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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
of December 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Thaggard,
Deputy Director, Division of Security Policy,
Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Parts 429 and 430
[Docket Number EERE–2010–BT–STD–
0011]
RIN 1904–AC22
Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for
Residential Furnace Fans
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of extension of public
comment period.
AGENCY:
On October 25, 2013, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) published
a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR)
regarding energy conservation standards
for residential furnace fans, with a
comment period that was scheduled to
close December 24, 2013. This
document announces an extension of
the time period for submitting
comments on the NOPR. The comment
period is extended 30 days.
DATES: The comment period for the
NOPR regarding energy conservation
standards for residential furnace fans
published on October 25, 2013 (78 FR
64067) is extended to January 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted
must identify the NOPR for Energy
Conservation Standards for Residential
Furnace Fans, and provide docket
number EERE–2010–BT–STD–0011
and/or regulatory information number
(RIN) 1904–AC22. Comments may be
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submitted using any of the following
methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: FurnFans-2010–STD–0011@
ee.doe.gov. Include the docket number
and/or RIN in the subject line of the
message. Submit electronic comments
in Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, PDF,
or ASCII file format, and avoid the use
of special characters or any form of
encryption.
3. Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards,
U.S. Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121. If
possible, please submit all items on a
compact disc (CD), in which case it is
not necessary to include printed copies.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda
Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Office, 950
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20024.
Telephone: (202) 586–2945. If
possible, please submit all items on a
CD, in which case it is not necessary to
include printed copies.
Written comments regarding the
burden-hour estimates or other aspects
of the collection-of-information
requirements contained in this proposed
rule may be submitted to Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy through the methods listed
above and by email to Chad_S._
Whiteman@omb.eop.gov.
Docket: The docket is available for
review at www.regu lations.gov,
including Federal Register notices,
framework documents, public meeting
attendee lists and transcripts,
comments, and other supporting
documents/materials. All documents in
the docket are listed in the
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: https://www1.eere.energy.gov/
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buildings/appliance_standards/
rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/41. This Web
page contains a link to the docket for
this notice on the www.regulations.gov
site. The www.regulations.gov Web page
contains simple instructions on how to
access all documents, including public
comments, in the docket.
For information on how to submit a
comment or review other public
comments and the docket, contact Ms.
Brenda Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by
email: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ronald Majette, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC, 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–7935. Email:
residential_furnace_fans@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Kavita Vaidyanathan, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC–71, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC, 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–0669. Email:
Kavita.Vaidyanathan@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 25, 2013, DOE published a
NOPR in the Federal Register (78 FR
64067) to make available and invite
comments on the proposed rule
regarding energy conservation standards
for residential furnace fans. That notice
set a deadline for the submission of
written comment by December 24, 2013,
and comments were also accepted at a
public meeting held at DOE
Headquarters on December 3, 2013.
Several stakeholders requested an
extension of the comment period. These
stakeholders stated the additional time
is necessary for interested parties to
consider and respond to the proposed
rule and public meeting presentation, in
order to submit meaningful and useful
comments.
After careful consideration of the
multiple requests for more time to
develop comments, DOE has
determined that an extension of the
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public comment period is appropriate
and in the public interest based on the
foregoing reasoning. Accordingly, DOE
is hereby extending the comment period
and will consider any comments
received by January 23, 2014.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
18, 2013.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2013–30726 Filed 12–23–13; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
12 CFR Part 701
RIN 3133–AE34
Requirements for Contacts with
Federal Credit Unions
National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The NCUA Board (Board)
proposes to amend part 701 of its
regulations to require examinations and
other contacts between NCUA staff and
staff or officials of a federal credit union
(FCU) occur in an FCU’s business
offices or other public location. This
does not include a private residence.
The proposal also would require
affected FCUs to bring to the meeting
site any records or materials NCUA staff
requests, and to maintain at least one
method for members and NCUA staff to
contact the credit union. These
requirements would apply upon the
effective date of a final rule.
Additionally, the proposal would
require all FCUs to obtain and maintain
a business office, not located on the
premises of a private residence address,
no later than two years following the
effective date of a final rule.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (Please
send comments by one method only):
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• NCUA Web site: https://
www.ncua.gov/Legal/Regs/Pages/
PropRegs.aspx. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Email: Address to
regcomments@ncua.gov. Include ‘‘[Your
name]—Comments on Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking for Part 701’’ in
the email subject line.
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• Fax: (703) 518–6319. Use the
subject line described above for email.
• Mail: Address to Gerard Poliquin,
Secretary of the Board, National Credit
Union Administration, 1775 Duke
Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314–
3428.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
mail address.
Public Inspection: You may view all
public comments, as submitted, on
NCUA’s Web site at https://
www.ncua.gov/Legal/Regs/Pages/
PropRegs.aspx, except those we cannot
post for technical reasons. NCUA will
not edit or remove identifying or contact
information from the public comments
submitted. You may inspect paper
copies of comments in NCUA’s law
library at 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314, by appointment
weekdays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. To
make an appointment, call (703) 518–
6546 or send an email to
OGCMail@ncua.gov.
