[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11426-11427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04619]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

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

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an 
information collection request to OMB for extension under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information 
collection requests a three-year extension on the reports and data 
collected and recorded in support of DOE's Appliance Standards Program. 
Specifically, DOE is submitting for approval paperwork requirements 
associated with the three following aspects of the appliance standards 
program: (1) Gathering data and submitting the certification and 
compliance reports for each basic model distributed in commerce in the 
US; (2) maintaining records underlying the certified ratings for each 
basic model including test data and the associated calculations; and 
(3) applications for a test procedure waiver for which manufacturers 
may elect to submit if they manufacturer a basic model that cannot be 
tested pursuant to the DOE test procedure. This collection includes all 
covered products and equipment subject to DOE's regulatory requirements 
described in 10 CFR Parts 429, 430, and 431. More specifically, DOE's 
certification and compliance requirements are described in 10 CFR Part 
429. DOE's records retention requirements are described in 10 CFR 
429.71. DOE's application for a test procedure waiver process is 
described in 10 CFR 430.27 and 431.401.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
March 31, 2014. 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: Direct all written comments to:

The DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10102, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
And to:
Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Ashley Armstrong at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains:
    (1) OMB No.: 1910-1400;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Certification Reports, 
Compliance Statements, Application for a Test Procedure Waiver, and 
Recordkeeping for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment 
subject to Energy or Water Conservation Standards;
    (3) Type of Request: Renewal;
    (4) Purpose: DOE is seeking to extend the approval to collect 
information from manufacturers and to require that manufacturers retain 
records of covered consumer products and commercial and industrial 
equipment pursuant to Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act of 1975, as amended (``EPCA''), 42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq. The EPCA 
sets forth a variety of provisions designed to improve energy 
efficiency. Part A of Title III (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309) of the EPCA 
provides for the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products 
Other Than Automobiles.
    The Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than 
Automobiles consists of four parts: (1) Testing, (2) labeling, (3) 
Federal energy conservation standards, and (4) certification and 
enforcement procedures. The testing requirements consist of test 
procedures that manufacturers of covered products must use (1) as the 
basis for certifying to DOE that their products comply with the 
applicable energy conservation standards adopted under the EPCA, and 
(2) for making representations about the efficiency of those products. 
DOE must use these test requirements to determine whether the products 
comply with any relevant standards promulgated under the EPCA.
    DOE is renewing its information collection on the energy and water 
efficiency of consumer products and commercial equipment manufactured 
for distribution in commerce in the United States. Under the Energy 
Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles DOE 
requires that manufacturers: (1) Submit certification and compliance 
reports for each basic model distributed in commerce in the US; (2) 
maintain records underlying the certified ratings for each basic model 
including test data and the associated calculations; and (3) submit an 
application for a test procedure waiver for which manufacturers may 
elect to submit if they manufacturer a basic model that cannot be 
tested pursuant to the DOE test procedure.
    DOE currently requires manufacturers or their party representatives 
prepare and submit certification reports and compliance statements 
using DOE's electronic Web-based tool, the Compliance and Certification 
Management System (CCMS), which is the only mechanism for submitting 
certification reports to DOE. CCMS currently has product specific 
templates which manufacturers are required to use when submitting 
certification data to DOE. See http://www.regulations.doe.gov/ccms. DOE 
believes the availability of electronic filing through the CCMS system 
reduces reporting burdens, streamline the process, and provide the 
Department with needed information in a standardized, more accessible 
form. This electronic filing system also ensures that records are 
recorded in a permanent, systematic way.
    Covered products and equipment are described in 10 CFR Parts 429, 
430, and 431. They generally include: (1) Residential refrigerators, 
refrigerator-freezers and freezers; (2) Room air conditioners; (3) 
Central air conditioners and heat pumps, including SDHV and Space-
Constrained; (4) Residential water heaters; (5) Residential furnaces, 
including boilers; (6) Dishwashers; (7) Residential clothes washers; 
(8) Residential clothes dryers; (9) Direct heating equipment; (10) 
Conventional cooking tops, conventional ovens, microwave ovens; (11) 
Pool heaters; (12) Fluorescent lamp ballasts; (13) General service 
fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, and incandescent 
reflector lamps; (14) Faucets; (15) Showerheads; (16) Water closets; 
(17) Urinals; (18)

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Ceiling fans; (19) Ceiling fan light kits; (20) Torchieres; (21) 
Compact fluorescent lamps; (22) Dehumidifiers; (23) Class A external 
power supplies; (24) Non-class A external power supplies; (25) Battery 
chargers; (26) Candelabra base incandescent lamps and intermediate base 
incandescent lamps; (27) Electric motors; (28) Small electric motors; 
(29) Commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; 
(30) Commercial air conditioners and heat pumps (air-cooled, water-
cooled, and water-sourced); (31) Packaged terminal air conditioners and 
heat pumps; (32) Single package vertical units; (33) Variable 
refrigerant flow systems; (34) Computer room air conditioners; (35) 
Commercial water heating equipment; (36) Commercial warm air furnaces; 
(37) Commercial packaged boilers; (38) Automatic commercial ice makers; 
(39) Commercial clothes washers; (40) Distribution transformers; (41) 
Illuminated exit signs; (42) Traffic signal modules and pedestrian 
modules; (43) Commercial unit heaters; (44) Commercial pre-rinse spray 
valves; (45) Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines; 
(46) Walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, including each of the 
components (doors/panels/refrigeration system); (47) Metal halide lamp 
ballasts and fixtures; (48) Furnace fans; (49) General service lamps; 
(50) Unfired hot water storage tanks; (51) Hot water supply boilers; 
and (52) television sets.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2000;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 20,000;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 68,000 (3 hours for 
certification reports, compliance statements, and recordkeeping; 50 
hours for test procedure waiver preparation);
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$6,800,000.

Statutory Authority

    Part A of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309); 10 CFR Parts 429, 430, and 431.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2014.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2014-04619 Filed 2-27-14; 8:45 am]
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