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 Department of Energy 10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
 AGENCY: Department of Energy.
 ACTION: 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 and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended, 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 2021 Regulatory Agenda can be accessed online by going to 
                        *www.reginfo.gov.* 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. 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. Samuel Walsh, General Counsel.
 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
                                 Identifier No.255
Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps
1904-AD09256
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products
1904-AD15257
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces
1904-AD20258
Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-Equipment 
                                **(Reg Plan Seq No. 40)**
1904-AD34References 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.259
Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems
1904-AE46
 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) Proposed Rule Stage 255. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps *Legal Authority:*42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A) *Abstract:*
                         The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that includes a proposed determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standards for general service light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and that may include a proposed determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standards for compact fluorescent lamps. *Timetable:* Action
Date
FR CiteFramework Document Availability; Notice of Public Meeting
12/09/13
78 FR 73737Framework Document Comment Period End
01/23/14Framework Document Comment Period Extended
01/23/14
79 FR 3742Framework Document Comment Period Extended End
02/07/14Preliminary Analysis and Notice of Public Meeting
12/11/14
79 FR 73503Preliminary Analysis Comment Period Extended
01/30/15
80 FR 5052Preliminary Analysis Comment Period Extended End
02/23/15Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar
03/15/16
81 FR 13763NPRM
03/17/16
81 FR 14528NPRM Comment Period End
05/16/16Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar
10/05/16
81 FR 69009Proposed Definition and Data Availability
10/18/16
81 FR 71794Proposed Definition and Data Availability Comment Period End
11/08/16Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL
01/19/17
82 FR 7276Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Effective
01/01/20Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Including IRL
01/19/17
82 FR 7322Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Including IRL Effective
01/01/20( print page 5223)Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL (Reported as 1904-AE26)
09/05/19
84 FR 46661Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL Effective
10/07/19Supplemental NPRM
01/00/22
 *Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:*
                         Yes. *Agency Contact:*
                         Stephanie Johnson, General Engineer, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Building Technologies Office, EE5B, Washington, DC 20585, 
                        *Phone:*
                         202 287-1943, 
                        *Email: stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.* *RIN:*
                         1904-AD09 256. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products *Legal Authority:*42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42 U.S.C. 6295(h) *Abstract:*
                         The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended by Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for residential conventional cooking products would yield a significant savings in energy use and is technologically feasible and economically justified. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is reviewing the current standards to make such determination. *Timetable:* Action
Date
FR CiteRequest for Information (RFI)
02/12/14
79 FR 8337RFI Comment Period End
03/14/14RFI Comment Period Extended
03/03/14
79 FR 11714RFI Comment Period Extended End
04/14/14NPRM and Public Meeting
06/10/15
80 FR 33030NPRM Comment Period Extended
07/30/15
80 FR 45452NPRM Comment Period Extended End
09/09/15Supplemental NPRM
09/02/16
81 FR 60784SNPRM Comment Period Extended
09/30/16
81 FR 67219SNPRM Comment Period Extended End
11/02/16Notice of Proposed Determination and Request for Comment
12/14/20
85 FR 80982Notice of Proposed Determination Comment Period End
03/01/21Second SNPRM
06/00/22
 *Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:*
                         Yes. *Agency Contact:*
                         Stephanie Johnson, General Engineer, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Building Technologies Office, EE5B, Washington, DC 20585, 
                        *Phone:*
                         202 287-1943, 
                        *Email: stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov.* *RIN:*
                         1904-AD15 257. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces *Legal Authority:*42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3) *Abstract:*
                         The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including residential furnaces. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether more-stringent amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. DOE is considering amendments to its energy conservation standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces pursuant to a court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products. *Timetable:* Action
Date
FR CiteNotice of Public Meeting
10/30/14
79 FR 64517NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting
03/12/15
80 FR 13120NPRM Comment Period Extended
05/20/15
80 FR 28851NPRM Comment Period Extended End
07/10/15Notice of Data Availability (NODA)
09/14/15
80 FR 55038NODA Comment Period End
10/14/15NODA Comment Period Reopened
10/23/15
80 FR 64370NODA Comment Period Reopened End
11/06/15Supplemental NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting
09/23/16
81 FR 65720Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End
11/22/16SNPRM Comment Period Reopened
12/05/16
81 FR 87493SNPRM Comment Period End
01/06/17Notice of NPRM Withdrawal
01/15/21
86 FR 3873NPRM
03/00/22
 *Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:*
                         Yes. *Agency Contact:*
                         Julia Hegarty, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 
                        *Phone:*
                         240 597-6737, 
                        *Email: julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov.* *RIN:*
                         1904-AD20 258. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-Equipment *Regulatory Plan:*
                         This entry is Seq. No. 40 in part II of this issue of the 
                        **Federal Register**
                        . *RIN:*
                         1904-AD34 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) Final Rule Stage 259. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems *Legal Authority:*42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4) *Abstract:*
                         Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking to establish a Federal test procedure for dehumidifying direct-expansion dedicated outdoor air systems (DDX-DOASes) under 10 CFR 431.96. For covered equipment addressed in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1, the DOE test procedure must be based upon 
                        ( print page 5224)
                        the generally accepted industry testing procedure referenced in that industry consensus standard (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(A)). The statute further requires that each time the referenced industry test procedure is updated, DOE must amend the Federal test procedure to be consistent with the amended industry test procedure, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the update would not be representative of an average use cycle or would be unduly burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(B)). Independent of that test procedure review obligation, EPCA also includes a 7-year-lookback review provision for covered commercial and industrial equipment that requires DOE to conduct an evaluation of each class of covered equipment to determine whether amended test procedures would more accurately or fully comply with the requirements that the Federal test procedure be representative of an average use cycle and not be unduly burdensome to conduct (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)). In this test procedure rulemaking for DDX-DOASes, DOE is acting under its authority at 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4), and accordingly, it will propose and adopt a new Federal test procedure for this equipment. (The NOPR for this rule was mistakenly published in the 
                        **Federal Register**
                         as RIN 1904-AD93 on July 7, 2021). *Timetable:* Action
Date
FR CiteRequest for Information (RFI)
07/25/17
82 FR 34427RFI Comment Period Ends
08/24/17NPRM (Incorrectly Published as 1904-AD93)
07/07/21
86 FR 36018NPRM Comment Period End
09/07/21Final Rule
04/00/22
 *Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required:*
                         Yes. *Agency Contact:*
                         Catherine Rivest, General Engineer, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, Washington, DC 20585, 
                        *Phone:*
                         202 586-7335, 
                        *Email: catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov.* *RIN:*
                         1904-AE46


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