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(2) Beef or ovine meat from Uruguay 

derived from animals that have been 

born, raised, and slaughtered in 

Uruguay. 

(b) Foot-and-mouth disease has not 

been diagnosed in the exporting region 

of Argentina (for beef from Argentina), 

the exporting region of Brazil (for beef 

from Brazil), or in Uruguay (for beef or 

ovine meat from Uruguay) within the 

previous 12 months. 

(c) The meat comes from bovines or 

sheep that originated from premises 

where foot-and-mouth disease has not 

been present during the lifetime of any 

bovines and sheep slaughtered for the 

export of beef and ovine meat to the 

United States. 

(d) The meat comes from bovines or 

sheep that were moved directly from the 

premises of origin to the slaughtering 

establishment without any contact with 

other animals. 

(e) The meat comes from bovines or 

sheep that received ante-mortem and 

post-mortem veterinary inspections, 

paying particular attention to the head 

and feet, at the slaughtering 

establishment, with no evidence found 

of vesicular disease. 

(f) The meat consists only of bovine 

parts or ovine parts that are, by standard 

practice, part of the animal’s carcass 

that is placed in a chiller for maturation 

after slaughter and before removal of 

any bone, blood clots, or lymphoid 

tissue. The bovine and ovine parts that 

may not be imported include all parts of 

the head, feet, hump, hooves, and 

internal organs. 

(g) All bone and visually identifiable 

blood clots and lymphoid tissue have 

been removed from the meat. 

(h) The meat has not been in contact 

with meat from regions other than those 

listed in § 94.1(a). 

(i) The meat came from bovine 

carcasses that were allowed to maturate 

at 40 to 50 °F (4 to 10 °C) for a minimum 

of 24 hours after slaughter and that 

reached a pH below 6.0 in the loin 

muscle at the end of the maturation 

period. Measurements for pH must be 

taken at the middle of both longissimus 

dorsi muscles. Any carcass in which the 

pH does not reach less than 6.0 may be 

allowed to maturate an additional 24 

hours and be retested, and, if the carcass 

still has not reached a pH of less than 

6.0 after 48 hours, the meat from the 

carcass may not be exported to the 

United States. 

(j) An authorized veterinary official of 

the government of the exporting region 

certifies on the foreign meat inspection 

certificate that the above conditions 

have been met. 

(k) The establishment in which the 

bovines and sheep are slaughtered 

allows periodic on-site evaluation and 

subsequent inspection of its facilities, 

records, and operations by an APHIS 

representative. 

(Approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget under control numbers 0579– 

0372, 0579–0414, and 0579–0428) 

Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

June 2015. 

Gary Woodward, 

Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and 

Regulatory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16335 Filed 7–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2011–BT–TP–0042] 

RIN 1904–AC53 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products and Certain 

Commercial and Industrial Equipment: 

Test Procedures for Residential and 

Commercial Water Heaters; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On July 11, 2014, the U.S. 

Department of Energy published a final 

rule amending the test procedures for 

consumer water heaters and certain 

commercial water heaters. This 

correction addresses an error in one of 

the amendatory instructions for the 

regulatory text. Neither the error nor the 

correction in this document affects the 

substance of the rulemaking or any of 

the conclusions reached in support of 

the final rule. 

DATES: Effective July 13, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–6590. Email: 

Ashley.Armstrong@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9507. Email: 

Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a final rule in the Federal Register on 

July 11, 2014 (‘‘the July 2014 final 

rule’’), amending the test procedures for 

consumer and certain commercial water 

heaters. 79 FR 40542. In the rule, DOE 

incorporated by reference the American 

Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) D2156–09, ‘‘Standard Test 

Method for Smoke Density in Flue 

Gases from Burning Distillate Fuels,’’ at 

10 CFR 430.3(h)(1) for use in 10 CFR 

part 430, subpart B, Appendix E. The 

effective date for this rule is July 13, 

2015. 

On January 6, 2015, DOE published a 

final rule in the Federal Register (‘‘the 

January 2015 final rule’’) amending the 

test procedures for direct heating 

equipment and pool heaters. 80 FR 792. 

The January 2015 final rule 

incorporated by reference the same 

industry standard, ASTM D2156–09, at 

10 CFR 430.3(i)(1) for use in 10 CFR part 

430, subpart B, Appendix O. The 

effective date for this rule was February 

5, 2015. 

The July 2014 final rule instruction to 

incorporate by reference ASTM D2156– 

09 at 10 CFR 430.3(h)(1) conflicts with 

the January 2015 final rule instruction 

to incorporate by reference ASTM 

D2156–09 at 10 CFR 430.3(i)(1). The 

instruction in the July 2014 final rule 

would be in error if implemented as 

written, because it would needlessly 

duplicate the incorporation by reference 

of ASTM D2156–09, which was already 

incorporated by reference by the January 

2015 final rule. 

Amendatory instruction 8 on page 

40567 of the Federal Register in the July 

2014 final rule at 79 FR 40542 is, 

therefore, corrected to modify 10 CFR 

430.3 to incorporate by reference ASTM 

D2156–09 for use in both Appendix E 

and Appendix O to subpart B. DOE 

notes that ASTM D2156–09 has already 

been approved for incorporation by 

reference for Appendix E (79 FR 40542) 

and Appendix O (80 FR 792), and, 

therefore, no additional action is 

necessary. The effective date of the July 

2014 final rule at 79 FR 40542 remains 

July 13, 2015. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2014–15656 appearing on 

page 40542 in the issue of Friday, July 

11, 2014, the following correction is 

made: 

§ 430.3 [Corrected] 

On page 40567, second column, 

§ 430.3, amendatory instruction 8, is 

corrected to read as follows (and the text 

for paragraph (h) is removed): 

§ 430.3 [Amended] 

■ 8. In § 430.3, amend paragraph (i)(1) 

by removing the phrase ‘‘appendix O’’ 

and adding in its place the phrase 

‘‘appendices E and O’’. 


