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ACTION:
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 Policy and Conservation Act of
1975, as amended, 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 2022 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.
Samuel Walsh,
General Counsel.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
76 ......................
77 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products ..........................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces.
Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-Equipment .................................................
78 ......................
1904–AD15
1904–AD20
1904–AD34
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE
Sequence No.
79
80
81
82
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Title
Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps .........................................................................
Test Procedure for Single-Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps ............................................
Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems .................................
Test Procedure for Cooking Tops ....................................................................................................................
1904–AD09
1904–AD94
1904–AE46
1904–AF18
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Title
83 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing ...........................................................................
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Proposed Rule Stage
76. Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Conventional Cooking
Products [1904–AD15]
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
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), prescribes energy
conservation standards for various
consumer products, including consumer
conventional cooking products. EPCA
also requires the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) to periodically determine
whether more stringent standards would
be technologically feasible and
economically justified and would result
in a significant conservation of energy.
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In this rulemaking, DOE is considering
whether to update energy conservation
standards for consumer conventional
cooking products in order to fulfill its
statutory deadline for amending energy
conservation standards for cooking
products under 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1). In
2020, DOE tentatively determined that
amended energy conservation standards
for consumer conventional cooking
products would not be economically
justified and would not result in
significant energy savings. DOE reevaluates this determination of whether
amending standards for cooking
products would result in significant
energy savings.
Timetable:
Action
Date
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
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79 FR 8337
Action
RFI Comment Period Extended.
RFI Comment Period Extended
End.
NPRM and Public
Meeting.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
SNPRM Comment
Period Extended.
SNPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
03/14/14
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1904–AC11
FR Cite
79 FR 11714
04/14/14
06/10/15
80 FR 33030
07/30/15
80 FR 45452
09/09/15
09/02/16
81 FR 60784
09/30/16
81 FR 67219
11/02/16
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Action
Date
Notice of Proposed Determination and
Request for
Comment.
Notice of Proposed Determination Comment Period
End.
Second SNPRM ..
12/14/20
FR Cite
Action
85 FR 80982
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.
Notice of NPRM
Withdrawal.
NPRM ..................
03/01/21
01/00/23
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 20585,
Phone: 202 287–1943, Email:
stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD15
77. Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces [1904–AD20]
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 U.S. Department of Energy (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 pursuant to a
court-ordered remand of DOE’s 2011
rulemaking for these products.
Timetable:
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Action
Date
Notice of Public
Meeting.
NPRM and Notice
of Public Meeting.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Data
Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
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FR Cite
10/30/14
79 FR 64517
03/12/15
80 FR 13120
05/20/15
80 FR 28851
07/10/15
09/14/15
80 FR 55038
10/14/15
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Date
10/23/15
FR Cite
Action
80 FR 64370
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.
Notice of NPRM
Withdrawal.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
11/06/15
09/23/16
81 FR 65720
11/22/16
12/05/16
81 FR 87493
01/06/17
01/15/21
86 FR 3873
06/00/22
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 240 597–6737, Email:
julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov
RIN: 1904–AD20
78. Energy Conservation Standards for
Commercial Water Heating-Equipment
[1904–AD34]
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 (CWHs), 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. DOE proposes to
amend the standards for certain classes
of CWH equipment for which DOE has
tentatively determined there is clear and
convincing evidence to support morestringent standards. Additionally, DOE
is proposing to codify standards for
electric instantaneous CWH equipment
from EPCA into the Code of Federal
Regulations.
Timetable:
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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
01/15/21
86 FR 3873
05/19/22
07/18/22
87 FR 30610
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 240 597–6737, Email:
julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD34
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Final Rule Stage
79. Energy Conservation Standards for
General Service Lamps [1904–AD09]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6295(i)(6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is conducting a
rulemaking to determine whether to
amend or adopt standards for general
service lamps (GSLs). This rulemaking
is being undertaken pursuant to DOE’s
authority under the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act, as amended and
satisfies a term of DOE’s settlement
agreement with the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association to issue a
supplemental notice of proposed
rulemaking regarding whether to amend
or adopt standards for general service
light-emitting diode lamps and possibly
compact fluorescent lamps, which are
both types of GSLs.
Timetable:
Action
Framework Document Availability; Notice of
Public Meeting.
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Date
Framework Document Comment
Period End.
Framework Document Comment
Period Extended.
Framework Document Comment
Period Extended End.
Preliminary Analysis and Notice
of Public Meeting.
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.
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.
Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL
(Reported as
1904–AE26).
Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL
Effective.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition
for GSL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition
for GSL Effective.
