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[6450-01-P]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 431

(Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043)

RIN: 1904-AC36

Energy Conservation Program: Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework 

Document for High-Intensity Discharge Lamps

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and availability of the Framework Document.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating the rulemaking and 

data collection process to consider establishing energy conservation standards for highintensity discharge (HID) lamps. Accordingly, DOE will hold a public meeting to 

discuss and receive comments on its planned analytical approach and the issues it will 

address in this rulemaking proceeding. DOE welcomes written comments from the 

public on this rulemaking. To inform stakeholders and to facilitate this process, DOE has 

prepared a framework document which details the analytical approach and identifies 

several issues on which DOE is particularly interested in receiving comment. The 

framework document is posted at: 
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http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/high_intensity_

discharge_lamps.html.

DATES: The Department will hold a public meeting on March 29, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. 

to 4:00 p.m. in Washington, DC. Additionally, DOE plans to allow for participation in 

the public meeting via webinar. Any person requesting to speak at the public meeting 

should submit such request along with a signed original and an electronic copy of the 

statement to be given at the public meeting before 4:00 p.m., March 16, 2012. Written 

comments on the framework document are welcome, especially following the public 

meeting, and should be submitted by April 5, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 

20585-0121. Please note that foreign nationals participating in the public meeting are 

subject to advance security screening procedures. If a foreign national wishes to 

participate in the public meeting, please inform DOE of this fact as soon as possible by 

contacting Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945, so that the necessary procedures can 

be completed. Please also note that those wishing to bring laptops to the meeting will be 

required to obtain a property pass. Visitors should avoid bringing laptops, or allow an 

extra 45 minutes. 
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Interested parties may submit comments, identified by docket number EERE2010-BT-STD-0043 and/or Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1904-AC36, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• E-mail: HIDLamps-2010-STD-0043@ee.doe.gov. Include EERE-2010-BT-STD0043 and/or RIN 1904-AC36 in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Framework Document for High-Intensity Discharge 

Lamps, EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 and/or RIN 1904-AC36, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please submit one signed paper 

original.

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, Sixth Floor, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, 

Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed paper original.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 

number or RIN for this rulemaking.

Docket: The docket for this rulemaking is available for review at 

www.regulations.gov, and will include Federal Register notices, framework documents, 
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public meeting attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov

index. Not all documents listed in the index may be publicly available, however, such as 

information that is exempt from public disclosure.

A link to the docket web page for this notice can be found at: 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/high_intensity_

discharge_lamps.html. The regulations.gov web page contains instructions on how to 

access all documents, including public comments, in the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, 

EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 

(202) 287-1604. E-mail: lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov.

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 

(202) 586-7796. E-mail: elizabeth.kohl@hq.doe.gov.

For information on how to submit or review public comments and on how to 

participate in the public meeting, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies 
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Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20585-0121. 

Telephone (202) 586-2945. E-mail: brenda.edwards@ee.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act (EPCA) (42 U.S.C. 6291, et seq.; EPCA or “the Act”) sets forth a 

variety of provisions designed to improve energy efficiency. (All references to EPCA

refer to the statute as amended through the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 (EISA 2007), Pub. L. No. 110-140 (Dec. 19, 2007).) Under EPCA, this program 

consists essentially of four parts: (1) testing; (2) labeling; (3) Federal energy conservation 

standards; and (4) certification, compliance, and enforcement. Part B of Title III (42 

U.S.C. 6291-6309) established the “Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles.” Part C of title III (42 U.S.C. 6311-6317), establishes 

an energy conservation program for certain industrial and commercial equipment.1

Although HID lamps are defined in 42 U.S.C. 6291(46), DOE is required to set standards 

for HID lamps in 42 U.S.C. 6317(a)(1). Therefore, DOE has determined that the 

provisions of Part C are applicable to HID lamps.

