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10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
pursuant to Executive Order 12866,
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ and
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
48 CFR Ch. 9
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Semi-annual regulatory agenda.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) has prepared and is making
available its portion of the semi-annual
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda)
SUMMARY:
The
Agenda is a government-wide
compilation of upcoming and ongoing
regulatory activity, including a brief
description of each rulemaking and a
timetable for action. The Agenda also
includes a list of regulatory actions
completed since publication of the last
Agenda. The Department of Energy’s
portion of the Agenda includes
regulatory actions called for by the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007, the American Energy
Manufacturing Technical Corrections
Act and programmatic needs of DOE
offices.
The internet is the basic means for
disseminating the Agenda and
providing users the ability to obtain
information from the Agenda database.
DOE’s Spring 2018 Agenda can be
accessed online by going to
www.reginfo.gov.
DOE’s regulatory flexibility agenda is
made up of rulemakings setting energy
efficiency standards and requirements
applicable to DOE sites.
Theodore J. Garrish,
Acting General Counsel.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
77 ......................
78 ......................
79 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards and Definition for General Service Lamps ..................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products ..........................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces.
1904–AD09
1904–AD15
1904–AD20
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
80 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment .................................................
1904–AD34
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
81 ......................
82 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers ...............................................................
Modifying the Energy Conservation Program to Implement a Market-Based Approach ................................
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
efforts to issue the GSL SNOPR by May
28, 2018.
Timetable:
Proposed Rule Stage
Action
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77. Energy Conservation Standards and
Definition for General Service Lamps
E.O. 13771 Designation: Other.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6295(i)(6)(A)
Abstract: The Department will issue a
Supplemental Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that includes a proposed
determination with respect to whether
to amend or adopt standards for general
service light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
and that may include a proposed
determination with respect to whether
to amend or adopt standard for compact
fluorescent lamps. According to the
Settlement Agreement between the
National Electrical Manufacturers
Association (NEMA) and the
Department (DOE), DOE will use its best
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Framework Document Comment
Period End.
Framework Document Comment
Period Extended.
Framework Document Comment
Period Extended End.
Preliminary Analysis and Notice
of Public Meeting.
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Action
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period Extended.
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Public
Meeting;
Webinar.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Notice of Public
Meeting;
Webinar.
Proposed Definition and Data
Availability.
Proposed Definition and Data
Availability
Comment Period End.
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01/30/15
1904–AD01
1904–AE11
FR Cite
80 FR 5052
02/23/15
03/15/16
81 FR 13763
03/17/16
05/16/16
81 FR 14528
10/05/16
81 FR 69009
10/18/16
81 FR 71794
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Action
Date
Final Rule Adopting a Definition
for GSL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition
for GSL Effective.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition
for GSL Including IRL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition
for GSL Including IRL Effective.
Supplemental
NPRM.
01/19/17
FR Cite
82 FR 7276
01/01/20
01/19/17
82 FR 7322
01/01/20
05/00/18
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucy deButts,
Buildings Technologies Office, EE–5B,
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 202–287–1604, Email:
lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD09
78. Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Conventional Cooking
Products
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1);
42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42 U.S.C. 6295(h)
Abstract: EPCA, as amended by EISA
2007, requires the Secretary to
determine whether updating the
statutory energy conservation standards
for residential conventional cooking
products would yield a significant
savings in energy use and is technically
feasible and economically justified. DOE
is reviewing to make such
determination.
Timetable:
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Action
Date
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
RFI Comment Period Extended.
RFI Comment Period Extended
End.
NPRM and Public
Meeting.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
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02/12/14
FR Cite
Action
Date
SNPRM Comment
Period Extended.
SNPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
09/30/16
FR Cite
Action
81 FR 67219
NODA Comment
Period Reopened.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened End.
Supplemental
NPRM and Notice of Public
Meeting.
Supplemental
NPRM Comment Period
End.
SNPRM Comment
Period Reopened.
