This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 83, No. 146 

Monday, July 30, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 959 

[Doc. No. AMS–SC–17–0067; SC17–959–4] 

Onions Grown in South Texas; 

Proposed Amendments to Marketing 

Order 959 and Referendum Order 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule and referendum 

order. 

SUMMARY: This rulemaking proposes 

amendments to Marketing Order No. 

959, which regulates the handling of 

onions grown in South Texas. The 

proposed amendments would reduce 

the size of the South Texas Onion 

Committee (Committee) and make 

conforming and clarifying amendments 

as needed. 

DATES: The referendum will be 

conducted from August 6, 2018 through 

August 27, 2018. The representative 

period for the referendum is August 1, 

2016 through July 31, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Marketing Order and 

Agreement Division, Specialty Crops 

Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Stop 0237, 

Washington, DC 20250–0237. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geronimo Quinones, Marketing 

Specialist, or Julie Santoboni, 

Rulemaking Branch Chief, Marketing 

Order and Agreement Division, 

Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 

0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237; 

Telephone: (202) 720–2491, Fax: (202) 

720–8938, or Email: 

Geronimo.Quinones@ams.usda.gov or 

Julie.Santoboni@ams.usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Richard Lower, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or Email: 

Richard.Lower@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, 

proposes amendments to regulations 

issued to carry out a marketing order as 

defined in 7 CFR 900.2(j). This proposal 

is issued under Marketing Order No. 

959, as amended (7 CFR part 959), 

regulating the handling of onions grown 

in South Texas. Part 959 (referred to as 

the ‘‘Order’’) is effective under the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), 

hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’ The 

Committee locally administers the 

Order and is comprised of onion 

producers and handlers operating 

within the area of production. 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this proposed rule in 

conformance with Executive Orders 

13563 and 13175. This action falls 

within a category of regulatory actions 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) exempted from Executive 

Order 12866 review. Additionally, 

because this proposed rule does not 

meet the definition of a significant 

regulatory action, it does not trigger the 

requirements contained in Executive 

Order 13771. See OMB’s Memorandum 

titled ‘‘Interim Guidance Implementing 

Section 2 of the Executive Order of 

January 30, 2017, titled ‘Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs’ ’’ (February 2, 2017). 

This proposal has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. This rule is not intended 

to have retroactive effect. This rule shall 

not be deemed to preclude, preempt, or 

supersede any State program covering 

onions grown in South Texas. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to an order may file 

with USDA a petition stating that the 

order, any provision of the order, or any 

obligation imposed in connection with 

the order is not in accordance with law 

and request a modification of the order 

or to be exempted therefrom. A handler 

is afforded the opportunity for a hearing 

on the petition. After the hearing, USDA 

would rule on the petition. The Act 

provides that the district court of the 

United States in any district in which 

the handler is an inhabitant, or has his 

or her principal place of business, has 

jurisdiction to review USDA’s ruling on 

the petition, provided an action is filed 

no later than 20 days after the date of 

entry of the ruling. 

Section 1504 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(2008 Farm Bill) (Pub. L. 110–246) 

amended section 8c(17) of the Act, 

which in turn required the addition of 

supplemental rules of practice to 7 CFR 

part 900 (73 FR 49307; August 21, 

2008). The amendment of section 8c(17) 

of the Act and additional supplemental 

rules of practice authorize the use of 

informal rulemaking (5 U.S.C. 553) to 

amend Federal fruit, vegetable, and nut 

marketing agreements and orders. USDA 

may use informal rulemaking to amend 

marketing orders based on the nature 

and complexity of the proposed 

amendment, the potential regulatory 

and economic impacts on affected 

entities, and any other relevant matters. 

AMS has considered these factors and 

has determined that the amendments 

proposed are not unduly complex and 

the nature of the proposed amendments 

is appropriate for utilizing the informal 

rulemaking process to amend the Order. 

The proposed amendments were 

unanimously recommended by the 

Committee following deliberations at a 

public meeting held on June 7, 2017. 

The proposal would amend the Order 

by reducing the size of the Committee 

from 34 to 26 members. The change 

would remove one voting producer and 

one voting handler member, and one 

producer and one handler alternate 

member from each of the two districts. 

