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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket Numbers EERE–2013–BT–STD–
0007 and EERE–2013–BT–STD–0021]
RIN 1904–AC95 and 1904–AD11
Energy Conservation Program for
Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy
Conservation Standards for Small,
Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled
Commercial Package Air-Conditioning
and Heating Equipment and
Commercial Warm Air Furnaces;
Correction
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; technical correction.
AGENCY:
On January 15, 2016, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) published
a direct final rule in the Federal
Register that amended the energy
conservation standards for small, large,
and very large air-cooled commercial
package air conditioning and heating
equipment and commercial warm air
furnaces. This document corrects
multiple editorial errors in that final
rule.
DATES: Effective: August 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John Cymbalsky, 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) 286–1692. Email:
John.Cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
On January 15, 2016, DOE’s Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy published an energy
conservation standards direct final rule
(DFR) in the Federal Register titled,
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‘‘Energy Conservation Standards for
Small, Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled
Commercial Package Air-Conditioning
and Heating Equipment and
Commercial Warm Air Furnaces’’
(‘‘January 2016 DFR’’). 81 FR 2420.
Since the publication of that DFR, it has
come to DOE’s attention that, due to a
technical oversight, certain portions of
the regulatory text adopted in the
January 2016 DFR for 10 CFR part 431
contained editorial errors.
As part of that DFR, DOE amended 10
CFR 431.97, which addresses energy
conservation standards for commercial
air conditioners and heat pumps. This
correction addresses editorial errors in
§ 431.97(b) through (d). When DOE
renumbered the tables in § 431.97(b),
subsequent tables in that section were
correctly renumbered, but all crossreferences to those tables were not
properly amended. In addition, when
amending paragraph (c) in regards to
table numbering, DOE inadvertently
reverted to the introductory text from an
earlier version of the CFR, prior to the
effective dates of the July 21, 2015 and
September 21, 2015 final rule and
correction for energy conservation
standards for packaged terminal air
conditioners and heat pumps. 80 FR
43162; 80 FR 56894. In amending
paragraph (b), DOE inadvertently
removed a footnote to Table 2 that was
established in the July 17, 2015, final
rule regarding energy conservation
standards and test procedures for
commercial heating, air-conditioning,
and water heating equipment. 80 FR
42614. Finally, in amending paragraph
(b) to establish separate equipment
classes for double-duct equipment (in
Tables 5 and 6), DOE inadvertently
omitted references to this equipment in
one table heading (Table 1) and in one
table (Table 6). In order to remedy these
errors, DOE is issuing this technical
correction. In some cases, DOE has
removed the incorrect cross-references
entirely, as the text is sufficiently clear
without them.
II. Need for Correction
As published, the adopted energy
conservation standards text may
potentially result in confusion regarding
which standards apply to which
equipment.
Because this technical correction
document would simply correct errors
in the regulatory text without making
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substantive changes to the energy
conservation standards, the changes
addressed in this document are
technical in nature. Accordingly, DOE
finds that there is good cause under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to not issue a separate
notice to solicit public comment on the
changes contained in this document.
Issuing a separate notice to solicit
public comment would be
impracticable, unnecessary, and
contrary to the public interest.
III. Procedural Requirements
DOE has concluded that the
determinations made pursuant to the
various procedural requirements
applicable to the January 2016 DFR
remain unchanged for this technical
correction. These determinations are set
forth in the January 15, 2016 final rule.
81 FR 2420.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 431
Administrative practice and
procedure, Confidential business
information, Energy conservation,
Household appliances, Imports,
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Small
businesses.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5,
2016.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, DOE amends part 431 of
chapter II of title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations as set forth below:
PART 431—ENERGY EFFICIENCY
PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
EQUIPMENT
1. The authority citation for part 431
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6317.
2. Section 431.97 is amended:
a. In paragraph (b):
i. By revising the undesignated text
after the Table 1 heading;
■ ii. In Table 2, the fourth column, last
row remove ‘‘October 29, 2003.’’ and
add in its place ‘‘October 29, 2003.3’’;
■ iii. By adding note 3 to Table 2;
■ iv. In Table 6, in the first column, by
adding ‘‘, Double-Duct’’ after each
instance of ‘‘(Air-Cooled’’;
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b. In paragraph (c), in note 2 to Table
7, by removing ‘‘Table 6’’ and adding in
its place ‘‘Table 8’’;
■ c. By revising paragraph (c)
introductory text, excluding Tables 7
and 8;
■
d. In paragraph (d)(1) by removing
‘‘Table 7 of’’;
■ e. In paragraph (d)(2) by removing
‘‘Table 8 of’’; and
■ f. In paragraph (d)(3) by removing
‘‘Table 9 of’’.
