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.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Part 431 

[EERE–2017–BT–STD–0022] 

RIN 1904–AE47 

Energy Conservation Program: Energy 

Conservation Standards for Automatic 

Commercial Ice Makers; Reopening of 

Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of availability of 

preliminary technical support 

document; reopening of public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On March 25, 2022, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) 

published in the Federal Register a 

notification of a webinar and 

availability of preliminary technical 

support document for automatic 

commercial ice makers (‘‘ACIMs’’), with 

a deadline for submitting comments of 

May 24, 2022. Since publication of the 

proposed rule, DOE has received four 

requests to extend the comment period. 

DOE has reviewed these requests and is 

reopening the comment period until 

June 7, 2022. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notification of a preliminary analysis 

regarding energy conservation standards 

for ACIMs published in the Federal 

Register on March 25, 2022 (87 FR 

17025) is reopened to June 7, 2022. 

Written comments, data, and 

information are requested and will be 

accepted on and before June 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number EERE–2017–BT–STD–0022. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. Alternatively, comments 

may be submitted by email to: 

ACIM2017STD0022@ee.doe.gov. 

Include docket number EERE–2017–BT– 

STD–0022 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 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. 

To inform interested parties and to 

facilitate this rulemaking process, DOE 

has prepared an agenda, a preliminary 

TSD, and briefing materials, which are 

available on the DOE website at: 

www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE2020-BT-STD–0014. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, comments, 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, 

not all documents listed in the index 

may be publicly available, such as those 

containing information that is exempt 

from public disclosure. 

The docket web page can be found at 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2017-BT-STD0022. 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. Telephone: (202) 287– 

1943 Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Sarah Butler, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

GC–33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–1777. Email: 

Sarah.Butler@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: Stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

25, 2022, DOE published a notification 

of a webinar and availability of 

preliminary technical support document 

for ACIMs. This document announced a 

public meeting webinar would be held 

on April 25, 2022, and a comment 

period deadline of May 24, 2022. 

Additionally, on March 24, 2022, DOE 

received a request from the Hoshizaki 

America, Inc. to move the webinar date 

due to a conflict with an industry-wide 

Conference. To accommodate these 

scheduling issues, DOE moved the 

public meeting webinar for ACIMs to 

Thursday, May 5, 2022. On May 16, 

2022, DOE received a comment from the 

American Heating, Refrigeration, and 

Air Conditioning Institute (AHRI) 

seeking a 60-day extension of the public 

comment period for ACIMs. AHRI 

justified their request citing a need for 

more time to gather data and to avoid 

other meeting conflicts. On May 17, 

2022, DOE received a comment from the 

North American Association of Food 

Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM) 

seeking a 60-day extension of the public 

comment period for ACIMs. NAFEM 

justified their request citing a need for 

more time to gather data and to avoid 

other meeting conflicts. On May 18, 

2022, DOE received a comment from the 

Association of Home Appliance 

Manufacturers (AHAM) seeking a 60- 

day extension of the public comment 

period for ACIMs. AHAM justified their 

request citing that this comment period 

overlaps with other DOE comment 

periods and a need for a response from 

DOE on a question regarding the 

shipments analysis that came up during 

the May 5, 2022, ACIM webinar. The 

response to question about the 

shipments analysis that was raised by 

AHAM on the May 5, 2022, webinar is 


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1The welfare effects considered in this 

reconsideration include visibility impairment, 

climate effects, and materials effects (i.e., damage 

and soiling). Ecological effects of PM, such as those 

related to deposition of nitrogen- and sulfurcontaining compounds in vulnerable ecosystems, 

are being considered in the separate, on-going 

review of the secondary NAAQS for oxides of 

nitrogen and oxides of sulfur. 

2The press release for this announcement is 

available at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epareexamine-health-standards-harmful-soot-previousadministration-left-unchanged 

3The 2019 ISA and the ISA Supplement are 

available at: https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/ 

particulate-matter-pm-standards-integratedscience-assessments-current-review 

4For more information, see: https://

casac.epa.gov/ords/sab/ 

f?p=105:18:667108909508:::RP,18:P18_ID:2606 

5For more information, see: https://

casac.epa.gov/ords/sab/f?p=105:18:

13023836743815:::RP,18:P18_ID:2607#meeting. 

in the docket EERE–2017–BT–STD– 

0022–0010. 

