48276 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 151 / Monday, August 8, 2022 / UA: Reg Flex Agenda 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X 

48 CFR Ch. 9 

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Semi-annual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has prepared and is making 

available its portion of the semi-annual 

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) 

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 Spring 2022 Agenda can be 

accessed online by going to 

www.reginfo.gov. 

DOE’s regulatory flexibility agenda is 

made up of rulemakings setting energy 

efficiency standards and requirements 

applicable to DOE sites. 

Samuel Walsh, 

General Counsel. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

76 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products .......................................... 1904–AD15 

77 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas 

Furnaces.

1904–AD20 

78 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-Equipment ................................................. 1904–AD34 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

79 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps ......................................................................... 1904–AD09 

80 ...................... Test Procedure for Single-Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps ............................................ 1904–AD94 

81 ...................... Test Procedures for Dehumidifying Direct-Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems ................................. 1904–AE46 

82 ...................... Test Procedure for Cooking Tops .................................................................................................................... 1904–AF18 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

83 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing ........................................................................... 1904–AC11 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

76. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Conventional Cooking 

Products [1904–AD15] 

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), prescribes energy 

conservation standards for various 

consumer products, including consumer 

conventional cooking products. EPCA 

also requires the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) to periodically determine 

whether more stringent standards would 

be technologically feasible and 

economically justified and would result 

in a significant conservation of energy. 

In this rulemaking, DOE is considering 

whether to update energy conservation 

standards for consumer conventional 

cooking products in order to fulfill its 

statutory deadline for amending energy 

conservation standards for cooking 

products under 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1). In 

2020, DOE tentatively determined that 

amended energy conservation standards 

for consumer conventional cooking 

products would not be economically 

justified and would not result in 

significant energy savings. DOE reevaluates this determination of whether 

amending standards for cooking 

products would result in significant 

energy savings. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Request for Information (RFI).02/12/14 79 FR 8337 

RFI Comment Period End.03/14/14 

Action Date FR Cite 

RFI Comment Period Extended.03/03/14 79 FR 11714 

RFI Comment Period Extended 

End.

04/14/14 

NPRM and Public 

Meeting.

06/10/15 80 FR 33030 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

07/30/15 80 FR 45452 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended End.

09/09/15 

Supplemental 

NPRM.

09/02/16 81 FR 60784 

SNPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

09/30/16 81 FR 67219 

SNPRM Comment 

Period Extended End.

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Action Date FR Cite 

Notice of Proposed Determination and 

Request for 

Comment.

12/14/20 85 FR 80982 

Notice of Proposed Determination Comment Period 

End.

03/01/21 

Second SNPRM .. 01/00/23 

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 

77. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Non-Weatherized Gas 

Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas 

Furnaces [1904–AD20] 

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 Cite 

Notice of Public 

Meeting.

10/30/14 79 FR 64517 

NPRM and Notice 

of Public Meeting.

03/12/15 80 FR 13120 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

05/20/15 80 FR 28851 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended End.

07/10/15 

Notice of Data 

Availability 

(NODA).

09/14/15 80 FR 55038 

NODA Comment 

Period End.

10/14/15 

Action Date FR Cite 

NODA Comment 

Period Reopened.

10/23/15 80 FR 64370 

NODA Comment 

Period Reopened End.

11/06/15 

Supplemental 

NPRM and Notice of Public 

Meeting.

09/23/16 81 FR 65720 

Supplemental 

NPRM Comment Period 

End.

11/22/16 

SNPRM Comment 

Period Reopened.

12/05/16 81 FR 87493 

SNPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/06/17 

Notice of NPRM 

Withdrawal.