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Action
01/23/14
01/23/14
Supplemental
NPRM.
79 FR 3742
02/07/14
12/11/14
79 FR 73503
01/30/15
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
11/08/16
01/19/17
Date
82 FR 7276
FR Cite
12/00/22
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 20585,
Phone: 202 287–1943, Email:
stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD09
80. Test Procedure for Single-Package
Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat
Pumps [1904–AD94]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(1)(A)
Abstract: Consistent with the
requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
amended, the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is examining whether to
amend the current test procedure for
single-package vertical air conditioners
and heat pumps found at 10 CFR
431.96. As a result of this proceeding,
DOE may propose and amend the test
procedures for this equipment, or issue
a determination that no amendments to
the current test procedures are required.
Once completed, this rulemaking will
fulfill DOE’s statutory obligation to
either propose an amended test
procedure for this equipment or
determine that the existing test
procedure does not need to be amended.
Timetable:
01/01/20
Action
01/19/17
82 FR 7322
01/01/20
09/05/19
84 FR 46661
10/07/19
05/09/22
87 FR 27461
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
07/20/18
FR Cite
83 FR 34499
09/04/18
01/14/22
03/15/22
87 FR 2490
09/00/22
Action
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:
catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD94
81. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying
Direct-Expansion Dedicated Outdoor
Air Systems [1904–AE46]
07/08/22
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Date
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)
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Abstract: Consistent with the
requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
amended, the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is seeking to establish a
Federal test procedure for
dehumidifying direct-expansion
dedicated outdoor air systems (DDX–
DOASes) at 10 CFR 431.96. For covered
equipment addressed in the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Standard 90.1, the DOE test procedure
must be based upon the generally
accepted industry testing procedure
referenced in that industry consensus
standard (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(A)). The
statute further requires that each time
the referenced industry test procedure is
updated, DOE must amend the Federal
test procedure to be consistent with the
amended industry test procedure,
unless there is clear and convincing
evidence that the update would not be
representative of an average use cycle or
would be unduly burdensome to
conduct (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(B)).
Independent of that test procedure
review obligation, EPCA also includes a
7-year-look-back review provision for
covered commercial and industrial
equipment that requires DOE to conduct
an evaluation of each class of covered
equipment to determine whether
amended test procedures would more
accurately or fully comply with the
requirements that the Federal test
procedure be representative of an
average use cycle and not be unduly
burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(1)). In this test procedure
rulemaking for DDX–DOASes, DOE is
acting under its authority at 42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(4), and accordingly, it will
propose and adopt a new Federal test
procedure for this equipment. (The
NOPR for this rule was mistakenly
published in the Federal Register as
RIN 1904–AD93 on July 7, 2021).
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RFI Comment Period Ends.
NPRM (Incorrectly
Published as
1904–AD93).
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
SNPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
Date
07/25/17
FR Cite
82 FR 34427
08/24/17
07/07/21
86 FR 36018
09/07/21
12/23/21
86 FR 72874
01/24/22
06/00/22
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
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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:
catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AE46
82. Test Procedure for Cooking Tops
[1904–AF18]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1);
42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(10)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is required to review its
test procedures for cooking products,
including conventional cooking tops,
once every 7 years under the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
amended. In this rulemaking, DOE is
proposing to establish a test procedure
for conventional cooking tops, a
category of cooking products, that
would replace the procedure that DOE
withdrew on August 18, 2020. Once
completed, this rulemaking will fulfill
DOE’s statutory obligation to either
propose new test procedures for this
product or determine that new test
procedures are not required. This
review will also satisfy the review
requirement under Executive Order
13990, ‘‘Protecting Public Health and
the Environment and Restoring Science
to Tackle the Climate Crisis,’’ 86 FR
7037 (January 25, 2021).
Timetable:
Action
Date
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NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended and Notification of Data
Availability.
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11/04/21
01/03/22
86 FR 60974
12/16/21
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Action
Date
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Second NPRM
Comment Period Extended.
Second NPRM
Comment Period Extended
End.
Final Action .........
FR Cite
01/18/22
01/18/22
87 FR 2559
02/17/22
07/00/22
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 20585,
Phone: 202 287–1943, Email:
stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF18
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Completed Actions
83. Energy Conservation Standards for
Manufactured Housing [1904–AC11]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17071
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has issued a final rule to
address the requirement in section 413
of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (EISA) that DOE
establish energy conservation standards
for manufactured housing. See 42 U.S.C.