SNPRM Comment
Period End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
11/02/16
10/00/18
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephanie Johnson,
General Engineer, Department of
Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Building Technologies
Office, EE5B, Washington, DC 20002,
Phone: 202 287–1943, Email:
stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD15
79. Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42
U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as
amended, prescribes energy
conservation standards for various
consumer products and certain
commercial and industrial equipment,
including residential furnaces. EPCA
also requires the DOE to determine
whether more stringent amended
standards would be technologically
feasible and economically justified and
would save a significant amount of
energy. DOE is considering amendments
to its energy conservation standards for
residential non-weatherized gas
furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces
in partial fulfillment of a court-ordered
remand of DOE’s 2011 rulemaking for
these products.
Timetable:
79 FR 8337
Action
Date
FR Cite
03/14/14
03/03/14
79 FR 11714
04/14/14
06/10/15
80 FR 33030
07/30/15
80 FR 45452
09/09/15
09/02/16
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Meeting.
NPRM and Notice
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NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Data
Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
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03/12/15
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05/20/15
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07/10/15
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80 FR 64370
11/06/15
09/23/16
81 FR 65720
11/22/16
12/05/16
81 FR 87493
01/06/17
09/00/18
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky,
Building Technologies Office, EE–5B,
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 202 287–1692, Email:
john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD20
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Final Rule Stage
80. Energy Conservation Standards for
Commercial Water Heating Equipment
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
Abstract: Once completed, this
rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory
obligation under EPCA to either propose
amended energy conservation standards
for commercial water heaters and hot
water supply boilers, or determine that
the existing standards do not need to be
amended. (Unfired hot water storage
tanks and commercial heat pump water
heaters are being considered in a
separate rulemaking.) DOE must
determine whether national standards
more stringent than those that are
currently in place would result in a
significant additional amount of energy
savings and whether such amended
national standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified.
Timetable:
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Action
Date
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Reopened.
NPRM Comment
Period Reopened End.
Notice of Data
Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
10/21/14
FR Cite
79 FR 62899
11/20/14
05/31/16
08/01/16
81 FR 34440
08/05/16
81 FR 51812
08/30/16
12/23/16
81 FR 94234
01/09/17
Action
10/00/18
Notice of Proposed Determination
(NOPD).
NOPD Comment
Period End.
Notice of Public
Meeting and
Framework
Document
Availability.
Framework Document Comment
Period End.
Notice of Public
Meeting and
Preliminary
Analysis.
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period End.
Withdrawal of
NOPD.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Next Action Undetermined.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest,
General Engineer, Department of
Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Buildings Technologies
Office, EE–5B, Washington, DC 20585,
Phone: 202 586–7335, Email:
catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD34
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Long-Term Actions
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81. Energy Conservation Standards for
Commercial Packaged Boilers
E.O. 13771 Designation: Other.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6311(11)(B)
Abstract: EPCA, as amended by
AEMTCA, requires the Secretary to
determine whether updating the
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statutory energy conservation standards
for commercial packaged boilers is
technically feasible and economically
justified and would save a significant
amount of energy. If justified, the
Secretary will issue amended energy
conservation standards for such
equipment. DOE last updated the
standards for commercial packaged
boilers on July 22, 2009. DOE issued a
NOPR pursuant to the 6-year-look-back
requirement on March 24, 2016. Under
EPCA, DOE has two years to issue a
final rule after publication of the NOPR.
Timetable:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: James Raba, Phone:
202 586–8654, Email: jim.raba@
ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD01
82. Modifying the Energy Conservation
Program To Implement a Market-Based
Approach
E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is evaluating the potential
use of some form of a market-based
approach such as an averaging, trading,
fee-base or other type of market-based
policy mechanism for the U.S.
Appliance and Equipment Energy
Conservation Standards (ECS) program.
Timetable:
Action
10/18/13
11/20/14
79 FR 69066
01/20/15
08/25/15
81 FR 15836
81 FR 26747
11/28/17
FR Cite
82 FR 56181
02/26/18
02/23/18
83 FR 8016
03/26/18
80 FR 51487
03/24/16
05/04/16
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
RFI Comment Period Extended.