01/15/21 86 FR 3873 

NPRM .................. 06/00/22 

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 

78. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Commercial Water Heating-Equipment 

[1904–AD34] 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi) 

Abstract: Once completed, this 

rulemaking will fulfill the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) statutory 

obligation under the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA) 

to either propose amended energy 

conservation standards for commercial 

water heaters and hot water supply 

boilers (CWHs), or determine that the 

existing standards do not need to be 

amended. (Unfired hot water storage 

tanks and commercial heat pump water 

heaters are being considered in a 

separate rulemaking.) DOE must 

determine whether national standards 

more stringent than those that are 

currently in place would result in a 

significant additional amount of energy 

savings and whether such amended 

national standards would be 

technologically feasible and 

economically justified. DOE proposes to 

amend the standards for certain classes 

of CWH equipment for which DOE has 

tentatively determined there is clear and 

convincing evidence to support morestringent standards. Additionally, DOE 

is proposing to codify standards for 

electric instantaneous CWH equipment 

from EPCA into the Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Request for Information (RFI).10/21/14 79 FR 62899 

RFI Comment Period End.11/20/14 

NPRM .................. 05/31/16 81 FR 34440 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/01/16 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened.

08/05/16 81 FR 51812 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened End.

08/30/16 

Notice of Data 

Availability 

(NODA).

12/23/16 81 FR 94234 

NODA Comment 

Period End.

01/09/17 

Notice of NPRM 

Withdrawal.

01/15/21 86 FR 3873 

NPRM .................. 05/19/22 87 FR 30610 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/18/22 

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–AD34 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Final Rule Stage 

79. Energy Conservation Standards for 

General Service Lamps [1904–AD09] 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B) 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is conducting a 

rulemaking to determine whether to 

amend or adopt standards for general 

service lamps (GSLs). This rulemaking 

is being undertaken pursuant to DOE’s 

authority under the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act, as amended and 

satisfies a term of DOE’s settlement 

agreement with the National Electrical 

Manufacturers Association to issue a 

supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking regarding whether to amend 

or adopt standards for general service 

light-emitting diode lamps and possibly 

compact fluorescent lamps, which are 

both types of GSLs. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Framework Document Availability; Notice of 

Public Meeting.

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Action Date FR Cite 

Framework Document Comment 

Period End.

01/23/14 

Framework Document Comment 

Period Extended.

01/23/14 79 FR 3742 

Framework Document Comment 

Period Extended End.

02/07/14 

Preliminary Analysis and Notice 

of Public Meeting.

12/11/14 79 FR 73503 

Preliminary Analysis Comment 

Period Extended.

01/30/15 80 FR 5052 

Preliminary Analysis Comment 

Period Extended End.

02/23/15 

Notice of Public 

Meeting; 

Webinar.

03/15/16 81 FR 13763 

NPRM .................. 03/17/16 81 FR 14528 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/16/16 

Notice of Public 

Meeting; 

Webinar.

10/05/16 81 FR 69009 

Proposed Definition and Data 

Availability.

10/18/16 81 FR 71794 

Proposed Definition and Data 

Availability 

Comment Period End.

11/08/16 

Final Rule Adopting a Definition 

for GSL.

01/19/17 82 FR 7276 

Final Rule Adopting a Definition 

for GSL Effective.

01/01/20 

Final Rule Adopting a Definition 

for GSL Including IRL.

01/19/17 82 FR 7322 

Final Rule Adopting a Definition 

for GSL Including IRL Effective.

01/01/20 

Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL 

(Reported as 

1904–AE26).

09/05/19 84 FR 46661 

Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL 

Effective.

10/07/19 

Final Rule Adopting a Definition 

for GSL.

05/09/22 87 FR 27461 

Final Rule Adopting a Definition 

for GSL Effective.

07/08/22 

Action Date FR Cite 

Supplemental 

NPRM.

12/00/22 

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 

80. Test Procedure for Single-Package 

Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat 

Pumps [1904–AD94] 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

6314(a)(1)(A) 

Abstract: Consistent with the 

requirements under the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act (EPCA), as 

amended, the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is examining whether to 

amend the current test procedure for 

single-package vertical air conditioners 

and heat pumps found at 10 CFR 

431.96. As a result of this proceeding, 

DOE may propose and amend the test 

procedures for this equipment, or issue 

a determination that no amendments to 

the current test procedures are required. 

