[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 104 (Thursday, May 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30359-30360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10510]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EERE-2007-BT-CRT-0002]


Agency Information Collection: Energy Conservation Program: 
Compliance and Certification Information Collection for Consumer 
Appliance Products

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval; public comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection request is 
for a three-year extension of its Compliance Statement and 
Certification Report: Energy or Water Conservation Program for Consumer 
Products, OMB Control Number 1910-1400, whereby a manufacturer or 
private labeler reports on and certifies its compliance with energy 
efficiency standards for consumer appliances covered under Title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 430 (10 CFR Part 430)--Energy 
Conservation Program for Consumer Products.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
July 2, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, 
but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by 
this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 
make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be 
telephoned at (202) 395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments should also be addressed to: Mr. James D. Raba, Building 
Technologies Program, EE-2J, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0121, or by fax at (202) 586-4617, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Any comments submitted must identify the information collection for 
consumer appliance products, and provide the docket number EERE-BT-CRT-
2007. Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the 
docket number in the subject line of your message.
     Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 
586-2945. Please submit one signed paper original.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Room 1J-018, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please submit one 
signed original paper copy.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Room 1J-018 (Resource Room of the Building Technologies 
Program), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, (202) 586-
2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at the above telephone 
number for additional information regarding visiting the Resource Room. 
Please note: DOE's Freedom of Information Reading Room (Room 1E-190 at 
the Forrestal Building) no longer houses rulemaking materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to James Raba , U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, telephone 
(202) 586-8654. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Authority and Background

    Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as 
amended, provides for the Energy Conservation

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Program for Consumer Products Other than Automobiles and sets forth 
energy conservation requirements for consumer appliance products. (42 
U.S.C. 6291 et seq.) EPCA authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry 
out these requirements, in part, by issuing the necessary rules 
requiring each manufacturer of a covered product to submit information 
and reports to ensure compliance. (42 U.S.C. 6296(d))
    On November 17, 2006, DOE published in the Federal Register a 
notice and request for comments regarding its proposed information 
collection for consumer appliance products covered under 10 CFR 430. 71 
FR 66943 (November 17, 2006). DOE received no comments on its proposed 
information collection.
    The information collection request, at appendix A to subpart F of 
10 CFR Part 430, provides a format for a manufacturer or private 
labeler to certify compliance with the applicable energy efficiency 
standards prescribed under section 325 of EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6295) and 
covers information necessary for DOE and United States Customs Service 
officials to facilitate voluntary compliance with and enforcement of 
the energy and water conservation standards established for 
refrigerators, refrigerator/freezers, freezers, room air conditioners, 
central air conditioners, central air-conditioning heat pumps, water 
heaters, furnaces, dishwashers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, direct 
heating equipment, kitchen ranges and ovens, pool heaters, fluorescent 
lamp ballasts, general service fluorescent lamps and incandescent 
reflector lamps, and plumbing products.
    Today's notice and information collection request pertains: (1) OMB 
No.: 1910-1400. (2) Collection Title: Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations Part 430--Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 
Products: Appendix A to Subpart F of Part 430--Compliance Statement and 
Certification Report (Energy and Water Conservation Standards for 
Appliances). (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: Regulations 
that, in part, (1) require the manufacturer of private labeler of any 
consumer appliance subject to energy or water conservation standards 
prescribed under section 325 of EPCA to establish, maintain, and retain 
records of its test data and subsequent verification of any alternative 
efficiency determination method used under Part 430, and (2) preclude 
distribution in commerce of any basic model of consumer appliance which 
is subject to an energy or water conservation standard set forth under 
subpart C of Part 430, unless it has submitted a Compliance 
Certification to DOE according to the provisions under 10 CFR section 
430.62, that the basic model meets the requirements of the applicable 
standard. This collection of information ensures compliance with the 
energy conservation requirements for consumer appliances. (5) Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 150. (6) Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,507. 
(7) Number of Collections: The package contains one information and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the information collections 
are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the DOE, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the DOE's estimate of the burden of the information 
collections, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
information collections on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430

    Administrative practice and procedure, energy conservation, 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements, compliance and certification, 
consumer appliance products.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2007.
John Mizroch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy.
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