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it is not necessary to include printed
copies. No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be
accepted.
It is recommended that nominations
be submitted in electronic format via
email to asrac@ee.doe.gov. Submissions
submitted by mail are welcome, but may
be delayed in delivery due to the DOE
mail vetting procedures in place. For
submission by mail, please send to 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.
The
Committee will provide advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of
Energy on the DOE’s Appliance and
Equipment Standards Program’s test
procedures and rulemaking
determinations. The Committee’s scope
is to review and make recommendations
on the: (1) Development of minimum
efficiency standards for residential
appliances and commercial equipment,
(2) development of product test
procedures, (3) certification and
enforcement of standards, (4) labeling
for various residential products and
commercial equipment, and (5) specific
issues of concern to DOE as requested
by the Secretary of Energy, the Assistant
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, and the Buildings
Technologies Office’s Director.
To facilitate the functioning of the
Committee, working groups (i.e.,
subcommittees) may be formed with the
approval of the Department of Energy.
The objectives of the working groups are
to make recommendations to the parent
committee with respect to particular
matters related to the responsibilities of
the parent committee. Such working
groups may not work independently of
the chartered committee and must
report their recommendations and
advice to the full committee for full
deliberation and discussion.
Subcommittee members are appointed
with DOE approval.
DOE is hereby soliciting nominations
for members of the Appliance Standards
and Rulemaking Federal Advisory
Committee. The Committee is expected
to be continuing in nature. Members
will be selected with a view toward
achieving a balanced committee of
experts in fields relevant to energy
efficiency, appliance and commercial
equipment standards to include DOE, as
well as representatives of industry
(including manufacturers and trade
associations representing
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manufacturers, component
manufacturers and related suppliers,
and retailers), utilities, energy
efficiency/environmental advocacy
groups and consumers. Committee
members will serve for a term of three
years or less and may be reappointed for
successive terms, with no more than
two successive terms. Appointments
may be made in a manner that allows
the terms of the members serving at any
time to expire at spaced intervals, so as
to ensure continuity in the functioning
of the Committee. Some Committee
members may be appointed as special
Government employees, experts in
fields relevant to energy efficiency and
appliance and commercial equipment
standards; or as representatives of
industry (including manufacturers and
trade associations representing
manufacturers, component
manufacturers and related suppliers,
and retailers), utilities, energy
efficiency/environmental advocacy
groups and consumers. Special
Government employees will be subject
to certain ethical restrictions and such
members will be required to submit
certain information in connection with
the appointment process.
Members of the Committee will serve
without compensation; however, each
member may be reimbursed in
accordance with Federal Travel
Regulations for authorized travel and
per diem expenses incurred while
attending Committee meetings.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Qualified individuals can
self-nominate or be nominated by any
individual or organization. Nominators
should submit:
1. The nominee’s current resume or
curriculum vitae and contact
information, including mailing address,
email address, and telephone number;
2. A letter of interest, including a
summary of how the nominee’s
experience and expertise would support
the Committee’s objectives; and
3. An affirmative statement that: (a)
The nominee is not currently a
federally- registered lobbyist and will
not be a federally-registered lobbyist at
the time of appointment and during his/
her tenure as a Committee member, or
(b) if the nominee is currently a
federally- registered lobbyist, that the
nominee will no longer be a federallyregistered lobbyist at the time of
appointment to the Committee and
during his/her tenure as a member.
All nomination information should be
provided in a single, complete package
by the deadline specified in this notice.
Nominations packages should be
submitted by either mail or
electronically, but not by both methods.
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Should more information be needed,
DOE staff will contact the nominee,
obtain information from the nominee’s
past affiliations or obtain information
from publicly available sources, such as
the internet. A selection team will
review the nomination packages. This
team will be comprised of
representatives from several DOE
Offices. The selection team will seek
balanced viewpoints and consider many
criteria, including: (a) Scientific or
technical expertise, knowledge, and
experience; (b) stakeholder
representation; (c) availability and
willingness to serve; and (d) skills
working in committees, working groups
and advisory panels. The selection team
will make recommendations regarding
membership to the Secretary of Energy
for review and selection of Committee
members.
Nominations are open to all
individuals without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
mental or physical handicap, marital
status, or sexual orientation. To ensure
that recommendations to the Committee
take into account the needs of the
diverse groups served by DOE,
membership shall include, to the extent
practicable, individuals with
demonstrated ability to represent the
needs of women and men of all racial
and ethnic groups, and persons with
disabilities. Please note, however, that
Federally-registered lobbyists and
individuals already serving on another
Federal advisory committee are
ineligible for nomination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Cymbalsky by telephone at 202–287–
1692 or by email at asrac@ee.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30,
2014.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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Activities; OMB Responses
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) responses to Agency clearance
requests in compliance with the
SUMMARY:
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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Courtney Kerwin at (202) 566–1669 or
email at Kerwin.Courtney@epa.gov and
please refer to the appropriate EPA
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Number.
The OMB
control numbers for EPA regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR
chapter 15.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Responses to Agency Clearance
Requests
OMB Approvals
EPA ICR Number 2456.02;
Willingness to Pay for Improved Water
Quality in the Chesapeake Bay
(Revised); was approved on 04/11/2014;
OMB Number 2010–0043; expires on
09/30/2015; Approved with change.
EPA ICR Number 2405.01;
Underground Storage Tank: Information
Request Letters, Pacific Southwest
Region (Region IX) (New); 40 CFR part
280; was approved on 04/11/2014; OMB
Number 2050–0210; expires on 08/31/
2014; Approved.