RFI Comment Period Extended
End.
Next Action Undetermined.
Date
06/22/16
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky,
Phone: 202 287–1692, Email:
john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AE11
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Semi-annual regulatory agenda.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making
available its portion of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) pursuant to Executive
Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agenda is a government-wide compilation
of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, including a brief
description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda
also includes a list of regulatory actions completed since publication
of the last Agenda. The Department of Energy's portion of the Agenda
includes regulatory actions called for by the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007, the American Energy Manufacturing Technical
Corrections Act and programmatic needs of DOE offices.
The internet is the basic means for disseminating the Agenda and
providing users the ability to obtain information from the Agenda
database. DOE's Spring 2018 Agenda can be accessed online by going to
www.reginfo.gov.
DOE's regulatory flexibility agenda is made up of rulemakings
setting energy efficiency standards and requirements applicable to DOE
sites.
Theodore J. Garrish,
Acting General Counsel.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
77........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD09
Standards and Definition
for General Service Lamps.
78........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD15
Standards for Residential
Conventional Cooking
Products.
79........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD20
Standards for Residential
Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home
Gas Furnaces.
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
80........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD34
Standards for Commercial
Water Heating Equipment.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Long-Term Actions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
81........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD01
Standards for Commercial
Packaged Boilers.
82........................ Modifying the Energy 1904-AE11
Conservation Program to
Implement a Market-Based
Approach.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Proposed Rule Stage
77. Energy Conservation Standards and Definition for General Service
Lamps
E.O. 13771 Designation: Other.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)
Abstract: The Department will issue a Supplemental Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that includes a proposed determination with respect
to whether to amend or adopt standards for general service light-
emitting diode (LED) lamps and that may include a proposed
determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standard for
compact fluorescent lamps. According to the Settlement Agreement
between the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and
the Department (DOE), DOE will use its best efforts to issue the GSL
SNOPR by May 28, 2018.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Framework Document Availability; 12/09/13 78 FR 73737
Notice of Public Meeting.
Framework Document Comment Period 01/23/14 .......................
End.
Framework Document Comment Period 01/23/14 79 FR 3742
Extended.
Framework Document Comment Period 02/07/14 .......................
Extended End.
Preliminary Analysis and Notice of 12/11/14 79 FR 73503
Public Meeting.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 01/30/15 80 FR 5052
Extended.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 02/23/15 .......................
Extended End.
Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar... 03/15/16 81 FR 13763
NPRM................................ 03/17/16 81 FR 14528
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/16/16 .......................
Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar... 10/05/16 81 FR 69009
Proposed Definition and Data 10/18/16 81 FR 71794
Availability.
Proposed Definition and Data 11/08/16 .......................
Availability Comment Period End.
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Final Rule Adopting a Definition for 01/19/17 82 FR 7276
GSL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for 01/01/20 .......................
GSL Effective.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for 01/19/17 82 FR 7322
GSL Including IRL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for 01/01/20 .......................
GSL Including IRL Effective.
Supplemental NPRM................... 05/00/18 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucy deButts, Buildings Technologies Office, EE-5B,
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202-287-1604,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD09
78. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking
Products
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42
U.S.C. 6295(h)
Abstract: EPCA, as amended by EISA 2007, requires the Secretary to
determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards
for residential conventional cooking products would yield a significant
savings in energy use and is technically feasible and economically
justified. DOE is reviewing to make such determination.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request for Information (RFI)....... 02/12/14 79 FR 8337
RFI Comment Period End.............. 03/14/14 .......................
RFI Comment Period Extended......... 03/03/14 79 FR 11714
RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 04/14/14 .......................
NPRM and Public Meeting............. 06/10/15 80 FR 33030
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 07/30/15 80 FR 45452
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 09/09/15 .......................
Supplemental NPRM................... 09/02/16 81 FR 60784
SNPRM Comment Period Extended....... 09/30/16 81 FR 67219
SNPRM Comment Period Extended End... 11/02/16 .......................
