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pursuant to Executive Order 12866,
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ and
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
Department of Energy.
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
AGENCY:
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, 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 2023 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—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
60 ......................
61 ......................
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 .................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes Washers ..................................................................
Test Procedure for Consumer Water Heaters and Residential-Duty Commercial Water Heaters .................
62 ......................
63 ......................
64 ......................
1904–AD15
1904–AD20
1904–AD34
1904–AD98
1904–AE77
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
65 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Residential Refrigeration ................................................
1904–AF00
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
66 ......................
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing ........................
1904–AF53
DEPARTMENTAL AND OTHERS—FINAL RULE STAGE
Title
67 ......................
Statutory Updates to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program ........................
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Final Rule Stage
60. 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
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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 proposes new
and amended energy conservation
standards for consumer conventional
cooking products and tentatively
concludes that the proposed standards
represent the maximum improvement in
energy efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy.
Timetable:
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Action
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.
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Date
02/12/14
1901–AB60
FR Cite
79 FR 8337
03/14/14
03/03/14
79 FR 11714
04/14/14
06/10/15
80 FR 33030
07/30/15
80 FR 45452
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Action
Date
Supplemental
NPRM
(SNPRM).
SNPRM Comment
Period Extended.
SNPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Proposed Determination and
Request for
Comment.
Notice of Proposed Determination Comment Period
End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
Supplemental
NPRM; Correction.
Supplemental
NPRM; Extension of Public
Comment Period.
Supplemental
NPRM; Extension of Public
Comment Period End.
Notification of
Data Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
FR Cite
09/02/16
81 FR 60784
09/30/16
81 FR 67219
11/02/16
12/14/20
85 FR 80982
03/01/21
02/01/23
88 FR 6818
02/28/23
88 FR 12603
03/30/23
88 FR 19122
04/17/23
02/28/23
88 FR 12603
04/03/23
01/00/24
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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:
stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD15
61. 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 the
residential furnaces which are the
subject of this rulemaking. (42 U.S.C.
6292(a)(5)) EPCA also requires the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) to
determine whether more-stringent
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amended standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified and would save a
significant amount of energy (42 U.S.C.
6295(o)(2)(A) and (3)(B)). EPCA
specifically provides that DOE must
conduct two rounds of energy
conservation standards rulemakings for
the residential furnaces at issue (42
U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(B) and (C)), and the
statute also requires that not later than
six years after issuance of any final rule
establishing or amending a standard,
DOE must publish either a notice of
determination that standards for the
product does not need to be amended,
or a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NOPR) including new proposed energy
conservation standards (42 U.S.C.
6295(m)(1)). This rulemaking is being
undertaken pursuant to the statutorilyrequired second round of rulemaking for
non-weatherized gas furnaces (NWGFs)
and mobile home gas furnaces (MHGFs),
and once completed, it will also satisfy
the statutorily-required six-yearlookback review. In the July 7, 2022
NOPR, DOE proposes amended and new
energy conservation standards for
NWGFs and MHGFs pursuant to a courtordered remand of DOE’s 2011
rulemaking for these products and other
statutory requirements. 87 FR 40590.
Specifically, the NOPR proposes
amended active mode annual fuel
utilization efficiency (AFUE) standards
at 95 percent for both NWGFs and
MHGFs. It also proposes amended
standby mode and off mode standards
(in watts) at 8.5 watts for both NWGFs
and MHGFs. If finalized, the proposed
standards would apply to all NWGFs
and MHGFs manufactured in, or
imported into, the United States starting
on the date five years after the
publication of the final rule for this
rulemaking.
Timetable:
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.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened.
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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
10/23/15
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Action
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 ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended, NODA
and Notice of
Public Meeting.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Action .........