DOE published a positive final determination for specified HID lamps on July 1, 

2010. 75 FR 37975. Pursuant to the positive final determination, DOE must establish 

testing requirements for the HID lamps specified in the determination. (42 U.S.C. 

 

1 For editorial reasons, Parts B and C were re-designated as Parts A and A-1 on codification in the U.S. 

Code.
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6317(a)(1)) As directed by EPCA, DOE must complete the HID lamps test procedure 

final rule within 30 months of the completion of the final determination (by January 1, 

2013). DOE recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) for the HID 

lamp test procedures. 76 FR 77914 (December 15, 2011). 

DOE must also complete the HID lamps energy conservation standards 

rulemaking within 18 months of the publication of the HID lamps test procedure final 

rule (by July 1, 2014). (42 U.S.C. 6317(b)) During the standards rulemaking, DOE will 

decide whether and at what level(s) to promulgate energy conservation standards. The 

decision, which will incorporate public participation, will be based on consideration of 

the technological feasibility, economic justification, and energy savings of specific 

potential standard levels as required by EPCA. (See, e.g., 42 U.S.C. 6295(o)–(p))

DOE has prepared a framework document to explain the issues, analyses, and 

processes it anticipates using for the development of potential energy conservation

standards for HID lamps. Interested parties may obtain the framework document from 

DOE’s website 

(http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/high_intensity_

discharge_lamps.html). DOE will hold a public meeting in Washington, DC on the date 

specified in the DATES section to discuss the analyses presented and issues identified in 

the framework document prepared for the development of potential HID lamp energy 

conservation standards. At the public meeting, the Department will make a presentation, 
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invite discussion on the rulemaking process as it applies to the covered products, and 

solicit comments, data, and information from participants and other interested parties. 

Participants can also attend the public meeting via webinar. Registration information, 

participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar 

participants will be published on the following website: 

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/221154352. Participants are responsible for 

ensuring their computer systems are compatible with the webinar software. The 

Department encourages those who wish to participate in the public meeting to obtain the 

framework document and to be prepared to discuss its contents. 

Public meeting participants need not limit their comments to the issues identified 

in the framework document. The Department is also interested in receiving views 

concerning other relevant issues that participants believe would affect energy 

conservation standards for this equipment or that DOE should address in the NOPR.

Furthermore, the Department welcomes all interested parties, regardless of whether they 

participate in the public meeting, to submit in writing by the date specified in the DATES 

section, comments and information on matters addressed in the framework document and 

on other matters relevant to consideration of standards for HID lamps. At this time, DOE 

is tentatively considering setting standards based on the information included in the 

framework document. DOE will consider modifications to its approach based on the data 

and comments received in response to the framework document and public meeting.
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The public meeting will be conducted in an informal, facilitated, conference style. 

There shall be no discussion of proprietary information, costs or prices, company market 

shares, or other commercial matters regulated by U.S. antitrust laws. A court reporter 

will record the proceedings of the public meeting, after which a transcript will be made 

available on DOE’s website at 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/high_intensity_

discharge_lamps.html. 

After the public meeting and the close of the comment period on the framework 

document, DOE will collect data, conduct the analyses as discussed in the framework 

document and at the public meeting, and review the comments received. 
DOE considers public participation to be a very important part of the process for 

selling energy conservation standards. DOE actively encourages the participation and 

interaction of the public during the comment period in each stage of the rulemaking 

process. Beginning with the framework document. and during each subsequent public 

meeting and comment period, interactions with and between members of the public 

provide a balanced discussion of the issues to assist DOE the standards rulemaking 

process. Accordingly, anyone who would like to participate in the public meeting, 

receive meeting materials. or be added to the DOE mailing list to receive future notices 

and information regarding this rulemaking on HID lamps should contact Ms. Brenda 

Edwards at (202) 586-2945, or via e-mail at: Brenda.Edwardsra1ce.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington. DC, on February 2 1, 2012. 

Kathleen B. Hogan 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efliciency 

Energy EJlicicncy and Renewable Energy 

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