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This notice announces a
subcommittee meeting of the whole of
the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),
Hanford. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act requires that public
notice of this meeting be announced in
the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, October 25, 2023;
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Washington State
University, Tri-Cities, Consolidated
Information Center, Room 120/120A,
2770 University Drive, Richland, WA
99354.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsay Somers, Deputy Designated
Federal Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy, Hanford Office of
Communications, Richland Operations
Office, P.O. Box 550, Richland, WA
99354; Phone: (509) 376–0923; or Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to provide advice and
recommendations concerning the
following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental
restoration; waste and nuclear materials
management and disposition; excess
facilities; future land use and long-term
stewardship. The Board may also be
asked to provide advice and
recommendations on any EM program
components.
Tentative Agenda:
• Department of Energy Budget
Simulation
• Hanford Site Cleanup Priorities
Advice Kickoff
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. The EM SSAB,
Hanford, welcomes the attendance of
the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to
accommodate persons with physical
disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations due to
a disability, please contact Lindsay
Somers at least seven days in advance
of the meeting at the telephone number
listed above. Written statements may be
filed with the Board either before or
within five business days after the
meeting. Individuals who wish to make
oral statements pertaining to agenda
items should contact Lindsay Somers.
Requests must be received five days
prior to the meeting and reasonable
provision will be made. The Deputy
Designated Federal Officer is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Individuals
wishing to make public comments will
be provided a maximum of five minutes
to present their comments.

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Minutes: Minutes will be available at
the following website: https://
www.hanford.gov/page.cfm?page=466.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
20, 2023.
LaTanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–20762 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[EERE–2023–BT–CE–0001]

Energy Conservation Program:
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Extension
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Information collection
extension; notice and request for
comment.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) intends to extend for three
years with the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), the Certification
Reports, Compliance Statements,
Application for a Test Procedure
Waiver, and Recordkeeping for
Consumer Products and Commercial/
Industrial Equipment subject to Energy
or Water Conservation Standards
Package under OMB No. 1910–1400.
DATES: DOE will accept comments, data,
and information regarding this proposal
no later than November 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
encouraged to submit comments using
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov under docket
number EERE–2023–BT–CE–0001.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments. Alternatively, interested
persons may submit comments,
identified by docket number EERE–
2023–BT–CE–0001, by any of the
following methods:
Email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov. Include the docket number
EERE–2023–BT–CE–0001 in the subject
line of the message.
Postal Mail: Appliance and
Equipment Standards Program, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible,
please submit all items on a compact
disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is not
necessary to include printed copies.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance
and Equipment Standards Program, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building
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Technologies Office, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585. 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 for this activity,
which includes Federal Register
notices, public meeting attendee lists
and transcripts (if a public meeting is
held), 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, not all documents listed in
the index may be publicly available,
such as information that is exempt from
public disclosure.
The docket web page can be found at
www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE2023-BT-CE-0001. The docket web page
contains instructions on how to access
all documents, including public
comments, in the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Lucas Adin, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 287–
5904. Email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–1400;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Certification Reports, Compliance
Statements, Application for a Test
Procedure Waiver, Application for
Extension of Representation
Requirements, Labeling, and
Recordkeeping for Consumer Products
and Commercial/Industrial Equipment

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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subject to Federal Energy or Water
Conservation Standards;
(3) Type of Request: Revision with
changes;
(4) Purpose: Pursuant to the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act, as
amended (‘‘EPCA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’),1
Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291–
6317, as codified), DOE regulates the
energy efficiency of a number of
consumer products, and commercial
and industrial equipment. Title III, Part
B 2 of EPCA established the Energy
Conservation Program for Consumer
Products Other Than Automobiles,
which sets forth a variety of provisions
designed to improve energy efficiency of
covered consumer products (‘‘covered
products’’). Title III, Part C 3 of EPCA,
added by Public Law 95–619, Title IV,
section 441(a), established the Energy
Conservation Program for Certain
Industrial Equipment, which sets forth a
variety of provisions designed to
improve energy efficiency of covered
commercial and industrial equipment
(collectively referred to as ‘‘covered
equipment’’).
Covered products and covered
equipment are described in 10 CFR
parts 429, 430, and 431. These covered
products and covered equipment,
including all product or equipment
classes, include: (1) Consumer
refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and
freezers; (2) Room air conditioners; (3)
Central air conditioners and central air
conditioning heat pumps; (4) Consumer
water heaters; (5) Consumer furnaces
and boilers; (6) Dishwashers; (7)
Residential clothes washers; (8) Clothes
dryers; (9) Direct heating equipment;
(10) Cooking products; (11) Pool heaters;
(12) Television sets; (13) Fluorescent
lamp ballasts; (14) General service
fluorescent lamps, general service
incandescent lamps, and incandescent
reflector lamps; (15) Faucets; (16)
Showerheads; (17) Water closets; (18)
Urinals; (19) Ceiling fans; (20) Ceiling
fan light kits; (21) Torchieres; (22)
Compact fluorescent lamps; (23)
Dehumidifiers; (24) External power
supplies; (25) Battery chargers; (26)
Candelabra base incandescent lamps
and intermediate base incandescent
lamps; (27) Commercial warm air
furnaces; (28) Commercial refrigerators,
freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; (29)
Commercial heating and air
1 All