The revisions read as follows:
■
§ 431.97 Energy efficiency standards and
their compliance dates.
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TABLE 1 TO § 431.97—MINIMUM COOLING EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING EQUIPMENT
[Not including single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps, packaged terminal air conditioners and packaged
terminal heat pumps, computer room air conditioners, variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps, and double-duct
air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment]
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TABLE 2 TO § 431.97—MINIMUM HEATING EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING EQUIPMENT
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Equipment type
*
3 And
Cooling capacity
*
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*
*
Compliance date: Equipment manufactured
starting on . . .
Efficiency level
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*
*
*
*
*
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manufactured before October 9, 2015. See Table 4 of this section for updated heating efficiency standards.
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(c) Each non-standard size packaged
terminal air conditioner (PTAC) and
packaged terminal heat pump (PTHP)
manufactured on or after October 7,
2010 must meet the applicable
minimum energy efficiency standard
level(s) set forth in Table 7 of this
section. Each standard size PTAC
manufactured on or after October 8,
2012, and before January 1, 2017 must
meet the applicable minimum energy
efficiency standard level(s) set forth in
Table 7 of this section. Each standard
size PTHP manufactured on or after
October 8, 2012 must meet the
applicable minimum energy efficiency
standard level(s) set forth in Table 7 of
this section. Each standard size PTAC
manufactured on or after January 1,
2017 must meet the applicable
minimum energy efficiency standard
level(s) set forth in Table 8 of this
section.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2016–8841; Directorate
Identifier 2016–NM–115–AD; Amendment
39–18611; AD 2016–16–13]
RIN 2120–AA64
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing
Company Airplanes
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
We are superseding
Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2016–13–
10, for certain The Boeing Company
Model 737–300, –400, and –500 series
airplanes. AD 2016–13–10 required
repetitive external detailed inspections
and nondestructive inspections to detect
cracks in the fuselage skin along the
chem-mill steps at stringers S–1 and S–
2R, between station (STA) 400 and STA
460, and repair if necessary. AD 2016–
13–10 also required a preventive
modification of the fuselage skin at
crown stringers S–1 and S–2R. This AD
requires the same actions as AD 2016–
13–10, and clarifies certain regulatory
text. This AD was prompted by the
determination that certain regulatory
text in AD 2016–13–10 requires
clarification. We are issuing this AD to
detect and correct fatigue cracking of the
fuselage skin panels at the chem-mill
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steps, which could result in sudden
fracture and failure of the fuselage skin
panels, and consequent rapid
decompression of the airplane.
DATES: This AD is effective August 15,
2016.
The Director of the Federal Register
approved the incorporation by reference
of a certain publication listed in this AD
as of August 9, 2016 (81 FR 43483, July
5, 2016).
The Director of the Federal Register
approved the incorporation by reference
of a certain other publication listed in
this AD as of July 23, 2012 (77 FR
36134, June 18, 2012).
We must receive any comments on
this AD by September 29, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
For service information identified in
this final rule, contact Boeing
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and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket Numbers EERE-2013-BT-STD-0007 and EERE-2013-BT-STD-0021]
RIN 1904-AC95 and 1904-AD11
Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment:
Energy Conservation Standards for Small, Large, and Very Large Air-
Cooled Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment and
Commercial Warm Air Furnaces; Correction
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; technical correction.
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SUMMARY: On January 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
published a direct final rule in the Federal Register that amended the
energy conservation standards for small, large, and very large air-
cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment and
commercial warm air furnaces. This document corrects multiple editorial
errors in that final rule.
DATES: Effective: August 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Cymbalsky, 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) 286-1692. Email:
John.Cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On January 15, 2016, DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy published an energy conservation standards direct
final rule (DFR) in the Federal Register titled, ``Energy Conservation
Standards for Small, Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled Commercial
Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment and Commercial Warm Air
Furnaces'' (``January 2016 DFR''). 81 FR 2420. Since the publication of
that DFR, it has come to DOE's attention that, due to a technical
oversight, certain portions of the regulatory text adopted in the
January 2016 DFR for 10 CFR part 431 contained editorial errors.
