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after [insert date 180 days after date of 

publication of faucets and showerheads test 

procedure final rule] must be made based 

upon results generated using this test 

procedure. Any representation related to 

water consumption of water closets or urinals 

made between [insert date 30 days after date 

of publication of water closets and urinals 

test procedure final rule] and [insert date 180 

days after date of publication of water closets 

and urinals test procedure final rule] must be 

based upon results generated either under 

this test procedure or upon the test procedure 

as it appeared at 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, 

appendix T, as contained in the 10 CFR parts 

200 to 499 edition revised as of January 1, 

2012. 

* * * * * 

2. Test Apparatus and General Instructions 

a. The test apparatus and instructions for 

testing water closets shall conform to the 

requirements specified in section 7.1, 

‘‘General,’’ in sections 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 

7.1.4, and 7.1.5 of ASME A112.19.2 

(incorporated by reference, see § 430.3). 

Measurements shall be recorded at the 

resolution of the test instrumentation. 

Calculations of water consumption for each 

tested unit shall be rounded off to the same 

number of significant digits as the previous 

step. 

b. The test apparatus and instructions for 

testing urinals shall conform to the 

requirements specified in section 8.2, ‘‘Test 

Apparatus and General Instructions,’’ of 

ASME A112.19.2–2008 (incorporated by 

reference, see § 430.3). Measurements shall 

be recorded at the resolution of the test 

instrumentation. Calculations of water 

consumption for each tested unit shall be 

rounded off to the same number of significant 

digits as the previous step. 

3. Test Measurement 

a. Water closets: 

(i) Measurement of water flush volume: 

The measurement of the water flush volume 

for water closets, expressed in gallons per 

flush (gpf) or liters per flush (Lpf), shall be 

conducted in accordance with the test 

requirements specified in section 7.4, ‘‘Water 

Consumption Test,’’ of ASME A112.19.2 

(incorporated by reference, see § 430.3). 

(ii) Static pressure requirements: The water 

consumption tests of siphonic and blowout 

water closets shall be conducted at two static 

pressures. For flushometer valve water 

closets with a siphonic bowl, the test 

pressures shall be 80 psi and 35 psi. For 

flushometer valve water closets with a 

blowout bowl, the test pressures shall be 80 

psi and 45 psi. The test shall be run three 

times at each pressure as specified in section 

7.4.3, ‘‘Procedure,’’ of ASME A112.19.2 

(incorporated by reference, see § 430.3). 

(iii) Flush volume and tank trim 

component adjustments: For gravity flush 

tank water closets, trim components that can 

be adjusted to cause an increase in flush 

volume, including (but not limited to) the 

flapper valve, fill valve, and float, shall be set 

in accordance with the printed installation 

instructions supplied by the manufacturer. If 

the installation instructions for the model to 

be tested do not specify trim setting 

adjustments, these trim components shall be 

adjusted to the maximum water use setting 

so that the maximum flush volume is 

produced without causing the water closet to 

malfunction or leak. The water level in the 

tank shall be set to the maximum water line 

designated in the printed installation 

instructions supplied by the manufacturer or 

the designated water line on the tank itself, 

whichever is higher. If the printed 

installation instructions or the water closet 

tank do not indicate a water level, the water 

level shall be adjusted to 1 ± 0.1 inches 

below the top of the overflow tube or 1 ± 0.1 

inches below the top rim of the water 

containing vessel (for gravity flush tank water 

closets that do not contain an overflow tube) 

for each designated pressure specified in 

Table 5 of ASME A112.19.2 (incorporated by 

reference, see § 430.3). 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket Number EERE–2013–BT–STD– 

0020] 

RIN 1904–AC98 

Energy Conservation Program: Energy 

Conservation Standards for 

Residential Clothes Dryers and Room 

Air Conditioners 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

correct the energy conservation 

standards for room air conditioners. In 

the direct final rule establishing 

amended energy conservation standards 

for residential clothes dryers and room 

air conditioners, published in the 

Federal Register on April 21, 2011, and 

the subsequent notices of effective date 

and compliance dates for the direct final 

rule and amendment of compliance 

dates, published on August 24, 2011, 

the Department of Energy (DOE) 

erroneously specified the maximum 

cooling capacity for product class 5a for 

room air conditioners without reverse 

cycle and with louvered sides as 24,999 

British thermal units per hour (Btu/h), 

and the minimum cooling capacity for 

product class 5b for room air 

conditioners without reverse cycle and 

with louvered sides as 25,000 Btu/h, 

rather than 27,999 Btu/h and 28,000 

Btu/h, respectively. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information regarding the proposed 

standards no later than May 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Any comments submitted 

must identify the proposed rule for 

Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Clothes Dryers and Room 

Air Conditioners, and provide docket 

number EERE–2013–BT–STD–0020 

and/or regulatory information number 

(RIN) number 1904–AC98. Comments 

may be submitted using any of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: 

DFRCorrRCDRAC@ee.doe.gov. Include 

the docket number and/or RIN in the 

subject line of the message. 

