[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48276-48279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14602]



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Vol. 87

Monday,

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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


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.

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 2022 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.

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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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--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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79........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AD09
                             Standards for General
                             Service Lamps.
80........................  Test Procedure for Single-         1904-AD94
                             Package Vertical Air
                             Conditioners and Heat
                             Pumps.
81........................  Test Procedures for                1904-AE46
                             Dehumidifying Direct-
                             Expansion Dedicated
                             Outdoor Air Systems.
82........................  Test Procedure for Cooking         1904-AF18
                             Tops.
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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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83........................  Energy Conservation                1904-AC11
                             Standards for
                             Manufactured Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Proposed Rule Stage

76. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking 
Products [1904-AD15]

    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), prescribes 
energy conservation standards for various consumer products, including 
consumer conventional cooking products. EPCA also requires the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more 
stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically 
justified and would result in a significant conservation of energy. In 
this rulemaking, DOE is considering whether to update energy 
conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products in 
order to fulfill its statutory deadline for amending energy 
conservation standards for cooking products under 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1). 
In 2020, DOE tentatively determined that amended energy conservation 
standards for consumer conventional cooking products would not be 
economically justified and would not result in significant energy 
savings. DOE re-evaluates this determination of whether amending 
standards for cooking products would result in significant energy 
savings.
    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  .......................

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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........................   01/00/23  .......................
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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

77. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas 
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces [1904-AD20]

    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................................   06/00/22  .......................
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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

78. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-
Equipment [1904-AD34]

    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 (CWHs), 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 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. DOE proposes to amend the standards for certain 
classes of CWH equipment for which DOE has tentatively determined there 
is clear and convincing evidence to support more-stringent standards. 
Additionally, DOE is proposing to codify standards for electric 
instantaneous CWH equipment from EPCA into the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    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  .......................
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal...........   01/15/21  86 FR 3873
NPRM................................   05/19/22  87 FR 30610
NPRM Comment Period End.............   07/18/22  .......................
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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-AD34

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Final Rule Stage

79. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps [1904-AD09]

    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B)
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is conducting a 
rulemaking to determine whether to amend or adopt standards for general 
service lamps (GSLs). This rulemaking is being undertaken pursuant to 
DOE's authority under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as 
amended and satisfies a term of DOE's settlement agreement with the 
National Electrical Manufacturers Association to issue a supplemental 
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding whether to amend or adopt 
standards for general service light-emitting diode lamps and possibly 
compact fluorescent lamps, which are both types of GSLs.
    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.

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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.
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.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for   05/09/22  87 FR 27461
 GSL.
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for   07/08/22  .......................
 GSL Effective.
Supplemental NPRM...................   12/00/22  .......................
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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

80. Test Procedure for Single-Package Vertical Air Conditioners and 
Heat Pumps [1904-AD94]

    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A)
    Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE) is examining whether to amend the current test procedure for 
single-package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps found at 10 CFR 
431.96. As a result of this proceeding, DOE may propose and amend the 
test procedures for this equipment, or issue a determination that no 
amendments to the current test procedures are required. Once completed, 
this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either 
propose an amended test procedure for this equipment or determine that 
the existing test procedure does not need to be amended.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI).......   07/20/18  83 FR 34499
RFI Comment Period End..............   09/04/18  .......................
NPRM................................   01/14/22  87 FR 2490
NPRM Comment Period End.............   03/15/22  .......................
Final Action........................   09/00/22  .......................
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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-AD94

81. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated 
Outdoor Air Systems [1904-AE46]

    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) at 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 
upon 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-look-back 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
Supplemental NPRM...................   12/23/21  86 FR 72874
SNPRM Comment Period End............   01/24/22
Final Action........................   06/00/22
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.

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    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

82. Test Procedure for Cooking Tops [1904-AF18]

    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(10)
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is required to review 
its test procedures for cooking products, including conventional 
cooking tops, once every 7 years under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended. In this rulemaking, DOE is 
proposing to establish a test procedure for conventional cooking tops, 
a category of cooking products, that would replace the procedure that 
DOE withdrew on August 18, 2020. Once completed, this rulemaking will 
fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either propose new test 
procedures for this product or determine that new test procedures are 
not required. This review will also satisfy the review requirement 
under Executive Order 13990, ``Protecting Public Health and the 
Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,'' 86 FR 
7037 (January 25, 2021).
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   11/04/21  86 FR 60974
NPRM Comment Period End.............   01/03/22
NPRM Comment Period Extended and       12/16/21  86 FR 71406
 Notification of Data Availability.
NPRM Comment Period Extended End....   01/18/22
Second NPRM Comment Period Extended.   01/18/22  87 FR 2559
Second NPRM Comment Period Extended    02/17/22
 End.
Final Action........................   07/00/22
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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-AF18

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Completed Actions

83. Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing [1904-AC11]

    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17071
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a final 
rule to address the requirement in section 413 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) that DOE establish energy 
conservation standards for manufactured housing. See 42 U.S.C. 
1707(a)(1). DOE is directed by EISA to base the energy efficiency 
standards on the most recent version of the International Energy 
Conservation Code (IECC), except where DOE finds that the IECC is not 
cost effective, or a more stringent standard would be more cost 
effective, based on the impact of the IECC on the purchase price of 
manufactured housing and on total life-cycle construction and operating 
costs. The established standards provide a set of ``tiered'' standards 
based on the size of the manufactured home (single-section or multi-
section) that would apply the 2021 IECC-based standards to manufactured 
homes, with less stringent building thermal envelope requirements for 
single-section manufactured homes.
    Completed:

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               Reason                    Date            FR Cite
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SNPRM Comment Period End............   10/25/21
NODA and Supplemental NPRM Comment     10/26/21  86 FR 59042
 Period Reopening.
NODA and Supplemental NPRM Comment     11/26/21
 Period Reopening End.
NODA Comment Period Reopened........   01/14/22  87 FR 2359
NODA Comment Period Reopened End....   02/28/22
Record of Decision..................   05/31/22  87 FR 32405
Final Rule..........................   05/31/22  87 FR 32728
Final Rule Effective................   08/01/22
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 1904-AC11

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