[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5222-5224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00284]



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Vol. 87

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Part VII





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


Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making 
available its portion of the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal 
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda), including its Regulatory 
Plan (Plan), pursuant to Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning 
and Review,'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

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 entire Fall 2021 Regulatory Agenda can be accessed 
online by going to www.reginfo.gov.
    Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require 
either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under 
section 610 of that Act. The Plan appears in both the online Agenda and 
the Federal Register and includes the most important of DOE's 
significant regulatory actions and a Statement of Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Priorities.

Samuel Walsh,
General Counsel.

       Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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255.......................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD09
                             Standards for General
                             Service Lamps.
256.......................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD15
                             Standards for Residential
                             Conventional Cooking
                             Products.
257.......................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD20
                             Standards for Residential
                             Non-Weatherized Gas
                             Furnaces and Mobile Home
                             Gas Furnaces.
258.......................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD34
                             Standards for Commercial
                             Water Heating-Equipment
                             (Reg Plan Seq No. 40).
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References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this
  issue of the Federal Register.


        Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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259.......................  Test Procedures for                1904-AE46
                             Dehumidifying Direct-
                             Expansion Dedicated
                             Outdoor Air Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Proposed Rule Stage

255. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps

    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.
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.

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Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition   09/05/19  84 FR 46661
 for GSL (Reported as 1904-AE26).
Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition   10/07/19
 for GSL Effective.
Supplemental NPRM...................   01/00/22
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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 20585, 
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD09

256. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking 
Products

    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
Notice of Proposed Determination and   12/14/20  85 FR 80982
 Request for Comment.
Notice of Proposed Determination       03/01/21
 Comment Period End.
Second SNPRM........................   06/00/22
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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 20585, 
Phone: 202 287-1943, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD15

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

    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 pursuant to 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
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal...........   01/15/21  86 FR 3873
NPRM................................   03/00/22
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 240 597-6737, 
Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AD20

258. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-
Equipment

    Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 40 in part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.
    RIN: 1904-AD34

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Final Rule Stage

259. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated 
Outdoor Air Systems

    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)
    Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE) is seeking to establish a Federal test procedure for 
dehumidifying direct-expansion dedicated outdoor air systems (DDX-
DOASes) under 10 CFR 431.96. For covered equipment addressed in the 
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning 
Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1, the DOE test procedure must be based 
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the generally accepted industry testing procedure referenced in that 
industry consensus standard (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(A)). The statute 
further requires that each time the referenced industry test procedure 
is updated, DOE must amend the Federal test procedure to be consistent 
with the amended industry test procedure, unless there is clear and 
convincing evidence that the update would not be representative of an 
average use cycle or would be unduly burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C. 
6314(a)(4)(B)). Independent of that test procedure review obligation, 
EPCA also includes a 7-year-lookback review provision for covered 
commercial and industrial equipment that requires DOE to conduct an 
evaluation of each class of covered equipment to determine whether 
amended test procedures would more accurately or fully comply with the 
requirements that the Federal test procedure be representative of an 
average use cycle and not be unduly burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C. 
6314(a)(1)). In this test procedure rulemaking for DDX-DOASes, DOE is 
acting under its authority at 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4), and accordingly, it 
will propose and adopt a new Federal test procedure for this equipment. 
(The NOPR for this rule was mistakenly published in the Federal 
Register as RIN 1904-AD93 on July 7, 2021).
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI).......   07/25/17  82 FR 34427
RFI Comment Period Ends.............   08/24/17
NPRM (Incorrectly Published as 1904-   07/07/21  86 FR 36018
 AD93).
NPRM Comment Period End.............   09/07/21
Final Rule..........................   04/00/22
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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-AE46

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