3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. If 

possible, please submit all items on a 

CD. It is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 

(202) 586–2945. If possible, please 

submit all items on a CD. It is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

Docket: The docket for this 

rulemaking is available for review at 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2013-BT-STD0020. The docket for the direct final rule 

establishing the standards for room air 

conditioners is also available for review 

at regulations.gov, including Federal 

Register notices, framework documents, 

public meeting attendee lists and 

transcripts, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the regulations.gov index. Not all 

documents listed in the index may be 

publicly available, such as information 

that is exempt from public disclosure. 

For further information on how to 

submit or review public comments, 

contact Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 

586–2945 or email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Witkowski, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7463. Email: 

Stephen.Witkowski@ee.doe.gov. 

Elizabeth Kohl, Esq., U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, 

GC–71, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7796. Email: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

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1 DOE Docket No. EERE–2007–BT–STD–0010, 

Comment 35. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published a direct final rule to establish 

amended energy conservation standards 

for residential clothes dryers and room 

air conditioners on April 21, 2011. 76 

FR 22454. 

EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq.), as 

amended, grants DOE authority to issue 

a final rule (hereinafter referred to as a 

‘‘direct final rule’’) establishing an 

energy conservation standard on receipt 

of a statement submitted jointly by 

interested persons that are fairly 

representative of relevant points of view 

(including representatives of 

manufacturers of covered products, 

States, and efficiency advocates) as 

determined by the Secretary, that 

contains recommendations with respect 

to an energy conservation standard that 

are in accordance with the provisions of 

42 U.S.C. 6295(o). EPCA also requires a 

NOPR that proposes an identical energy 

conservation standard to be published 

simultaneously with the final rule. A 

public comment period of at least 110 

days must be provided. 42 U.S.C. 

6295(p)(4). Not later than 120 days after 

issuance of the direct final rule, if one 

or more adverse comments or an 

alternative joint recommendation are 

received relating to the direct final rule, 

the Secretary must determine whether 

the comments or alternative 

recommendation may provide a 

reasonable basis for withdrawal under 

42 U.S.C. 6295(o) or other applicable 

law. If the Secretary makes such a 

determination, DOE must withdraw the 

direct final rule and proceed with the 

simultaneously published notice of 

proposed rulemaking. DOE must 

publish in the Federal Register the 

reason why the direct final rule was 

withdrawn. Id. 

During the rulemaking proceeding to 

develop amended standards for 

residential clothes dryers and room air 

conditioners, DOE received the 

‘‘Agreement on Minimum Federal 

Efficiency Standards, Smart Appliances, 

Federal Incentives and Related Matters 

for Specified Appliances’’ (the ‘‘Joint 

Petition’’), a comment submitted by 

groups representing manufacturers (the 

Association of Home Appliance 

Manufacturers (AHAM), Whirlpool 

Corporation (Whirlpool), General 

Electric Company (GE), Electrolux, LG 

Electronics, Inc. (LG), BSH Home 

Appliances (BSH), Alliance Laundry 

Systems (ALS), Viking Range, Sub-Zero 

Wolf, Friedrich A/C, U-Line, Samsung, 

Sharp Electronics, Miele, Heat 

Controller, AGA Marvel, Brown Stove, 

Haier, Fagor America, Airwell Group, 

Arcelik, Fisher & Paykel, Scotsman Ice, 

Indesit, Kuppersbusch, Kelon, and 

DeLonghi); energy and environmental 

advocates (American Council for an 

Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), 

Appliance Standards Awareness Project 

(ASAP), Natural Resources Defense 

Council (NRDC), Alliance to Save 

Energy (ASE), Alliance for Water 

Efficiency (AWE), Northwest Power and 

Conservation Council (NPCC), and 

Northeast Energy Efficiency 

Partnerships (NEEP)); and consumer 

groups (Consumer Federation of 

America (CFA) and the National 

Consumer Law Center (NCLC)) 

(collectively, the ‘‘Joint Petitioners’’). 

This collective set of comments, which 

DOE refers to in this notice as the ‘‘Joint 

Petition’’ 1 or ‘‘Consensus Agreement’’ 

recommended specific energy 

conservation standards for residential 

clothes dryers and room air conditioners 

that, in the commenters’ view, satisfied 

the EPCA requirements in 42 U.S.C. 

