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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

12621 

Vol. 87, No. 44 

Monday, March 7, 2022 

1All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117–58 (Nov. 

15, 2021). 

2For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated Part A. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 430 

[EERE–2019–BT–STD–0040] 

RIN 1904–AE52 

Energy Conservation Program: Energy 

Conservation Standards for Ceiling 

Fan Light Kits, Webinar and 

Availability of the Preliminary 

Technical Support Document 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of a webinar and 

availability of preliminary technical 

support document. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) will 

hold a webinar to discuss and receive 

comments on the preliminary analysis it 

has conducted for purposes of 

evaluating energy conservation 

standards for ceiling fan light kits 

(‘‘CFLKs’’). The meeting will cover the 

analytical framework, models, and tools 

that DOE is using to evaluate potential 

standards for this product; the results of 

preliminary analyses performed by DOE 

for this product; the potential energy 

conservation standard levels derived 

from these analyses that DOE could 

consider for this product should it 

determine that proposed amendments 

are necessary; and any other issues 

relevant to the evaluation of energy 

conservation standards for CFLKs. In 

addition, DOE encourages written 

comments on these subjects. 

DATES: 

Meeting: DOE will hold a webinar on 

Monday, April 11, 2022, from 2:30 p.m. 

to 4:00 p.m. See section IV, ‘‘Public 

Participation,’’ for webinar registration 

information, participant instructions 

and information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants. 

Comments: Written comments and 

information will be accepted on or 

before, May 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Alternatively, interested persons may 

submit comments, identified by docket 

number EERE–2019–BT–STD–0040, by 

any of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: To CFLK2019STD0040@

ee.doe.gov. Include docket number 

EERE–2019–BT–STD–0040 in the 

subject line of the message. 

No telefacsimiles (‘‘faxes’’) will be 

accepted. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on this process, see section 

IV of this document. 

Although DOE has routinely accepted 

public comment submissions through a 

variety of mechanisms, including the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, email, 

postal mail and hand delivery/courier, 

the Department has found it necessary 

to make temporary modifications to the 

comment submission process in light of 

the ongoing coronavirus 2019 (COVID– 

19) pandemic. DOE is currently 

suspending receipt of public comments 

via postal mail and hand delivery/ 

courier. If a commenter finds that this 

change poses an undue hardship, please 

contact Appliance Standards Program 

staff at (202) 586–1445 to discuss the 

need for alternative arrangements. Once 

the COVID–19 pandemic health 

emergency is resolved, DOE anticipates 

resuming all of its regular options for 

public comment submission, including 

postal mail and hand delivery/courier. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, comments, public meeting 

transcripts, and other supporting 

documents/materials, is available for 

review at www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the 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. 

The docket web page can be found at 

www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE2019-BT-STD-0040. The docket web 

page contains instructions on how to 

access all documents, including public 

comments in the docket. See section IV 

for information on how to submit 

comments through 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Stephanie Johnson, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

Building Technologies, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2588. Email: 

Amelia.Whitting@hq.doe.gov. 

For further information on how to 

submit a comment, review other public 

comments and the docket, contact the 

Appliance and Equipment Standards 

Program staff at (202) 287–1445 or by 

email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

A. Authority 

B. Rulemaking Process 

C. Deviation From Appendix A 

II. Background 

A. Current Standards 

B. Current Process 

III. Summary of the Analyses Performed by 

DOE 

A. Market and Technology Assessment 

B. Screening Analysis 

C. Engineering Analysis 

D. Energy Use Analysis 

E. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period 

Analyses 

F. National Impact Analysis 

IV. Public Participation 

A. Participation in the Webinar 

B. Procedure for Submitting Prepared 

General Statements for Distribution 

C. Conduct of the Webinar 

D. Submission of Comments 

V. Approval of the Office of the Secretary 

I. Introduction 

A. Authority 

The Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act, as amended (‘‘EPCA’’),1 authorizes 

DOE to regulate the energy efficiency of 

a number of consumer products and 

certain industrial equipment. (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6317) Title III, Part B 2 of EPCA 


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3See 86 FR 70892, 70901 (Dec. 13, 2021). 

established the Energy Conservation 

Program for Consumer Products Other 

Than Automobiles. These products 

include ceiling fan light kits (‘‘CFLKs’’), 

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

6291(50), 42 U.S.C. 6293(16)(A)(ii), 42 

U.S.C. 6295(ff)(2)–(5)). 

