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Vol. 86, No. 87 
Friday, May 7, 2021 
1The Association of Home Appliance 
Manufacturers’ request is filed in the docket of this 
test procedure rulemaking (Docket No. EERE–2017– BT–TP–0012–0022) and available for review at http://www.regulations.gov. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Part 430 
[EERE–2017–BT–TP–0012] 
RIN 1904–AD47 
Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedure for Room Air Conditioners; Correction 
AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 
ACTION : Final rule; correction. 
SUMMARY : On March 29, 2021, the U.S. 
Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) published a final rule adopting test procedures for room air conditioners (hereafter the ‘‘March 2021 final rule’’). This document corrects errors and omissions in the Federal test procedure for room air conditioners as amended by the March 2021 final rule, including an incorrect mathematical notation and missing detail regarding the full compressor speed setpoint in the testing instructions. Neither the errors and omissions, nor the corrections in this document, affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule. 
DATES : Effective May 7, 2021. The 
incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on April 28, 2021. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Mr. Bryan Berringer, 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. Telephone: (202) 586– 0371. Email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov. 
Ms. Sarah Butler, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–1777. Email: Sarah.Butler@hq.doe.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background 
DOE published a final rule in the 
Federal Register on March 29, 2021, establishing test procedures for room air conditioners in appendix F to subpart B of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 430 (‘‘appendix F’’). 86 FR 16446. Following publication of the March 2021 final rule, DOE received a request on April 12, 2021 from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers to correct an error to a mathematical notation in the calculation for annual energy consumption in inactive and off mode.
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DOE reviewed the test procedure as amended and agrees that the mathematical notation as finalized in the March 2021 final rule is incorrect. Upon review, DOE also identified an omission in the regulatory text as amended by the March 2021 final rule regarding a detail for the full compressor speed setpoint in the testing instructions. As discussed in the following paragraphs, the errors and omission in the regulatory text were correctly presented in the preamble to the March 2021 final rule. This correction rule revises appendix F to correct these typographical errors. 
The appendix F test procedure 
specifies a formula to calculate annual energy consumption in inactive and off mode. Section 5.1 of appendix F. However, the formula as established by the March 2021 final rule does not properly size one of the subscripts and inadvertently uses an incorrect mathematical notation. DOE is therefore fixing these issues in this notice, and notes that the ‘‘ia’’ in the ‘‘Pia’’ variable should be in subscript, and the addition symbol in the second parenthetical term should instead be a multiplication symbol. The parenthetical term refers to the annual energy consumption of the room air conditioner in off mode, in kilowatt-hours (‘‘kWh’’) per year, which is the product of the measured average power in off mode, P
om, in watts (‘‘W’’), 
and the annual operating hours in off mode multiplied by a conversion factor from watt-hours to kWh, t
om, in kWh/W. 
It would therefore be mathematically incorrect to sum P
omand t omto obtain 
an annual energy consumption term, rather than multiply the two variables. The corrected equation is as follows: 
AEC
ia/om= (P ia× tia) + (P om× tom). 
The March 2021 final rule amended 
appendix F to include a definition of 
‘‘full compressor speed (full),’’ which is referenced in the procedure for testing variable-speed room air conditioners. 86 FR 16446, 16477; see also section 2.12 of appendix F. Although the preamble to the March 2021 final rule stated that the full compressor speed is achieved when testing using a 75 °F setpoint, that 
testing instruction was inadvertently omitted in the regulatory text. 86 FR 16446, 16456. Thus, DOE revises the definition for full compressor speed as discussed in the preamble of the March 2021 final rule as follows: 
2.12 ‘‘Full compressor speed (full)’’ 
means the compressor speed at which the unit operates at full load test conditions, when using user settings with a unit thermostat setpoint of 75 °F 
to achieve maximum cooling capacity, according to the instructions in ANSI/ ASHRAE Standard 16–2016 Section 6.1.1.4.’’ 
II. Need for Correction 
As published, the regulatory text in 
March 2021 final rule may result in 
confusion due to the typographical errors and omission explained above. Because this final rule would simply correct errors in the text without making substantive changes in the March 2021 final rule, the changes addressed in this document are technical in nature. 
III. Procedural Issues and Regulatory 
Review 
DOE has concluded that the 
determinations made pursuant to the various procedural requirements applicable to the March 2021 final rule remain unchanged for this final rule technical correction. These determinations are set forth in the March 2021 final rule. 86 FR 16446, 16472. 