Date
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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
07/07/22
08/30/22
87 FR 40590
87 FR 52861
10/06/22
09/00/23
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
62. Energy Conservation Standards for
Commercial Water Heating-Equipment
[1904–AD34]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is undertaking a
rulemaking to amend energy
conservation standards for commercial
water heaters. Once completed, this
rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s 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 proposed to
amend the standards for certain classes
of CWH equipment for which DOE has
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tentatively determined there is clear and
convincing evidence to support morestringent standards. Additionally, DOE
has proposed to codify standards for
electric instantaneous CWH equipment
from EPCA into the Code of Federal
Regulations.
Timetable:
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.
Notice of NPRM
Withdrawal.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
NPRM Comment
Period Reopened.
NPRM Comment
Period Reopened 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
Action
81 FR 94234
01/09/17
01/15/21
86 FR 3873
05/19/22
07/18/22
87 FR 30610
07/20/22
87 FR 43226
08/01/22
07/00/23
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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:
julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD34
63. Energy Conservation Standards for
Consumer Clothes Washers [1904–
AD98]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g); 42
U.S.C. 6295(m)
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 energy conservation
standards for consumer clothes washers
found at 10 CFR 430.32(g). To this end,
DOE must determine whether standards
more stringent than those currently in
place would result in a significant
amount of energy savings and whether
such amended standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified. DOE has
tentatively proposed standards that
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represent the maximum improvement in
energy efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy. Specifically,
with regards to technological feasibility,
products achieving these standard levels
are already commercially available for
all product classes covered by this
proposal. As for economic justification,
DOE’s analysis shows that the benefits
of the proposed standard exceed the
burdens. Once completed, this
rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory
obligation to either propose amended
standards for this product or determine
that the standards do not need to be
amended.
Timetable:
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Date
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period Extended.
RFI Comment Period Extended
End.
RFI Comment Period Reopened.
RFI Comment Period Reopened
End.
Preliminary Analysis and Notice
of Webinar.
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period Extended.
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Data
Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Action .........
FR Cite
08/02/19
84 FR 37794
08/26/19
84 FR 44557
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64. Test Procedure for Consumer Water
Heaters and Residential-Duty
Commercial Water Heaters [1904–
AE77]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6293(b)(1)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)
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
consumer water heaters and certain
commercial water heaters found at 10
CFR 430, subpart B, appendix E and 10
CFR 431.106. As a result of this effort,
DOE may propose and amend the test
procedures for this product/equipment,
or issue a determination that no
amendments to the current test
procedures are required.
Timetable:
10/03/19
Action
10/03/19
84 FR 52818
10/17/19
09/29/21
10/29/21
86 FR 53886
86 FR 59889
01/27/22
04/13/22
87 FR 21816
05/13/22
05/19/22
87 FR 30433
05/27/22
03/03/23
05/01/23
88 FR 13520
88 FR 26511
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
RFI Comment Period Reopened.
RFI Comment Period Reopened
End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM; Correction
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
Supplemental
NPRM Comment Period
End.
Final Action .........
Date
04/16/20
FR Cite
85 FR 21104
06/01/20
06/10/20
85 FR 35382
06/24/20
01/11/22
01/19/22
03/14/22
87 FR 1554
87 FR 2731
07/14/22
87 FR 42270
08/04/22
06/00/23
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–AE77
05/17/23
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
12/00/23
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer,
Building Technologies Office, EE–5B,
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
PO 00000
DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–0371, Email:
bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov.
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Long-Term Actions
65. Energy Conservation Standards for
Miscellaneous Residential Refrigeration
[1904–AF00]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(20);
42 U.S.C. 6295(l); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)
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Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has initiated an effort to
consider amending the energy
conservation standards for
miscellaneous residential refrigeration
(e.g., wine coolers and certain other
combination consumer refrigeration
products). Once completed, this
rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory
obligation to either propose amended
energy conservation standards for these
products or determine that the existing
standards do not need to be amended.
To this end, DOE must determine
whether national standards more
stringent than those currently in place
would result in a significant amount of
energy savings and whether such
amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified.