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37954 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 127 / Thursday, July 2, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

1 DOE’s regulations define kitchen ranges and 

ovens, or ‘‘cooking products’’, as one of the 

following classes: Conventional ranges, 

conventional cooking tops, conventional ovens, 

microwave ovens, microwave/conventional ranges 

and other cooking products. (10 CFR 430.2) Based 

on this definition, DOE interprets kitchen ranges 

and ovens to refer more generally to all types of 

cooking products including, for example, 

microwave ovens. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 25, 

2015. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16342 Filed 7–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EERE–2012–BT–TP–0013] 

RIN 1904–AC71 

Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Conventional Ovens 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On December 3, 2014, the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued 

a supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking (SNOPR) to amend the test 

procedures for conventional cooking 

products. The oven-related procedures 

proposed in that rulemaking serve as the 

basis for this final rule. As part of the 

SNOPR, DOE proposed to incorporate 

methods for measuring conventional 

oven volume, clarified that the existing 

oven test block must be used to test all 

ovens regardless of input rate, and 

proposed a method to measure the 

energy consumption of conventional 

ovens equipped with an oven separator. 

Additionally, DOE proposed technical 

corrections to the units of measurement 

in certain calculations. This final rule 

amends the current procedure to 

include the proposed changes listed 

above, as well as clarifications to certain 

definitions, that will take effect 30 days 

after the final rule publication date. 

These changes will be mandatory for 

product testing to demonstrate 

compliance with any new or amended 

energy conservation standards when 

they take effect and for representations 

of the energy consumption of 

conventional ovens starting 180 days 

after publication. 

DATES: The effective date of this rule is 

August 3, 2015. The final rule changes 

will be mandatory for product testing 

starting December 29, 2015. The 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in this rule was 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of August 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket, which includes 

Federal Register notices, public meeting 

attendee lists and transcripts, 

comments, and other supporting 

documents/materials, is available for 

review at regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

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

#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2012-BT-TP0013 . This Web page will contain a link 

to the docket for this notice on the 

regulations.gov site. The regulations.gov 

Web page will contain simple 

instructions on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. 

For further information on how to 

review the docket, contact Ms. Brenda 

Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by email: 

Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Building Technologies Office, EE–2J, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–6590. Email: 

ashley.armstrong@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Celia Sher, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC, 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–6122. Email: 

Celia.Sher@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule incorporates by reference into part 

430 the following industry standard: 

AHAM OV–1–2011, (‘‘AHAM OV– 

1’’), Procedures for the Determination 

and Expression of the Volume of 

Household Microwave and 

Conventional Ovens, (2011). 

Copies of AHAM standard can be 

purchased from the Association of 

Home Appliance Manufacturers, 1111 

19th Street NW., Suite 402, Washington 

DC 20036, 202–872–5955, or 

www.aham.org. 

This AHAM standard is discussed 

further in section III.D. 

Table of Contents 

I. Authority and Background 

A. General Test Procedure Rulemaking 

Process 

B. Test Procedures for Cooking Products 

C. The January 2013 NOPR 

D. The December 2014 SNOPR 

E. Conventional Cooking Top Active Mode 

Test Procedures 

II. Summary of the Final Rule 

III. Discussion 

IV. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review 

A. Review Under Executive Order 12866 

B. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act 

C. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 

D. Review Under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

E. Review Under Executive Order 13132 

F. Review Under Executive Order 12988 

G. Review Under the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 

H. Review Under the Treasury and General 

Government Appropriations Act, 1999 

I. Review Under Executive Order 12630 

J. Review Under Treasury and General 

Government Appropriations Act, 2001 

K. Review Under Executive Order 13211 

L. Review Under Section 32 of the Federal 

Energy Administration Act of 1974 

M. Congressional Notification 

N. Approval of the Office of the Secretary 

I. Authority and Background 

Title III of the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act of 1975 (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 

Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, 

Public Law 114–11 (Apr. 30, 2015). Part 

B of Title III, which for editorial reasons 

was redesignated as Part A upon 

incorporation into the U.S. Code (42 

U.S.C. 6291–6309, as codified), 

establishes the ‘‘Energy Conservation 

Program for Consumer Products Other 

Than Automobiles.’’ These include 

cooking products,1 and specifically 

consumer conventional ovens, the 

subject of this document. (42 U.S.C. 

6292(a)(10)) 

Under EPCA, the energy conservation 

program consists essentially of four 

parts: (1) Testing, (2) labeling, (3) 

Federal energy conservation standards, 

and (4) certification and enforcement 

procedures. The testing requirements 

consist of test procedures that 

manufacturers of covered products must 

use as the basis for (1) certifying to DOE 

that their products comply with the 

applicable energy conservation 

standards adopted under EPCA, and (2) 

making representations about the 

efficiency of those products. Similarly, 

DOE must use these test procedures to 

determine whether the products comply 

with any relevant standards 

promulgated under EPCA. 

A. General Test Procedure Rulemaking 

Process 

Under 42 U.S.C. 6293, EPCA sets forth 

the criteria and procedures DOE must 


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