EPCA prescribed energy conservation 

standards for these products. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(ff)) EPCA further provides that, not 

later than 6 years after the issuance of 

any final rule establishing or amending 

a standard, DOE must publish either a 

notification of determination that 

standards for the product do not need to 

be amended, or a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (‘‘NOPR’’) including new 

proposed energy conservation standards 

(proceeding to a final rule, as 

appropriate). (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)) Not 

later than three years after issuance of 

a final determination not to amend 

standards, DOE must publish either a 

notice of determination that standards 

for the product do not need to be 

amended, or a NOPR including new 

proposed energy conservation standards 

(proceeding to a final rule, as 

appropriate). (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(3)(B)) 

Under EPCA, any new or amended 

energy conservation standard must be 

designed to achieve the maximum 

improvement in energy efficiency that 

DOE determines is technologically 

feasible and economically justified. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(A)) Furthermore, the 

new or amended standard must result in 

a significant conservation of energy. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(o)(3)(B)) 

DOE is publishing this preliminary 

analysis to collect data and information 

to inform its decision consistent with its 

obligations under EPCA. 

B. Rulemaking Process 

DOE must follow specific statutory 

criteria for prescribing new or amended 

standards for covered products, 

including CFLKs. As noted, EPCA 

requires that any new or amended 

energy conservation standard prescribed 

by the Secretary of Energy (‘‘Secretary’’) 

be designed to achieve the maximum 

improvement in energy efficiency (or 

water efficiency for certain products 

specified by EPCA) that is 

technologically feasible and 

economically justified. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(o)(2)(A)) Furthermore, DOE may 

not adopt any standard that would not 

result in the significant conservation of 

energy. (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(3)(B)) 

The significance of energy savings 

offered by a new or amended energy 

conservation standard cannot be 

determined without knowledge of the 

specific circumstances surrounding a 

given rulemaking.3 For example, the 

United States rejoined the Paris 

Agreement on February 19, 2021. As 

part of that agreement, the United States 

has committed to reducing greenhouse 

gas (‘‘GHG’’) emissions in order to limit 

the rise in mean global temperature. As 

such, energy savings that reduce GHG 

emission have taken on greater 

importance. Additionally, some covered 

products and equipment have most of 

their energy consumption occur during 

periods of peak energy demand. The 

impacts of these products on the energy 

infrastructure can be more pronounced 

than products with relatively constant 

demand. In evaluating the significance 

of energy savings, DOE considers 

differences in primary energy and fullfuel cycle (‘‘FFC’’) effects for different 

covered products and equipment when 

determining whether energy savings are 

significant. Primary energy and FFC 

effects include the energy consumed in 

electricity production (depending on 

load shape), in distribution and 

transmission, and in extracting, 

processing, and transporting primary 

fuels (i.e., coal, natural gas, petroleum 

fuels), and thus present a more complete 

picture of the impacts of energy 

conservation standards. 

Accordingly, DOE evaluates the 

significance of energy savings on a caseby-case basis. DOE estimates a 

combined total of 0.23 quads of FFC 

energy savings at the max-tech 

efficiency levels for CFLKs. This 

represents 22.7 percent energy savings 

relative to the no-new-standards case 

energy consumption for CFLKs. DOE 

has initially determined the energy 

savings for the candidate standard levels 

considered in this preliminary analysis 

are ‘‘significant’’ within the meaning of 

42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(3)(B). 

To determine whether a standard is 

economically justified, EPCA requires 

that DOE determine whether the 

benefits of the standard exceed its 

burdens by considering, to the greatest 

extent practicable, the following seven 

factors: 

(1) The economic impact of the standard 

on the manufacturers and consumers of the 

products subject to the standard; 

(2) The savings in operating costs 

throughout the estimated average life of the 

covered products in the type (or class) 

compared to any increase in the price, initial 

charges, or maintenance expenses for the 

covered products that are likely to result 

from the standard; 

(3) The total projected amount of energy (or 

as applicable, water) savings likely to result 

directly from the standard; 

(4) Any lessening of the utility or the 

performance of the products likely to result 

from the standard; 

(5) The impact of any lessening of 

competition, as determined in writing by the 

Attorney General, that is likely to result from 

the standard; 

(6) The need for national energy and water 

conservation; and 

(7) Other factors the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) considers relevant. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)(i)(I)–(VII)) 

DOE fulfills these and other 

applicable requirements by conducting 

a series of analyses throughout the 

rulemaking process. Table I.1 shows the 

individual analyses that are performed 

to satisfy each of the requirements 

within EPCA. 

TABLE I.1—EPCA REQUIREMENTS AND CORRESPONDING DOE ANALYSIS

EPCA requirement Corresponding DOE analysis 

Significant Energy Savings ....................................................................... • Shipments Analysis. 

• National Impact Analysis. 

• Energy Analysis. 

Technological Feasibility .......................................................................... • Market and Technology Assessment. 

