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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

(Docket umber: EERE-2006-STD-0131)

RIN 1904-AA92

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General

Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps

AGE CY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department ofEnergy.

ACTION: Finding ofNo Significant Impact: Energy Conservation Program for General

Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps

SUMMARY: he Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, establishes

mandatory energy conservation standards for certain consumer products and certain

commercial and industrial equipment. (42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq.) Amendments to EPCA in

the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT 1992; Pub. L. 102-486), established energy

conservation standards for certain classes ofgeneral service fluorescent lamps (GSFL)

and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL), and authorized DOE to amend these standards if

such amendments were warranted. (42 U.S.C. 6291 (1), 6295(i)(I) and (3)-(4» EPACT

1992 also authorized DOE to adopt standards for additional GSFL ifsuch additional

standards were warranted. (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(5» Based on an Environmental

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Assessment (EA), contained in Chapter [XX] ofthe final rule Technical Support

Document (TSD), the U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) has determined that the

adoption of energy conservation standards for GSFL and IRL as described in the fmal

rule titled the "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for

General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps," would not be a

major Federal action significantly affecting the quality ofthe human environment within

the meaning ofthe National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Therefore, an

environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required, and DOE is issuing this Finding of

No Significant Impact (FO SI).

ADDRESSES: Public Availability: Copies ofthe final rule TSD are available from the

U.S. Department of Energy, Resource Room ofthe Building Technologies Program, 950

L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9:00

a.m. and 4:00 p.m, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also

obtain copies ofthe final rule TSD from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy's website at:

http://wwwl.eere.energy.govlbuild ingslappliance standardslresidentiaVincandescent lam

ps.html

FOR FURTHER IN FORMAnON CONTACT: Ms. Linda Graves, 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) 586-1851. E-majl: Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov

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Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of Energy, Office ofthe General Counsel, GC-72, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9507.

E-mail: Eric.Stas@hg.doe.gov

Forfurther information regarding the DOE NEPA process contact: Ms. Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office ofNEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-20), U.S. Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600, or

leave a message at (800) 472-2756. Additional information regarding DOE NEPA

activities and access to many DOE NEPA documents are available on the Internet

through the DOE NEPA Website at: http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description ofthe Ru/emaking Action: This rulemaking action involves the establishment

ofnew energy conservation standards for GSFL and IRL. Specifically, DOE is adopting

cnergy conservation standards for GSFL and IRL at Trial Standard Level (TSL) 4.

Standards for these products were found to be technologically feasible and economically

justified at TSL4.

Environmenta/lmpacts: The EA evaluates the environmental impacts of a range of

energy conservation standards for GSFL and IRL. The results are presented for each

TSL DOE considered for these products. Each TSL is an alternative action and the

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environmental impacts of each alternative are compared to what would be expected to

happen if no new standard were adopted (i.e., the "no action" alternative).

The primary environmental impact ofthis final rule is decreased emissions ofNOx, Hg,

S02 and CO2from fossil fuel use and from fossil-fueled electricity generation. All ofthe

TSLs considered for the product classes covered under tbis regulation would result in

decreased fossil fuel use and in a reduction in emissions ofthese substances. The energy

conservation standards adopted in the final rule would generally decrease air pollution by

decreasing future energy demand. The results ofthis analysis in the EA show that neither

the final rule nor the other TSLs lead to power plant emissions reductions or impacts that

are substantial enough to significantly affect the quality ofthe human environment. See

Chapter 16 ofthe TSD Table 16.2.1 through Table 16.2.6.

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Determination

Based upon the EA, DOE has determined that the adoption ofthe energy conservation

standards for general service fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps would

not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality ofthe human

environment, within the meaning ofNEPA. Therefore, an ElS is not required, and DOE

is issuing this FONSI.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 26, 2009.

athy Zoi

Assistant Secret........'---~

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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