Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, 71125-71128 [2019-26536]
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)] [Unknown Section] [Pages 71125-71128] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-26536] [[Page 71125]] Vol. 84 Thursday, No. 247 December 26, 2019 Part VI Department of Energy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 247 / Thursday, December 26, 2019 / UA: Reg Flex Agenda [[Page 71126]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X 48 CFR Ch. 9 Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of 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), including its Regulatory Plan (Plan), 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 statute, including amendments contained in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) and the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (AEMTCA), 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 entire Fall 2019 Regulatory Agenda can be accessed online by going to www.reginfo.gov. Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under section 610 of that Act. The Plan appears in both the online Agenda and the Federal Register and includes the most important of DOE's significant regulatory actions and a Statement of Regulatory and Deregulatory Priorities. Bill Cooper, General Counsel. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 224....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD15 Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products. 225....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD20 Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 226....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD09 Standards for General Service Lamps. 227....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD34 Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 228....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD01 Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers. 229....................... 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 224. 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: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended by Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), 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 technologically feasible and economically justified. DOE is reviewing the current standards 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................... 12/00/19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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]. [[Page 71127]] RIN: 1904-AD15 225. 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, as amended, (EPCA) 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................... 02/00/20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 226. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory. Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A) Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 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 standards for compact fluorescent lamps. According to the Settlement Agreement between the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and 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. 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................... 11/00/19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 227. 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 the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) statutory obligation under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, (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: [[Page 71128]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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........................ 02/00/20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest, General Engineer, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Building 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 228. 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: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended by the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (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 2 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............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest, Phone: 202 586-7335, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 1904-AD01 229. 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 Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Information (RFI)....... 11/28/17 82 FR 56181 RFI Comment Period Extended......... 02/23/18 83 FR 8016 RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 03/26/18 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 1904-AE11 [FR Doc. 2019-26536 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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