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[NRC–2023–0085]
RIN 3150–AK99
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Casks: NAC International, Inc.
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Through 9
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
31, 2023 (88 FR 49267), the NRC
published a direct final rule amending
its regulations in part 72 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations to
include Amendment Nos. 11 and 12 and
revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 through
9 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031.
Amendment No. 11 revises the
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concrete cask, transfer cask, fuel baskets
and revised contents. Amendment No.
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and provides alternate fabrication
criteria and techniques for the concrete
cask lid. Amendment No. 12 and
revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 through
9 add definitions for the storage cask
and concrete cask lid, revise the
definition of the concrete cask, and
provide alternate fabrication criteria and
techniques for the concrete cask lid to
the certificate of compliance.
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated
that if no significant adverse comments
were received, the direct final rule
would become effective on October 16,
2023. The NRC did not receive any
comments on the direct final rule.
Therefore, this direct final rule will
become effective as scheduled.
Dated: September 13, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking
Support Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[EERE–2013–BT–STD–0030]
RIN 1904–AB86
Energy Conservation Program: Energy
Conservation Standards for
Commercial Packaged Boilers
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; technical
amendment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) is amending its standards for
commercial packaged boilers (CPB) in
compliance with a United States Court
of Appeals for the District Court of
Columbia Circuit court decision
vacating the January 10, 2020 rule that
amended standards for CPB.
DATES: This action is effective on
September 19, 2023. However, the
opinion had legal effect on August 28,
2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Julia Hegarty, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
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Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE–5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (240) 597–
6737. Email: Julia Hegarty@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–2588. Email:
Amelia.Whiting@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of
1975 (EPCA), as amended, requires DOE
to, among other things, periodically
consider whether amended energy
conservation standards for commercial
packaged boilers are warranted. On
January 10, 2020, DOE published a final
rule, 85 FR 1592 (January 10, 2020;
‘‘January 2020 Final Rule’’), amending
energy conservation standards for
commercial packaged boilers (‘‘CPB’’). A
commercial packaged boiler is a
packaged boiler that meets all of the
following requirements: (1) has rated
input of 300,000 Btu/h or greater; (2) is
to any significant extent, distributed in
commerce for space conditioning and/or
service water heating in buildings but
does not meet the definition of ‘‘hot
water supply boiler’’; (3) does not meet
the definition of ‘‘field-constructed’’;
and (4) is designed to operate a steam
pressure at or below 15 psig; operate at
or below a water pressure of 160 psig
and water temperature of 250 °F, or
operate at a steam pressure at or below
15 psig and at or below a water pressure
of 160 psig and water temperature of
250 °F. 10 CFR 431.82.
The American Public Gas Association
(‘‘APGA’’), Air-Conditioning, Heating
and Refrigeration Institute (‘‘AHRI’’),
and Spire Inc. filed petitions for review
of DOE’s January 2020 Final Rule in the
United States Courts of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit, Fourth Circuit, and Eight
Circuit, respectively. American Public
Gas Association v. DOE, 22 F.4th 1018
(D.C. Cir. 2022). The Petition was
consolidated in the D.C. Circuit. In a
January 18, 2022, opinion, the D.C.
Circuit determined that DOE failed to
provide meaningful responses to
comments with respect to three distinct
issues related to modeling used during
the rulemaking proceeding: (1) the
random assignment of boiler efficiencies
to buildings; (2) forecasted fuel prices;
and (3) estimated burner operating
hours. As such, the court concluded
DOE failed to adequately explain why
the January 2020 Final Rule satisfies the
applicable clear and convincing
evidence standard and remanded, but
did not vacate, the January 2020 Final
Rule to DOE to cure the failures to
explain.
