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contrary to the public interest. Neither
the errors nor the corrections in this
document affect the substance of the
March 2021 final rule or any of the
conclusions reached in support of the
final rule. Providing prior notice and an
opportunity for public comment on
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errors and omissions that do not change
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serves no useful purpose. As such, this
rule is not subject to the 30-day delay
in effective date requirement of 5 U.S.C.
553(d) otherwise applicable to rules that
make substantive changes.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on May 2, 2021, by
Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting
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 May 4, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, DOE corrects part 430 of
chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations by
making the following correcting
amendments:
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2.12 ‘‘Full compressor speed (full)’’
means the compressor speed at which the
unit operates at full load test conditions,
when using user settings with a unit
thermostat setpoint of 75 °F to achieve
maximum cooling capacity, according to the
instructions in ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 16–
2016.
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5.1 Annual energy consumption in
inactive mode and off mode. Calculate the
annual energy consumption in inactive mode
and off mode, AECia/om, expressed in
kilowatt-hours per year (kWh/year).
AECia/om = (Pia × tia + Pom × tom)
Where:
AECia/om = annual energy consumption in
inactive mode and off mode, in kWh/
year.
Pia = average power in inactive mode, in
watts, determined in section 4.2 of this
appendix.
Pom = average power in off mode, in watts,
determined in section 4.2 of this
appendix.
tia = annual operating hours in inactive mode
and multiplied by a 0.001 kWh/Wh
conversion factor from watt-hours to
kilowatt-hours. This value is 5.115 kWh/
W if the unit has inactive mode and no
off mode, 2.5575 kWh/W if the unit has
both inactive and off mode, and 0 kWh/
W if the unit does not have inactive
mode.
tom = annual operating hours in off mode and
multiplied by a 0.001 kWh/Wh
conversion factor from watt-hours to
kilowatt-hours. This value is 5.115 kWh/
W if the unit has off mode and no
inactive mode, 2.5575 kWh/W if the unit
has both inactive and off mode, and 0
kWh/W if the unit does not have off
mode.
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10 CFR Part 430
[EERE–2020–BT–STD–0001]
1. The authority citation for part 430
continues to read as follows:
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Energy Conservation Program:
Establishment of New Product Classes
for Residential Clothes Washers and
Consumer Clothes Dryers; Correction
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
AGENCY:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6309; 28 U.S.C.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
PART 430—ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
16:08 May 06, 2021
Appendix F to Subpart B of Part 430—
Uniform Test Method for Measuring the
Energy Consumption of Room Air
conditioners
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procedure, Confidential business
information, Energy conservation,
Household appliances, Imports,
Incorporation by reference,
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2. Appendix F to subpart B of part 430
is amended by revising sections 2.12
and 5.1 to read as follows:
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ACTION:
Final rule; correction.
On December 16, 2020, the
U.S. Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’)
published a final rule adopting separate
product classes for top-loading
consumer (residential) clothes washers
and consumer clothes dryers that offer
cycle times for a normal cycle of less
than 30 minutes, and for front-loading
residential clothes washers that offer
cycle times for a normal cycle of less
than 45 minutes (‘‘December 2020 final
rule’’). This document corrects an
omission in the amended regulatory text
as it appeared in the December 2020
final rule. Neither the error nor the
correction in this document affect the
substance of the rulemaking or any
conclusions reached in support of the
final rule.
DATES: Effective May 7, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Bryan Berringer, 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. Email: Appliance
StandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Kathryn McIntosh, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC–33, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–
2002. Email: Kathryn.McIntosh@
hq.doe.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
DOE published a final rule in the
Federal Register on December 16, 2020,
establishing separate product classes for
top-loading consumer (residential)
clothes washers and consumer clothes
dryers that offer cycle times for a normal
cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for
front-loading residential clothes
washers that offer cycle times for a
normal cycle of less than 45 minutes. 85
FR 81359. In a review of the December
2020 final rule, DOE identified an
omission in the amended regulatory text
for consumer clothes dryers.