EPA ICR Number 1230.29; Prevention
of Significant Deterioration and NonAttainment New Source Review
(Renewal); 40 CFR 51.160–51.164; 40
CFR 51.166; 40 CFR part 52.21; 40 CFR
51.165; 40 CFR part 51 Appendix S; 40
CFR 52.24; and 40 CFR 49.166–49.173
and 49.151–49.161; was approved on
04/02/2014; OMB Number 2060–0003;
expires on 04/30/2017; Approved with
change.
Dated: May 16, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collections Strategies
Division.
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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:
Request for Applications for Essential
Use Exemptions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is providing information about the
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process for submitting applications for
essential use exemptions. Essential use
exemptions are exceptions to the
phaseout of production and import of
controlled class I ozone-depleting
substances (ODS). Essential use
exemptions must be authorized by the
Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances That Deplete the Ozone
Layer and must be in accordance with
the Clean Air Act. Applications received
in accordance with this notice will be
considered as the basis for submitting
potential nominations for essential use
exemptions to future Meetings of the
Parties to the Montreal Protocol.
DATES: Applications for essential use
exemptions must be submitted to EPA
no later than September 30 of each year,
in order for the U.S. Government to
complete its consideration for
nomination to the United Nations
Environment Programme and the Parties
to the Montreal Protocol in a timely
manner.
ADDRESSES: Send application materials
to: Essential Use Exemption
Coordinator, Stratospheric Protection
Division (6205J), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Confidentiality: Application materials
that are confidential should be
submitted under separate cover and be
clearly identified as ‘‘confidential
business information.’’ Information
covered by a claim of business
confidentiality will be treated in
accordance with the procedures for
handling information claimed as
confidential under 40 CFR part 2,
subpart B, and will be disclosed only to
the extent and by means of the
procedures set forth in that subpart. If
no claim of confidentiality accompanies
the information when it is received by
EPA, the information may be made
available to the public by EPA without
further notice to the company (40 CFR
2.203).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremy Arling at the addresses above, by
telephone at (202) 343–9055, or by
email at arling.jeremy@epa.gov.
Information about essential uses may be
obtained from EPA’s stratospheric
protection Web site at www.epa.gov/
ozone/title6/exemptions/essential.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Essential Use
Exemption
The Parties to the Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer (Montreal Protocol) agreed during
the Fourth Meeting in Copenhagen in
1992 that non-Article 5 Parties
(developed countries) would phase out
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the production and consumption of
halons by January 1, 1994, and phase
out the production and consumption of
other substances referred to under the
Clean Air Act as class I substances,
except methyl bromide, by January 1,
1996. The control measures for many of
these substances, however, allow
exemptions from the phaseout ‘‘to the
extent the Parties decide to permit the
level of production or consumption that
is necessary to satisfy uses agreed by
them to be essential.’’ See, e.g. art. 2A
para 4. The Parties also decided on the
criteria to be used for allowing
‘‘essential use’’ exemptions from the
phaseout of production and import of
controlled substances. Decision IV/25 of
the Fourth Meeting of the Parties details
the specific criteria and review process
for granting essential use exemptions.
Paragraph 1(a) of Decision IV/25
states that ‘‘use of a controlled
substance should qualify as ‘essential’
only if: (i) It is necessary for the health,
safety or is critical for the functioning of
society (encompassing cultural and
intellectual aspects); and (ii) there are
no available technically and
economically feasible alternatives or
substitutes that are acceptable from the
standpoint of environment and health.’’
In addition, Paragraph 1(b) of Decision
IV/25 states that ‘‘production and
consumption, if any, of a controlled
substance, for essential uses should be
permitted only if: (i) All economically
feasible steps have been taken to
minimize the essential use and any
associated emission of the controlled
substance; and (ii) the controlled
substance is not available in sufficient
quantity and quality from the existing
stocks of banked or recycled controlled
substances . . .’’
The Clean Air Act in section 604
contemplates exemptions from the
phaseout of Class I controlled
substances in the United States,
including exemptions for essential
uses.1 The Clean Air Act sets sunset
dates for three of these uses that are now
in the past: (1) Methyl chloroform use
generally (ending January 1, 2005); (2)
halons for fire suppression and
explosion prevention generally (ending
December 31, 1999); and (3) halons for
fire suppression and explosion
prevention for oil production on the
North Slope of Alaska (ending
December 31, 2004). Two other uses do
not have statutory sunset dates: (1) Class
I substances for medical devices (section
604(d)(2)), and (2) halons for aviation
safety (section 604(d)(3)). Each of these
1 This notice does not address all exemptions in
section 604 such as the exemptions for critical uses,
sanitation and food protection, or national security.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests in compliance with the
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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney Kerwin at (202) 566-1669 or
email at Kerwin.Courtney@epa.gov and please refer to the appropriate
EPA Information Collection Request (ICR) Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB control numbers for EPA regulations
are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
OMB Responses to Agency Clearance Requests
OMB Approvals
EPA ICR Number 2456.02; Willingness to Pay for Improved Water
Quality in the Chesapeake Bay (Revised); was approved on 04/11/2014;
OMB Number 2010-0043; expires on 09/30/2015; Approved with change.
EPA ICR Number 2405.01; Underground Storage Tank: Information
Request Letters, Pacific Southwest Region (Region IX) (New); 40 CFR
part 280; was approved on 04/11/2014; OMB Number 2050-0210; expires on
08/31/2014; Approved.
EPA ICR Number 1230.29; Prevention of Significant Deterioration and
Non-Attainment New Source Review (Renewal); 40 CFR 51.160-51.164; 40
CFR 51.166; 40 CFR part 52.21; 40 CFR 51.165; 40 CFR part 51 Appendix
S; 40 CFR 52.24; and 40 CFR 49.166-49.173 and 49.151-49.161; was
approved on 04/02/2014; OMB Number 2060-0003; expires on 04/30/2017;
Approved with change.
Dated: May 16, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collections Strategies Division.
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