[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40285-40286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17215]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-DET-0040]
RIN 1904-AC52


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain 
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination of Set-Top 
Boxes and Network Equipment as a Covered Consumer Product

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the period for submitting 
comments on the proposed determination for set-top boxes and network 
equipment is extended to September 30, 2011.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the 
proposed determination for set-top boxes and network equipment 
published June 15, 2011 (76 FR 34914) received no later than 5 p.m. on 
September 30, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the proposed 
determination for set-top boxes and network equipment and provide 
docket number EERE-2010-BT-DET-0040 and/or RIN number 1904-AC52. 
Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket number 
EERE-2010-BT-DET-0040 and/or RIN 1904-AC52 in the subject line of the 
message. Submit electronic comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, 
PDF, or ASCII file format and avoid the use of special characters or 
any form of encryption.
     Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 
586-2945. Please submit one signed original paper copy.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 6th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed original paper 
copy.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, visit the U.S. Department of Energy, Resource Room 
of the Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 6th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda 
Edwards at the above telephone number for additional information 
regarding visiting the Resource Room. Please note: DOE's Freedom of 
Information Reading Room (Room 1E-190 at the Forrestal Building) no 
longer houses rulemaking materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wes Anderson, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building 
Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20585-0121.

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Telephone: (202) 586-7335. E-mail: [email protected].
    In the Office of General Counsel, contact Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-71, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586-
7796. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 2011, DOE published a notice of 
proposed determination (NOPD) in the Federal Register (76 FR 34914) to 
determine that set top boxes and network equipment meet the criteria 
for classification as a covered product under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, as amended (EPCA, 42 U.S.C. 6291, et seq.). The NOPD 
provided for the submission of comments by July 15, 2011. Interested 
parties requested an extension of the comment period. One commenter 
stated that it represented over 2000 companies who manufacture set top 
boxes and similar products, as well as component suppliers and service 
providers for such products. This commenter stated that it had 
commissioned a revision of its 2007 energy use study examining power 
consumption data and trends for set-top boxes and other consumer 
electronics. The commenter indicated that the data in this study, due 
in late August 2011, would be helpful to DOE in determining how to 
proceed with its proposed determination, and that the study would also 
be helpful informing the comments submitted by the commenter on the 
proposal. Another commenter requested an extension of time to develop 
its comments, stating that additional time would allow them to provide 
better quality comments to DOE. DOE has determined that an extension of 
the public comment period is appropriate based on the foregoing reasons 
and is hereby extending the comment period. DOE will consider any 
comments received by 5 p.m. on September 30, 2011 and deems any 
comments received between July 15, 2011 and 5 p.m. on September 30, 
2011 to be timely submitted.

Further Information on Submitting Comments

    Under 10 CFR Part 1004.11, any person submitting information that 
he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should submit two copies: One copy of the document including 
all the information believed to be confidential, and one copy of the 
document with the information believed to be confidential deleted. DOE 
will make its own determination about the confidential status of the 
information and treat it according to its determination.
    Factors of interest to DOE when evaluating requests to treat 
submitted information as confidential include (1) a description of the 
items, (2) whether and why such items are customarily treated as 
confidential within the industry, (3) whether the information is 
generally known by or available from other sources, (4) whether the 
information has previously been made available to others without 
obligation concerning its confidentiality, (5) an explanation of the 
competitive injury to the submitting person which would result from 
public disclosure, (6) when such information might lose its 
confidential character due to the passage of time, and (7) why 
disclosure of the information would be contrary to the public interest.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 5, 2011.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Office of Technology 
Development, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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