Specifically, the regulatory text that
establishes separate product classes for
vented electric standard clothes dryers
and vented gas clothes dryers with a
cycle time of less than 30 minutes
omitted the distinction that the 30minute cycle time is determined when
conducting the test procedure at title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations
(‘‘CFR’’), part 430, subpart B, appendix
D2 (‘‘appendix D2’’). This distinction
was provided in the regulatory text of
the notice of proposed rulemaking
published on August 13, 2020 (85 FR
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49297, 49311) and is supported by the
discussion in the preamble of the
December 2020 final rule.1
DOE published a correction notice on
January 19, 2021 (‘‘January 2021
correction notice’’) responding to
specific comments submitted by the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San
Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern
California Edison in response to DOE’s
notice of proposed rulemaking
published on August 13, 2020, which
were inadvertently omitted from the
December 2020 final rule. 86 FR 4883.
DOE considered these comments and
determined that in most instances, these
comments raised issues substantially
similar to those raised by other
commenters that DOE had considered
and addressed in the December 2020
final rule. To the extent that these
comments raised issues not explicitly
addressed in the December 2020 final
rule, DOE determined that the
comments did not alter any of the
conclusions reached in support of the
final rule and would not have resulted
in an outcome different than as set forth
in the final rule. Id. This omission in the
amended regulatory text also appeared
in the January 2021 correction.
The substance of this final rule
correction is distinct from the substance
of the January 2021 correction notice.
II. Need for Correction
As published, the regulatory text in
the December 2020 final rule may result
in confusion as to the required test
procedure for determining cycle time
due to the omission of the distinction
that the 30-minute cycle time for clothes
dryers is determined when conducting
the test procedure at appendix D2.
Because this final rule would simply
correct errors in the text without making
substantive changes in the December
2020 final rule, the changes addressed
in this document are technical in
nature.
1 The separate product classes for clothes dryers
were based, in part, on data generated from testing
in accordance with appendix D2. 85 FR 81359,
81360. Additionally, as explained in the December
2020 final rule, the clothes dryer test procedure at
10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix D1 does not
provide data that can be used to determine a ‘‘cycle
time’’ because the drying cycle is artificially
terminated. As explained in the final rule, the
artificially-terminated cycle has a field use factor
applied to calculate representative energy
consumption. 85 FR 81359, 81360 (footnote 2). DOE
relied on appendix D2 as the basis for defining the
30-minute cycle time distinction because appendix
D2 provides representative energy use and a
corresponding cycle time, as the cycle is run from
start to completion without being artificially
terminated. Id.
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III. Procedural Issues and Regulatory
Review
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
DOE has concluded that the
determinations made pursuant to the
various procedural requirements
applicable to the December 2020 final
rule remain unchanged for this final
rule technical correction. These
determinations are set forth in the
December 2020 final rule. 85 FR 81359,
81373.
Pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B),
DOE finds that there is good cause 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. Neither the errors nor the
corrections in this document affect the
substance of the December 2020 final
rule or any of the conclusions reached
in support of the final rule. Providing
prior notice and an opportunity for
public comment on correcting objective,
typographical errors that do not change
the substance of the test procedure
serves no useful purpose.
Further, this rule correcting a
regulatory text omission makes nonsubstantive changes to the test
procedure. As such, this rule is not
subject to the 30-day delay in effective
date requirement of 5 U.S.C. 553(d)
otherwise applicable to rules that make
substantive changes.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
[FR Doc. 2021–09696 Filed 5–6–21; 8:45 am]
Administrative practice and
procedure, Confidential business
information, Energy conservation,
Household appliances, Imports,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Small
businesses.
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Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on May 3, 2021, by
Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting
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
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For the reasons stated in the
preamble, DOE corrects part 430 of
chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations by
making the following correcting
amendments:
PART 430—ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
1. The authority citation for part 430
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6309; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note.
2. Section 430.32 is amended by
revising paragraph (h)(3)(ii) to read as
follows:
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§ 430.32 Energy and water conservation
standards and their compliance dates.
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(ii) Vented, electric standard clothes
dryers and vented gas clothes dryers
with a cycle time of less than 30
minutes, when tested according to
appendix D2 in subpart B of this part,
are not currently subject to energy
conservation standards.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[EERE-2020-BT-STD-0001]
RIN 1904-AE86
Energy Conservation Program: Establishment of New Product Classes
for Residential Clothes Washers and Consumer Clothes Dryers; Correction
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'')
published a final rule adopting separate product classes for top-
loading consumer (residential) clothes washers and consumer clothes
dryers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 30
minutes, and for front-loading residential clothes washers that offer
cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes (``December 2020
final rule''). This document corrects an omission in the amended
regulatory text as it appeared in the December 2020 final rule. Neither
the error nor the correction in this document affect the substance of
the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.