In the notice of proposed rulemaking,
DOE proposed standards that represent
the maximum improvement in energy
efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy. Specifically,
with regards to technological feasibility
products achieving these standard levels
are already commercially available for
all product classes covered by this
proposal. As for economic justification,
DOE’s analysis shows that the benefits
of the proposed standard exceed, to a
great extent, the burdens of the
proposed standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Request for Information (RFI);
Early Assessment Review.
Comment Period
End.
Notification of
Webinar and
Availability of
Preliminary
Technical Support Document.
Notice of rescheduled public
meeting to
March 7, 2022.
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02/22/21
01/21/22
87 FR 3229
Action
Date
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
18:18 Jul 26, 2023
87 FR 7396
03/22/22
03/31/23
05/30/23
88 FR 19382
07/00/24
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephanie Johnson,
Phone: 202 287–1943, Email:
stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF00
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Completed Actions
66. • Energy Conservation Program:
Energy Conservation Standards for
Manufactured Housing [1904–AF53]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17071
Abstract: The Department of Energy
(DOE) is publishing a final rule to
amend the compliance date for its
manufactured housing energy
conservation standards. Currently,
manufacturers must comply with these
standards on and after May 31, 2023.
This final rule delays compliance until
July 1, 2025, for Tier 2 homes, and until
60 days after issuance of enforcement
procedures for Tier 1 homes. DOE is
delaying the compliance date to allow
DOE more time to establish enforcement
procedures that provide clarity for
manufacturers and other stakeholders
regarding DOE’s expectations of
manufacturers and DOE’s plans for
enforcing the standards. The proposed
rule was inadvertently published under
the incorrect RIN 1904–AC11.
Timetable:
Action
02/09/22
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Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
Final Action Effective.
FR Cite
03/24/23
04/24/23
88 FR 17745
05/30/23
05/30/23
88 FR 34411
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Matthew Ring,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–2555, Email:
matthew.ring@hq.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF53
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Departmental and Others (ENDEP)
Final Rule Stage
67. • Statutory Updates to the
Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing Incentive Program
[1901–AB60]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17013(d);
42 U.S.C. 17013(e)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office
(LPO) intends to issue a direct final rule
to amend the regulations applicable to
the Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program
authorized by section 136 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 17013) to allow
parties to apply for direct loans in
connection with certain categories
projects made eligible for such loans by
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction
Act. Relatedly, LPO is also pursuing
another rulemaking effort via 1901–
AB55 to address additional changes for
the ATVM Loan Program.
Timetable:
Action
Direct Final Rule
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06/00/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Rebecca Limmer,
Chief Counsel, Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–
1174, Email: rebecca.limmer@
hq.doe.gov.
RIN: 1901–AB60
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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: Semiannual 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, 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 2023 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--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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60........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD15
Standards for Residential
Conventional Cooking
Products.
61........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD20
Standards for Residential
Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home
Gas Furnaces.
62........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD34
Standards for Commercial
Water Heating-Equipment.
63........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD98
Standards for Consumer
Clothes Washers.
64........................ Test Procedure for 1904-AE77
Consumer Water Heaters
and Residential-Duty
Commercial Water Heaters.
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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65........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AF00
Standards for
Miscellaneous Residential
Refrigeration.
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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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66........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AF53
Program: Energy
Conservation Standards
for Manufactured Housing.
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Departmental and Others--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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67........................ Statutory Updates to the 1901-AB60
Advanced Technology
Vehicles Manufacturing
Incentive Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
60. 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 proposes new and amended energy conservation
standards for consumer conventional cooking products and tentatively
concludes that the proposed standards represent the maximum improvement
in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically
justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy.
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
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Supplemental NPRM (SNPRM)........... 09/02/16 81 FR 60784
SNPRM Comment Period Extended....... 09/30/16 81 FR 67219
SNPRM Comment Period Extended End... 11/02/16
Notice of Proposed Determination and 12/14/20 85 FR 80982
Request for Comment.
Notice of Proposed Determination 03/01/21
Comment Period End.