On remand, DOE published a
supplemental response to comments
providing additional explanation
regarding these three issues. 87 FR
23421 (April 20, 2022). APGA, AHRI,
and Spire Inc. filed separate petitions
for review of the supplemental response
to comments, which were consolidated
in the D.C. Circuit. The D.C. Circuit
issued an opinion on July 7, 2023,
granting the petition for review and
vacating the energy conservation
standards for CPBs established in the
January 2020 Final Rule, and remanding
the proceedings to DOE. (See 10 CFR
431.87)
This final rule is not subject to the
requirement to provide prior notice and
an opportunity for public comment
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). DOE
finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
an opportunity for public comment as
such procedure is unnecessary. DOE
must comply with the order of a Federal
court, and has no discretion to do
otherwise. In implementation of that
order, DOE is vacating the current
energy conservation standards for
commercial packaged boilers.
Comments suggesting any other course
would serve no useful purpose.
Approval of the Office of the Secretary
The Secretary of Energy has approved
publication of this final rule; technical
amendment.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on September 8,
2023, by Francisco Alejandro Moreno,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document
with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
11, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, DOE amends part 431 of
chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, as set
forth below:
PART 431—ENERGY EFFICIENCY
PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
EQUIPMENT
1. The authority citation for part 431
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6317; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note.
■
2. Revise § 431.87 to read as follows:
§ 431.87 Energy conservation standards
and their effective dates.
(a) Each commercial packaged boiler
listed in table 1 of this paragraph (a) and
manufactured on or after the effective
date listed must meet the indicated
energy conservation standard.
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TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a)—COMMERCIAL PACKAGED BOILER ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS
Equipment category
Subcategory
Certified rated input
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Boilers ........
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Boilers ........
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Boilers ........
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Boilers ........
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Gas-fired ..........................................................
Gas-fired ..........................................................
Oil-fired ............................................................
Oil-fired ............................................................
Gas-fired, all, except natural draft ...................
Gas-fired, all, except natural draft ...................
Gas-fired—natural draft ...................................
Gas-fired—natural draft ...................................
Oil-fired ............................................................
Oil-fired ............................................................
≥300,000 Btu/h and ≤2,500,000 Btu/h .............
>2,500,000 Btu/h .............................................
≥300,000 Btu/h and ≤2,500,000 Btu/h .............
>2,500,000 Btu/h .............................................
≥300,000 Btu/h and ≤2,500,000 Btu/h .............
>2,500,000 Btu/h .............................................
≥300,000 Btu/h and ≤2,500,000 Btu/h .............
>2,500,000 Btu/h .............................................
≥300,000 Btu/h and ≤2,500,000 Btu/h .............
>2,500,000 Btu/h .............................................
* Where EC is combustion efficiency and ET is thermal efficiency.
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Efficiency level—
effective date:
March 2, 2012 *
80.0%
82.0%
82.0%
84.0%
79.0%
79.0%
77.0%
77.0%
81.0%
81.0%
ET.
EC.
ET.
EC.
ET.
ET.
ET.
ET.
ET.
ET.
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(b) Each commercial packaged boiler
listed in table 2 of this paragraph (b) and
manufactured on or after the effective
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date listed in Table 2 must meet the
indicated energy conservation standard.
TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (b)—COMMERCIAL PACKAGED BOILER ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS
Equipment category
Subcategory
Certified rated input
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers ..............
Gas-fired—natural draft ...................................
Gas-fired—natural draft ...................................
≥300,000 Btu/h and ≤2,500,000 Btu/h .............
>2,500,000 Btu/h .............................................
Efficiency level—
effective date:
March 2, 2022 *
79.0% ET.
79.0% ET.
* Where ET is thermal efficiency.
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD
10 CFR Part 1709
[Docket No. DNFSB–2023–01]
Debt Collection Procedures
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of
effective date.
AGENCY:
The Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is
confirming the effective date of October
10, 2023, for the direct final rule that
was published in the Federal Register
on July 11, 2023.
DATES: The effective date of October 10,
2023, for the direct final rule published
on July 11, 2023, (88 FR 44031), is
confirmed.
SUMMARY:
DNFSB’s General Counsel
web page: Go to https://www.dnfsb.gov/
office-general-counsel and click
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publicly available information related to
this rulemaking.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia A. Hargrave, Associate General
Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW,
Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004–2901,
(202) 694–7000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
30, 2021 (88 FR 44031), the DNFSB
published a direct final rule to
implement the Debt Collection Act
(DCA), as amended, 31 U.S.C. 3701, et
seq. The DCA governs the federal
government’s debt collection activities.
