Notice2025-05864
Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of USDA Compliance Dates
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Published
April 4, 2025
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Agriculture Department
Abstract
On April 26, 2024, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the "Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing" notice (Final Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD and USDA programs covered by the Final Determination. This notice delays compliance dates by six months over the published compliance dates for covered projects in the following USDA programs: Section 502 (Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans) and Section 523 (Self Help Loans).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 64 (Friday, April 4, 2025)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05864]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 64 / Friday, April 4, 2025 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. FR-6271-N-04]
Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for
New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of USDA
Compliance Dates
AGENCY: Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice; extension of compliance dates.
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SUMMARY: On April 26, 2024, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published
the ``Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for
New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing'' notice (Final
Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination
provides compliance dates for HUD and USDA programs covered by the
Final Determination. This notice delays compliance dates by six months
over the published compliance dates for covered projects in the
following USDA programs: Section 502 (Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans)
and Section 523 (Self Help Loans).
DATES: Applicable April 4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Walsh, Rural Housing Service,
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 6900-S,
Washington, DC 20250; telephone number 202-205-9590 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 26, 2024, HUD and USDA published the Final Determination
(89 FR 33112) which adopted the 2021 edition of the International
Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and the 2019 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES
Standard 90.1: Energy Standard for Buildings, Except Low-Rise
Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 90.1) as the minimum energy standards for
new construction of buildings in programs covered by section 109 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12709), as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
(EISA) (Pub. L. 110-140) (89 FR 33112).
In Section VI of the Final Determination, the Departments provided
Table 32, which lists compliance dates for the updated energy
efficiency standards, also available with further guidance for programs
at <a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/minimum-energy-standards/">https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/minimum-energy-standards/</a>.
II. Delay of Compliance Dates
USDA is delaying by six months the compliance dates for the Final
Determination that have not yet passed. The compliance dates for the
following programs are extended: Section 502 (Guaranteed Loans, Direct
Loans) and Section 523 (Self Help Loans).
The delay will provide additional time for program participants to
conform with the requirements of the Final Notice and for USDA to
develop further technical assistance. See <a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/minimum-energy-standards/">https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/minimum-energy-standards/</a> for more information.
The updated compliance dates for USDA programs are as follows:
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Updated compliance
Program Initiation event date
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USDA Section 502 Guaranteed Building Permit 24 months after
Housing Loans. Application. effective date:
May 28, 2026.
USDA Section 502 Direct......... Application 24 months after
Selected for effective date:
Processing. May 28, 2026.
USDA Section 523 Mutual Self Application 24 months after
Help Loans. Selected for effective date:
Processing. May 28, 2026.
All programs, persistent poverty Based on program- 24 months after
rural areas. specific event, effective date:
above. May 28, 2026.
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III. Findings and Certifications
Environmental Impact
This notice provides updated compliance deadlines for the Final
Determination. A Finding of No Significant Impact was prepared on the
preliminary determination that preceded the Final Determination and
remained applicable to the Final Determination. Accordingly, under 24
CFR 50.19(c)(4) this notice is categorically excluded from
environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321).
Jacqueline Ponti-Lazaruk,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Rural Development, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2025-05864 Filed 4-3-25; 8:45 am]
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