Conforming and clarifying changes 

would also be made to §§ 959.24, 

959.26, 959.32, and §§ 959.110 and 

959.111 would be removed and 

reserved. 

A proposed rule soliciting comments 

on the proposed amendment was issued 

on February 23, 2018 and published in 

the Federal Register on March 1, 2018 

(83 FR 8804). Two opposing comments 

were received. AMS will conduct a 

producer referendum to determine 

support for the proposed amendments. 

If appropriate, a final rule will then be 

issued to effectuate the amendment if it 

is favored by producers in the 

referendum. 

The Committee’s recommended 

amendments would amend the Order by 

reducing the size of the Committee from 

34 to 26 members. The reduction would 


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remove one voting producer and one 

voting handler member, and one 

producer and one handler alternate 

member from each of the two districts 

(eight members total). 

Proposal—Reduce Committee Size 

Section 959.22 provides that the 

Committee consists of seventeen 

members, ten of whom shall be 

producers and seven of whom shall be 

handlers. For each member of the 

Committee there shall be an alternate. 

This proposal would amend § 959.22 

by reducing the size of the Committee 

from 34 to 26 members. The Committee 

size is based on membership per 

district. The Order initially established 

five districts, which were reestablished 

as two districts in § 959.110. Section 

959.111 reapportioned the 34 

Committee members between the two 

districts so that District 1 was 

comprised of 20 members and alternates 

and District 1 was comprised of 14 

members and alternates. However, due 

to contractions in the size of the 

industry, the Committee has had 

difficulties finding nominees to fill 

positions on the Committee. The change 

would remove one voting producer and 

one voting handler member, and one 

producer and handler alternate member 

from each of the two districts (eight 

members total). 

This proposed action is necessary to 

adjust the number of handlers and 

producers on the Committee to reflect 

industry consolidation. There has been 

a decrease in the number of onion 

producers and handlers over the past 15 

years. The current structure of the 

Committee requires 34 members, with 

half the members elected on biennial 

terms. Many seats remain vacant, as 

finding sufficient members to nominate 

has been challenging. Having a smaller 

size committee would enable it to fulfill 

membership and quorum requirements, 

thereby ensuring a more efficient and 

orderly flow of business. 

For the reasons stated above, it is 

proposed that § 959.22 be modified to 

reduce the size of the Committee from 

34 to 26 members. Conforming and 

clarifying changes would also be made 

to §§ 959.24, 959.26, 959.32, and 

§§ 959.110 and 959.111 would be 

removed and reserved. 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to the requirements set forth 

in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), AMS has considered 

the economic impact of this action on 

small entities. Accordingly, AMS has 

prepared this final regulatory flexibility 

analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

businesses subject to such actions in 

order that small businesses will not be 

unduly or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 60 producers 

of onions in the production area and 

approximately 30 handlers subject to 

regulation under the marketing order. 

Small agricultural producers are defined 

by the Small Business Administration as 

those having annual receipts less than 

$750,000, and small agricultural service 

firms are defined as those whose annual 

receipts are less than $7,500,000 (13 

CFR 121.201). 

Based on information from the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

the weighted grower price for South 

Texas onions during the 2015–16 season 

was approximately $12.30 per 50-pound 

equivalent. Furthermore, according to 

Committee data, total shipments were 

approximately three million 50-pound 

equivalents for the 2015–16 season with 

a total 2015–16 crop value estimated at 

$37 million. Dividing the crop value by 

the estimated number of producers (60) 

yields an estimated average receipt per 

producer of $617,000. This is below the 

$750,000 SBA definition of small 

producers. The average handler price for 

South Texas onions during the 2015–16 

season was approximately $14.05 per 

50-pound equivalent. Multiplying the 

average handler price by shipment 

information of 3 million 50-pound 

equivalent results in an estimated 

handler-level value of $42 million. 

Dividing this figure by the number of 

handlers (30) yields an estimated 

average annual handler receipts of $1.4 

million, which is below the SBA 

definition of small agricultural service 

firms. Assuming a normal distribution, 

most producers and handlers of South 

Texas onions may be classified as small 

entities. 

The amendment recommended by the 

Committee would reduce the size of the 

Committee from 34 to 26 members 

under the Order. The reduction would 

remove one voting producer and one 

voting handler member, and one 

producer and one handler alternate 

member from each of the two districts. 

