[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6016-6017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02157]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 431

[Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043]
RIN 1904-AC36


Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
High-Intensity Discharge Lamps

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

ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a notice of proposed determination (NOPD) regarding energy 
conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps in the 
Federal Register. This notice tentatively determined that potential 
standards for three subcategories of HID lamps are either not 
technologically feasible or not economically justified. On December 22, 
2014, DOE received a joint comment from the Appliance Standards 
Awareness Project (ASAP), Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), 
the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the 
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (Joint Comment), opposing 
DOE's proposed determination. This document announces a reopening of 
the public comment period for submitting comments and data in response 
to the Joint Comment. The comment period is extended to March 6, 2015.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information in response to 
the Joint Comment received no later than March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket 
number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 and/or Regulation Identification Number 
(RIN) 1904-AC36, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the 
docket number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 and/or RIN 1904-AC36 in the subject 
line of the message.
     Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on 
a compact disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to include 
printed copies. [Please note that comments and CDs sent by mail are 
often delayed and may be damaged by mail screening processes.]
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 
600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202) 586-2945. If possible, 
please submit all items on CD, in which case it is not necessary to 
include printed copies.
    Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov, 
including Federal Register notices, framework documents, public meeting 
attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting 
documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in the 
index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt 
from public disclosure.
    The rulemaking Web page can be found at: www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/23. This Web page 
contains a link to the docket for this notice on the 
www.regulations.gov site. The www.regulations.gov Web page contains 
instructions on how to access all documents in the docket, including 
public comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, EE-5J, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 
287-1604. Email: [email protected].
    Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 
General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 21, 2014, DOE published a NOPD in 
the Federal Register that tentatively determined that potential 
standards for HID lamps are either not technologically feasible or not 
economically justified. 79 FR 62910.

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The notice provided for the submission of written comments by December 
22, 2014.
    On December 22, 2014, DOE received a joint comment from the 
Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), Northwest Energy 
Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the American Council for an Energy-
Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the Natural Resources Defense Council 
(NRDC) (Joint Comment). The full comment can be found in Docket No. 
EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043-43. The Joint Comment opposed DOE's proposed 
determination for the following reasons:
    1. Energy conservation standards for the [400 watt] metal halide 
representative lamp type are technically feasible and economically 
justified, and would result in significant energy savings (Joint 
Comment, No. 43 at p. 1); \1\
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    \1\ A notation in the form of ``Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 1'' 
identifies a written comment that DOE received and included in the 
docket of this rulemaking. This particular notation refers to a 
comment: (1) In the Joint Comment; (2) in the document number 43 of 
the docket; and (3) on page 1 of that document.
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    2. DOE's analysis fails to properly consider the likely consumer 
responses to replacing existing HID lamps (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 
2); and
    3. DOE's analysis should be based on mean lumen output and not on 
initial lumen output (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 3).
    DOE is reopening the public comment period for the October 21, 2014 
NOPD to allow interested parties to provide DOE with comments and data 
in response to the points made in the Joint Comment. DOE will consider 
any comments in response to the Joint Comment received by midnight of 
March 6, 2015, and deems any comments received by that time to be 
timely submitted.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-02157 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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