In accordance with this law, the
Treasury Department and the
Department of Justice jointly
promulgated Federal Claims Collection
Standards (FCCS), 31 CFR parts 900
through 904. Agencies may adopt the
FCCS without change or may prescribe
agency regulations for collecting debts
by administrative offset that are
consistent with the FCCS. 31 U.S.C.
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before an agency may collect a debt by
administrative offset.
In the direct final rule, the DNFSB
stated that, if no significant adverse
comments were received, the direct
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positive and supportive. The direct final
rule will become effective as scheduled.
Dated: September 7, 2023.
Joyce Connery,
Chair.
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SAFETY BOARD
10 CFR Part 1710
[Docket No. DNFSB–2023–02]
RIN 3155–AA02
Federal Employee Salary Offset
Procedures for the Collection of a Debt
Owed to the Federal Government
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
ACTION: Interim rule with request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board (Board) is issuing
interim regulations to govern the
collection of debts owed to the Board
and to the United States by federal
employees.
SUMMARY:
This interim final rule is
effective October 19, 2023. Comments
must be submitted on or before October
19, 2023.
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Counsel, 625 Indiana Avenue NW, Suite
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Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW,
Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004–2901,
(202) 694–7000.
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I. Background
These regulations implement the debt
collection procedures provided under
section 5 of the Debt Collection Act
(DCA), as amended, codified at 5 U.S.C.
5514. The DCA authorizes the federal
government to collect debts by offset
from the salaries of federal employees
without the employee’s consent,
provided that the employee is properly
notified and given the opportunity to
exercise certain administrative rights.
The DCA, codified at 5 U.S.C. 5514,
made changes in the way executive
agencies collect debts owed to the
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DCA is to improve the ability of the
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The DCA requires each agency to
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be provided with notice of the debt and
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hearing on the agency’s determination
of the existence or the amount of the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[EERE-2013-BT-STD-0030]
RIN 1904-AB86
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Commercial Packaged Boilers
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its standards for
commercial packaged boilers (CPB) in compliance with a United States
Court of Appeals for the District Court of Columbia Circuit court
decision vacating the January 10, 2020 rule that amended standards for
CPB.
DATES: This action is effective on September 19, 2023. However, the
opinion had legal effect on August 28, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Julia Hegarty, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and
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Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (240)
597-6737. Email: Julia [email protected].
Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-2588. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of
1975 (EPCA), as amended, requires DOE to, among other things,
periodically consider whether amended energy conservation standards for
commercial packaged boilers are warranted. On January 10, 2020, DOE
published a final rule, 85 FR 1592 (January 10, 2020; ``January 2020
Final Rule''), amending energy conservation standards for commercial
packaged boilers (``CPB''). A commercial packaged boiler is a packaged
boiler that meets all of the following requirements: (1) has rated
input of 300,000 Btu/h or greater; (2) is to any significant extent,
distributed in commerce for space conditioning and/or service water
heating in buildings but does not meet the definition of ``hot water
supply boiler''; (3) does not meet the definition of ``field-
constructed''; and (4) is designed to operate a steam pressure at or
below 15 psig; operate at or below a water pressure of 160 psig and
water temperature of 250 [deg]F, or operate at a steam pressure at or
below 15 psig and at or below a water pressure of 160 psig and water
temperature of 250 [deg]F. 10 CFR 431.82.
The American Public Gas Association (``APGA''), Air-Conditioning,
Heating and Refrigeration Institute (``AHRI''), and Spire Inc. filed
petitions for review of DOE's January 2020 Final Rule in the United
States Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Fourth Circuit, and
Eight Circuit, respectively. American Public Gas Association v. DOE, 22
F.4th 1018 (D.C. Cir. 2022). The Petition was consolidated in the D.C.