The Committee’s proposed 

amendment was unanimously 

recommended at a meeting on June 7, 

2017. If this proposal is approved in the 

referendum, there would be no direct 

financial effects on producers or 

handlers. Over the past 15 years there 

has been a 31-percent decrease in the 

number of onion producers, and a 34- 

percent decrease in the number of 

handlers in the production area. Many 

seats on the Committee remain vacant, 

as it has been challenging to find 

sufficient nominees. Having a smaller 

size Committee should enable it to 

fulfill those membership and quorum 

requirements. 

AMS believes this change will serve 

the needs of the Committee and the 

industry thereby ensuring a more 

efficient and orderly flow of business. 

No economic impact is expected if the 

amendment is approved because it 

would not establish any regulatory 

requirements on handlers, nor does it 

contain any assessment or funding 

implications. There would be no change 

in financial costs, reporting, or 

recordkeeping requirements if this 

proposal is approved. 

Alternatives to this proposal, 

including making no changes at this 

time, were considered. However, the 

Committee believes that given 

reductions in the size of the industry, a 

smaller Committee size is necessary in 

order to ensure its ability to locally 

administer the program. Reducing the 

size of the Committee would enable it 

to fulfill membership and quorum 

requirements, thereby ensuring a more 

efficient and orderly flow of business. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by OMB and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0178 

(Vegetable and Specialty Crops). No 

changes in those requirements are 

necessary because of this action. Should 

any changes become necessary, they 

would be submitted to OMB for 

approval. 

This proposed rule would impose no 

additional reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements on either small or large 

South Texas onion handlers. As with all 

Federal marketing order programs, 

reports and forms are periodically 

reviewed to reduce information 

requirements and duplication by 

industry and public-sector agencies. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

USDA has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this action. 


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1This order shall not become effective unless and 

until the requirements of § 900.14 of the rules of 

practice and procedure governing proceedings to 

formulate marketing agreements and marketing 

orders have been met. 

The Committee’s meeting was widely 

publicized throughout the South Texas 

onion production area. All interested 

persons were invited to attend the 

meeting and encouraged to participate 

in Committee deliberations on all 

issues. Like all Committee meetings, the 

June 7, 2017, meeting was public, and 

all entities, both large and small, were 

encouraged to express their views on 

the proposal. 

A proposed rule concerning this 

action was published in the Federal 

Register on March 1, 2018 (83 FR 8804). 

Copies of the rule were mailed or sent 

via facsimile to all Committee members 

and South Texas onion handlers. 

Finally, the proposed rule was made 

available through the internet by USDA 

and the Office of the Federal Register. A 

60-day comment period ending April 

30, 2018, was provided to allow 

interested persons to respond to the 

proposal. 

Two comments were received. The 

first comment suggested that decreasing 

the Committee size was an inefficient 

use of government resources and those 

resources should be allocated to other 

more important initiatives. The second 

comment contended that having more 

members on the Committee might lead 

to better discussions. 

The reduction in Committee size was 

recommended by representatives 

responsible for locally administering the 

Order and representing the industry’s 

best interest. As stated above, because of 

a consolidation within the industry, 

Committee seats have been left vacant. 

Without a full Committee or enough 

members to meet quorum requirements, 

Committee meetings are ineffective and 

an inefficient use of Committee and 

industry resources. Therefore, this 

amendment should increase efficient 

use of resources. Additionally, AMS is 

pursuing this amendment through 

informal rulemaking as opposed to 

formal rulemaking. This will spare 

resources being expended on a public 

hearing. 

In response to the second comment, 

all Committee meetings are open to 

public and industry attendance. 

Attendees have an opportunity to ask 

questions and provide comments. 

Therefore, discussion is not limited by 

the number of Committee members. 

Because of the above, no changes will 

be made to the proposed amendment 

based on the comments received. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Richard Lower 

at the previously mentioned address in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

Findings and Conclusions 

The findings and conclusions and 

general findings and determinations 

included in the proposed rule set forth 

in the March 1, 2018, issue of the 

Federal Register are hereby approved 

and adopted. 