Through this notification, DOE will 

reopen the comment period and accept 

submissions of comments, data, 

information until June 7, 2022. 

Accordingly, DOE will now accept 

written comments and information on 

the notification of a preliminary 

analysis regarding energy conservation 

standards for ACIMs submitted on and 

before June 7, 2022. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on May 23, 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 May 23, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR 52 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0072; FRL–8635–04– 

OAR] 

Release of the Policy Assessment for 

the Reconsideration of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability; policy 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: On or about May 23, 2022, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

will make available the document, 

Policy Assessment for the 

Reconsideration of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter (PA). This document 

was prepared as a part of the current 

reconsideration of the 2020 final 

decision on the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 

Particulate Matter (PM). The PA serves 

to ‘‘bridge the gap’’ between the 

currently available scientific and 

technical information and the 

judgments required of the Administrator 

in determining whether to retain or 

revise the existing PM NAAQS. 

DATES: This document will be available 

on or about May 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: This document will be 

available on the EPA’s website at 

https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/particulatematter-pm-air-quality-standards. The 

document will be accessible under 

‘‘Policy Assessments’’ from the current 

review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Lars Perlmutt, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, (Mail Code 

C539–04), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 

919–541–3037, fax number: 919–541– 

5315; or email: perlmutt.lars@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two 

sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA or 

the Act) govern the establishment and 

revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 

directs the Administrator to identify and 

list certain air pollutants and then issue 

‘‘air quality criteria’’ for those 

pollutants. The air quality criteria are to 

‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge useful in indicating the kind 

and extent of all identifiable effects on 

public health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of such 

pollutant in the ambient air . . .’’ (CAA 

section 108(a)(2)). Under section 109 of 

the Act, the EPA is then to establish 

primary (health-based) and secondary 

(welfare-based) NAAQS for each 

pollutant for which the EPA has issued 

air quality criteria. Section 109(d)(1) of 

the Act requires periodic review and, if 

appropriate, revision of existing air 

quality criteria. Revised air quality 

criteria are to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health and 

welfare. Under the same provision, the 

EPA is also to periodically review and, 

if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, based 

on the revised air quality criteria. 

The Act additionally requires 

appointment of an independent 

scientific review committee that is to 

periodically review the existing air 

quality criteria and NAAQS and to 

recommend any new standards and 

revisions of existing criteria and 

standards as may be appropriate (CAA 

section 109(d)(2)(A)–(B)). Since the 

early 1980s, the requirement for an 

independent scientific review 

committee has been fulfilled by the 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC). In December 2020, 

the EPA announced its final decision to 

retain the primary and secondary PM2.5

and PM10 standards, without revision 

(85 FR 82684, December 18, 2020).1 On 

June 10, 2021, the Agency announced 

its decision to reconsider the 2020 p.m. 

NAAQS final action.2 In its 

announcement of the reconsideration of 

the PM NAAQS, the Agency explained 

that, in support of the reconsideration, 

it would develop a supplement to the 

2019 Integrated Science Assessment 

(ISA Supplement) 3 and an updated PA. 

A draft of the ISA Supplement was 

released in September 2021 (86 FR 

54186, September 30, 2021) and a draft 

of the PA was released in October 2021 

(86 FR 56263, October 8, 2021). The 

draft ISA Supplement and the draft PA 

were reviewed by the seven-member 

chartered CASAC, with support from 

the PM CASAC Panel.4 5 The final PA 

reflects consideration of the advice and 

comments from the CASAC, as well as 

public comments, on the draft PA. The 

PA serves to ‘‘bridge the gap’’ between 

the scientific and technical information 

in the 2019 ISA and ISA Supplement 

and any air quality, exposure and risk 

analyses available in the 

reconsideration, and the judgments 

required of the Administrator in 

determining whether to retain or revise 

the existing PM NAAQS. The PA builds 

upon the information presented in the 

2019 ISA, the ISA Supplement, and the 

2020 PA. The PA document will be 

available on or about May 23, 2022, on 

the EPA’s website at https://

www.epa.gov/naaqs/particulate-matterpm-air-quality-standards. 

The document briefly described above 

does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any final EPA 

policy, viewpoint, or determination. 


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