• Screening Analysis. 

• Engineering Analysis. 

Economic Justification: 

1. Economic impact on manufacturers and consumers ................... • Manufacturer Impact Analysis. 

• Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis. 

• Life-Cycle Cost Subgroup Analysis. 

• Shipments Analysis. 


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4Currently, in compliance with the preliminary 

injunction issued on February 11, 2022, in 

Louisiana v. Biden, No. 21–cv–1074–JDC–KK (W.D. 

La.), DOE is not monetizing the costs of greenhouse 

gas emissions. 

TABLE I.1—EPCA REQUIREMENTS AND CORRESPONDING DOE ANALYSIS—Continued 

EPCA requirement Corresponding DOE analysis 

2. Lifetime operating cost savings compared to increased cost for 

the product.

• Product Price Analysis. 

• Energy Analysis. 

• Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis. 

3. Total projected energy savings ..................................................... • Shipments Analysis. 

• National Impact Analysis. 

4. Impact on utility or performance ................................................... • Screening Analysis. 

• Engineering Analysis. 

5. Impact of any lessening of competition ........................................ • Manufacturer Impact Analysis. 

6. Need for national energy and water conservation ........................ • Shipments Analysis. 

• National Impact Analysis. 

7. Other factors the Secretary considers relevant ............................ • Employment Impact Analysis. 

• Utility Impact Analysis. 

• Emissions Analysis. 

• Monetization of Emission Reductions Benefits.4

• Regulatory Impact Analysis. 

Further, EPCA establishes a rebuttable 

presumption that a standard is 

economically justified if the Secretary 

finds that the additional cost to the 

consumer of purchasing a product 

complying with an energy conservation 

standard level will be less than three 

times the value of the energy savings 

during the first year that the consumer 

will receive as a result of the standard, 

as calculated under the applicable test 

procedure. (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)(iii)) 

EPCA also contains what is known as 

an ‘‘anti-backsliding’’ provision, which 

prevents the Secretary from prescribing 

any amended standard that either 

increases the maximum allowable 

energy use or decreases the minimum 

required energy efficiency of a covered 

product. (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(1)) Also, the 

Secretary may not prescribe an amended 

or new standard if interested persons 

have established by a preponderance of 

the evidence that the standard is likely 

to result in the unavailability in the 

United States in any covered product 

type (or class) of performance 

characteristics (including reliability), 

features, sizes, capacities, and volumes 

that are substantially the same as those 

generally available in the United States. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(4)) 

Additionally, EPCA specifies 

requirements when promulgating an 

energy conservation standard for a 

covered product that has two or more 

subcategories. DOE must specify a 

different standard level for a type or 

class of product that has the same 

function or intended use, if DOE 

determines that products within such 

group: (A) Consume a different kind of 

energy from that consumed by other 

covered products within such type (or 

class); or (B) have a capacity or other 

performance-related feature which other 

products within such type (or class) do 

not have and such feature justifies a 

higher or lower standard. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(q)(1)) In determining whether a 

performance-related feature justifies a 

different standard for a group of 

products, DOE must consider such 

factors as the utility to the consumer of 

the feature and other factors DOE deems 

appropriate. Id. Any rule prescribing 

such a standard must include an 

explanation of the basis on which such 

higher or lower level was established. 

(42 U.S.C. 6295(q)(2)) 

Finally, pursuant to the amendments 

contained in the Energy Independence 

and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007), 

Public Law 110–140, any final rule for 

new or amended energy conservation 

standards promulgated after July 1, 

2010, is required to address standby 

mode and off mode energy use. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3)) Specifically, when 

DOE adopts a standard for a covered 

product after that date, it must, if 

justified by the criteria for adoption of 

standards under EPCA (42 U.S.C. 

6295(o)), incorporate standby mode and 

off mode energy use into a single 

standard, or, if that is not feasible, adopt 

a separate standard for such energy use 

for that product. (42 U.S.C. 

6295(gg)(3)(A)–(B)) DOE published a 

final rule amending test procedures for 

CFLKs on December 24, 2015. 80 FR 

80209 (‘‘December 2015 Final Rule’’). In 

the December 2015 Final Rule, DOE 

specified that CFLKs do not consume 

power in off mode. Further, the 

December 2015 Final Rule stated that 

the energy use in standby mode is 

attributable to the ceiling fan to which 

the CFLK is attached and accounted for 

in the ceiling fan efficiency metric. 80 

FR 80209, 80220. Therefore, DOE’s test 

procedures and standards for CFLKs 

address energy consumption only in 

active mode, as do the considered 

standards in this preliminary analysis. 