Supplemental NPRM................... 02/01/23 88 FR 6818
Supplemental NPRM; Correction....... 02/28/23 88 FR 12603
Supplemental NPRM; Extension of 03/30/23 88 FR 19122
Public Comment Period.
Supplemental NPRM; Extension of 04/17/23
Public Comment Period End.
Notification of Data Availability 02/28/23 88 FR 12603
(NODA).
NODA Comment Period End............. 04/03/23
Final Action........................ 01/00/24
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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
61. 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 the
residential furnaces which are the subject of this rulemaking. (42
U.S.C. 6292(a)(5)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(A) and (3)(B)). EPCA
specifically provides that DOE must conduct two rounds of energy
conservation standards rulemakings for the residential furnaces at
issue (42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(B) and (C)), and the statute also requires
that not later than six years after issuance of any final rule
establishing or amending a standard, DOE must publish either a notice
of determination that standards for the product does not need to be
amended, or a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) including new
proposed energy conservation standards (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)). This
rulemaking is being undertaken pursuant to the statutorily-required
second round of rulemaking for non-weatherized gas furnaces (NWGFs) and
mobile home gas furnaces (MHGFs), and once completed, it will also
satisfy the statutorily-required six-year-lookback review. In the July
7, 2022 NOPR, DOE proposes amended and new energy conservation
standards for NWGFs and MHGFs pursuant to a court-ordered remand of
DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products and other statutory
requirements. 87 FR 40590. Specifically, the NOPR proposes amended
active mode annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) standards at 95
percent for both NWGFs and MHGFs. It also proposes amended standby mode
and off mode standards (in watts) at 8.5 watts for both NWGFs and
MHGFs. If finalized, the proposed standards would apply to all NWGFs
and MHGFs manufactured in, or imported into, the United States starting
on the date five years after the publication of the final rule for this
rulemaking.
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................................ 07/07/22 87 FR 40590
NPRM Comment Period Extended, NODA 08/30/22 87 FR 52861
and Notice of Public Meeting.
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 10/06/22
Final Action........................ 09/00/23
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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
62. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-
Equipment [1904-AD34]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking a
rulemaking to amend energy conservation standards for commercial water
heaters. Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's 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 proposed to
amend the standards for certain classes of CWH equipment for which DOE
has
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tentatively determined there is clear and convincing evidence to
support more-stringent standards. Additionally, DOE has proposed 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
NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 07/20/22 87 FR 43226
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 08/01/22
Final Action........................ 07/00/23
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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
63. Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes Washers [1904-
AD98]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)
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 energy conservation
standards for consumer clothes washers found at 10 CFR 430.32(g). To
this end, DOE must determine whether standards more stringent than
those currently in place would result in a significant amount of energy
savings and whether such amended standards would be technologically
feasible and economically justified. DOE has tentatively proposed
standards that represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency
that is technologically feasible and economically justified, and would
result in the significant conservation of energy. Specifically, with
regards to technological feasibility, products achieving these standard
levels are already commercially available for all product classes
covered by this proposal. As for economic justification, DOE's analysis
shows that the benefits of the proposed standard exceed the burdens.
Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation
to either propose amended standards for this product or determine that
the standards do not need to be amended.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 08/02/19 84 FR 37794
RFI Comment Period Extended......... 08/26/19 84 FR 44557
RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 10/03/19
RFI Comment Period Reopened......... 10/03/19 84 FR 52818
RFI Comment Period Reopened End..... 10/17/19
Preliminary Analysis and Notice of 09/29/21 86 FR 53886
Webinar.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 10/29/21 86 FR 59889
Extended.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 01/27/22
Extended End.
