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1HE Tis the total weighted per-cycle hot water 
energy consumption, ME Tis the total weighted per- 
cycle machine electrical energy consumption, DE T 
is the per-cycle energy consumption for removal of 
moisture content from test load, and E TLPis the per- 
cycle combined low-power mode. 2Two notes indicate that (1) all test load weights 
are bone-dry weights; and (2) allowable tolerance on the test load weights is ±0.10 lbs (0.05 kg). DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Part 430 
[EERE–2016–BT–TP–0011] 
RIN 1904–AD95 
Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedures for Residential and Commercial Clothes Washers; Correction 
AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 
ACTION : Correcting amendments. 
SUMMARY : On June 1, 2022, the U.S. 
Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) published a final rule amending DOE’s clothes washer test procedures. This document corrects formatting and typographical errors and omissions in the regulatory text of that final rule. 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 December 23, 2022. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Dr. Carl Shapiro, 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) 287– 5649. Email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov. 
Ms. Melanie Lampton, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (240) 751– 5157. Email: Melanie.Lampton@hq.doe.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background 
On June 1, 2022, DOE published a 
final rule amending DOE’s clothes washer test procedures (‘‘June 2022 Final Rule’’). 87 FR 33316. The June 
2022 Final Rule amended provisions in DOE’s test procedure prescribed at title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (‘‘CFR’’) part 430, subpart B, appendix J2 (‘‘appendix J2’’); established a new test procedure at 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix J (‘‘appendix J’’); and amended provisions in DOE’s test method for measuring the moisture 
absorption and retention characteristics of new lots of energy test cloth, which is used in testing clothes washers, at 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix J3 (‘‘appendix J3’’). DOE is issuing this rule to correct certain technical errors and omissions in the June 2022 Final Rule, specifically appendices J, J2, and J3 of 10 CFR part 430, and to assist regulated entities with compliance efforts. 
II. Discussion 
As established in the June 2022 Final 
Rule, section 4 of appendix J defines the 
four energy components (HE
T, ME T, 
DET, and E TLP)1comprising the energy 
efficiency metric. For clothes washers with multiple water fill control systems, each of these four components yields a different result for each type of water fill control system and therefore must be calculated separately for each control type and then averaged, with the average value used for the final calculations in section 4, as directed by section 3.2.3.5 of appendix J. Specifically, section 3.2.3.5 of appendix J specifies that if a clothes washer allows user selection among multiple water fill control systems, all water fill control systems must be tested and, for each one, each energy consumption and water consumption value as set forth in section 4 of appendix J must be calculated and averaged across the water fill control systems. The average value is then used in the final calculations in section 4 of appendix J. But, in the June 2022 Final Rule, the Department inadvertently omitted E
TLP 
from the list of variables used to calculate energy consumption in section 3.2.3.5 of appendix J. DOE is correcting that omission by adding E
TLPto the 
parenthetical list of energy consumption parameters in section 3.2.3.5 of 
appendix J. 
In the June 2022 Final Rule, DOE 
made a typographical error in section 3.3 of appendix J, stating that testing is 
to be performed ‘‘on each wash/rinse temperature selection available in the energy test cycle was [sic] defined in section 2.12.1 of this appendix.’’ 87 FR 33390. In this document, DOE corrects the word ‘‘was’’ to ‘‘as’’ in section 3.3 of appendix J. 
In the June 2022 Final Rule, DOE 
expanded Table 5.1 of appendix J2; however, the expanded table did not re- print with the two established notes
2at 
the end of the table. 87 FR 33402– 33403. These two notes have been incorporated in Table 5.1 since the table’s inclusion in appendix J2. Additionally, DOE did not propose their removal during the rulemaking process. The regulatory instruction provided for this amendment in the June 2022 Final Rule resulted in the inadvertent removal of the notes from Table 5.1 of appendix J2. This document corrects the omission by adding the two notes at end of the revised table. 
In the regulatory text of the June 2022 
Final Rule, the title and the column headings of new Table 8.7 of appendix J3 were mis-printed. The title of Table 8.7 inadvertently included an extra line break before the variable name provided in parentheses, i.e., ‘‘(RMC
standard ).’’ To 
simplify the table heading, DOE is removing the variable name in parentheses in the title of Table 8.7. Additionally, the column headers for Table 8.7 list the water soak temperature and the spin times used to develop the values presented in the table. In the regulatory text of the June 2022 Final Rule, the spin time column headers were listed in the wrong order. 87 FR 33405. This document corrects the order of the headings in Table 8.7 of appendix J3. 