Circuit. In a January 18, 2022, opinion, the D.C. Circuit determined
that DOE failed to provide meaningful responses to comments with
respect to three distinct issues related to modeling used during the
rulemaking proceeding: (1) the random assignment of boiler efficiencies
to buildings; (2) forecasted fuel prices; and (3) estimated burner
operating hours. As such, the court concluded DOE failed to adequately
explain why the January 2020 Final Rule satisfies the applicable clear
and convincing evidence standard and remanded, but did not vacate, the
January 2020 Final Rule to DOE to cure the failures to explain.
On remand, DOE published a supplemental response to comments
providing additional explanation regarding these three issues. 87 FR
23421 (April 20, 2022). APGA, AHRI, and Spire Inc. filed separate
petitions for review of the supplemental response to comments, which
were consolidated in the D.C. Circuit. The D.C. Circuit issued an
opinion on July 7, 2023, granting the petition for review and vacating
the energy conservation standards for CPBs established in the January
2020 Final Rule, and remanding the proceedings to DOE. (See 10 CFR
431.87)
This final rule is not subject to the requirement to provide prior
notice and an opportunity for public comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B). DOE finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide
prior notice and an opportunity for public comment as such procedure is
unnecessary. DOE must comply with the order of a Federal court, and has
no discretion to do otherwise. In implementation of that order, DOE is
vacating the current energy conservation standards for commercial
packaged boilers. Comments suggesting any other course would serve no
useful purpose.
Approval of the Office of the Secretary
The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of this final
rule; technical amendment.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September
8, 2023, by Francisco Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature
and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 11, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, DOE amends part 431 of
chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, as set forth below:
PART 431--ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
0
1. The authority citation for part 431 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6317; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.
0
2. Revise Sec. 431.87 to read as follows:
Sec. 431.87 Energy conservation standards and their effective dates.
(a) Each commercial packaged boiler listed in table 1 of this
paragraph (a) and manufactured on or after the effective date listed
must meet the indicated energy conservation standard.
Table 1 to Paragraph (a)--Commercial Packaged Boiler Energy Conservation Standards
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Efficiency level--effective
Equipment category Subcategory Certified rated input date: March 2, 2012 *
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Hot Water Commercial Packaged Gas-fired............. >=300,000 Btu/h and 80.0% ET.
Boilers. <=2,500,000 Btu/h.
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Gas-fired............. >2,500,000 Btu/h...... 82.0% EC.
Boilers.
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Oil-fired............. >=300,000 Btu/h and 82.0% ET.
Boilers. <=2,500,000 Btu/h.
Hot Water Commercial Packaged Oil-fired............. >2,500,000 Btu/h...... 84.0% EC.
Boilers.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Gas-fired, all, except >=300,000 Btu/h and 79.0% ET.
natural draft. <=2,500,000 Btu/h.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Gas-fired, all, except >2,500,000 Btu/h...... 79.0% ET.
natural draft.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Gas-fired--natural >=300,000 Btu/h and 77.0% ET.
draft. <=2,500,000 Btu/h.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Gas-fired--natural >2,500,000 Btu/h...... 77.0% ET.
draft.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Oil-fired............. >=300,000 Btu/h and 81.0% ET.
<=2,500,000 Btu/h.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Oil-fired............. >2,500,000 Btu/h...... 81.0% ET.
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* Where EC is combustion efficiency and ET is thermal efficiency.
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(b) Each commercial packaged boiler listed in table 2 of this
paragraph (b) and manufactured on or after the effective date listed in
Table 2 must meet the indicated energy conservation standard.
Table 2 to Paragraph (b)--Commercial Packaged Boiler Energy Conservation Standards
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Efficiency level--effective
Equipment category Subcategory Certified rated input date: March 2, 2022 *
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Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Gas-fired--natural >=300,000 Btu/h and 79.0% ET.
draft. <=2,500,000 Btu/h.
Steam Commercial Packaged Boilers.. Gas-fired--natural >2,500,000 Btu/h...... 79.0% ET.
draft.
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* Where ET is thermal efficiency.
[FR Doc. 2023-19908 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