references to EPCA in this document refer
to the statute as amended through the Energy Act
of 2020, Public Law 116–260 (Dec. 27, 2020), which
reflect the last statutory amendments that impact
Parts A and A–1 of EPCA.
2 For editorial reasons, upon codification in the
U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated Part A.
3 For editorial reasons, upon codification in the
U.S. Code, Part C was redesignated Part A–1.

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conditioning equipment; 4 (30)
Commercial water heating equipment;
(31) Automatic commercial ice makers;
(32) Commercial clothes washers; (33)
Distribution transformers; (34)
Illuminated exit signs; (35) Traffic signal
modules and pedestrian modules; (36)
Commercial unit heaters; (37)
Commercial pre-rinse spray valves; (38)
Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage
vending machines; (39) Walk-in coolers
and walk-in freezers and certain
components; (40) Metal halide lamp
ballasts and fixtures; (41) Integrated
light-emitting diode lamps; (42) General
service lamps; (43) Furnace fans; (44)
Pumps; (45) Commercial packaged
boilers; (46) Consumer miscellaneous
refrigeration equipment; (47) Portable
air conditioners; (48) Compressors; (49)
Electric motors; (50) Small electric
motors; (51) rough service lamps; (52)
vibration service lamps; (53) dedicatedpurpose pool pump motors; and (54) air
cleaners.
Under EPCA, DOE’s energy
conservation program consists
essentially of four parts: (1) Testing, (2)
labeling, (3) Federal energy conservation
standards, and (4) certification and
enforcement procedures. For consumer
products, relevant provisions of the Act
specifically include definitions (42
U.S.C. 6291), energy conservation
standards (42 U.S.C. 6295), test
procedures (42 U.S.C. 6293), labeling
provisions (42 U.S.C. 6294), and the
authority to require information and
reports from manufacturers (42 U.S.C.
6296). For covered equipment, relevant
provisions of the Act include definitions
(42 U.S.C. 6311), energy conservation
standards (42 U.S.C. 6313), test
procedures (42 U.S.C. 6314), labeling
provisions (42 U.S.C. 6315), and the
authority to require information and
reports from manufacturers (42 U.S.C.
6316). DOE is seeking to renew its
information collection related to the
following aspects of the appliance
standards program: (1) Gathering data
and submitting certification and
compliance reports for each basic model
distributed in commerce in the U.S.
including supplemental testing
instructions for certain commercial
equipment; (2) maintaining records
underlying the certified ratings for each
basic model including test data and the
4 Commercial heating and air conditioning
equipment includes Computer Room Air
Conditioners; Air-Cooled, Three-Phase, Small
Commercial Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps w/
a Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000 Btu/h and
Air-Cooled, Three-Phase Variable Refrigerant Flow
Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps w/a Cooling
Capacity of Less Than 65,000 Btu/h; Single
Packaged Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat
Pumps; and Direct-expansion Dedicated Outdoor
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associated calculations; (3) applications
for a test procedure waiver, which
manufacturers may elect to submit if
they manufacture a basic model that
cannot be tested pursuant to the DOE
test procedure; (4) applications
requesting an extension of the date by
which representations must be made in
accordance with any new or amended
DOE test procedure; and (5) labeling.
DOE’s certification and compliance
activities ensure accurate and
comprehensive information about the
energy and water use characteristics of
covered products and covered
equipment sold in the United States.
Manufacturers of all covered products
and covered equipment must submit a
certification report before a basic model
is distributed in commerce, annually
thereafter, and if the basic model is
redesigned in such a manner to increase
the consumption or decrease the
efficiency of the basic model such that
the certified rating is no longer
supported by the test data. Additionally,
manufacturers must report when
production of a basic model has ceased
and is no longer offered for sale as part
of the next annual certification report
following such cessation. DOE requires
the manufacturer of any covered
product or covered equipment to
establish, maintain, and retain the
records of certification reports, of the
underlying test data for all certification
testing, and of any other testing
conducted to satisfy the requirements of
part 429, part 430, and/or part 431.
Certification reports provide DOE and
consumers with comprehensive, up-todate efficiency information and support
effective enforcement.
As the result of a several changes to
its regulatory provisions for covered
products and equipment enacted
through rulemakings since the last
review of the current information
collection, DOE has also proposed
several updates to its certification
provisions for the affected products and
equipment. DOE proposed these
changes in a notice of proposed
rulemaking issued on August 28, 2023
(‘‘Certification NOPR’’). The total
annual estimated respondents,
responses, burden hours, and reporting
and recordkeeping cost burden that are
reported in this notice include the
additional costs that DOE estimated
would result from the changes to
certification reporting requirements
proposed in the Certification NOPR. The
notice of proposed rulemaking for these
