[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52699-52702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17821]



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Vol. 85

Wednesday,

No. 166

August 26, 2020

Part VI





 Department of Energy





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X

48 CFR Ch. 9


Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Semi-annual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making 
available its portion of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal 
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) pursuant to Executive 
Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act. Contributions from the Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy (EERE), a significant regulatory office within the 
Department, include 49 test procedure and 61 energy conservation 
standard rulemakings at various stages of completion, i.e., pre-rule, 
proposed rule, final rule, long term actions, and completed actions 
stages. EERE has completed nine actions, which include seven energy 
conservation standard rulemakings. EERE is also pursuing 40 proposed 
rulemakings (17 test procedure and 12 energy conservation standard 
rulemakings), and is in the process of finalizing 14 rulemakings (8 
test procedure and 2 energy conservation standards). DOE's agenda 
submission also lists contributions from other DOE offices that 
included 2 completed actions, 10 rulemaking proposals, and 5 rules in 
the final stages of the rulemaking process.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agenda is a government-wide compilation 
of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, including a brief 
description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda 
also includes a list of regulatory actions completed since publication 
of the last Agenda. The Department of Energy's portion of the Agenda 
includes regulatory actions called for by the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended, and programmatic needs of DOE 
offices.
    The internet is the basic means for disseminating the Agenda and 
providing users the ability to obtain information from the Agenda 
database. DOE's Spring 2020 Agenda can be accessed online by going to 
www.reginfo.gov.
    DOE's regulatory flexibility agenda is made up of rulemakings 
setting energy efficiency standards and requirements applicable to DOE 
sites.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 10, 
2020, by William S. Cooper, General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, 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 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 August 11, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

       Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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75........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD09
                             Standards for General
                             Service Lamps.
76........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD15
                             Standards for Residential
                             Conventional Cooking
                             Products.
77........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD20
                             Standards for Residential
                             Non-Weatherized Gas
                             Furnaces and Mobile Home
                             Gas Furnaces.
78........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD34
                             Standards for Commercial
                             Water Heating Equipment.
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        Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Completed Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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79........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD01
                             Standards for Commercial
                             Packaged Boilers.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Proposed Rule Stage

75. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a 
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that includes a proposed 
determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standards for 
general service light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and that may include a 
proposed determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt 
standards for compact fluorescent lamps.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Framework Document Availability;       12/09/13  78 FR 73737
 Notice of Public Meeting.
Framework Document Comment Period      01/23/14  .......................
 End.
Framework Document Comment Period      01/23/14  79 FR 3742
 Extended.
Framework Document Comment Period      02/07/14  .......................
 Extended End.
Preliminary Analysis and Notice of     12/11/14  79 FR 73503
 Public Meeting.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period    01/30/15  80 FR 5052
 Extended.

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Preliminary Analysis Comment Period    02/23/15  .......................
 Extended End.
Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar...   03/15/16  81 FR 13763
NPRM................................   03/17/16  81 FR 14528
NPRM Comment Period End.............   05/16/16  .......................
Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar...   10/05/16  81 FR 69009
Proposed Definition and Data           10/18/16  81 FR 71794
 Availability.
Proposed Definition and Data           11/08/16  .......................
 Availability Comment Period End.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for   01/19/17  82 FR 7276
 GSL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for   01/01/20  .......................
 GSL Effective.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for   01/19/17  82 FR 7322
 GSL Including IRL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for   01/01/20  .......................
 GSL Including IRL Effective.
Supplemental NPRM...................   12/00/20  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Lucy deButts, Buildings Technologies Office, EE-5B, 
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1604, 
Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD09

76. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking 
Products

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42 
U.S.C. 6295(h)
    Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended 
by Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), requires the 
Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy 
conservation standards for residential conventional cooking products 
would yield a significant savings in energy use and is technologically 
feasible and economically justified. The U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE) is reviewing the current standards to make such determination.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI).......   02/12/14  79 FR 8337
RFI Comment Period End..............   03/14/14  .......................
RFI Comment Period Extended.........   03/03/14  79 FR 11714
RFI Comment Period Extended End.....   04/14/14  .......................
NPRM and Public Meeting.............   06/10/15  80 FR 33030
NPRM Comment Period Extended........   07/30/15  80 FR 45452
NPRM Comment Period Extended End....   09/09/15  .......................
Supplemental NPRM...................   09/02/16  81 FR 60784
SNPRM Comment Period Extended.......   09/30/16  81 FR 67219
SNPRM Comment Period Extended End...   11/02/16  .......................
Supplemental NPRM/Proposed             08/00/20  .......................
 Determination.
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Stephanie Johnson, General Engineer, Department of 
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Building Technologies Office, EE5B, Washington, DC 20002, 
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD15

77. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas 
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 
U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3)
    Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, 
(EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer 
products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including 
residential furnaces. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE) to determine whether more stringent amended standards would be 
technologically feasible and economically justified and would save a 
significant amount of energy. DOE is considering amendments to its 
energy conservation standards for residential non-weatherized gas 
furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces in partial fulfillment of a 
court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Notice of Public Meeting............   10/30/14  79 FR 64517
NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting...   03/12/15  80 FR 13120
NPRM Comment Period Extended........   05/20/15  80 FR 28851
NPRM Comment Period Extended End....   07/10/15  .......................
Notice of Data Availability (NODA)..   09/14/15  80 FR 55038
NODA Comment Period End.............   10/14/15  .......................
NODA Comment Period Reopened........   10/23/15  80 FR 64370
NODA Comment Period Reopened End....   11/06/15  .......................
Supplemental NPRM and Notice of        09/23/16  81 FR 65720
 Public Meeting.
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End   11/22/16  .......................
SNPRM Comment Period Reopened.......   12/05/16  81 FR 87493
SNPRM Comment Period End............   01/06/17  .......................
Supplemental NPRM...................   12/00/20  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Building Technologies Office, EE-
5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1692, 
Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD20

78. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating 
Equipment

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
    Abstract: Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill the U.S. 
Department of Energy's (DOE) statutory obligation under the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA) to either propose 
amended energy conservation standards for commercial water heaters and 
hot water supply boilers, or determine that the existing standards do 
not need to be amended. (Unfired hot water storage tanks and commercial 
heat pump water heaters are being considered in a separate

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rulemaking.) DOE must determine whether national standards more 
stringent than those that are currently in place would result in a 
significant additional amount of energy savings and whether such 
amended national standards would be technologically feasible and 
economically justified.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI).......   10/21/14  79 FR 62899
RFI Comment Period End..............   11/20/14  .......................
NPRM................................   05/31/16  81 FR 34440
NPRM Comment Period End.............   08/01/16  .......................
NPRM Comment Period Reopened........   08/05/16  81 FR 51812
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End....   08/30/16  .......................
Notice of Data Availability (NODA)..   12/23/16  81 FR 94234
NODA Comment Period End.............   01/09/17  .......................
Supplemental NPRM/Proposed             06/00/20  .......................
 Determination.
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest, General Engineer, Department of 
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, Washington, DC 20585, 
Phone: 202 586-7335, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD34

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Completed Actions

79. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Other.
    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6311(11)(B)
    Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended 
by the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act 
(AEMTCA), requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the 
statutory energy conservation standards for commercial packaged boilers 
is technically feasible and economically justified and would save a 
significant amount of energy. If justified, the Secretary will issue 
amended energy conservation standards for such equipment. The U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) last updated the standards for commercial 
packaged boilers on July 22, 2009. DOE published a NOPR pursuant to the 
6-year-look-back requirement on March 26, 2016. The Department's final 
rule adopted more-stringent energy conservation standards for certain 
commercial packaged boilers.
    Completed:

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               Reason                    Date            FR Cite
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Final Action........................   01/10/20  85 FR 1592
Final Action Effective..............   03/10/20  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest, Phone: 202 586-7335, 
Email:[email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD01

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