Before proposing a standard, DOE 

typically seeks public input on the 

analytical framework, models, and tools 

that DOE intends to use to evaluate 

standards for the product at issue and 

the results of preliminary analyses DOE 

performed for the product. 

DOE is examining whether to amend 

the current standards pursuant to its 

obligations under EPCA. This 

notification announces the availability 

of the preliminary TSD, which details 

the preliminary analyses and 

summarizes the preliminary results of 

DOE’s analyses. In addition, DOE is 

announcing a public meeting to solicit 

feedback from interested parties on its 

analytical framework, models, and 

preliminary results. 

C. Deviation From Appendix A 

In accordance with section 3(a) of 10 

CFR part 430, subpart C, appendix A 

(‘‘appendix A’’), DOE notes that it is 

deviating from the provision in 

appendix A regarding the pre-NOPR 

stages for an energy conservation 

standards rulemaking. Section 6(a)(2) of 

appendix A states that if the Department 

determines it is appropriate to proceed 

with a rulemaking, the preliminary 

stages of a rulemaking to issue or amend 

an energy conservation standard that 

DOE will undertake will be a framework 

document and preliminary analysis, or 

an advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking (‘‘ANOPR’’). DOE is opting 

to deviate from this step by publishing 

a preliminary analysis without a 

framework document. A framework 

document is intended to introduce and 

summarize generally the various 

analyses DOE conducts during the 

rulemaking process and requests initial 

feedback from interested parties. As 

discussed further in the following 

section, prior to this notification of the 


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5See 81 FR 580 (January 6, 2016). 

preliminary analysis, DOE issued an 

early assessment request for information 

(‘‘RFI’’) in which DOE requested 

comment on whether the 

methodologies, assumptions, and data 

used in the most recent energy 

conservation standards rulemaking 5

(the ‘‘January 2016 Final Rule’’) 

remained appropriate. 86 FR 29954, 

29954–29962 (June 4, 2021) (the ‘‘June 

2021 RFI’’). While DOE received 

comments on several areas of analyses 

including technology options, product 

classes, efficiency levels, market trends, 

and energy use analysis, DOE did not 

receive comments or data suggesting 

DOE rely on a different analytical 

framework to that conducted for the 

January 2016 Final Rule. As DOE is 

intending to rely on substantively the 

same analytical methods as in the most 

recent rulemaking, publication of a 

framework document would not 

introduce an analytical framework 

different from that on which comment 

was requested in the early assessment 

RFI and on which comment was 

received. As such, DOE is not 

publishing a framework document. 

Section 6(d)(2) of appendix A 

specifies that the length of the public 

comment period for pre-NOPR 

rulemaking documents will vary 

depending upon the circumstances of 

the particular rulemaking, but will not 

be less than 75 calendar days. For this 

preliminary analysis, DOE has opted to 

instead provide a 60-day comment 

period. For this preliminary analysis, 

DOE has relied on substantively the 

same analytical framework as used in 

the previous rulemaking and DOE did 

not receive comments in response to the 

June 2021 RFI suggesting a change to 

DOE’s approach. Given that DOE is 

relying on substantively the same 

analytical approach as conducted for the 

January 2016 Final Rule, DOE has 

determined that a 60-day comment 

period in conjunction with the June 

2021 RFI provides sufficient time for 

interested parties to review the tentative 

methodologies and the preliminary 

analysis, and develop comments. 

II. Background 

A. Current Standards 

In the January 2016 Final Rule, DOE 

prescribed the current energy 

conservation standards for CFLKs 

manufactured on and after January 7, 

2019. 81 FR 580. Subsequently, DOE 

published a final rule that changed the 

compliance date from January 7, 2019 to 

January 21, 2020 to comply with Public 

Law 115–161, ‘‘Ceiling Fan Energy 

Conservation Harmonization Act’’ (the 

‘‘Act’’), which was signed into law on 

April 3, 2018. 83 FR 22587 (May 16, 

2018). The Act amended the compliance 

date for the CFLK standards to establish 

a single compliance date for the energy 

conservation standards for both CFLKs 

and ceiling fans. Id. These standards are 

set forth in DOE’s regulations at 10 CFR 

430.32(s)(6) and are repeated in Table 

II.1 and Table II.2. 

TABLE II.1—FEDERAL ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR CFLKS

Product type 

Lamp 

lumens 

Minimum 

efficacy 

(lumens) (lm/W) 

All CFLKs ................ <120 

≥120 

50. 

74.0–29. 

42*0.9983.lumens

Ceiling fan light kits with medium 

screw base sockets (‘‘MSB’’) 

manufactured on or after January 21, 

2020 and packaged with compact 

fluorescent lamps must include lamps 

that also meet the requirements in Table 

II.2 of this document. (10 CFR 

430.32(s)(6)(i)) Ceiling fan light kits 

with pin based sockets for fluorescent 

lamps, manufactured on or after January 

21, 2020, must use an electronic ballast. 