1707(a)(1). DOE is directed by EISA to
base the energy efficiency standards on
the most recent version of the
International Energy Conservation Code
(IECC), except where DOE finds that the
IECC is not cost effective, or a more
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stringent standard would be more cost
effective, based on the impact of the
IECC on the purchase price of
manufactured housing and on total lifecycle construction and operating costs.
The established standards provide a set
of ‘‘tiered’’ standards based on the size
of the manufactured home (singlesection or multi-section) that would
apply the 2021 IECC-based standards to
manufactured homes, with less stringent
building thermal envelope requirements
for single-section manufactured homes.
Completed:
Reason
SNPRM Comment
Period End.
NODA and Supplemental
NPRM Comment Period
Reopening.
NODA and Supplemental
NPRM Comment Period
Reopening End.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened End.
Record of Decision.
Final Rule ............
Final Rule Effective.
Date
FR Cite
10/25/21
10/26/21
86 FR 59042
11/26/21
01/14/22
87 FR 2359
02/28/22
05/31/22
87 FR 32405
05/31/22
08/01/22
87 FR 32728
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky,
Phone: 202 287–1692, Email:
john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AC11
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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.
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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 Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended, 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 2022 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.
Samuel Walsh,
General Counsel.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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76........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD15
Standards for Residential
Conventional Cooking
Products.
77........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD20
Standards for Residential
Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home
Gas Furnaces.
78........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD34
Standards for Commercial
Water Heating-Equipment.
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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79........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD09
Standards for General
Service Lamps.
80........................ Test Procedure for Single- 1904-AD94
Package Vertical Air
Conditioners and Heat
Pumps.
81........................ Test Procedures for 1904-AE46
Dehumidifying Direct-
Expansion Dedicated
Outdoor Air Systems.
82........................ Test Procedure for Cooking 1904-AF18
Tops.
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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83........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AC11
Standards for
Manufactured Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Proposed Rule Stage
76. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking
Products [1904-AD15]
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), prescribes
energy conservation standards for various consumer products, including
consumer conventional cooking products. EPCA also requires the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more
stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically
justified and would result in a significant conservation of energy. In
this rulemaking, DOE is considering whether to update energy
conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products in
order to fulfill its statutory deadline for amending energy
conservation standards for cooking products under 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1).
In 2020, DOE tentatively determined that amended energy conservation
standards for consumer conventional cooking products would not be
economically justified and would not result in significant energy
savings. DOE re-evaluates this determination of whether amending
standards for cooking products would result in significant energy
savings.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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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 .......................
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Notice of Proposed Determination and 12/14/20 85 FR 80982
Request for Comment.
Notice of Proposed Determination 03/01/21 .......................
Comment Period End.
Second SNPRM........................ 01/00/23 .......................
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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 20585,
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD15
77. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces [1904-AD20]
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 U.S. Department of Energy
(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 pursuant to a court-ordered
remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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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 .......................
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal........... 01/15/21 86 FR 3873
NPRM................................ 06/00/22 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 240 597-6737,
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 1904-AD20
78. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-
Equipment [1904-AD34]
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 (CWHs), 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. DOE proposes to amend the standards for certain
classes of CWH equipment for which DOE has tentatively determined there
is clear and convincing evidence to support more-stringent standards.
Additionally, DOE is proposing to codify standards for electric
instantaneous CWH equipment from EPCA into the Code of Federal
Regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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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 .......................
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal........... 01/15/21 86 FR 3873
NPRM................................ 05/19/22 87 FR 30610
NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/18/22 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 240 597-6737,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD34
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
79. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps [1904-AD09]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is conducting a
rulemaking to determine whether to amend or adopt standards for general
service lamps (GSLs). This rulemaking is being undertaken pursuant to
DOE's authority under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as
amended and satisfies a term of DOE's settlement agreement with the
National Electrical Manufacturers Association to issue a supplemental
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding whether to amend or adopt
standards for general service light-emitting diode lamps and possibly
compact fluorescent lamps, which are both types of GSLs.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Framework Document Availability; 12/09/13 78 FR 73737
Notice of Public Meeting.
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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.
Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition 09/05/19 84 FR 46661
for GSL (Reported as 1904-AE26).
Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition 10/07/19 .......................
for GSL Effective.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for 05/09/22 87 FR 27461
GSL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for 07/08/22 .......................
GSL Effective.
Supplemental NPRM................... 12/00/22 .......................