Because this final rule simply corrects 
errors and omissions in the text without making substantive changes, 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 
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various procedural requirements 
applicable to the June 2022 Final Rule remain unchanged for this final rule’s technical corrections. These determinations are set forth in the June 2022 Final Rule and are adopted here. 87 FR 33316, 33375–33379. 
Pursuant to the Administrative 
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b), DOE finds that there is good cause to not issue a separate notice to solicit public comment on those technical corrections contained in this document. Issuing a separate notice to solicit public comment would be impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. As explained above, the corrections in this document do not affect the substance of the June 2022 Final Rule or any of the conclusions reached in support of the final rule. Additionally, given the final rule is a product of an extensive administrative record with numerous opportunities for public comment, DOE finds additional comment on the technical corrections is unnecessary. Therefore, 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. 
Further, this rule correcting 
typographical errors and omissions makes non-substantive changes to the test procedure in the June 2022 Final Rule. As such, this final 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, Intergovernmental relations, Small businesses. Signing Authority 
This document of the Department of 
Energy was signed on December 16, 
2022, by Francisco Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 
Department of 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 December 
19, 2022. 
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 J to subpart B of part 430 
is amended by: 
■a. Revising section 3.2.3.5; and 
■b. In section 3.3, in the first sentence, 
removing the words ‘‘was defined’’ and adding in their place ‘‘as defined’’. 
The revision reads as follows: Appendix J to Subpart B of Part 430— Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Automatic and Semi-Automatic Clothes Washers 
* * * * * 
3. * * * 
3.2.3.5 Clothes washers with multiple 
water fill control systems. If a clothes washer allows user selection among multiple water fill control systems, test all water fill control systems and, for each one, calculate the energy consumption (HE
T, ME T, DE T, and 
ETLP) and water consumption (Q T) values as 
set forth in section 4 of this appendix. Then, calculate the average of the tested values (one from each water fill control system) for each variable (HE
T, ME T, DE T, ETLP, and Q T) and 
use the average value for each variable in the final calculations in section 4 of this appendix. 
* * * * * 
■3. Appendix J2 to subpart B of part 
430 is amended by adding notes 1 and 
2 following Table 5.1 in section 5 to read as follows: 
Appendix J2 to Subpart B of Part 430— 
Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Automatic and Semi-Automatic Clothes Washers 
* * * * * 
5. * * * 
Table 5.1—Test Load Sizes 
* * * * * 
Notes: (1) All test load weights are bone- 
dry weights. 
(2) Allowable tolerance on the test load 
weights is ±0.10 lbs (0.05 kg). 
■4. Appendix J3 to subpart B of part 
430 is amended by revising Table 8.7 in 
section 8.7 to read as follows: 
Appendix J3 to Subpart B of Part 430— 
Energy Test Cloth Specifications and Procedures for Determining Correction Coefficients of New Energy Test Cloth Lots 
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8. * * * 
TABLE 8.7—S TANDARD RMC V ALUES  
‘‘g Force’’ RMC percentage 
Warm soak Cold soak 
15 min. spin 
(percent) 4 min. spin 
(percent) 15 min. spin 
(percent) 4 min. spin 
(percent) 
100 45.9 49.9 49.7 52.8 
200 35.7 40.4 37.9 43.1 
350 29.6 33.1 30.7 35.8 
500 24.2 28.7 25.5 30.0 
650 23.0 26.4 24.1 28.0 
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1All references to EPCA in this document refer 
to the statute as amended through the Energy Act 
of 2020, Public Law 116–260 (Dec. 27, 2020), which reflect the last statutory amendments that impact Parts A and A–1 of EPCA. 
