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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X 

48 CFR Ch. 9 

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of 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 Governmentwide 

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 Act of 2005, the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007, 

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 2011 Agenda can be 

accessed online by going to: 

www.reginfo.gov. Agenda entries reflect 

the status of activities as of 

approximately November 30, 2011. 

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. DOE’s 

regulatory flexibility agenda is made up 

of six rulemakings setting energy 

efficiency standards for the following 

products: 

Fluorescent lamp ballasts 

Battery chargers and external power 

supplies 

Walk-in coolers and freezers 

Residential clothes washers 

Residential furnace, central air 

conditioners and heat pumps 

ER, BR and small-diameter incandescent 

reflector lamps 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

22, 2011. 

Sean Lev, 

Acting General Counsel. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

315 .................... Energy Efficiency Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (Reg Plan Seq No. 27) ... 1904–AB57 

316 .................... Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers (Reg Plan Seq No. 28) .......... 1904–AB86 

317 .................... Energy Conservation Standards for ER, BR, and Small Diameter Incandescent Reflector Lamps (Reg 

Plan Seq No. 30).

1904–AC15 

References 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. 

318 .................... Energy Efficiency Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts (Reg Plan Seq No. 31) ................................... 1904–AB50 

319 .................... Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers ................................................................. 1904–AB90 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

320 .................... Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Furnace, Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps ................ 1904–AC06 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

315. Energy Efficiency Standards for 

Battery Chargers and External Power 

Supplies 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 27 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AB57 

316. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 28 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AB86 

317. Energy Conservation Standards for 

ER, BR, and Small Diameter 

Incandescent Reflector Lamps 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 30 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AC15 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Final Rule Stage 

318. Energy Efficiency Standards for 

Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 31 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1904–AB50 

319. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Clothes Washers 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(9) 


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Abstract: This rulemaking will 

implement a provision in the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

that amended the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act to require the 

Secretary of Energy to publish by 

December 31, 2011, a final rule 

determining whether amended energy 

conservation standards should apply to 

clothes washers manufactured on or 

after January 1, 2015. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Notice: Public 

Meeting, 

Framework 

Document 

Availability.

08/28/09 74 FR 44306 

Comment Period 

End.

09/20/09 

Direct Final Rule 12/00/11 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Stephen Witkowski, 

Office of Building Technologies 

Program, EE–2J, Department of Energy, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone: 202 586–7463, Email: stephen.

witkowski@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AB90 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Completed Actions 

320. Energy Efficiency Standards for 

Residential Furnace, Central Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pumps 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(f); 42 

U.S.C. 6295(d) 

Abstract: DOE published an energy 

conservation standard final rule for 

residential furnaces and boilers in the 

Federal Register on November 19, 2007 

(72 FR 65136). Petitioners challenged 

this final rule on several grounds. DOE 

filed a motion for voluntary remand to 

allow the agency to consider: (1) The 

application of regional standards in 

additional to national standards for 

furnaces, authorized by Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

(enacted Dec. 19, 2007) and (2) the effect 

of alternative standards on natural gas 

prices. This motion for voluntary 

remand was granted on April 21, 2009. 

DOE initiated this rulemaking to 

consider amended energy conservation 

standards for residential furnaces. In 

this rulemaking DOE is also reviewing 

and updating energy efficiency 

standards, as required by the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act, to reflect 

technological advances. All amended 

standards must be technologically 

feasible and economically justified. This 

is the second review of the statutory 

standards for residential central air 

conditioners and air conditioning heat 

pumps. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/27/11 76 FR 37549 

Direct Final Rule 06/27/11 76 FR 37408 

Direct Final Rule 

Comment Period End.

10/17/11 

Direct Final Rule 

Effective.

10/25/11 

Final Action ......... 10/31/11 76 FR 67037 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Mohammed Khan, 

Phone: 202 586–7892, Email: 

mohammed.khan@ee.doe.gov 

Wes Anderson, Phone: 202 586–7335, 

Email: wes.anderson@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AC06 

[FR Doc. 2012–1646 Filed 2–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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