Marketing Order 

Annexed hereto and made a part 

hereof is the document entitled ‘‘Order 

Amending the Order Regulating the 

Handling of Onions Grown in South 

Texas.’’ This document has been 

decided upon as the detailed and 

appropriate means of effectuating the 

foregoing findings and conclusions. It is 

hereby ordered, that this entire 

proposed rule be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Referendum Order 

It is hereby directed that a referendum 

be conducted in accordance with the 

procedure for the conduct of referenda 

(7 CFR part 900.400–407) to determine 

whether the annexed order amending 

the Order regulating the handling of 

onions grown in South Texas is 

approved by growers, as defined under 

the terms of the Order, who during the 

representative period were engaged in 

the production of onions in the 

production area. The representative 

period for the conduct of such 

referendum is hereby determined to be 

August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2017. 

The agents designated by the 

Secretary to conduct the referendum are 

Doris Jamieson and Christian D. Nissen, 

Southeast Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (863) 324– 

3375, Fax: (863) 325–8793, or Email: 

Doris.Jamieson@ams.usda.gov or 

Christian.Nissen@ams.usda.gov, 

respectively. 

Order Amending the Order Regulating 

the Handling of Onions Grown in South 

Texas 1

Findings and Determinations 

The findings hereinafter set forth are 

supplementary to the findings and 

determinations which were previously 

made in connection with the issuance of 

the Order; and all said previous findings 

and determinations are hereby ratified 

and affirmed, except insofar as such 

findings and determinations may be in 

conflict with the findings and 

determinations set forth herein. 

1. The Order, as amended, and as 

hereby proposed to be further amended, 

and all the terms and conditions thereof, 

would tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act; 

2. The Order, as amended, and as 

hereby proposed to be further amended, 

regulates the handling of onions grown 

in South Texas in the same manner as, 

and is applicable only to, persons in the 

respective classes of commercial and 

industrial activity specified in the 

Order; 

3. The Order, as amended, and as 

hereby proposed to be further amended, 

is limited in application to the smallest 

regional production area which is 

practicable, consistent with carrying out 

the declared policy of the Act, and the 

issuance of several orders applicable to 

subdivisions of the production area 

would not effectively carry out the 

declared policy of the Act; 

4. The Order, as amended, and as 

hereby proposed to be further amended, 

prescribes, insofar as practicable, such 

different terms applicable to different 

parts of the production area as are 

necessary to give due recognition to the 

differences in the production and 

marketing of onions produced in the 

production area; and 

5. All handling of onions produced or 

packed in the production area as 

defined in the Order is in the current of 

interstate or foreign commerce or 

directly burdens, obstructs, or affects 

such commerce. 

Order Relative to Handling 

It is therefore ordered, that on and 

after the effective date hereof, all 

handling of onions grown in South 

Texas shall be in conformity to, and in 

compliance with, the terms and 

conditions of the said Order as hereby 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

The provisions of the proposed 

marketing order amending the Order 

contained in the proposed rule issued 

by the Administrator on February 23, 

2018 and published in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 8804) on March 1, 2018, 

will be and are the terms and provisions 

of this order amending the Order and 

are set forth in full herein. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 959 

Onions, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 


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Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service proposes to amend 7 CFR part 

959 as follows: 

PART 959—ONIONS GROWN IN 

SOUTH TEXAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 959 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Revise § 959.22 to read as follows: 

§ 959.22 Establishment and membership. 

The South Texas Onion Committee, 

consisting of thirteen members, eight of 

whom shall be producers and five of 

whom shall be handlers, is hereby 

established. For each member of the 

Committee there shall be an alternate. 

Producer members and alternates shall 

not have a proprietary interest in or be 

employees of a handler organization. 

■ 3. Revise § 959.24 to read as follows: 

§ 959.24 Districts. 

To determine a basis for selecting 

Committee members, the following 

districts of the production area are 

hereby established: 

(a) District No. 1: (Coastal Bend-Lower 

Valley) The Counties of Victoria, 

Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Bee, Live 

Oak, San Patricio, Aransas, Jim Wells, 

Nueces, Kleberg, Brooks, Kenedy, 

Duval, McMullen, Cameron, Hidalgo, 

Starr, and Willacy in the State of Texas. 

