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 2015_register executive 2015-11-26 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f6d983 D09002ee1c7f6da21 United States Department of Energy originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to modify the test procedure proposals for portable air conditioners (ACs), initially presented in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) published on February 25, 2015. Upon further analysis and review of the public comments received in response to the February 2015 NOPR, DOE proposes in this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) the following additions and clarifications to its proposed portable AC test procedure: (1) Minor revisions to the indoor and outdoor cooling mode test conditions; (2) an additional test condition for cooling mode testing; (3) updated infiltration air and capacity calculations to account for the second cooling mode test condition; (4) removal of the measurement of case heat transfer; (5) a clarification of test unit placement within the test chamber; (6) removal of the heating mode test procedure; (7) a revision to the CEER calculation to reflect the two cooling mode test conditions and removal of heating mode testing; and (8) additional technical corrections and clarifications. These proposals are to be combined with the initial NOPR proposals and would be codified in a newly created appendix CC to title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 430, subpart B. The test procedures would be used to determine capacities and energy efficiency metrics that would be the basis for any future energy conservation standards for portable ACs. 80 FR 74020 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-27/2015-30057 2015-30057 fr27no15-25 RIN 1904-AD22 6450-01-P Docket No. EERE-2014- BT-TP-0014 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-27/2015-30057 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-27/html/2015-30057.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-27/pdf/2015-30057.pdf 20 p. 74020 74039 80 FR 74020 Title 10 Part 429 10 CFR Part 429 Title 10 Part 430 10 CFR Part 430 RIN 1904-AD22 Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Portable Air Conditioners; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue PRORULE 2015-30057 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2015-12-28 Docket No. EERE-2014- BT-TP-0014 6450-01-P 2015-30057 Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to modify the test procedure proposals for portable air conditioners (ACs), initially presented in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) published on February 25, 2015. Upon further analysis and review of the public comments received in response to the February 2015 NOPR, DOE proposes in this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) the following additions and clarifications to its proposed portable AC test procedure: (1) Minor revisions to the indoor and outdoor cooling mode test conditions; (2) an additional test condition for cooling mode testing; (3) updated infiltration air and capacity calculations to account for the second cooling mode test condition; (4) removal of the measurement of case heat transfer; (5) a clarification of test unit placement within the test chamber; (6) removal of the heating mode test procedure; (7) a revision to the CEER calculation to reflect the two cooling mode test conditions and removal of heating mode testing; and (8) additional technical corrections and clarifications. These proposals are to be combined with the initial NOPR proposals and would be codified in a newly created appendix CC to title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 430, subpart B. The test procedures would be used to determine capacities and energy efficiency metrics that would be the basis for any future energy conservation standards for portable ACs.

DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this SNOPR, submitted no later than December 28, 2015. See section V, "Public Participation," for details. Mr. Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technology Office, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 202- 586-0371. Email: Bryan.Berringer@ee.doe.gov. Ms. Sarah Butler, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, Mailstop GC-33, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 202-586-1777; Email: Sarah.Butler@hq.doe.gov. Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Portable Air Conditioners , Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov Bryan.Berringer@ee.doe.gov PortableAC2014TP0014@ee.doe.gov Sarah.Butler@hq.doe.gov http://energy.gov/gc/office-general-counsel http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=ANSI%2FASHRAE+Standard+37-2009 http://www.aham.org/ht/d/ProductDetails/sku/PAC12009/from/714/pid/ http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2009/ http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail regulations.gov www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2009/ www.regulations.gov Vol. 80, no. 228 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-11-27 continuing daily deposited born digital 740 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-27 P0b002ee18e039191 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr27no15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-11-27 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-27/pdf/FR-2015-11-27.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-27/xml/FR-2015-11-27.xml fdlp 73943 74672 DGPO 2015-11-26 2024-06-02 FR-2015-11-27 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-11-27 80 228