(10 CFR 430.32(s)(6)(ii)). 

TABLE II.2—FEDERAL ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR CFLKS WITH MSB SOCKETS PACKAGED WITH CFLS

Lumen Maintenance at 1,000 hours ≥90.0%. 

Lumen Maintenance at 40 Percent 

of Lifetime.

≥80.0%. 

Rapid Cycle Stress Test ................. Each lamp must be cycled once for every 2 hours of lifetime of compact fluorescent lamp as defined in 

§ 430.2. At least 5 lamps must meet or exceed the minimum number of cycles. 

Lifetime ............................................ ≥6,000 hours for the sample of lamps. 

B. Current Process 

As noted in section I.C, on June 4, 

2021, DOE published the June 2021 RFI, 

a notification that it was initiating an 

early assessment review to determine 

whether any new or amended standards 

would satisfy the relevant requirements 

of EPCA for a new or amended energy 

conservation standard for CFLKs and a 

request for information. 86 FR 29954. 

Specifically, through the published 

notice and request for information, DOE 

sought data and information that could 

enable the agency to determine whether 

DOE should propose a ‘‘no new 

standard’’ determination because a more 

stringent standard: (1) Would not result 

in a significant savings of energy; (2) is 

not technologically feasible; (3) is not 

economically justified; or (4) any 

combination of foregoing. Id. 

Comments received to date as part of 

the current process have helped DOE 

identify and resolve issues related to the 

preliminary analyses. Chapter 2 of the 

preliminary TSD summarizes and 

addresses the comments received. 

III. Summary of the Analyses 

Performed by DOE 

For the products covered in this 

preliminary analysis, DOE conducted 

in-depth technical analyses in the 

following areas: (1) Engineering; (2) 

consumer product price; (3) energy use; 

(4) life cycle cost (‘‘LCC’’) and payback 

period (‘‘PBP’’); and (5) national 

impacts. The preliminary TSD that 

presents the methodology and results of 

each of these analyses is available at 

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ 

appliance_standards/ 

standards.aspx?productid=10. 

DOE also conducted, and has 

included in the preliminary TSD, 

several other analyses that support the 

major analyses or are preliminary 

analyses that will be expanded if DOE 

determines that a NOPR is warranted to 

propose amended energy conservation 

standards. These analyses include: (1) 

The market and technology assessment; 

(2) the screening analysis, which 

contributes to the engineering analysis; 

and (3) the shipments analysis, which 

contributes to the LCC and PBP analysis 

and the national impact analysis 

(‘‘NIA’’). In addition to these analyses, 

DOE has begun preliminary work on the 

manufacturer impact analysis and has 

identified the methods to be used for the 

consumer subgroup analysis, the 

emissions analysis, the employment 

impact analysis, the regulatory impact 

analysis, and the utility impact analysis. 


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and U.S. territories. 

DOE will expand on these analyses in 

the NOPR should one be issued. 

A. Market and Technology Assessment 

DOE develops information in the 

market and technology assessment that 

provides an overall picture of the 

market for the products concerned, 

including general characteristics of the 

products, the industry structure, 

manufacturers, market characteristics, 

and technologies used in the products. 

This activity includes both quantitative 

and qualitative assessments, based 

primarily on publicly available 

information. The subjects addressed in 

the market and technology assessment 

include: (1) A determination of the 

scope of the rulemaking and product 

classes, (2) manufacturers and industry 

structure, (3) existing efficiency 

programs, (4) shipments information, (5) 

market and industry trends, and (6) 

technologies or design options that 

could improve the energy efficiency of 

the product. 

See chapter 3 of the preliminary TSD 

for further discussion of the market and 

technology assessment. 

B. Screening Analysis 

DOE uses the following five screening 

criteria to determine which technology 

options are suitable for further 

consideration in an energy conservation 

standards rulemaking: 

(1) Technological feasibility. 

Technologies that are not incorporated 

in commercial products or in working 

prototypes will not be considered 

further. 

(2) Practicability to manufacture, 

install, and service. If it is determined 

that mass production and reliable 

installation and servicing of a 

technology in commercial products 

could not be achieved on the scale 

necessary to serve the relevant market at 

the time of the projected compliance 

date of the standard, then that 

technology will not be considered 

further. 

(3) Impacts on product utility or 

product availability. If it is determined 

that a technology would have a 

significant adverse impact on the utility 

of the product for significant subgroups 

of consumers or would result in the 

unavailability of any covered product 

type with performance characteristics 

(including reliability), features, sizes, 

capacities, and volumes that are 

substantially the same as products 

generally available in the United States 

at the time, it will not be considered 

further. 

