Proposed Rule2023-14543
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
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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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48544-48547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14543]
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Vol. 88
Thursday,
No. 143
July 27, 2023
Part VII
Department of Energy
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 88 , No. 143 / Thursday, July 27, 2023 / UA:
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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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2d1d6c7d2cac3cccbc78cc8cdcaccd1cdcce2c7c78cc6cdc78cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43303726332b222d2a266d292c2b2d302c2d0326266d272c266d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a2bda4a1a9e6a0adafa9babcb188adade6aca7ade6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a001f06030b44020f0d0b181e132a0f0f440e050f440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#68021d04010946000d0f091a1c11280d0d460c070d460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9938c959098d7919c9e988b8d80b99c9cd79d969cd79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4c6d6ddc5ca8ac6c1d6d6cdcac3c1d6e4c1c18ac0cbc18ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c6e7e756d62226e697e7e65626b697e4c696922686369226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb1aeb7b2baf5b3bebcbaa9afa29bbebef5bfb4bef5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a405f46434b04424f4d4b585e536a4f4f044e454f044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#34474051445c555a5d511a5e5b5c5a475b5a7451511a505b511a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5969180958d848b8c80cb8f8a8d8b968a8ba58080cb818a80cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1904-AF00
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Completed Actions
66. <bullet> 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#24494550504c41530a564d4a43644c550a404b410a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="630e0217170b06144d110a0d04230b124d070c064d040c15">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1904-AF53
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Departmental and Others (ENDEP)
Final Rule Stage
67. <bullet> 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9bbacabacaaaaa8e7a5a0a4a4acbb89a1b8e7ada6ace7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="61130403040202004f0d080c0c04132109104f050e044f060e17">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 1901-AB60
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