Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

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.

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. Contributions from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), a significant regulatory office within the Department, include 49 test procedure and 61 energy conservation standard rulemakings at various stages of completion,

i.e.,

pre-rule, proposed rule, final rule, long term actions, and completed actions stages. EERE has completed nine actions, which include seven energy conservation standard rulemakings. EERE is also pursuing 40 proposed rulemakings (17 test procedure and 12 energy conservation standard rulemakings), and is in the process of finalizing 14 rulemakings (8 test procedure and 2 energy conservation standards). DOE's agenda submission also lists contributions from other DOE offices that included 2 completed actions, 10 rulemaking proposals, and 5 rules in the final stages of the rulemaking process.

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 2020 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.

Signing Authority

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 10, 2020, by William S. Cooper, General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 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

.

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2020.

Treena V. Garrett

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—Proposed Rule Stage

Sequence No.

Title

Regulation

Identifier No.

75

Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps

1904-AD09

76

Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products

1904-AD15

77

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

1904-AD20

78

Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment

1904-AD34

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—Completed Actions

Sequence No.

Title

Regulation

Identifier No.

79

Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers

1904-AD01

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Proposed Rule Stage

75. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps

E.O. 13771 Designation:

Deregulatory.

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:

Action

Date

FR Cite

Framework Document Availability; Notice of Public Meeting

12/09/13

78 FR 73737

Framework Document Comment Period End

01/23/14

Framework Document Comment Period Extended

01/23/14

79 FR 3742

Framework Document Comment Period Extended End

02/07/14

Preliminary Analysis and Notice of Public Meeting

12/11/14

79 FR 73503

Preliminary Analysis Comment Period Extended

01/30/15

80 FR 5052

Preliminary Analysis Comment Period Extended End

02/23/15

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 Availability

10/18/16

81 FR 71794

Proposed Definition and Data Availability Comment Period End

11/08/16

Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL

01/19/17

82 FR 7276

Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Effective

01/01/20

Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Including IRL

01/19/17

82 FR 7322

Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Including IRL Effective

01/01/20

Supplemental NPRM

12/00/20

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

Yes.

Agency Contact:

Lucy deButts, Buildings Technologies Office, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585,

Phone:

202 287-1604,

Email:

lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov.

RIN:

1904-AD09

76. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products

E.O. 13771 Designation:

Regulatory.

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:

Action

Date

FR Cite

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

Supplemental NPRM/Proposed Determination

08/00/20

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 20002,

Phone:

202 287-1943,

Email: stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov

.

RIN:

1904-AD15

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

E.O. 13771 Designation:

Regulatory.

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 in partial fulfillment of a court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products.

Timetable:

Action

Date

FR Cite

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 Public Meeting

09/23/16

81 FR 65720

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

Supplemental NPRM

12/00/20

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

Yes.

Agency Contact:

John Cymbalsky, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585,

Phone:

202 287-1692,

Email: john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov

.

RIN:

1904-AD20

78. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment

E.O. 13771 Designation:

Regulatory.

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, 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.

Timetable:

Action

Date

FR Cite

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

Supplemental NPRM/Proposed Determination

06/00/20

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: catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov.

RIN:

1904-AD34

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Completed Actions

79. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers

E.O. 13771 Designation:

Other.

Legal Authority:

42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6311(11)(B)

Abstract:

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended by the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (AEMTCA), requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for commercial packaged boilers is technically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards for such equipment. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last updated the standards for commercial packaged boilers on July 22, 2009. DOE published a NOPR pursuant to the 6-year-look-back requirement on March 26, 2016. The Department's final rule adopted more-stringent energy conservation standards for certain commercial packaged boilers.

Completed:

Reason

Date

FR Cite

Final Action

01/10/20

85 FR 1592

Final Action Effective

03/10/20

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:

Yes.

Agency Contact:

Catherine Rivest, Phone: 202 586-7335,

Email:catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov.

RIN:

1904-AD01

[FR Doc. 2020-17821 Filed 8-25-20; 8:45 am]

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