Pursuant to the Administrative 
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b), DOE has determined there is good cause to find that prior notice and opportunity for public comment on the changes contained in this document are impracticable, unnecessary, and 
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contrary to the public interest. Neither 
the errors nor the corrections in this document affect the substance of the March 2021 final rule or any of the conclusions reached in support of the final rule. Providing prior notice and an opportunity for public comment on correcting objective, typographical errors and omissions that do not change the substance of the test procedure serves no useful purpose. As such, this rule is not subject to the 30-day delay in effective date requirement of 5 U.S.C. 553(d) otherwise applicable to rules that make substantive changes. 
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430 
Administrative practice and 
procedure, Confidential business 
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, Incorporation by reference, 
Intergovernmental relations, Small businesses. 
Signing Authority 
This document of the Department of 
Energy was signed on May 2, 2021, by 
Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting 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. 
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2021. 
Treena V. Garrett, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 
Department of Energy. 
For the reasons stated in the 
preamble, DOE corrects part 430 of 
chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations by making the following correcting amendments: 
PART 430—ENERGY CONSERVATION 
PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS 
■1. The authority citation for part 430 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6309; 28 U.S.C. 
2461 note. ■2. Appendix F to subpart B of part 430 
is amended by revising sections 2.12 
and 5.1 to read as follows: 
Appendix F to Subpart B of Part 430— 
Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Room Air conditioners 
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2. ***  
2.12 ‘‘Full compressor speed (full)’’ 
means the compressor speed at which the 
unit operates at full load test conditions, when using user settings with a unit thermostat setpoint of 75 °F to achieve 
maximum cooling capacity, according to the instructions in ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 16– 2016. 
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5. ***  
5.1 Annual energy consumption in 
inactive mode and off mode. Calculate the annual energy consumption in inactive mode and off mode, AEC
ia/om, expressed in 
kilowatt-hours per year (kWh/year). 
AEC ia/om= (P ia× tia+ Pom× tom) 
Where: AEC
ia/om= annual energy consumption in 
inactive mode and off mode, in kWh/ 
year. 
Pia= average power in inactive mode, in 
watts, determined in section 4.2 of this appendix. 
P
om= average power in off mode, in watts, 
determined in section 4.2 of this appendix. 
t
ia= annual operating hours in inactive mode 
and multiplied by a 0.001 kWh/Wh conversion factor from watt-hours to kilowatt-hours. This value is 5.115 kWh/ W if the unit has inactive mode and no off mode, 2.5575 kWh/W if the unit has both inactive and off mode, and 0 kWh/ W if the unit does not have inactive mode. 
t
om= annual operating hours in off mode and 
multiplied by a 0.001 kWh/Wh conversion factor from watt-hours to kilowatt-hours. This value is 5.115 kWh/ W if the unit has off mode and no inactive mode, 2.5575 kWh/W if the unit has both inactive and off mode, and 0 kWh/W if the unit does not have off mode. 
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Part 430 
[EERE–2020–BT–STD–0001] 
RIN 1904–AE86 
Energy Conservation Program: 
Establishment of New Product Classes for Residential Clothes Washers and Consumer Clothes Dryers; Correction 
AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy. ACTION : Final rule; correction. 
SUMMARY : On December 16, 2020, the 
U.S. Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) published a final rule adopting separate product classes for top-loading consumer (residential) clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front-loading residential clothes washers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes (‘‘December 2020 final rule’’). This document corrects an omission in the amended regulatory text as it appeared in the December 2020 final rule. Neither the error nor the correction in this document affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule. 
DATES : Effective May 7, 2021. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Mr. Bryan Berringer, 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: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov . 
Ms. Kathryn McIntosh, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586– 2002. Email: Kathryn.McIntosh@hq.doe.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background 
DOE published a final rule in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 2020, establishing separate product classes for top-loading consumer (residential) clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front-loading residential clothes washers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes. 85 FR 81359. In a review of the December 2020 final rule, DOE identified an omission in the amended regulatory text for consumer clothes dryers. Specifically, the regulatory text that establishes separate product classes for vented electric standard clothes dryers and vented gas clothes dryers with a cycle time of less than 30 minutes omitted the distinction that the 30- minute cycle time is determined when conducting the test procedure at title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (‘‘CFR’’), part 430, subpart B, appendix D2 (‘‘appendix D2’’). This distinction was provided in the regulatory text of the notice of proposed rulemaking published on August 13, 2020 (85 FR 
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