(4) Adverse impacts on health or 

safety. If it is determined that a 

technology would have significant 

adverse impacts on health or safety, it 

will not be considered further. 

(5) Unique-pathway proprietary 

technologies. If a design option utilizes 

proprietary technology that represents a 

unique pathway to achieving a given 

efficiency level, that technology will not 

be considered further due to the 

potential for monopolistic concerns. 10 

CFR part 430, subpart C, appendix A, 

sections 6(b)(3) and 7(b). 

If DOE determines that a technology, 

or a combination of technologies, fails to 

meet one or more of the listed five 

criteria, it will be excluded from further 

consideration in the engineering 

analysis. 

See chapter 4 of the preliminary TSD 

for further discussion of the screening 

analysis. 

C. Engineering Analysis 

The purpose of the engineering 

analysis is to establish the relationship 

between the efficiency and cost of 

CFLKs. There are two elements to 

consider in the engineering analysis; the 

selection of efficiency levels to analyze 

(i.e., the ‘‘efficiency analysis’’) and the 

determination of product cost at each 

efficiency level (i.e., the ‘‘cost 

analysis’’). In determining the 

performance of higher-efficiency 

products, DOE considers technologies 

and design option combinations not 

eliminated by the screening analysis. 

For each product class, DOE estimates 

the consumer price for the baseline as 

well as higher efficiency levels. The 

output of the engineering analysis is a 

set of cost-efficiency ‘‘curves’’ that are 

used in downstream analyses (i.e., the 

LCC and PBP analyses and the NIA). In 

this preliminary analysis, DOE derives 

efficiency levels in the engineering 

analysis and associated consumer prices 

in the cost analysis. DOE estimates the 

consumer price of the light source 

packaged with the CFLK directly 

because reverse-engineering a light 

source is impractical as the light source 

is not easily disassembled. By 

combining the results of the engineering 

analysis and the cost analysis, DOE 

derives typical inputs for use in LCC 

and NIA. 

See Chapter 5 of the preliminary TSD 

for additional detail on the engineering 

analysis. 

D. Energy Use Analysis 

The purpose of the energy use 

analysis is to determine the annual 

energy consumption of CFLKs at 

different efficiencies in representative 

U.S. single-family homes, multi-family 

residences, and commercial buildings, 

and to assess the energy savings 

potential of increased CFLK efficiency. 

The energy use analysis estimates the 

range of energy use of CFLKs in the field 

(i.e., as they are actually used by 

consumers). The energy use analysis 

provides the basis for other analyses 

DOE performed, particularly 

assessments of the energy savings and 

the savings in consumer operating costs 

that could result from adoption of 

amended or new standards. 

Chapter 6 of the preliminary TSD 

addresses the energy use analysis. 

E. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period 

Analyses 

The effect of new or amended energy 

conservation standards on individual 

consumers usually involves a reduction 

in operating cost and an increase in 

purchase cost. DOE used the following 

two metrics to measure consumer 

impacts: 

• The LCC is the total consumer 

expense of an appliance or product over 

the life of that product, consisting of 

total installed cost (manufacturer selling 

price, distribution chain markups, sales 

tax, and installation costs) plus 

operating costs (expenses for energy use, 

maintenance, and repair). To compute 

the operating costs, DOE discounts 

future operating costs to the time of 

purchase and sums them over the 

lifetime of the product. 

• The PBP is the estimated amount of 

time (in years) it takes consumers to 

recover the increased purchase cost 

(including installation) of a moreefficient product through lower 

operating costs. DOE calculates the PBP 

by dividing the change in purchase cost 

at higher efficiency levels by the change 

in annual operating cost for the year that 

amended or new standards are assumed 

to take effect. 

Chapter 7 of the preliminary TSD 

addresses the LCC and PBP analyses. 

F. National Impact Analysis 

The NIA estimates the national energy 

savings (‘‘NES’’) and the net present 

value (‘‘NPV’’) of total consumer costs 

and savings expected to result from 

amended standards at specific efficiency 

levels (referred to as candidate standard 

levels).6 DOE calculates the NES and 

NPV for the potential standard levels 

considered based on projections of 

annual product shipments, along with 

the annual energy consumption and 

total installed cost data from the energy 

use and LCC analyses. For the present 

analysis, DOE projected the energy 

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over the lifetime of CFLKs sold from 

2027 through 2056. 

