[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22018]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

[Docket No. EERE-2013-BT-BC-0036]


Activities and Methodology for Assessing Compliance With Building 
Energy Codes

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

ACTION: Notice of reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is re-opening the public 
comment period for a Request for Information (RFI) seeking stakeholder 
input on the process by which DOE will utilize and make available to 
states to evaluate compliance with building energy codes and general 
approaches towards compliance, made available for public comment on 
August 6, 2013. (78 FR 47677) This is being done in response to 
multiple stakeholder requests.

DATES: The public comment period ended on September 5, 2013. The 
comment period is being re-opened and will close on September 30, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments 
electronically. However, comments may be submitted by any of the 
following methods:
     Email to the following address: 
[email protected]. Include docket number EERE-2013-
BT-BC-0036 in the subject line of the message.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
     Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-2J, Request for 
Information for Methodology for Energy Code Compliance Evaluation, 
Docket No. EERE-2013-BT-BC-0036, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Phone (202) 586-2945. Please submit one 
signed paper original.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Building Technologies Office, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza 
SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586-2945. Please submit one 
signed paper original.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number.
    Docket: The docket is available for review at www.Regulations.gov. 
All documents in the docket are listed in the index. A link to the 
docket Web page can be found at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2013-BT-BC-0036. The Regulations.gov Web site 
contains instructions on how to access all documents, including public 
comments, in the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kym Carey, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building 
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC, 20585, Telephone: (202) 287-1775, Email: 
[email protected].
    Ms. Kavita Vaidyanathan, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 
General Counsel, Forrestal Building, Mailstop GC-71, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-0669, Email: 
[email protected].
    For information on how to submit or review public comments or view 
the docket, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies 
Office, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585. Telephone: (202) 586-2945, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On August 6, 2013, DOE published a Request for Information in the 
Federal Register (78 FR 47677) seeking stakeholder input on the process 
by which DOE will utilize and make available to states to evaluate 
compliance with building energy codes and general approaches towards 
compliance. The comment period ended on September 5, 2013. Multiple 
stakeholders including the Responsible Energy Codes Alliance, National 
Association of State Energy Officials, Building Codes Assistance 
Project, and NYSERDA requested, DOE to extend the comment period to 
allow additional time to review the RFI and submit comments. DOE has 
determined that re-opening the public comment period in response to the 
requests is appropriate and hereby re-opens the comment period and 
extends it to September 30, 2013. Please refer to the original Federal 
Register notice for the content of the RFI at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/08/06/2013-18952/doe-activities-and-methodology-for-assessing-compliance-with-building-energy-codes.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2013.
Roland Risser,
Director, Building Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
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