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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of semiannual regulatory 

agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has prepared and is making 

available its portion of the semiannual 

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda), 

including its Regulatory Plan (Plan), 

pursuant to Executive Order 12866, 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ and 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agenda is a government-wide 

compilation of upcoming and ongoing 

regulatory activity, including a brief 

description of each rulemaking and a 

timetable for action. The Agenda also 

includes a list of regulatory actions 

completed since publication of the last 

Agenda. The Department of Energy’s 

portion of the Agenda includes 

regulatory actions called for by the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007, 

and programmatic needs of DOE offices. 

The Internet is the basic means for 

disseminating the Agenda and 

providing users the ability to obtain 

information from the Agenda database. 

DOE’s entire Fall 2012 Agenda can be 

accessed online by going to: 

www.reginfo.gov. Agenda entries reflect 

the status of activities as of 

approximately December 30, 2012. 

Publication in the Federal Register is 

mandated by the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda 

entries that require either a regulatory 

flexibility analysis or periodic review 

under section 610 of that Act. DOE’s 

regulatory flexibility agenda is made up 

of six rulemakings setting either energy 

efficiency standards or test procedures 

for the following products: 

Battery chargers and external power 

supplies (energy efficiency standards) 

Commercial Refrigeration Equipment 

(energy efficiency standards) 

Distribution Transformers (energy 

efficiency standards) 

Residential clothes washers (energy 

efficiency standards) 

Residential refrigerators, refrigeratorfreezers, and freezers (test procedures) 

Walk-in coolers and freezers (energy 

efficiency standards) 

The Plan appears in both the online 

Agenda and the Federal Register and 

includes the most important of DOE’s 

significant regulatory actions and a 

Statement of Regulatory and 

Deregulatory Priorities. 

Gregory H. Woods, 

General Counsel. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

259 .................... Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers (Reg Plan Seq No. 30) .......... 1904–AB86 

260 .................... Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment .................................................... 1904–AC19 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

261 .................... Energy Efficiency Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (Reg Plan Seq No. 31) ... 1904–AB57 

262 .................... Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers (Reg Plan Seq No. 32) ..................................... 1904–AC04 

263 .................... Test Procedures for Residential Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers .................................... 1904–AC76 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

264 .................... Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers ................................................................. 1904–AB90 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

259. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Walk-in Coolers and Walk-in Freezers 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 30 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AB86 

260. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Commercial Refrigeration Equipment 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(c)(5) 

Abstract: DOE is reviewing and 

updating energy conservation standards, 

as required by the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act, to reflect 

technological advances. All amended 

standards must be technologically 

feasible and economically justified. As 

required by EPCA, DOE published 

previously a final rule establishing 

energy conservation standards for icecream freezers, self-contained 

commercial refrigerators, freezers, and 

refrigerator-freezers without doors, for 

equipment manufactured after January 

1, 2012. (74 FR 1092, Jan. 9, 2009) DOE 

is required to issue a final rule for this 

second review of energy conservation 

standards for commercial refrigeration 

equipment no later than January 1, 

2013. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Notice: Public 

Meeting, 

Framework 

Document 

Availability.

05/06/10 75 FR 24824 

Comment Period 

End.

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Action Date FR Cite 

Notice: Public 

Meeting, Data 

Availability.

03/30/11 76 FR 17573 

Comment Period 

End.

05/16/11 

NPRM .................. 07/00/13 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Charles Llenza, 

Office of Building Technologies 

Program, EE–2J, Department of Energy, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 

586–2192, Email: 

charles.llenza@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AC19 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Final Rule Stage 

261. Energy Efficiency Standards for 

Battery Chargers and External Power 

Supplies 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 31 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AB57 

262. Energy Efficiency Standards for 

Distribution Transformers 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 32 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AC04 

263. • Test Procedures for Residential 

Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, 

and Freezers 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(2) 

Abstract: DOE is conducting a 

rulemaking to amend the existing test 

procedures for residential refrigerators, 

refrigerator-freezers, and freezers in 

order to provide a test for measuring ice 

maker energy use and to address other 

matters that were raised during the 

previous test procedure rulemaking for 

these products. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Action ......... 03/00/13 

NPRM .................. 07/00/13 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Lucas Adin, Project 

Manager, EE–2J, Department of Energy, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 

287–1317, Email: 

lucas.adin@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AC76 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Completed Actions 

264. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Clothes Washers 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(9) 

Abstract: This rulemaking will 

implement a provision in the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

that amended the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act to require the 

Secretary of Energy to publish by 

December 31, 2011, a final rule 

determining whether to amend energy 

conservation standards for residential 

clothes washers, with any amended 

standards applicable to clothes washers 

manufactured on or after January 1, 

2015. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Direct Final Rule 05/31/12 77 FR 32308 

NPRM .................. 05/31/12 77 FR 32381 

Direct Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

09/18/12 

Direct Final Rule 

Effective.

09/28/12 

Final Action ......... 10/01/12 77 FR 59719 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Stephen Witkowski, 

Phone: 202 586–7463, Email: 

stephen.witkowski@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AB90 

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