[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8466]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Number: EERE-2011-BT-NOA-0065]


Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Miscellaneous Residential 
and Commercial Electrical Equipment

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: This notice announces that the period for submitting comments 
on the RFI Regarding Miscellaneous Residential and Commercial 
Electrical Equipment is re-opened until April 17, 2012.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the 
RFI received no later than April 17, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments in writing, 
identified by docket number EERE-2011-BT-NOA-0065 by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Request for Information 
on Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment, EERE-2011-BT-NOA-0065. 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Phone: (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.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, please call Ms. Brenda Edwards at the above 
telephone number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Dommu, 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. Telephone: (202) 586-9870. Email: 
[email protected]. In the office of General Counsel, Ms. 
Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, 
GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. 
Telephone (202) 586-7796. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 24, 2012, DOE published a Request 
for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register (77 FR 3461) to request 
information regarding the energy use and energy efficiency potential of 
miscellaneous residential and commercial electrical equipment. The RFI 
provided for the submission of comments by March 26, 2012. DOE has 
received notice from several stakeholders that they wish to provide 
comments, but were unable to meet the initial deadline. In order to 
ensure that this input is reviewed and accepted, DOE has determined 
that a re-opening of the public comment period is appropriate and 
hereby re-opens the comment period. DOE will consider any comments 
received by April 17, 2012 and deems any comments received between 
March 26, 2012 and April 17, 2012 to be timely submitted.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 3, 2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-8466 Filed 4-6-12; 8:45 am]
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