[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5001-5002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2181]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

[Case No. VHE-001]


Publication of the Petition for Waiver From Empire Comfort 
Systems From the Department of Energy Vented Home Heating Equipment 
Test Procedure

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

ACTION: Notice of re-opening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 3, 2011, DOE published the Empire Comfort Systems 
Inc. (Empire) petition for waiver from the vented home heating 
equipment test procedure. This document announces that the period for 
submitting comments on the Empire petition for waiver is re-opened 
until March 2, 2012.

DATES: The comment period for the Empire petition for waiver, published 
on November 3, 2011 (76 FR 68180), is reopened. DOE will accept 
comments, data, and information regarding the petition for waiver 
received no later than March 2, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the Empire Comfort 
Systems Inc. petition for waiver, and provide case number VHE-001. 
Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected] Include the case 
number [Case No. VHE-001] in the subject line of the message.
     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,

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Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mail Stop EE-2J, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9611. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 3, 2011, DOE published the 
Empire petition for waiver from the vented home heating equipment test 
procedure in the Federal Register (76 FR 68180). The notice provided 
for the submission of comments by December 5, 2011. To provide all 
manufacturers of domestically marketed units of the same product type 
additional time to submit comments subsequent to notification that the 
Petition for Waiver was published in the Federal Register, DOE has 
determined that re-opening of the public comment period is appropriate 
and is hereby re-opening the comment period. DOE will consider any 
comments received by March 2, 2012 and deems any comments received 
between February 1, 2012 and March 2, 2012 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 January 25, 2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-2181 Filed 1-31-12; 8:45 am]
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