[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21391-21392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09029]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 431

[EERE-2017-BT-STD-0009]
RIN 1904-AD79


Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers

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

ACTION: Final rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, this document 
withdraws a disapproved final rule that was published in the Federal 
Register on December 23, 2024. The final rule would have established 
amended energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in 
freezers.

DATES: As of May 20, 2025, the final rule on energy conservation 
standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, published in the 
Federal Register on December 23, 2024, at 89 FR 104616, and delayed at 
90 FR 13054 (Mar. 20, 2025), is withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Appliance Standards Program, 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. Email: 
[email protected].
    Pete Cochran, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General 
Counsel, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. 
Telephone: (240) 961-1189. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of 
Energy published in the Federal Register a final rule (``December 2024 
Final Rule'') prescribing amended energy conservation standards for 
walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, referred to collectively as 
``walk-ins''. 89 FR 104616. The effective date of the December 2024 
Final Rule is May 20, 2025. 90 FR 13054 (Mar. 20, 2025).
    On May 9, 2025, President Trump signed into law a joint resolution 
of disapproval of the December 2024 Final Rule. See 5 U.S.C. 801. In 
accordance with the Congressional Review Act, the December 2024 Final 
Rule shall have no force or effect. (5 U.S.C. 802(a)) As a result, DOE 
withdraws the December 2024 Final Rule and provides notice that the 
amended energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in 
freezers prescribed in the December 2024 Final Rule shall have no force 
or effect.
    To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to this action, DOE finds 
that notice and comment is unnecessary because DOE is withdrawing a 
final rule that has been disapproved under the Congressional Review 
Act. Further, as this withdrawal is providing notice that the December 
2024 Final Rule has no force or effect, DOE finds good cause to waive 
the 30-day delay in effective date under 5 U.S.C. 553(d).

Approval of the Office of the Secretary

    The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of this final 
rule; withdrawal.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 431

    Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business 
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, 
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Small businesses.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 15, 
2025, by Louis Hrkman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 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 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.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-09029 Filed 5-19-25; 8:45 am]
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