[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74137-74138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26239]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[EERE-2022-BT-STD-0026]


Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee: 
Notice of Open Meetings of the Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and 
Commercial Unitary Heat Pump Working Group

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

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) 
announces two additional open meetings of the Commercial Unitary Air 
Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump (CUAC and CUHP) working 
group. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires that agencies 
publish notice of an advisory committee meeting in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: December 7, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. via webinar; 
December 8, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. via webinar.

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held virtually via Webex. See the Public 
Participation section of this notice for webinar registration 
information, participant instructions, and information about the 
capabilities available to webinar participants, or visit the 
committee's website at: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/appliance-standards-and-rulemaking-federal-advisory-committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lucas Aiden, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Building Technologies (EE-5B), 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW, 
Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 287-5904. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 21, 2022, the Appliance Standards 
and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) met and passed the 
recommendation to form a CUAC and CUHP working group to meet and 
discuss and, if possible, reach a consensus on proposed Federal test 
procedures and energy conservation standards for CUACs and CUHPs. On 
July 29, 2022, DOE published a notice of intent to establish a working 
group for CUACs and CUHPs to negotiate a notice of proposed rulemaking 
for test procedures and energy conservations standards. 87 FR 45703. On 
October 7, 2022, DOE published a notice announcing open meetings for 
the CUAC and CUHP working group. 87 FR 60942. This notice maintains 
that list of meetings and announces an additional two meetings in early 
December.
    Purpose of Meetings: To provide advice and recommendations to ASRAC 
on test procedures and energy conservation standards for CUAC and CUHP 
equipment under the authority of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (5 
U.S.C. 561-570, Pub. L. 104-320).
    Public Participation: Open meetings will be held via webinar on: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT; and Thursday, 
December 8, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. To attend the webinars 
and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the 
agenda, email [email protected]. In the email, please indicate your 
name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact 
information. The webinar will be held using the Webex software platform 
and participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are 
compatible with the webinar software. Webinar registration information, 
participant instructions, and information about the capabilities 
available to webinar participants will be published on DOE's website: 
https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/appliance-standards-and-rulemaking-federal-advisory-committee.
    Please note that foreign nationals participating in the webinar are 
subject to advance security screening procedures which require advance 
notice prior to attendance at the webinar. If a foreign national wishes 
to participate in the webinar, please inform DOE as soon as possible by 
contacting Ms. Regina Washington at (202) 586-1214 or by email: 
[email protected] so that the necessary procedures can be 
completed.
    Members of the public will be heard in the order in which they sign 
up for the Public Comment Period. Time allotted per speaker will depend 
on the number of individuals who wish to speak but will not exceed five 
minutes. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled 
oral statements on the agenda. A third-party neutral facilitator will 
make every effort to allow the presentations of views of all interested 
parties and to facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
    Participation in the meetings is not a prerequisite for submission 
of written comments. Written comments are welcome from all interested 
parties. Any comments submitted must identify the CUAC and CUHP Working 
Group, and provide docket number EERE-2022-BT-STD-0015. Comments may be 
submitted using any of the following methods:

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    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Email: [email protected]. Include docket 
number EERE-2022-BT-STD-0015 in the subject line of the message.
    3. Postal Mail: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-5B, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, 
please submit all items on a compact disc (``CD''), in which case it is 
not necessary to include printed copies.
    4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance and Equipment Standards 
Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 
L'Enfant Plaza SW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 
287-1445. If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case 
it is not necessary to include printed copies.
    No telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
    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 www.regulations.gov. All 
documents in the docket are listed in the www.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.
    The docket web page can be found at www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE-2022-BT-STD-0015. The docket web page contains instructions on how 
to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket.

Approval of the Office of the Secretary

    The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of notice of open 
meetings.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on November 
22, 2022, by Francisco Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority 
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature 
and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in 
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-26239 Filed 12-1-22; 8:45 am]
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