DOE evaluates the impacts of new or 

amended standards by comparing a case 

without such standards with standardscase projections (‘‘no-new-standards 

case’’). The no-new-standards case 

characterizes energy use and consumer 

costs for CFLKs in the absence of new 

or amended energy conservation 

standards. For this projection, DOE 

considers historical trends in efficiency 

and various forces that are likely to 

affect the mix of efficiencies over time. 

DOE compares the no-new-standards 

case with projections characterizing the 

market for each product class if DOE 

adopted new or amended standards at 

specific energy efficiency levels for that 

class. For each efficiency level, DOE 

considers how a given standard would 

likely affect the market shares of 

products with efficiencies greater than 

the standard. 

DOE uses a software package written 

in the Python programming language to 

calculate the energy savings and the 

national consumer costs and savings at 

each standard level and in the no-newstandards case. The NIA model uses 

average values (as opposed to 

probability distributions) as inputs. 

Critical inputs to this analysis include 

shipments projections, estimated 

product lifetimes, product installed 

costs and operating costs, product 

annual energy consumption, the nostandards-case efficiency projection, 

and discount rates. 

DOE estimates a combined total of 

0.083 quads of site energy savings at the 

max- tech efficiency levels for CFLKs. 

Combined site energy savings at CSL 1 

for All CFLKs are estimated to be 0.003 

quads. 

Chapter 9 of the preliminary TSD 

addresses the NIA. 

IV. Public Participation 

DOE invites public participation in 

this process through participation in the 

webinar and submission of written 

comments and information. After the 

webinar and the closing of the comment 

period, DOE will consider all timelysubmitted comments and additional 

information obtained from interested 

parties, as well as information obtained 

through further analyses. Following 

such consideration, the Department will 

publish either a determination that the 

standards for CFLKs need not be 

amended or a NOPR proposing to 

amend those standards. The NOPR, 

should one be issued, would include 

proposed energy conservation standards 

for the products covered by that 

rulemaking, and members of the public 

would be given an opportunity to 

submit written and oral comments on 

the proposed standards. 

A. Participation in the Webinar 

The time and date for the webinar 

meeting are listed in the DATES section 

at the beginning of this document. 

Webinar registration information, 

participant instructions, and 

information about the capabilities 

available to webinar participants will be 

published on DOE’s website: 

www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ 

appliance_standards/ 

standards.aspx?productid=10. 

Participants are responsible for ensuring 

their systems are compatible with the 

webinar software. 

B. Procedure for Submitting Prepared 

General Statements for Distribution 

Any person who has an interest in the 

topics addressed in this document, or 

who is representative of a group or class 

of persons that has an interest in these 

issues, may request an opportunity to 

make an oral presentation at the 

webinar. Such persons may submit such 

request to 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. Persons who wish to speak 

should include with their request a 

computer file in Microsoft Word, PDF, 

or text (ASCII) file format that briefly 

describes the nature of their interest in 

this rulemaking and the topics they 

wish to discuss. Such persons should 

also provide a daytime telephone 

number where they can be reached. 

DOE requests persons selected to 

make an oral presentation to submit an 

advance copy of their statements at least 

two weeks before the webinar. At its 

discretion, DOE may permit persons 

who cannot supply an advance copy of 

their statement to participate, if those 

persons have made advance alternative 

arrangements with the Building 

Technologies Office. As necessary, 

requests to give an oral presentation 

should ask for such alternative 

arrangements. 

C. Conduct of the Webinar 

DOE will designate a DOE official to 

preside at the webinar meeting and may 

also use a professional facilitator to aid 

discussion. The meeting will not be a 

judicial or evidentiary-type public 

hearing, but DOE will conduct it in 

accordance with section 336 of EPCA 

(42 U.S.C. 6306). A court reporter will 

be present to record the proceedings and 

prepare a transcript. DOE reserves the 

right to schedule the order of 

presentations and to establish the 

procedures governing the conduct of the 

webinar. There shall not be discussion 

of proprietary information, costs or 

prices, market share, or other 

commercial matters regulated by U.S. 

anti-trust laws. After the webinar and 

until the end of the comment period, 

interested parties may submit further 

comments on the proceedings and any 

aspect of the rulemaking. 

The webinar will be conducted in an 

informal, conference style. DOE will 

present a general overview of the topics 

addressed in this document, allow time 

for prepared general statements by 

participants, and encourage all 

interested parties to share their views on 

issues affecting this document. Each 

participant will be allowed to make a 

general statement (within time limits 

determined by DOE), before the 

discussion of specific topics. DOE will 

permit, as time allows, other 

participants to comment briefly on any 

general statements. 

At the end of all prepared statements 

on a topic, DOE will permit participants 

to clarify their statements briefly. 

Participants should be prepared to 

answer questions by DOE and by other 

participants concerning these issues. 

