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### FROM: Dan W. Reicher AssistanL Secretary Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy SUBJECT: INFORMATION: Issuance ofa Supplemental Advance Notice ofProposed Rulemaking (SANOPR) Regarding Energy Conservation Standards for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (RIN: 1904-AA77) ISSUE: The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 imposed performance standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps as part of the energy conservation program for consumer products. EPCA, §325(g), 42 U.S.C. 6295 (g). The Act required the Department to publish a final rule byJanuary 1, 1994, to determine ifthe above-mentioned standards should be amended. You identified this rulemaking as a priority activity and asked that it be accelerated. " 

### The Department first initiated a central air conditioner and heat pump rulemaking by publishing an Advance Notice ofProposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) (58 FR 47326, September 8, 1993) to determine ifthe standards imposed by the Act should be amended; but due to a moratorium on proposing or issuing energy conservation appliance standards for fiscal year 1996, all actions by the Department to conduct a rulemaking were postponed. On July 15, 1996, the Department published a Final Rule: Procedures for Consideration ofNew or Revised Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products (hereinafter referred to as the Process Rule) which established a new process for conducting appliance standard rulemakings. Although there was a previous ANOPR, the Department made a commitment to use the Process Rule to the extent possible in the development ofnew central air conditioner standards. In this supplemental ANOPR, the Department is presenting the framework by which it will develop the standards. The framework reflects improvements and steps detailed inthe Process Rule.**~** 

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### November 8, 1999 ES1999-017143 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY
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ISSUE: ____ '1 .\) 'v\'\, Dan W. Reicher Assistant Secretary Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy INFORMATION: Issuance ofa Supplemental Advance Notice ofProposed Rulemaking (SANOPR) Regarding Energy Conservation Standards for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (RIN: 1904-AA77) The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 imposed performance standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps as part of the energy conservation program for consumerproducts. EPCA, §325(g), 42 U.S.c. 6295 (g). The Act required the Department to publish a final rule by January 1, 1994, to determine ifthe above-mentioned standards should be amended.

.. You identified this rulemaking as a priority activity and asked that it be accelerated.

o The Department first initiated a central air conditioner and heat pump rulemaking by publishing an Advance Notice ofProposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) (58 FR 47326, September 8, 1993) to determine ifthe standards imposed by the Act should be amended; but due to a moratorium on proposing orissuing energy conservation appliance standards for fiscal year 1996, all actions by the Department to conduct a rulemaking were postponed.

II On July 15, 1996, the Department published a Final Rule: Procedures for Consideration ofNew orRevised Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products (hereinafter referred to as the Process Rule) which established a new process for conducting appliance standard rulemakings. " Although there was a previous ANOPR, the Department made a commitment to use the Process Rule to the extent possible in the development ofnew central air conditioner standards. In this supplemental ANOPR, the Department is presenting the framework by which it 

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The Department has committed to publish the final rule for central air conditioners by April 2001. An accelerated schedule has been proposed which would advance this date to December 2000. It is imperative that this supplemental ANOPR is not delayed. It is planned to publish the Notice ofProposed Rulemaking in July 2000, although we could accelerate this date to April 2000 ifwe shorten or delete tasks and reduce the amount ofreanalysis and responses to comments after the ANOPR and reduce the time for review and approval. SENSITIVITIES: There is controversy over the manufacturers' cost data obtained in the engineering analysis. In this SANOPR, two sets are presented: the data submitted by the manufacturers through the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the data obtained fromthe reverse engineering process. The ARI and reverse engineering data overlap considerably, but there are significant differences in the breadth ofthe cost distributions at each efficiency level. The Department and ARI are working diligently to identify possible sources ofthese discrepancies. POLICY IMPACT: This rulemaking reinforces the Administration's and the Department's commitment to issuing energy efficiency standards for appliances on a timely basis with early and frequent stakeholder consultation. 

### RECOMMENDATION: Although this rulemaking issignificant, the attached Supplemental ANOPR is not a significant action and is submitted for information only. iYou asked that this rulemaking be accelerated, therefore, I recommended that you approve release ofthis notice as soon as possible before expiration ofthe usual 20-day hold period. The notice will then'ibe forward to the Federal Registerfor publication.! Attachment Concurrence: PO-1/Mark Mazur, 11-3-99 GC-70/Mark Schwartz, 10-29-99 

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## -~~2- • The Department has committed to publish the final rule for central air conditioners by April 2001. 

### An accelerated schedule has been proposed which would advance this date to December 2000. 

### It is imperative that this supplemental ANOPR is not delayed. Itis planned to publish the Notice ofProposed Rulemaking in July 2000, although we could accelerate this date to April 2000 ifwe shorten or delete tasks and reduce the amount ofreanalysis and responses to comments after the ANOPR and reduce the time for review and approval. SENSITIVITIES: There is controversy overthe manufacturers' cost data obtained in the engineering analysis. In this SANOPR, two sets are presented: the data submitted by the manufacturers through the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARl) and the data obtained from the reverse engineering process. The ARI and reverse engineering data overlap considerably, but there are significant differences in the breadth ofthe cost distributions at each efficiency level. The Department and ARI are working diligently to identify possible sources ofthese discrepancies. POLICY IMPACT: This rulemaking reinforces the Administration's and the Department's commitment to issuing energy efficiency standards for appliances on a timely basis with early and frequent stakeholder consultation. RECOMMENDATION: Although this rulemaking is significant, the attached Supplemental ANOPR is not a significant action and is submitted for information only.:You asked that this rulemaking be accelerated, therefore, I recommended that you approve release ofthis notice as soon as possible before expiration ofthe usual 20-day hold period. The notice will then:be forward to the Federal Registerfor publication.:: Attachment Concurrence: PO-1/MarkMazur, 11-3-99 GC-70/Mark Schwartz, 10-29-99 

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