DATES: Effective May 7, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Bryan Berringer, 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. Email:
[email protected].
Ms. Kathryn McIntosh, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-2002. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
DOE published a final rule in the Federal Register on December 16,
2020, establishing separate product classes for top-loading consumer
(residential) clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers that offer
cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front-
loading residential clothes washers that offer cycle times for a normal
cycle of less than 45 minutes. 85 FR 81359. In a review of the December
2020 final rule, DOE identified an omission in the amended regulatory
text for consumer clothes dryers. Specifically, the regulatory text
that establishes separate product classes for vented electric standard
clothes dryers and vented gas clothes dryers with a cycle time of less
than 30 minutes omitted the distinction that the 30-minute cycle time
is determined when conducting the test procedure at title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (``CFR''), part 430, subpart B, appendix D2
(``appendix D2''). This distinction was provided in the regulatory text
of the notice of proposed rulemaking published on August 13, 2020 (85
FR
[[Page 24485]]
49297, 49311) and is supported by the discussion in the preamble of the
December 2020 final rule.\1\
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\1\ The separate product classes for clothes dryers were based,
in part, on data generated from testing in accordance with appendix
D2. 85 FR 81359, 81360. Additionally, as explained in the December
2020 final rule, the clothes dryer test procedure at 10 CFR part
430, subpart B, appendix D1 does not provide data that can be used
to determine a ``cycle time'' because the drying cycle is
artificially terminated. As explained in the final rule, the
artificially-terminated cycle has a field use factor applied to
calculate representative energy consumption. 85 FR 81359, 81360
(footnote 2). DOE relied on appendix D2 as the basis for defining
the 30-minute cycle time distinction because appendix D2 provides
representative energy use and a corresponding cycle time, as the
cycle is run from start to completion without being artificially
terminated. Id.
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DOE published a correction notice on January 19, 2021 (``January
2021 correction notice'') responding to specific comments submitted by
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas and Electric, and
Southern California Edison in response to DOE's notice of proposed
rulemaking published on August 13, 2020, which were inadvertently
omitted from the December 2020 final rule. 86 FR 4883. DOE considered
these comments and determined that in most instances, these comments
raised issues substantially similar to those raised by other commenters
that DOE had considered and addressed in the December 2020 final rule.
To the extent that these comments raised issues not explicitly
addressed in the December 2020 final rule, DOE determined that the
comments did not alter any of the conclusions reached in support of the
final rule and would not have resulted in an outcome different than as
set forth in the final rule. Id. This omission in the amended
regulatory text also appeared in the January 2021 correction.
The substance of this final rule correction is distinct from the
substance of the January 2021 correction notice.
II. Need for Correction
As published, the regulatory text in the December 2020 final rule
may result in confusion as to the required test procedure for
determining cycle time due to the omission of the distinction that the
30-minute cycle time for clothes dryers is determined when conducting
the test procedure at appendix D2. Because this final rule would simply
correct errors in the text without making substantive changes in the
December 2020 final rule, the changes addressed in this document are
technical in nature.
III. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review
DOE has concluded that the determinations made pursuant to the
various procedural requirements applicable to the December 2020 final
rule remain unchanged for this final rule technical correction. These
determinations are set forth in the December 2020 final rule. 85 FR
81359, 81373.
Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), DOE finds that there is good cause 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. Neither the errors nor the corrections in this document
affect the substance of the December 2020 final rule or any of the
conclusions reached in support of the final rule. Providing prior
notice and an opportunity for public comment on correcting objective,
typographical errors that do not change the substance of the test
procedure serves no useful purpose.
Further, this rule correcting a regulatory text omission makes non-
substantive changes to the test procedure. As such, this rule is not
subject to the 30-day delay in effective date requirement of 5 U.S.C.
553(d) otherwise applicable to rules that make substantive changes.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Small
businesses.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 3,
2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
and Acting 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 May 4, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, DOE corrects part 430 of
chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations by making the following correcting amendments:
PART 430--ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS
0
1. The authority citation for part 430 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6309; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.
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2. Section 430.32 is amended by revising paragraph (h)(3)(ii) to read
as follows:
Sec. 430.32 Energy and water conservation standards and their
compliance dates.
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(h) * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) Vented, electric standard clothes dryers and vented gas
clothes dryers with a cycle time of less than 30 minutes, when tested
according to appendix D2 in subpart B of this part, are not currently
subject to energy conservation standards.
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