DOE representatives may also ask 

questions of participants concerning 

other matters relevant to this document. 

The official conducting the webinar 

meeting will accept additional 

comments or questions from those 

attending, as time permits. The 

presiding official will announce any 

further procedural rules or modification 

of the above procedures that may be 

needed for the proper conduct of the 

webinar. 

A transcript of the webinar meeting 

will be included in the docket, which 

can be viewed as described in the 

Docket section at the beginning of this 

document. In addition, any person may 

buy a copy of the transcript from the 

transcribing reporter. 

D. Submission of Comments 

DOE invites all interested parties, 

regardless of whether they participate in 

the public meeting, to submit in writing 

by May 6, 2022, comments and 

information on matters addressed in this 

notification and on other matters 

relevant to DOE’s consideration of 

amended energy conservations 

standards for CFLKs. Interested parties 

may submit comments, data, and other 

information using any of the methods 

described in the ADDRESSES section at 

the beginning of this document. 

Submitting comments via 

www.regulations.gov. The 

www.regulations.gov web page will 

require you to provide your name and 

contact information. Your contact 

information will be viewable to DOE 

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contact information will not be publicly 

viewable except for your first and last 

names, organization name (if any), and 

submitter representative name (if any). 

If your comment is not processed 

properly because of technical 

difficulties, DOE will use this 

information to contact you. If DOE 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, DOE may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

However, your contact information 

will be publicly viewable if you include 

it in the comment itself or in any 

documents attached to your comment. 

Any information that you do not want 

to be publicly viewable should not be 

included in your comment, nor in any 

document attached to your comment. If 

this instruction is followed, persons 

viewing comments will see only first 

and last names, organization names, 

correspondence containing comments, 

and any documents submitted with the 

comments. 

Do not submit to 

www.regulations.gov. information for 

which disclosure is restricted by statute, 

such as trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information (hereinafter 

referred to as Confidential Business 

Information (CBI)). Comments 

submitted through www.regulations.gov 

cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments 

received through the website will waive 

any CBI claims for the information 

submitted. For information on 

submitting CBI, see the Confidential 

Business Information section. 

DOE processes submissions made 

through www.regulations.gov before 

posting. Normally, comments will be 

posted within a few days of being 

submitted. However, if large volumes of 

comments are being processed 

simultaneously, your comment may not 

be viewable for up to several weeks. 

Please keep the comment tracking 

number that www.regulations.gov 

provides after you have successfully 

uploaded your comment. 

Submitting comments via email. 

Comments and documents submitted 

via email also will be posted to 

www.regulations.gov. If you do not want 

your personal contact information to be 

publicly viewable, do not include it in 

your comment or any accompanying 

documents. Instead, provide your 

contact information in a cover letter. 

Include your first and last names, email 

address, telephone number, and 

optional mailing address. The cover 

letter will not be publicly viewable as 

long as it does not include any 

comments. 

Include contact information each time 

you submit comments, data, documents, 

and other information to DOE. No faxes 

will be accepted. 

Comments, data, and other 

information submitted to DOE 

electronically should be provided in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, or text (ASCII) file format. 

Provide documents that are not secured, 

that are written in English, and that are 

free of any defects or viruses. 

Documents should not contain special 

characters or any form of encryption 

and, if possible, they should carry the 

electronic signature of the author. 

Campaign form letters. Please submit 

campaign form letters by the originating 

organization in batches of between 50 to 

500 form letters per PDF or as one form 

letter with a list of supporters’ names 

compiled into one or more PDFs. This 

reduces comment processing and 

posting time. 

Confidential Business Information. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. DOE 

will make its own determination about 

the confidential status of the 

information and treat it according to its 

determination. 

It is DOE’s policy that all comments 

may be included in the public docket, 

without change and as received, 

including any personal information 

provided in the comments (except 

information deemed to be exempt from 

public disclosure). 

V. Approval of the Office of the 

Secretary 

The Secretary of Energy has approved 

publication of this notification of a 

webinar and availability of preliminary 

technical support document. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on March 1, 2022 by 

Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 2, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04772 Filed 3–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0151; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2021–00521–A] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Costruzioni 

Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain Costruzioni Aeronautiche 

Tecnam S.P.A. Model P2012 Traveller 

airplanes. This proposed AD results 

from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

originated by an aviation authority of 

another country to identify and correct 

an unsafe condition on an aviation 

product. The MCAI describes the unsafe 

condition as free play in the trim tab 

actuator and trim tab surface. This 

proposed AD would require repetitively 

inspecting the trim tab trailing edge to 

determine if free play exists and taking 

corrective actions as needed. The FAA 

is proposing this AD to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by April 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 


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