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