Department of Energy December 16, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is publishing notice of modifications to an existing FERC system of records, FERC-41 titled FERC Transit Subsidy Program (TSP) Records. This notices adds 10 new routine uses, including two prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-17-12, Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information, January 3, 2017, that will permit FERC to disclose information as necessary in response to an actual or suspected breach that pertains to a breach of its own records or to assist another agency in its efforts to respond to a breach. This System of Records Notice (SORN) also describes the system's manager and location change.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is extending the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (``NOPR'') that DOE published on November 4, 2021 regarding a proposal for a new test procedure for conventional cooking tops, a category of cooking products, that would replace the procedure that DOE withdrew on August 18, 2020. DOE is also publishing a NODA regarding the results of DOE's recently completed test program assessing the repeatability and reproducibility of the proposed test procedure. DOE is publishing the results of its testing and requests comment, data, and information regarding the results.