[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5099-5100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01781]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products and Commercial 
and Industrial Equipment: Information Collection Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces receipt of the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend until 
November 30, 2017, DOE's information collection under control number 
1910-1400 pursuant to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995.

DATES: Information Collection under OMB control number 1910-1400 has 
been extended until November 20, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building 
Technologies, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-6590. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III, Part B of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975 (``EPCA'' or ``the Act''), Public Law 94-163 
(42 U.S.C. 6291-6309, as codified) sets forth a variety of provisions 
designed to improve energy efficiency and established the Energy 
Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles. The 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Public Law 95-619, 
amended EPCA to add Part C of Title III, which established an energy 
conservation program for certain industrial equipment. (42 U.S.C. 6311-
6317) \1\
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    \1\ For editorial reasons, Parts B (consumer products) and C 
(commercial equipment) of Title III of EPCA were re-designated as 
parts A and A-1, respectively, in the United States Code.
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    Under EPCA, energy conservation programs generally consist of four 
parts: (1) Testing; (2) labeling; (3) establishing Federal energy 
conservation standards; and (4) certification and enforcement 
procedures. The testing requirements consist of test procedures that 
manufacturers of covered products and equipment must use as the basis 
for certifying to DOE that their products and equipment comply with the 
applicable energy conservation standards adopted pursuant to EPCA and 
for making other representations about the efficiency of those 
products. (42 U.S.C. 6293(c); 42 U.S.C. 6295(s); 42 U.S.C. 6314) 
Similarly, DOE must use these test requirements to determine whether 
the products comply with any relevant standards promulgated under EPCA. 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(s))
    DOE satisfied its requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 with respect to its information collection attendant to effective 
implementation of its Energy Conservation Program under control number 
1910-1400. The information collection under control number 1910-1400 
includes reports and data created in support of DOE's Appliance 
Standards Program. Specifically, the extension of information 
collection

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applies to the following aspects of the appliance standards program: 
(1) Manufacturer submission of certification and compliance reports for 
covered basic models subject to an applicable energy conservation 
standard; (2) records relating to the certification requirements set 
forth in 10 CFR 429 and 431, including test data and associated 
calculations underlying certified ratings of covered products and 
equipment submitted on the certification and compliance reports for 
each covered basic model distributed in commerce in the US; and (3) 
records related to applications for a test procedure waiver submitted 
by a manufacturer pursuant to 10 CFR 430.27 and 431.401 and related to 
one or more basic models that manufacturer believes cannot be tested 
pursuant to the applicable 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. The annual 
estimated number of burden hours under this extension is 30 hours per 
company.
    Covered products and equipment generally include: (1) 
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) 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; 
(52) Television sets; (53) Pumps; (54) Fans; and (55) Compressors. DOE 
extended the information collection to cover similar data elements for 
three new product types, in the event that DOE ultimately issues a 
coverage determination: Miscellaneous refrigeration products 
(proposed); Portable air conditioners (proposed); and (58) Computing 
equipment (proposed). DOE also extended the information collection to 
allow DOE to collect additional data elements historically collected by 
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in furtherance of a single 
submission of energy data for both DOE and FTC through DOE's Compliance 
Certification Management System (CCMS).
    DOE requested and received OMB approval to extend the information 
collection for three years. DOE published two notices in the Federal 
Register announcing that DOE had begun the information collection under 
control number 1910-1400 and seeking comment on the information 
collection. 78 FR 77668 (December 24, 2013) and 79 FR 11426 (February 
28, 2014). In response to DOE's request, OMB approved DOE's information 
collection requirements covered under OMB control number 1910-1400 
through November 30, 2017.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-01781 Filed 1-29-15; 8:45 am]
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