2For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 
U.S. Code, Part C was re-designated Part A–1. 3Air-cooled commercial package air conditioning 
and heating equipment (referred to as ‘‘air-cooled unitary air conditioners and air-cooled unitary heat pumps’’ or ‘‘ACUACs and ACUHPs’’) were also 
included in the scope of the request for information (‘‘RFI’’) published by DOE in the Federal Register on May 12, 2020 (‘‘May 2020 RFI’’) that preceded the NOPD for this rulemaking. 85 FR 27941. However, DOE only addresses CWAFs in this final determination. DOE will address ACUACs and ACUHPs in a separate proceeding. * * * * * 
[FR Doc. 2022–27877 Filed 12–22–22; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
10 CFR Part 431 
[EERE–2019–BT–STD–0042] 
RIN 1905–AE59 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
Conservation Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces 
AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 
ACTION : Final determination. 
SUMMARY : The Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, as amended (‘‘EPCA’’), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial warm air furnaces (‘‘CWAFs’’). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) to periodically review standards to determine whether more- stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant additional energy savings. In the case of CWAFs, DOE has determined that it lacks clear and convincing evidence that amended energy conservation standards would be economically justified. As such, in this final determination, DOE has determined not to amend the energy conservation standards for CWAFs. 
DATES : The final determination is 
effective January 23, 2023. 
ADDRESSES : The docket for this activity, 
which includes Federal Register notices, public meeting attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at www.regulations.gov. All documents in 
the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. However, 
some documents listed in the index, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly available. 
The docket web page can be found at 
www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE- 2019-BT-STD-0042. The docket web 
page contains instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Ms. Julia Hegarty, 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: (240) 597– 6737. Email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov. 
Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–5827. Email: Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov. 
For further information on how to 
review the docket, contact the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at (202) 287–1445 or by email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
Table of Contents 
I. Synopsis of the Final Determination II. Introduction 
A. Authority B. Background 
III. General Discussion and Rationale 
A. Test Procedures B. General Comments C. Equipment Classes and Scope of 
Coverage 
D. Final Determination 1. Significant Conservation of Energy 2. Technological Feasibility 3. Economic Justification 
IV. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review 
A. Review Under Executive Order 12866 
and 13563 
B. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act 
C. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 
D. Review Under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
E. Review Under Executive Order 13132 F. Review Under Executive Order 12988 G. Review Under the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act of 1995 
H. Review Under the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 1999 
I. Review Under Executive Order 12630 J. Review Under the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2001 
K. Review Under Executive Order 13211 L. Review Under the Information Quality 
Bulletin for Peer Review 
M. Congressional Notification 
V. Approval of the Office of the Secretary 
I. Synopsis of the Final Determination 
The Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291–6317, as codified), as amended (‘‘EPCA’’),
1authorizes DOE to regulate 
the energy efficiency of a number of consumer products and certain industrial equipment. Title III, Part C
2 of EPCA, established the Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment. (42 U.S.C. 6311– 6317) Such equipment includes CWAFs, which are the subject of this final determination.
3(42 U.S.C. 6311(J)) 
Pursuant to EPCA, DOE is triggered to 
consider amending the energy efficiency standards for certain types of commercial and industrial equipment, including the equipment at issue in this document, whenever the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (‘‘ASHRAE’’) amends the standard levels or design requirements prescribed in ASHRAE Standard 90.1, ‘‘Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings’’ (‘‘ASHRAE Standard 90.1’’). Under a separate provision of EPCA, DOE is required to review the existing energy conservation standards for those types of covered equipment subject to ASHRAE Standard 90.1, at a minimum, every six years after issuance of any final rule establishing or amending a standard (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(A)–(C)). DOE is conducting this review of the energy conservation standards for CWAFs under EPCA’s six- year-lookback authority. (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)) 
For this final determination, DOE 
considered CWAFs subject to the current Federal energy conservation standards specified in the Code of Federal Regulations (‘‘CFR’’) at 10 CFR 431.77. The current standards were adopted in a direct final rule published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2016 (‘‘January 2016 final rule’’), through which DOE, in relevant part, adopted amended CWAF standards for which compliance is required beginning on January 1, 2023. 81 FR 2420, 2529. DOE has determined that there is significant uncertainty regarding whether more-stringent CWAF standards would be economically justified at this time, a matter which the Department discusses in more detail in section III.D of this document. Therefore, DOE has determined that the energy conservation standards for CWAFs do not need to be amended because there is not clear and convincing evidence that amended standards would be economically justified, as required by EPCA to 
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