As part of that DFR, DOE amended 10 CFR 431.97, which addresses
energy conservation standards for commercial air conditioners and heat
pumps. This correction addresses editorial errors in Sec. 431.97(b)
through (d). When DOE renumbered the tables in Sec. 431.97(b),
subsequent tables in that section were correctly renumbered, but all
cross-references to those tables were not properly amended. In
addition, when amending paragraph (c) in regards to table numbering,
DOE inadvertently reverted to the introductory text from an earlier
version of the CFR, prior to the effective dates of the July 21, 2015
and September 21, 2015 final rule and correction for energy
conservation standards for packaged terminal air conditioners and heat
pumps. 80 FR 43162; 80 FR 56894. In amending paragraph (b), DOE
inadvertently removed a footnote to Table 2 that was established in the
July 17, 2015, final rule regarding energy conservation standards and
test procedures for commercial heating, air-conditioning, and water
heating equipment. 80 FR 42614. Finally, in amending paragraph (b) to
establish separate equipment classes for double-duct equipment (in
Tables 5 and 6), DOE inadvertently omitted references to this equipment
in one table heading (Table 1) and in one table (Table 6). In order to
remedy these errors, DOE is issuing this technical correction. In some
cases, DOE has removed the incorrect cross-references entirely, as the
text is sufficiently clear without them.
II. Need for Correction
As published, the adopted energy conservation standards text may
potentially result in confusion regarding which standards apply to
which equipment.
Because this technical correction document would simply correct
errors in the regulatory text without making substantive changes to the
energy conservation standards, the changes addressed in this document
are technical in nature. Accordingly, DOE finds that there is good
cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to not issue a separate notice to
solicit public comment on the changes contained in this document.
Issuing a separate notice to solicit public comment would be
impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest.
III. Procedural Requirements
DOE has concluded that the determinations made pursuant to the
various procedural requirements applicable to the January 2016 DFR
remain unchanged for this technical correction. These determinations
are set forth in the January 15, 2016 final rule. 81 FR 2420.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 431
Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports,
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Small businesses.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2016.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, DOE amends part 431 of
chapter II of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations as set forth below:
PART 431--ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
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1. The authority citation for part 431 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6317.
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2. Section 431.97 is amended:
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a. In paragraph (b):
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i. By revising the undesignated text after the Table 1 heading;
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ii. In Table 2, the fourth column, last row remove ``October 29,
2003.'' and add in its place ``October 29, 2003.\3\'';
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iii. By adding note 3 to Table 2;
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iv. In Table 6, in the first column, by adding ``, Double-Duct'' after
each instance of ``(Air-Cooled'';
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b. In paragraph (c), in note 2 to Table 7, by removing ``Table 6'' and
adding in its place ``Table 8'';
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c. By revising paragraph (c) introductory text, excluding Tables 7 and
8;
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d. In paragraph (d)(1) by removing ``Table 7 of'';
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e. In paragraph (d)(2) by removing ``Table 8 of''; and
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f. In paragraph (d)(3) by removing ``Table 9 of''.
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 431.97 Energy efficiency standards and their compliance dates.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
Table 1 to Sec. 431.97--Minimum Cooling Efficiency Standards for Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment
[Not including single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps, packaged terminal air conditioners and packaged terminal
heat pumps, computer room air conditioners, variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps, and double-duct air-cooled commercial
package air conditioning and heating equipment]
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Table 2 to Sec. 431.97--Minimum Heating Efficiency Standards for Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment
[Heat Pumps]
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Compliance date: Equipment
Equipment type Cooling capacity Efficiency level manufactured starting on . . .
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\3\ And manufactured before October 9, 2015. See Table 4 of this section for updated heating efficiency
standards.
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(c) Each non-standard size packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC)
and packaged terminal heat pump (PTHP) manufactured on or after October
7, 2010 must meet the applicable minimum energy efficiency standard
level(s) set forth in Table 7 of this section. Each standard size PTAC
manufactured on or after October 8, 2012, and before January 1, 2017
must meet the applicable minimum energy efficiency standard level(s)
set forth in Table 7 of this section. Each standard size PTHP
manufactured on or after October 8, 2012 must meet the applicable
minimum energy efficiency standard level(s) set forth in Table 7 of
this section. Each standard size PTAC manufactured on or after January
1, 2017 must meet the applicable minimum energy efficiency standard
level(s) set forth in Table 8 of this section.
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