United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2006_register executive 2010-09-22 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c80ea304 D09002ee1c80ea39f United States Department of Energy originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to adopt test procedures for measuring energy efficiency and related definitions for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment on July 25, 2006, including refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator- freezers. For refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, the Department proposed to adopt the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air- Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Standard 32.1-2004 test procedure for measuring equipment energy consumption and for determining equipment capacity. For commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, the Department proposed to adopt the ANSI/ Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) Standard HRF1-1979 for determining equipment capacity. The Department now proposes an additional method as an alternative means for measuring the capacity of refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, namely the method to measure refrigerated volume that is set forth in an updated version of ANSI/AHAM HRF1. The Department also proposes to adopt this updated standard for measuring the volume of commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator- freezers. The Department will receive written comments in response to the July 25, 2006 NOPR or to this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR). 71 FR 58308 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-10-03/06-8432 06-8432 fr03oc06-23 RIN 1904-AB53 6450-01-P Docket No. EE-RM/TP-05-500 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-10-03/06-8432 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-10-03/html/06-8432.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-10-03/pdf/06-8432.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Commercial Products Energy Conservation Test Procedures Incorporation by Reference 7 p. 58308 58314 71 FR 58308 Title 10 Part 431 10 CFR Part 431 RIN 1904-AB53 Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines and Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers and Refrigerator-Freezers; Federal Register Vol. 71, Issue PRORULE 06-8432 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 2006-09-26 Docket No. EE-RM/TP-05-500 6450-01-P 06-8432 Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking.

The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to adopt test procedures for measuring energy efficiency and related definitions for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment on July 25, 2006, including refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator- freezers. For refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, the Department proposed to adopt the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air- Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Standard 32.1-2004 test procedure for measuring equipment energy consumption and for determining equipment capacity. For commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, the Department proposed to adopt the ANSI/ Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) Standard HRF1-1979 for determining equipment capacity. The Department now proposes an additional method as an alternative means for measuring the capacity of refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, namely the method to measure refrigerated volume that is set forth in an updated version of ANSI/AHAM HRF1. The Department also proposes to adopt this updated standard for measuring the volume of commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator- freezers. The Department will receive written comments in response to the July 25, 2006 NOPR or to this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR).

The Department held a public meeting on this rulemaking on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Washington, DC. Mr. Charles F. Llenza, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-2192. E-mail: Charles.Llenza@ee.doe.gov, or Ms. Francine Pinto, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9507. E-mail: Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Commercial Products Energy Conservation Test Procedures Incorporation by Reference Commerical and industrial equipment; energy efficiency program: Test procedures Refrigerated beverage vending machines and commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, Charles.Llenza@ee.doe.gov EPACT2005@ee.doe.gov Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov testprocedures_EPACT2005@ee.doe.gov http://www.ansi.org http://www.ashrae.org http://www.gc.doe.gov http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 71, no. 191 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2006-10-03 continuing daily deposited born digital 249 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-10-03 P0b002ee18093fb7e 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr03oc06 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-10-03 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-10-03/pdf/FR-2006-10-03.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-10-03/xml/FR-2006-10-03.xml fdlp 58243 58480 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-06 FR-2006-10-03 machine generated eng FR FR-2006-10-03 71 191