6295(o). The Joint Petition also set forth 

compliance dates for these 

recommended standards of June 1, 2014 

(room air conditioners) and January 1, 

2015 (clothes dryers). 

As discussed in the direct final rule, 

DOE determined that the relevant 

criteria under 42 U.S.C. 6295(p)(4) were 

satisfied and adopted the amended 

energy conservation standards for 

clothes dryers and room air conditioners 

through the direct final rule. 76 FR 

22454 (April 21, 2011). After 

considering comments received, DOE 

subsequently published a document in 

the Federal Register confirming 

adoption of the standards set forth in 

the direct final rule and announcing the 

effective date of the direct final rule. 76 

FR 52856 (Aug. 24, 2011). 

In today’s rule, DOE proposes to 

correct certain room air conditioner 

product class definitions that were 

inadvertently different than those that 

were provided in the Joint Petition and 

which were the basis of DOE’s analysis 

for the previous final rules. Specifically, 

DOE proposes to correct the product 

class definitions for room air 

conditioners without reverse cycle and 

with louvered sides as follows: 

Product class Definition 

5a .............................. Without reverse 

cycle, with louvered 

sides, and 20,000 

to 27,999 Btu/h. 

5b .............................. Without reverse 

cycle, with louvered 

sides, and 28,000 

Btu/h or more. 

Procedural Issues and Regulatory 

Review 

The regulatory reviews conducted for 

this rulemaking are identical to those set 

forth in the DOE’s direct final rule 

published on April 21, 2011 

establishing amended energy 

conservation standards. The 

amendments in the direct final rule 

become effective June 1, 2014. 

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Confidential business 

information, Energy conservation, 

Household appliances, Imports, 

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, and 

Small businesses. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 2, 

2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, DOE is proposing to amend 

part 430 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, as set forth below: 

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. Section 430.32 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 430.32 Energy and water conservation 

standards and their effective dates. 

* * * * * 

(b) Room air conditioners. 

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Product class 

Energy efficiency 

ratio, effective from 

Oct. 1, 2000 to May 

31, 2014 

Combined energy 

efficiency ratio, effective as of June 

1, 2014 

1. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h ............................................. 9.7 11.0 

2. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h .............................................. 9.7 11.0 

3. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 8,000 to 13,999 Btu/h ............................................ 9.8 10.9 

4. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h .......................................... 9.7 10.7 

5a. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 20,000 to 27,999 Btu/h ........................................ 8.5 9.4 

5b. Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 28,000 Btu/h or more ........................................... ................................ 9.0 

6. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h ........................................ 9.0 10.0 

7. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h ......................................... 9.0 10.0 

8a. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 8,000 to 10,999 Btu/h ..................................... 8.5 9.6 

8b. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 11,000 to 13,999 Btu/h ................................... ................................ 9.5 

9. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h ..................................... 8.5 9.3 

10. Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more ...................................... 8.5 9.4 

11. With reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 20,000 Btu/h .............................................. 9.0 9.8 

12. With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 14,000 Btu/h ......................................... 8.5 9.3 

13. With reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more ................................................ 8.5 9.3 

14. With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 Btu/h or more ........................................... 8.0 8.7 

15. Casement-Only .................................................................................................................................. 8.7 9.5 

16. Casement-Slider ................................................................................................................................ 9.5 10.4 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0216; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–NM–206–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, 

Inc. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Bombardier, Inc. Model CL–600–2B19 

(Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) 

airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by a determination that 

certain flap actuators require restoration 

by installing a redesigned flap actuator 

inboard pinion seal. This proposed AD 

would require revising the maintenance 

program by incorporating new 

airworthiness limitation tasks. We are 

proposing this AD to prevent flap 

system failure, and consequent reduced 

landing performance of the airplane. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by May 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Bombardier, 

Inc., 400 Coˆte-Vertu Road West, Dorval, 

Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, Canada; telephone 

514–855–5000; fax 514–855–7401; email 

thd.crj@aero.bombardier.com; Internet 

http://www.bombardier.com. You may 

review copies of the referenced service 

information at the FAA, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, WA. For information on 

the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Operations office between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this proposed AD, the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

office (telephone (800) 647–5527) is in 

the ADDRESSES section. Comments will 

be available in the AD docket shortly 

after receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Luke Walker, Aerospace Engineer, 

Airframe and Mechanical Systems 

Branch, ANE–171, FAA, New York 

Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), 1600 

Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, 

New York 11590; telephone (516) 228– 

7363; fax (516) 794–5531. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2013–0216; Directorate Identifier 

2012–NM–206–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD based on those comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. We 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact we receive 

about this proposed AD. 

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