(b) District No. 2: (Laredo-Winter 

Garden) The Counties of Zapata, Webb, 

Jim Hogg De Witt, Wilson, Atascosa, 

Karnes Val Verde, Frio, Kinney, Uvalde, 

Medina, Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit, and 

La Salle in the State of Texas. 

■ 4. Revise § 959.26 to read as follows: 

§ 959.26 Selection. 

The Secretary shall select members 

and respective alternates from districts 

established pursuant to §§ 959.24 or 

959.25. Selections shall be as follows: 

(a) District No. 1: Five producer 

members and alternates; three handler 

members and alternates. 

(b) District No. 2: Three producer 

members and alternates; two handler 

members and alternates. 

■ 5. Amend § 959.32 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 959.32 Procedure. 

(a) Nine members of the Committee 

shall be necessary to constitute a 

quorum. Seven concurring votes, or 

two-thirds of the votes cast, whichever 

is greater, shall be required to pass any 

motion or approve any Committee 

action. At assembled meetings all votes 

shall be cast in person. 

* * * * * 

§§ 959.110 and 959.111 [Removed and 

Reserved] 

■ 6. Remove and reserve §§ 959.110 and 

959.111. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[EERE–2011–BT–NOA–0013] 

Energy Conservation Program: Data 

Collection and Comparison With 

Forecasted Unit Sales of Five Lamp 

Types 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of data availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is informing the public of 

its collection of shipment data and 

creation of spreadsheet models to 

provide comparisons between 2016 and 

2017 unit sales and benchmark estimate 

unit sales of five lamp types (i.e., rough 

service lamps, vibration service lamps, 

3-way incandescent lamps, 2,601–3,300 

lumen general service incandescent 

lamps, and shatter-resistant lamps). For 

3-way incandescent lamps, 2,601–3,300 

lumen general service incandescent 

lamps, and shatter-resistant lamps, the 

2016 and 2017 sales are not greater than 

200 percent of the forecasted estimates. 

The 2016 and 2017 unit sales for 

vibration service lamps are greater than 

200 percent of the benchmark unit sales 

estimate. The 2016 unit sales for rough 

service lamps are greater than 200 

percent of the benchmark unit sales 

estimate but the 2017 unit sales are 

below the benchmark unit sales 

estimate. DOE has prepared, and is 

making available on its website, a 

spreadsheet showing the comparisons of 

projected sales versus 2016 and 2017 

sales, as well as the model used to 

generate the original sales estimates. 

The spreadsheet is available online at: 

https://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ 

appliance_standards/standards.aspx?

productid=16. 

DATES: As of July 30, 2018, the DOE has 

determined that no regulatory action is 

necessary at this time. 

ADDRESSES: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, comments, 

and other supporting documents/ 

materials, is available for review at 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

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

However, some documents listed in the 

index, such as those containing 

information that is exempt from public 

disclosure, may not be publicly 

available. 

A link to the docket web page can be 

found at https://www1.eere.energy.gov/ 

buildings/appliance_standards/ 

standards.aspx?productid=16. The 

docket web page contains simple 

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–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 287– 

1604. Email: ApplianceStandards

Questions@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Peter Cochran, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9496. Email: 

peter.cochran@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Definitions 

A. Rough Service Lamps 

B. Vibration Service Lamps 

C. Three-Way Incandescent Lamps 

D. 2,601–3,300 Lumen General Service 

Incandescent Lamps 

E. Shatter-Resistant Lamps 

III. Comparison Methodology 

IV. Comparison Results 

A. Rough Service Lamps 

B. Vibration Service Lamps 

C. Three-Way Incandescent Lamps 

D. 2,601–3,300 Lumen General Service 

Incandescent Lamps 

E. Shatter-Resistant Lamps 

V. Conclusion 

I. Background 

The Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007; Pub. 

L. 110–140) was enacted on December 

19, 2007. Among the requirements of 

subtitle B (Lighting Energy Efficiency) of 

title III of EISA 2007 were provisions 

directing DOE to collect, analyze, and 

monitor unit sales of five lamp types 

(i.e., rough service lamps, vibration 

service lamps, 3-way incandescent 

lamps, 2,601–3,300 lumen general 

service incandescent lamps, and shatterresistant lamps). In relevant part, 

section 321(a)(3)(B) of EISA 2007 

amended section 325(l) of the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 


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