Department of Energy June 3, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Commission To Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories
Following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Commission To Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories (Commission) will be established. The Commission will provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy. Additionally, the establishment of the Commission has been determined to be essential to the conduct of the Department's business and to be in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department of Energy by law and agreement. The Commission will operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the rules and regulations in implementation of that Act.
Proposed Agency Information Collection
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will provide the Secretary of Energy with the appropriate information needed to make an informed determination regarding a request to directly or indirectly engage or participate in the development or production of special nuclear material outside the United States. Section 57b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended by section 302 of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978 (NNPA) enacted by Public Law 95-242, empowers the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to authorize persons to directly or indirectly engage or participate in the development or production of special nuclear material outside the United States. In order to implement Section 57b.(2), DOE promulgated a rule found at 10 CFR part 810. This rule describes what activities are within the scope of control, what activities are generally authorized by the Secretary, and what activities require a specific authorization. The regulation requires the submission of specific information essential for the Secretary to make a non-inimicality finding about the proposed transfer of U.S. nuclear technology, assistance or expertise.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Integrated Light-Emitting Diode Lamps
On April 9, 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in which DOE proposed a test procedure for light-emitting diode (LED) lamps (hereafter referred to as LED lamps). This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR), revises DOE's proposal for a new test procedure for LED lamps. This SNOPR supports implementation of labeling provisions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and implementation of DOE's energy conservation standards for general service lamps that includes general service LED lamps. The SNOPR continues to define methods for measuring the lumen output, input power, and relative spectral distribution (to determine correlated color temperature, or CCT). Further, the SNOPR revises the method for calculating the lifetime of LED lamps, and defines the lifetime as the time required for the LED lamp to reach a lumen maintenance of 70 percent (that is, 70 percent of initial light output). Additionally, the SNOPR adds calculations for lamp efficacy as well as the color rendering index (CRI) of LED lamps, which were not proposed in the test procedure NOPR.
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Freezers
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this final rule, DOE is adopting more-stringent energy conservation standards for some classes of walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer components and has determined that these standards are technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in the significant conservation of energy.
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