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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 20585,
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD09
80. Test Procedure for Single-Package Vertical Air Conditioners and
Heat Pumps [1904-AD94]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A)
Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) is examining whether to amend the current test procedure for
single-package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps found at 10 CFR
431.96. As a result of this proceeding, DOE may propose and amend the
test procedures for this equipment, or issue a determination that no
amendments to the current test procedures are required. Once completed,
this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either
propose an amended test procedure for this equipment or determine that
the existing test procedure does not need to be amended.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 07/20/18 83 FR 34499
RFI Comment Period End.............. 09/04/18 .......................
NPRM................................ 01/14/22 87 FR 2490
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/15/22 .......................
Final Action........................ 09/00/22 .......................
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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, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, Washington, DC 20585,
Phone: 202 586-7335, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD94
81. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated
Outdoor Air Systems [1904-AE46]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)
Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) is seeking to establish a Federal test procedure for
dehumidifying direct-expansion dedicated outdoor air systems (DDX-
DOASes) at 10 CFR 431.96. For covered equipment addressed in the
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1, the DOE test procedure must be based
upon the generally accepted industry testing procedure referenced in
that industry consensus standard (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(A)). The statute
further requires that each time the referenced industry test procedure
is updated, DOE must amend the Federal test procedure to be consistent
with the amended industry test procedure, unless there is clear and
convincing evidence that the update would not be representative of an
average use cycle or would be unduly burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(4)(B)). Independent of that test procedure review obligation,
EPCA also includes a 7-year-look-back review provision for covered
commercial and industrial equipment that requires DOE to conduct an
evaluation of each class of covered equipment to determine whether
amended test procedures would more accurately or fully comply with the
requirements that the Federal test procedure be representative of an
average use cycle and not be unduly burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(1)). In this test procedure rulemaking for DDX-DOASes, DOE is
acting under its authority at 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4), and accordingly, it
will propose and adopt a new Federal test procedure for this equipment.
(The NOPR for this rule was mistakenly published in the Federal
Register as RIN 1904-AD93 on July 7, 2021).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 07/25/17 82 FR 34427
RFI Comment Period Ends............. 08/24/17
NPRM (Incorrectly Published as 1904- 07/07/21 86 FR 36018
AD93).
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/07/21
Supplemental NPRM................... 12/23/21 86 FR 72874
SNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/24/22
Final Action........................ 06/00/22
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
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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-AE46
82. Test Procedure for Cooking Tops [1904-AF18]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(10)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is required to review
its test procedures for cooking products, including conventional
cooking tops, once every 7 years under the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended. In this rulemaking, DOE is
proposing to establish a test procedure for conventional cooking tops,
a category of cooking products, that would replace the procedure that
DOE withdrew on August 18, 2020. Once completed, this rulemaking will
fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either propose new test
procedures for this product or determine that new test procedures are
not required. This review will also satisfy the review requirement
under Executive Order 13990, ``Protecting Public Health and the
Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,'' 86 FR
7037 (January 25, 2021).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 11/04/21 86 FR 60974
NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/03/22
NPRM Comment Period Extended and 12/16/21 86 FR 71406
Notification of Data Availability.
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 01/18/22
Second NPRM Comment Period Extended. 01/18/22 87 FR 2559
Second NPRM Comment Period Extended 02/17/22
End.
Final Action........................ 07/00/22
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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 20585,
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF18
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Completed Actions
83. Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing [1904-AC11]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17071
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a final
rule to address the requirement in section 413 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) that DOE establish energy
conservation standards for manufactured housing. See 42 U.S.C.
1707(a)(1). DOE is directed by EISA to base the energy efficiency
standards on the most recent version of the International Energy
Conservation Code (IECC), except where DOE finds that the IECC is not
cost effective, or a more stringent standard would be more cost
effective, based on the impact of the IECC on the purchase price of
manufactured housing and on total life-cycle construction and operating
costs. The established standards provide a set of ``tiered'' standards
based on the size of the manufactured home (single-section or multi-
section) that would apply the 2021 IECC-based standards to manufactured
homes, with less stringent building thermal envelope requirements for
single-section manufactured homes.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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SNPRM Comment Period End............ 10/25/21
NODA and Supplemental NPRM Comment 10/26/21 86 FR 59042
Period Reopening.
NODA and Supplemental NPRM Comment 11/26/21
Period Reopening End.
NODA Comment Period Reopened........ 01/14/22 87 FR 2359
NODA Comment Period Reopened End.... 02/28/22
Record of Decision.................. 05/31/22 87 FR 32405
Final Rule.......................... 05/31/22 87 FR 32728
Final Rule Effective................ 08/01/22
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AC11
[FR Doc. 2022-14602 Filed 8-5-22; 8:45 am]
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