[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 64370-64371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27002]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031]
RIN 1904-AD20


Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
Residential Furnaces

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

ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 14, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a notice of data availability (NODA) in the Federal Register 
regarding energy conservation standards for residential furnaces (RF 
ECS NODA). The comment period was scheduled to

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end October 14, 2015. After receiving a request for additional time to 
prepare and submit comments, DOE has decided to reopen the comment 
period for submitting comments regarding the RF ECS NODA. The comment 
period is reopened through November 6, 2015.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information in response to 
the NODA received no later than November 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the NODA for Energy 
Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces, and provide docket 
number EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031 and/or regulatory information number (RIN) 
number 1904-AD20. Comments may be submitted using any of the following 
methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Email: [email protected] Include the docket 
number EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031 and/or RIN 1904-AD20 in the subject line 
of the message.
    3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building 
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on a 
CD. It is not necessary to include printed copies.
    4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 
600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. If possible, 
please submit all items on a CD. It is not necessary to include printed 
copies.
    Docket: The docket, which includes Federal Register notices, public 
meeting attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting 
documents/materials, is available for review at regulations.gov. All 
documents in the docket are listed in the regulations.gov index. 
However, some documents listed in the index, such as those containing 
information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly 
available.
    A link to the docket Web page can be found at: 
[www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031]. This Web 
page contains a link to the docket for this notice on the 
regulations.gov site. The regulations.gov Web page contains 
instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, 
in the docket.
    For further information on how to submit a comment or review other 
public comments and the docket, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 
586-2945 or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Cymbalsky, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building 
Technologies Program, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, 
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-1692. Email 
[email protected]:.
    For legal issues, please contact Ms. Johanna Hariharan, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 
287-6307. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 14, 2015, DOE published a 
notice of data availability (NODA) in the Federal Register regarding 
energy conservation standards for residential furnaces (RF ECS NODA). 
80 FR 55038. The notice requested that interested parties submit 
written comments by October 14, 2015.
    DOE received a joint request from the American Gas Association 
(AGA) and the American Public Gas Association (APGA) requesting 
additional time to prepare and submit comments (Docket No. EERE-2014-
BT-STD-0031, AGA/APGA, No. 168 at p. 2). In response to this request, 
DOE is reopening the public comment period to allow interested parties 
to provide DOE with written comments and data in response to the RF ECS 
NODA.
    DOE will consider any comments in response to the RF ECS NODA 
received by midnight of November 6, 2015, and deems any comments 
received by that time to be timely submitted.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-27002 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]
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