[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 142 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44484-44485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15079]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 431

[EERE-2020-BT-STD-0006]


Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
External Power Supplies

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

ACTION: Request for information; reopening of the public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') 
published a request for information (``RFI'') pertaining to the energy 
conservation standards for external power supplies. The request 
provided an opportunity for submitting written comments, data, and 
information by July 6, 2020. Prior to the end of the comment period for 
the request of information, DOE received a request from a group of 
industry trade groups seeking additional time to consider the 
applicability and impact of an updated energy conservation standard for 
this equipment.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI, published on May 20, 2020 (85 FR 
30636), which closed on July 6, 2020, is hereby reopened and extended. 
DOE will accept written comments, data, and information in response to 
the RFI no later than August 24, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments. Alternatively, interested 
persons may submit comments, identified by docket number EERE-2020-BT-
STD-0006, by any of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number EERE-
2020-BT-STD-0006 in the subject line of the message.
    3. Postal Mail: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-5B, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 
(202) 287-1445. If possible, please submit all items on a compact disc 
(``CD''), in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies.
    4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance and Equipment Standards 
Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, 950 
L'Enfant Plaza SW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 
287-1445. If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case 
it is not necessary to include printed copies.
    No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be accepted.
    Docket: The docket for this activity, which includes Federal 
Register notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, 
is available for review at http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in 
the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. However, 
some documents listed in the index, such as those containing 
information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly 
available.
    The docket web page can be found at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2020-BT-STD-0006. The docket web page contains 
instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, 
in the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeremy Dommu, 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. Telephone: (202) 586-9870. Email: 
[email protected]. Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 
586-8145. Email: [email protected].
    For further information on how to submit a comment, or review other 
public comments and the docket contact the Appliance and Equipment 
Standards Program staff at (202) 586-6636 or by email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE published a Request for Information 
(``RFI'') pertaining to the energy conservation standards for external 
power supplies on May 20, 2020. 85 FR 30636. The RFI initiated a data 
collection process to consider whether to amend DOE's energy 
conservation standards for external power supplies, and whether 
amending the standards for external power supplies would result in 
significant energy savings and be technologically feasible and 
economically justified. DOE requested submission of written comment, 
data, and information pertaining to these standards by July 6, 2020.
    On June 24, 2020, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers 
(``AHAM''), Consumer Technology Association (``CTA''), and Information 
Technology Industry Council (``ITI''), interested parties in the 
matter, requested a 30-day extension of the public comment period for 
the RFI that DOE previously published in the Federal Register on May 
20, 2020. (AHAM, CTA, and ITI, EERE-2020-BT-STD-0006, No. 2) The 
comment period for the RFI closed on July 6, 2020.\1\
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    After carefully considering this request, DOE has determined that a 
reopening of the comment period to allow additional time for interested 
parties to submit comments is appropriate. Therefore, DOE is reopening 
the comment period and will accept comments until August 24, 2020, to 
provide interested parties additional time to prepare and submit 
comments. Accordingly, DOE will consider any comments received by this 
date, to be timely submitted.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 8, 
2020, by Alexander N. Fitzsimmons, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to 
delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with 
the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For 
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of 
the Office of the Federal

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Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been 
authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for 
publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This 
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this 
document upon publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-15079 Filed 7-22-20; 8:45 am]
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