Elizabeth Wirick, Staff Attorney, Office
of General Counsel, at the above address
or by telephone: (703) 518–6540.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Summary of the Proposed Rule
III. Regulatory Procedures
1. NCUA Authority to Regulate Settings
of FCU Examinations and Other On-Site
Contacts, Require Production of
Records, and Regulate Operating
Conditions of FCUs
The Federal Credit Union Act (Act)
requires FCUs to ‘‘make financial
reports to it [the NCUA Board] as and
when it may require’’ and requires FCUs
to make ‘‘books and records accessible
to’’ NCUA for examination purposes.1
Likewise, federally insured, statechartered credit unions must make
‘‘reports of condition . . . in such form
. . . as the Board may require.2 Under
this authority, the Board requires all
insured credit unions to file quarterly
call reports.3
The Act also requires and authorizes
the Board to appoint examiners to
examine any insured credit union to
determine the credit union’s condition.4
NCUA examiners often review and
verify the information credit unions
submit in their call reports through onsite examinations. Specialized NCUA
staff, such as problem case officers, also
U.S.C. 1756.
1782(a)(1).
3 12 CFR 741.6.
4 12 U.S.C. 1784.
2 Id.
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2. NCUA Authority To Direct Conditions
of Work for NCUA Employees
The Act grants the Board authority to
‘‘direct employees of the Board’’ 5 and
‘‘define their duties.’’ 6 Most of NCUA’s
1,260 employees are credit union
examiners who work on-site at credit
union locations, performing
examinations and other types of
reviews. By requiring that all
examinations and other on-site contacts
between NCUA staff and FCU officials
occur in business offices or other public
locations, the proposal ensures that
examinations and other FCU contacts
occur in a professional and safe setting.
3. Home-Based Credit Unions
I. Background
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visit credit unions to address issues
identified in the examination process.
In addition to the Board’s statutory
responsibilities to obtain financial
reports and conduct examinations of
insured credit unions, the Act gives the
Board general authority to adopt
regulations related to the oversight of
FCUs. Taken together, these powers give
the Board the authority to specify the
location and other conditions of
examinations and other on-site contacts
with FCUs, as well as to require FCUs
to conduct business in a commercial
setting rather than in a home.
In the early days of credit union
organizing, it was common for a credit
union to operate out of the home of one
of its officials. As credit unions grew,
however, most added offices either at a
sponsor’s location or in another
commercial setting. NCUA has
identified approximately 95 remaining
home-based, federally insured credit
unions. These are credit unions
operated out of a home or on the
premises of a home address, such as in
a garage, sunroom, or basement
apartment. Eighty-one of these are
FCUs, with assets ranging from $34,000
to $12,000,000. Most of these FCUs are
very small; 34 have assets below
$1,000,000 and 38 have assets between
$1,000,000 and $5,000,000.7
More recently, NCUA has encouraged
examiners and other staff to arrange
meetings with officials of home-based
FCUs in public places, such as libraries
or hotel conference rooms. NCUA did
not, however, prohibit staff from
meeting with an FCU official at a private
5 Id.
1766(j)(1).
1789(a)(4).
7 The 14 federally insured, state-chartered, homebased credit unions have assets ranging from
$115,000 to nearly $11,000,000. The state-chartered,
home-based credit unions are located in nine states
as follows: Kansas has five, Utah has two, and
Alabama, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Vermont each have one.
6 Id.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Parts 429 and 430
[Docket Number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0011]
RIN 1904-AC22
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for Residential Furnace Fans
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) regarding energy
conservation standards for residential furnace fans, with a comment
period that was scheduled to close December 24, 2013. This document
announces an extension of the time period for submitting comments on
the NOPR. The comment period is extended 30 days.
DATES: The comment period for the NOPR regarding energy conservation
standards for residential furnace fans published on October 25, 2013
(78 FR 64067) is extended to January 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the NOPR for Energy
Conservation Standards for Residential Furnace Fans, and provide docket
number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0011 and/or regulatory information number (RIN)
1904-AC22. Comments may be submitted using any of the following
methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: FurnFans-2010-STD-0011@ee.doe.gov. Include the docket
number and/or RIN in the subject line of the message. Submit electronic
comments in Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file format,
and avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption.
3. Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on
a compact disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to include
printed copies.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Office, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite
600, Washington, DC 20024.
Telephone: (202) 586-2945. If possible, please submit all items on
a CD, in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies.
Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other
aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this
proposed rule may be submitted to Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy through the methods listed above and by email to
Chad_S._Whiteman@omb.eop.gov.
Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regu lations.gov,
including Federal Register notices, framework documents, public meeting
attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting
documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the
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: https://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/41. This Web page contains a link to the docket for this notice
on the www.regulations.gov site. The www.regulations.gov Web page
contains simple instructions on how to access all documents, including
public comments, in the docket.
For information on how to submit a comment or review other public
comments and the docket, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945
or by email: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald Majette, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Office, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC, 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7935. Email: residential_furnace_fans@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Kavita Vaidyanathan, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC,
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-0669. Email:
Kavita.Vaidyanathan@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2013, DOE published a NOPR in
the Federal Register (78 FR 64067) to make available and invite
comments on the proposed rule regarding energy conservation standards
for residential furnace fans. That notice set a deadline for the
submission of written comment by December 24, 2013, and comments were
also accepted at a public meeting held at DOE Headquarters on December
3, 2013. Several stakeholders requested an extension of the comment
period. These stakeholders stated the additional time is necessary for
interested parties to consider and respond to the proposed rule and
public meeting presentation, in order to submit meaningful and useful
comments.
After careful consideration of the multiple requests for more time
to develop comments, DOE has determined that an extension of the
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public comment period is appropriate and in the public interest based
on the foregoing reasoning. Accordingly, DOE is hereby extending the
comment period and will consider any comments received by January 23,
2014.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2013.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2013-30726 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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