### DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Part 430 [Docket Number: EERE-2007- BT-STIHl010[ RIN: 1904-AA89 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners 

### AGENCY: Office ofEnergy 

### Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy ACTION: Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI): Energy Conservation Program 

### SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended , requires the U.S. 

### Department of Energy 

### (DOE) to consider amended energy conservation standards for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners. (42 U.S.C. 

### 6291 et seq.) Based on an Environmental Assessment (EA), chapter 15 ofthe direct final rule 

### technical support document (TSD) for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners , DOE has detennined that the adoption ofenergy conservation standards for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners, as contained in the direct final rule entitled the "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners," would not be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality ofthe 

### human environment within the meaning of

### the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Therefore, an environmental impact statement (EI S) is not required , and DOE is issuing this FONS!. ADDRESSES: Public Availability: Copies ofthe 

### direct final rule TSD are available from the U.S. Department of Energy, 

### Resource Room ofthe 

### Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., 6th Floor, Washington , DC 20024, (202) 586 -2945, 

### between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. , Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also obtain copies ofthe 

### direct final rule TS D from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's website at: wwwl.cere.energy.gov/buildingslappliancc standards!. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen LWitkowski, U.S. 

### Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-21, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 205 85 -0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7463. E-mail: Stephen.Witkowski@ee.doe.gov. Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U .S. Department of Energy, Office ofthe General Counsel , GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue , S.W., Washington, DC 20585 -0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7796. E-mail: EIizabeth.KohI@hg.doe.gov. 

### For further infonnation regarding the DOE NEPA process contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office ofNEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-54), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington , DC 20585, (202) 586-4600, or leave a message at (800) 472 -2756. Additional infonnation regarding DOE NEPA 2activities and access to many DOE NEPA documents are available on the Internet through the DOE NEPA website at: http: //energy.gov/nepaldoe-nepa-documents. 

### SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description ofthe Action: The action is the establishment of amended energy conservation standard s for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners. DOE is adopting trial standard level (TSL) 4. Environmental Impacts: The EA evaluates the environmental impacts of a range of energy conservation standards for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners. The resul ts are presented for each TSL DOE considered for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners. Each TSL is an alternative action and the environmental impacts of each alternative are compared to what would be expected to happen if no amended standard were adopted, i.e., the "no action" alternative. The primary environmental impact is decreased emissions from fossil fuel use and from fossil-fueled electricity generation. All ofthe TSLs considered for the product classes covered under this regulation would result in decreased fossil fuel use and in a reduction in emissions. The energy conservation standards adopted in the direct final rule would generally decrease air pollution by decreasing future energy demand. The environmental impact analysis considers emissions of carbon dioxide (C02) and three criteria pollutants-nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (So,), and mercury (Hg). The energy savings from amended energy conservation standards for residential clothes 3dryers and room air conditioners are expected to result in reduced power sector emissions of

### C02. NOx, and Hg. Reduced NO x emissions could also provide an economic benefit in the fonn ofemission allowance credits. The results ofthis analysis show that the cumulative emission s reductions resulting from the residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners direct final rule are projected to be 36.1 million metric tons (Mt) of CO2• 29.3 kilotons (kt) ofNOx• and 0.073 tons ofHg. These emissions reductions and those from the other TSLs are not substantial enough to significantly affect the quality ofthe human environment . See chapter 15 ofthe residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners TSD Table 15.7 .1 for more infonnation on the emissions reductions at all TSLs.

4Determination 

### Based upon the EA, DOE has detennined that the adoption ofthe energy conservation standards for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners would not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality ofthe human environment, within the meaning ofNEPA. Therefore, an EIS is not required, and DOE is issuing this FONSI. Issued in Washington, DC, on 

### August 18,2011.

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