certification provisions is included in
docket number EERE–2023–BT–CE–
0001.
(5) Proposed changes to the
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description of additional information
that would be collected.
In a proposed rule issued on August
28, 2023,5 the U.S. Department of
Energy (‘‘DOE’’) proposed to establish
and amend the certification provisions,
labeling requirements, and enforcement
provisions for the following products
and equipment: central air conditioners
and heat pumps; dishwashers;
residential clothes washers; pool
heaters; dehumidifiers; external power
supplies; battery chargers; computer
room air conditioners; direct-expansion
outdoor air systems; Air Cooled, ThreePhase, Small Commercial Air
Conditioners and Heat Pumps with a
Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000
Btu/h and Air-Cooled, Three-Phase,
Variable Refrigerant Flow Air
Conditioners and Heat Pumps with a
Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000
Btu/h; commercial water heating
equipment; automatic commercial ice
makers; walk-in coolers and freezers;
commercial and industrial pumps;
portable air conditioners; compressors;
dedicated-purpose pool pump motors;
air cleaners; single-package vertical air
conditioners and heat pumps; and
ceiling fan light kits. These proposed
amendments are described in sections II
and III of the proposed rule. DOE is
proposing these amendments to align
reporting that is consistent with
currently applicable energy
conservation standards and test
procedures and to ensure DOE has the
information necessary to determine the
appropriate classification of products
for the application of standards.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,083;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 32,255;
(8) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 776,310 (35 hours per
certification, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection
of information; 16 additional hours for
creating supplement testing instructions
for commercial HVAC, water heating,
and refrigeration equipment
manufacturers; 160 hours for test
procedure waiver preparation; 160
hours for representation extension
request preparation), 1 hour for creating
and applying a label for walk-in cooler
and freezer, commercial and industrial
pump, and electric motor
manufacturers).
5 The pre-publication proposed rule can be
accessed at https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/
files/2023-08/cce-nop.pdf?utm_
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(9) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$51,795,000.
Statutory Authority: Section 326(d) of
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act,
Public Law 94–163, as amended (42
U.S.C. 6296); 10 CFR parts 429, 430, and
431.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on September 19,
2023, by Jeffrey Marootian, Principal
Deputy 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 September
21, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–20827 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG23–298–000.
Applicants: Sky Ranch Solar, LLC.
Description: Sky Ranch Solar, LLC
submits Notice of Self-Certification of
Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.
Filed Date: 9/19/23.
Accession Number: 20230919–5120.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23.
Docket Numbers: EG23–299–000.
Applicants: Hardin Solar Energy II
LLC.
Description: Hardin Solar Energy II
LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification
of Exempt Generator Status.
Filed Date: 9/20/23.
Accession Number: 20230920–5098.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following Complaints and
Compliance filings in EL Dockets:

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Docket Numbers: EL23–99–000.
Applicants: City of Corona, California
v. California Independent System
Operator Corporation.
Description: Complaint of City of
Corona, California v. California
Independent System Operator
Corporation.
Filed Date: 9/19/23.
Accession Number: 20230919–5119.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER23–2816–001.
Applicants: Rocket Solar, LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Amendment to Market-Based Rate
Application to be effective 11/12/2023.
Filed Date: 9/20/23.
Accession Number: 20230920–5104.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–2894–000.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 4022
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Co
WEIS Market Part. Agr to be effective
9/1/2023.
Filed Date: 9/20/23.
Accession Number: 20230920–5018.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–2895–000.
Applicants: Hardin Solar Energy II
LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authorization to be effective 11/20/
2023.
Filed Date: 9/20/23.
Accession Number: 20230920–5078.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–2896–000.
Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric
Company, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Pennsylvania Electric Company submits
tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Penelec
amends 10 ECSAs (5388 5393 5394 5396
5397 5398 5399 5400 5404 5405) to be
effective 12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 9/20/23.
Accession Number: 20230920–5113.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/23.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the
specified comment date. Protests may be

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