Notice of Data Availability (NODA).. 04/13/22 87 FR 21816
NODA Comment Period End............. 05/13/22
NODA Comment Period Reopened........ 05/19/22 87 FR 30433
NODA Comment Period Reopened End.... 05/27/22
NPRM................................ 03/03/23 88 FR 13520
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/01/23 88 FR 26511
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/17/23
Final Action........................ 12/00/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer, Building Technologies Office,
EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-0371,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD98
64. Test Procedure for Consumer Water Heaters and Residential-Duty
Commercial Water Heaters [1904-AE77]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)
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
consumer water heaters and certain commercial water heaters found at 10
CFR 430, subpart B, appendix E and 10 CFR 431.106. As a result of this
effort, DOE may propose and amend the test procedures for this product/
equipment, or issue a determination that no amendments to the current
test procedures are required.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 04/16/20 85 FR 21104
RFI Comment Period End.............. 06/01/20
RFI Comment Period Reopened......... 06/10/20 85 FR 35382
RFI Comment Period Reopened End..... 06/24/20
NPRM................................ 01/11/22 87 FR 1554
NPRM; Correction.................... 01/19/22 87 FR 2731
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/14/22
Supplemental NPRM................... 07/14/22 87 FR 42270
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 08/04/22
Final Action........................ 06/00/23
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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-AE77
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Long-Term Actions
65. Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Residential
Refrigeration [1904-AF00]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(20); 42 U.S.C. 6295(l); 42
U.S.C. 6295(m)
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Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated an
effort to consider amending the energy conservation standards for
miscellaneous residential refrigeration (e.g., wine coolers and certain
other combination consumer refrigeration products). Once completed,
this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either
propose amended energy conservation standards for these products or
determine that the existing standards do not need to be amended. To
this end, DOE must determine whether national standards more stringent
than those currently in place would result in a significant amount of
energy savings and whether such amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and economically justified.
In the notice of proposed rulemaking, DOE proposed standards that
represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is
technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result
in the significant conservation of energy. Specifically, with regards
to technological feasibility products achieving these standard levels
are already commercially available for all product classes covered by
this proposal. As for economic justification, DOE's analysis shows that
the benefits of the proposed standard exceed, to a great extent, the
burdens of the proposed standards.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI); Early 12/08/20 85 FR 78964
Assessment Review.
Comment Period End.................. 02/22/21
Notification of Webinar and 01/21/22 87 FR 3229
Availability of Preliminary
Technical Support Document.
Notice of rescheduled public meeting 02/09/22 87 FR 7396
to March 7, 2022.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 03/22/22
End.
NPRM................................ 03/31/23 88 FR 19382
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/30/23
Final Rule.......................... 07/00/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephanie Johnson, Phone: 202 287-1943, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF00
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Completed Actions
66. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards
for Manufactured Housing [1904-AF53]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17071
Abstract: The Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a final rule
to amend the compliance date for its manufactured housing energy
conservation standards. Currently, manufacturers must comply with these
standards on and after May 31, 2023. This final rule delays compliance
until July 1, 2025, for Tier 2 homes, and until 60 days after issuance
of enforcement procedures for Tier 1 homes. DOE is delaying the
compliance date to allow DOE more time to establish enforcement
procedures that provide clarity for manufacturers and other
stakeholders regarding DOE's expectations of manufacturers and DOE's
plans for enforcing the standards. The proposed rule was inadvertently
published under the incorrect RIN 1904-AC11.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/24/23 88 FR 17745
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/24/23
Final Action........................ 05/30/23 88 FR 34411
Final Action Effective.............. 05/30/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Matthew Ring, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-2555,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF53
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Departmental and Others (ENDEP)
Final Rule Stage
67. Statutory Updates to the Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing Incentive Program [1901-AB60]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17013(d); 42 U.S.C. 17013(e)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office
(LPO) intends to issue a direct final rule to amend the regulations
applicable to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM)
Loan Program authorized by section 136 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007, as amended (42 U.S.C. 17013) to allow parties to
apply for direct loans in connection with certain categories projects
made eligible for such loans by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act. Relatedly, LPO is also
pursuing another rulemaking effort via 1901-AB55 to address additional
changes for the ATVM Loan Program.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Direct Final Rule................... 06/00/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Rebecca Limmer, Chief Counsel, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202
586-1174, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1901-AB60
[FR Doc. 2023-14543 Filed 7-26-23; 8:45 am]
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