SBA for certain follow-on
financings; (2) revise the public notice
requirements for conflict of interest
financings to conform with statutory
requirements under the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958, as amended
(SBI Act); and (3) expand the types of
investments an SBIC is permitted to
make with its ‘‘idle funds’’, in
conformity with the SBI Act. The rule
also included two non-substantive
technical corrections.
SBA received no relevant comments
on the proposed rule, which is being
finalized without change. SBA’s sectionby-section explanation of the proposed
regulatory changes, all of which have
been implemented in this final rule, is
repeated here as a convenience to the
reader.
Section 107.730—Financings which
constitute conflicts of interest. The SBI
Act authorizes SBA to adopt regulations
to govern transactions that may
constitute a conflict of interest and
which may be detrimental to small
business concerns, small business
investment companies, their investors,
or SBA. Accordingly, SBA promulgated
13 CFR 107.730, which generally
prohibits financing transactions that
involve a conflict of interest, unless the
SBIC obtains a prior written exemption
from SBA. The most common type of
transaction requiring an exemption is
‘‘financing an Associate.’’ Associates of
an SBIC, as defined in § 107.50,
encompass a broad range of related
parties based on business, economic and
family ties, both direct and indirect.
In addition to identifying transactions
requiring a conflict of interest
exemption, § 107.730 sets forth the
circumstances under which an SBIC is
permitted to co-invest with its
Associates. The primary purpose of
these provisions is to ensure that the
terms of such co-investments are ‘‘fair
and equitable’’ to the SBIC, i.e. that the
SBIC is not being disadvantaged relative
to an Associate. The co-investment rules
include a number of ‘‘safe harbor’’
provisions under which the transaction
is presumed to be fair and equitable to
the SBIC; one of these safe harbors
covers financings where the SBIC and
its Associate invest at the same time and
on the same terms and conditions. SBIC
managers frequently seek to rely on this
provision because they are involved in
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number EERE-2010-BT-TP-0021]
RIN 1904-AC08
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Residential
Clothes Washers; Correction
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is correcting a final rule
establishing revised test procedures for residential clothes washers,
published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2012, and applicable as
of April 6, 2012. DOE erroneously omitted regulatory language to remove
the obsolete parenthetical note from the water factor calculation
section of the currently applicable test procedure.
DATES: Effective: April 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Witkowski, U.S. Department
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of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7463. Email:
Stephen.Witkowski@ee.doe.gov.
Elizabeth Kohl, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7796. Email: Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE published new and amended test
procedures for residential clothes washers on March 7, 2012 (hereafter,
the ``March 2012 final rule''). 77 FR 13888. The current test procedure
is codified at appendix J1 in 10 CFR part 430 subpart B (hereafter,
``appendix J1''). The March 2012 final rule amended certain provisions
in appendix J1 and also established new clothes washer test procedures,
codified in a new appendix J2. Residential clothes washer manufacturers
must continue to use appendix J1 to determine compliance of their
products with energy conservation standards until the compliance date
of any amended standards.
In the preamble to the March 2012 final rule, DOE described its
intention to remove an obsolete parenthetical note in section 4.2 of
appendix J1, which states that the water factor calculations need not
be performed to determine compliance with the energy conservation
standards for clothes washers. The Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (EISA 2007) amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6291, et seq.) by establishing a water factor standard for top-
loading and front-loading standard-size residential clothes washers
manufactured on or after January 1, 2011 (42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(9)(A)(ii));
accordingly, this parenthetical note is now obsolete. The calculations
in section 4.2 must be performed to determine compliance with energy
conservation standards for these clothes washers. In the March 2012
final rule, DOE erroneously omitted regulatory language to remove the
obsolete parenthetical note from the water factor calculation section
of appendix J1. This final rule corrects section 4.2 of appendix J1 to
remove this obsolete note.
In FR Doc. 2012-4819 appearing on page 13888 in the Federal
Register of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the following corrections are
made:
Appendix J1 [Corrected]
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1. On page 13937, correct amendatory instruction 7.m. to read as
follows:
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m. Revising section 4.2 introductory text;
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2. On page 13938, third column, before 4.2.3, add the following text:
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4.2 Water consumption of clothes washers.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-8073 Filed 4-3-12; 8:45 am]
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