Proposed Rule2022-00284
Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
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January 31, 2022
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making available its portion of the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda), including its Regulatory Plan (Plan), pursuant to Executive Order 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5222-5224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00284]
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Vol. 87
Monday,
No. 20
January 31, 2022
Part VII
Department of Energy
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 20 / Monday, January 31, 2022 / UA:
Reg Flex Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of 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 semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda), including its Regulatory
Plan (Plan), pursuant to Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning
and Review,'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agenda is a government-wide compilation
of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, including a brief
description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda
also includes a list of regulatory actions completed since publication
of the last Agenda. The Department of Energy's portion of the Agenda
includes regulatory actions called for by 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 entire Fall 2021 Regulatory Agenda can be accessed
online by going to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>.
Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require
either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under
section 610 of that Act. The Plan appears in both the online Agenda and
the Federal Register and includes the most important of DOE's
significant regulatory actions and a Statement of Regulatory and
Deregulatory Priorities.
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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255....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD09
Standards for General
Service Lamps.
256....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD15
Standards for Residential
Conventional Cooking
Products.
257....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD20
Standards for Residential
Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home
Gas Furnaces.
258....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD34
Standards for Commercial
Water Heating-Equipment
(Reg Plan Seq No. 40).
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References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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259....................... Test Procedures for 1904-AE46
Dehumidifying Direct-
Expansion Dedicated
Outdoor Air Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Proposed Rule Stage
255. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that includes a proposed
determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standards for
general service light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and that may include a
proposed determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt
standards for compact fluorescent lamps.
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.
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.
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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.
Supplemental NPRM................... 01/00/22
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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96e5e2f3e6fef7f8fff3b8fcf9fef8e5f9f8d6f3f3b8f2f9f3b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e6d6a7b6e767f70777b30747176706d71705e7b7b307a717b30797168">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1904-AD09
256. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking
Products
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42
U.S.C. 6295(h)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended
by Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), requires the
Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy
conservation standards for residential conventional cooking products
would yield a significant savings in energy use and is technologically
feasible and economically justified. The U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) is reviewing the current standards to make such determination.
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
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........................ 06/00/22
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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98ebecfde8f0f9f6f1fdb6f2f7f0f6ebf7f6d8fdfdb6fcf7fdb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92e1e6f7e2faf3fcfbf7bcf8fdfafce1fdfcd2f7f7bcf6fdf7bcf5fde4">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1904-AD15
257. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces
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................................ 03/00/22
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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c766970757d3274797b7d6e68655c797932787379327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7218071e1b135c1a17151300060b3217175c161d175c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1904-AD20
258. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-
Equipment
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 40 in part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 1904-AD34
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
259. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated
Outdoor Air Systems
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) under 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
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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-lookback 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
Final Rule.......................... 04/00/22
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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b686a7f636e7962656e2579627d6e787f4b6e6e256f646e256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4a7a5b0aca1b6adaaa1eab6adb2a1b7b084a1a1eaa0aba1eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1904-AE46
[FR Doc. 2022-00284 Filed 1-28-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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