Supplemental NPRM................... 10/00/18 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephanie Johnson, General Engineer, Department of
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Building Technologies Office, EE5B, Washington, DC 20002,
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD15
79. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42
U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as
amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer
products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including
residential furnaces. EPCA also requires the DOE to determine whether
more stringent amended standards would be technologically feasible and
economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy.
DOE is considering amendments to its energy conservation standards for
residential non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces
in partial fulfillment of a court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011
rulemaking for these products.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice of Public Meeting............ 10/30/14 79 FR 64517
NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting... 03/12/15 80 FR 13120
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/20/15 80 FR 28851
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 07/10/15 .......................
Notice of Data Availability (NODA).. 09/14/15 80 FR 55038
NODA Comment Period End............. 10/14/15 .......................
NODA Comment Period Reopened........ 10/23/15 80 FR 64370
NODA Comment Period Reopened End.... 11/06/15 .......................
Supplemental NPRM and Notice of 09/23/16 81 FR 65720
Public Meeting.
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 11/22/16 .......................
SNPRM Comment Period Reopened....... 12/05/16 81 FR 87493
SNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/06/17 .......................
Supplemental NPRM................... 09/00/18 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Building Technologies Office, EE-
5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1692,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD20
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
80. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating
Equipment
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
Abstract: Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's
statutory obligation under EPCA to either propose amended energy
conservation standards for commercial water heaters and hot water
supply boilers, or determine that the existing standards do not need to
be amended. (Unfired hot water storage tanks and commercial heat pump
water heaters are being considered in a separate rulemaking.) DOE must
determine whether national standards more stringent than those that are
currently in place would result in a significant additional amount of
energy savings and whether such amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and economically justified.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request for Information (RFI)....... 10/21/14 79 FR 62899
RFI Comment Period End.............. 11/20/14 .......................
NPRM................................ 05/31/16 81 FR 34440
NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/01/16 .......................
NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 08/05/16 81 FR 51812
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 08/30/16 .......................
Notice of Data Availability (NODA).. 12/23/16 81 FR 94234
NODA Comment Period End............. 01/09/17 .......................
Final Action........................ 10/00/18 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest, General Engineer, Department of
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Buildings Technologies Office, EE-5B, Washington, DC 20585,
Phone: 202 586-7335, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD34
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Long-Term Actions
81. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers
E.O. 13771 Designation: Other.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6311(11)(B)
Abstract: EPCA, as amended by AEMTCA, requires the Secretary to
determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards
for commercial packaged boilers is technically feasible and
economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy.
If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation
standards for such equipment. DOE last updated the standards for
commercial packaged boilers on July 22, 2009. DOE issued a NOPR
pursuant to the 6-year-look-back requirement on March 24, 2016. Under
EPCA, DOE has two years to issue a final rule after publication of the
NOPR.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice of Proposed Determination 08/13/13 78 FR 49202
(NOPD).
NOPD Comment Period End............. 09/12/13 .......................
Notice of Public Meeting and 09/03/13 78 FR 54197
Framework Document Availability.
Framework Document Comment Period 10/18/13 .......................
End.
Notice of Public Meeting and 11/20/14 79 FR 69066
Preliminary Analysis.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 01/20/15 .......................
End.
Withdrawal of NOPD.................. 08/25/15 80 FR 51487
NPRM................................ 03/24/16 81 FR 15836
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/04/16 81 FR 26747
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 06/22/16 .......................
Next Action Undetermined............ .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: James Raba, Phone: 202 586-8654, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD01
82. Modifying the Energy Conservation Program To Implement a Market-
Based Approach
E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is evaluating the
potential use of some form of a market-based approach such as an
averaging, trading, fee-base or other type of market-based policy
mechanism for the U.S. Appliance and Equipment Energy Conservation
Standards (ECS) program.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 11/28/17 82 FR 56181
RFI Comment Period End.............. 02/26/18 .......................
RFI Comment Period Extended......... 02/23/18 83 FR 8016
RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 03/26/18 .......................
Next Action Undetermined............ .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AE11
[FR Doc. 2018-11238 Filed 6-8-18; 8:45 am]
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