81 FR 27054 - Notice of Opportunity To Submit a Petition To Amend the Rule Establishing Procedures for Requests for Correction of Errors in Rules

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 87 (May 5, 2016)

Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'' or the ``Department'') publishes a final rule establishing a new procedure through which an interested party can, within a 30-day period after DOE posts a rule establishing or amending an energy conservation standard, identify a possible error in such a rule and request that DOE correct the error before the rule is published (``error correction rule''). By this notice, DOE provides an opportunity for the public to file petitions to amend the error correction rule.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27054]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10463]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Parts 430 and 431

[Docket Number EERE-2016-BT-PET-0016]


Notice of Opportunity To Submit a Petition To Amend the Rule 
Establishing Procedures for Requests for Correction of Errors in Rules

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

ACTION: Opportunity to petition.

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SUMMARY: Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the U.S. 
Department of Energy (``DOE'' or the ``Department'') publishes a final 
rule establishing a new procedure through which an interested party 
can, within a 30-day period after DOE posts a rule establishing or 
amending an energy conservation standard, identify a possible error in 
such a rule and request that DOE correct the error before the rule is 
published (``error correction rule''). By this notice, DOE provides an 
opportunity for the public to file petitions to amend the error 
correction rule.

DATES: DOE will use its best efforts to issue a public document by 
August 10, 2016, that responds to any petitions to amend the error 
correction rule that are submitted by June 6, 2016. DOE will consider 
comments on any petitions to amend the error correction rule submitted 
by June 6, 2016 if those comments are submitted by June 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: To submit a petition to amend or a comment on a petition to 
amend in response to this notice, please email 
[email protected]. Petitions and comments will 
be entered into docket number EERE-2016-BT-PET-0016, which is available 
for review at http://www.regulations.gov. For further information on 
how to review the docket, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945 
or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 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 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department publishes a final rule, 
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, establishing a new 
procedure through which an interested party can, within a 30-day period 
after DOE posts a rule establishing or amending an energy conservation 
standard, identify a possible error in such a rule and request that DOE 
correct the error before the rule is published in the Federal Register.
    The error correction rule will become effective 30 days after its 
publication in the Federal Register. DOE hereby provides notice to the 
public that the Department will accept petitions to amend the error 
correction rule and will use its best efforts to issue a public 
document by August 10, 2016, responding to any such petitions that are 
submitted by June 6, 2016.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2016.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-10463 Filed 5-4-16; 8:45 am]
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