Once completed, this rulemaking will 

fulfill DOE’s statutory obligation to 

either propose an amended test 

procedure for this equipment or 

determine that the existing test 

procedure does not need to be amended. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Request for Information (RFI).07/20/18 83 FR 34499 

RFI Comment Period End.09/04/18 

NPRM .................. 01/14/22 87 FR 2490 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/15/22 

Final Action ......... 09/00/22 

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–AD94 

81. Test Procedures for Dehumidifying 

Direct-Expansion Dedicated Outdoor 

Air Systems [1904–AE46] 

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) at 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 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-look-back 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 Cite 

Request for Information (RFI).07/25/17 82 FR 34427 

RFI Comment Period Ends.08/24/17 

NPRM (Incorrectly 

Published as 

1904–AD93).

07/07/21 86 FR 36018 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/07/21 

Supplemental 

NPRM.

12/23/21 86 FR 72874 

SNPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/24/22 

Final Action ......... 06/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 


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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 

82. Test Procedure for Cooking Tops 

[1904–AF18] 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1); 

42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(10) 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is required to review its 

test procedures for cooking products, 

including conventional cooking tops, 

once every 7 years under the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as 

amended. In this rulemaking, DOE is 

proposing to establish a test procedure 

for conventional cooking tops, a 

category of cooking products, that 

would replace the procedure that DOE 

withdrew on August 18, 2020. Once 

completed, this rulemaking will fulfill 

DOE’s statutory obligation to either 

propose new test procedures for this 

product or determine that new test 

procedures are not required. This 

review will also satisfy the review 

requirement under Executive Order 

13990, ‘‘Protecting Public Health and 

the Environment and Restoring Science 

to Tackle the Climate Crisis,’’ 86 FR 

7037 (January 25, 2021). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/04/21 86 FR 60974 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/03/22 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended and Notification of Data 

Availability.

12/16/21 86 FR 71406 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended End.

01/18/22 

Second NPRM 

Comment Period Extended.

01/18/22 87 FR 2559 

Second NPRM 

Comment Period Extended 

End.

02/17/22 

Final Action ......... 07/00/22 

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–AF18 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Completed Actions 

83. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Manufactured Housing [1904–AC11] 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17071 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) has issued a final rule to 

address the requirement in section 413 

of the Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007 (EISA) that DOE 

establish energy conservation standards 

for manufactured housing. See 42 U.S.C. 

1707(a)(1). DOE is directed by EISA to 

base the energy efficiency standards on 

the most recent version of the 

International Energy Conservation Code 

(IECC), except where DOE finds that the 

IECC is not cost effective, or a more 

stringent standard would be more cost 

effective, based on the impact of the 

IECC on the purchase price of 

manufactured housing and on total lifecycle construction and operating costs. 

The established standards provide a set 

of ‘‘tiered’’ standards based on the size 

of the manufactured home (singlesection or multi-section) that would 

apply the 2021 IECC-based standards to 

manufactured homes, with less stringent 

building thermal envelope requirements 

for single-section manufactured homes. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

SNPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/25/21 

NODA and Supplemental 

NPRM Comment Period 

Reopening.

10/26/21 86 FR 59042 

NODA and Supplemental 

NPRM Comment Period 

Reopening End.

11/26/21 

NODA Comment 

Period Reopened.

01/14/22 87 FR 2359 

NODA Comment 

Period Reopened End.

02/28/22 

Record of Decision.05/31/22 87 FR 32405 

Final Rule ............ 05/31/22 87 FR 32728 

Final Rule Effective.08/01/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, 

Phone: 202 287–1692, Email: 

john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AC11 

[FR Doc. 2022–14602 Filed 8–5–22; 8:45 am] 

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