[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 4698-4699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2060]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EERE-2011-BT-NOA-0067]
RIN 1904-AC52
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure and Energy
Conservation Standard for Set-Top Boxes and Network Equipment
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document announces an extension of the time period for
submitting comments on the request for information pertaining to the
development of test procedures and energy conservation standards for
set-top boxes and network equipment. The comment period is extended to
March 15, 2012.
DATES: The comment period for the request for information relating to
set-top boxes and network equipment
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published on December 16, 2011 (76 FR 78174) is extended to March 15,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted must identify the request for
information for set-top boxes and network equipment and provide docket
number EERE-2011-BT-NOA-0067 and/or RIN number 1904-AC52. Comments may
be submitted using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: at http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: to [email protected]. Include EERE-
2011-BT-NOA-0067 in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Request for Information
for Set-top boxes and Network Equipment, EERE-2011-BT-NOA-0067, 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 Program, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza
SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586-2945. Please submit one
signed paper original.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents, or
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 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 the General Counsel, contact Ms. Celia Sher, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-71, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202)
287-6122. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 16, 2011, The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal
Register (76 FR 71874) to initiate a rulemaking and data collection
process to develop a potential test procedure and energy conservation
standard for set-top boxes and network equipment. The RFI requested
public comment from interested parties regarding specific as well as
general questions and provided for the submission of comments by
February 14, 2012. Thereafter, AT&T Inc., on behalf of itself and its
affiliates, requested an extension of the public comment period by a
minimum of 30 days. AT&T stated that the additional time is necessary
in order to fully evaluate and prepare the information requested in the
RFI. AT&T noted that the information requested is complex and requires
significant and essential input from AT&T engineering, product and
technical personnel. Thus, AT&T asserted additional time is warranted
to ensure quality responses to DOE's requests.
Based on AT&T's request, DOE believes that extending the comment
period to allow additional time for interested parties to submit
comments is appropriate. Therefore, DOE is extending the comment period
until March 15, 2012 to provide interested parties additional time to
prepare and submit comments. Accordingly, DOE will consider any
comments received by March 15, 2012 to be timely submitted.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-2060 Filed 1-30-12; 8:45 am]
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