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No. 163 August 24, 2017 

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

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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 Independence and Security Act 

of 2007, the American Energy 

Manufacturing Technical Corrections 

Act 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 2017 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. 

John T. Lucas, 

Acting General Counsel. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PRERULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

76 ...................... Modifying the Energy Conservation Program to Implement a Market-Based Approach ................................ 1904–AE11 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

77 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers ............................................................... 1904–AD01 

78 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards and Definition for General Service Lamps .................................................. 1904–AD09 

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

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

Furnaces.

1904–AD20 

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

82 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers .................................................. 1904–AD59 

83 ...................... Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps .................. 1904–AD71 

84 ...................... Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Walk-In Cooler and Freezer Refrigeration Systems .... 1904–AD72 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

85 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans ........................................................................................... 1904–AD28 

86 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Hearth Products ..................................................................................... 1904–AD35 

87 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps ............................................ 1904–AD37 

88 ...................... Energy Conservation Standards for Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pumps ............................................................ 1904–AD52 

DEFENSE AND SECURITY AFFAIRS—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

89 ...................... Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites .................................................................................... 1992–AA53 

DEPARTMENTAL AND OTHERS—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

90 ...................... Small-Scale Natural Gas Exports (Section 610 Review) ................................................................................ 1901–AB43 

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

91 ...................... Energy Conservation Program: Certification and Enforcement—Import Data Collection ............................... 1990–AA44 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Prerule Stage 

76. • Modifying the Energy 

Conservation Program To Implement a 

Market-Based Approach 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is evaluating the potential 

use of some form of a market-based 

approach such as an averaging, trading, 

fee-base or other type of market-based 

policy mechanism for the U.S. 

Appliance and Equipment Energy 

Conservation Standards (ECS) program. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Request for Information.08/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, 

Building Technologies Office, EE–5B, 

Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287– 

1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@

ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AE11 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Final Rule Stage 

77. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Commercial Packaged Boilers 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

6313(a)(6)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6311(11)(B) 

Abstract: EPCA, as amended by 

AEMTCA, requires the Secretary to 

determine whether updating the 

statutory energy conservation standards 

for commercial packaged boilers is 

technically feasible and economically 

justified and would save a significant 

amount of energy. If justified, the 

Secretary will issue amended energy 

conservation standards for such 

equipment. DOE last updated the 

standards for commercial packaged 

boilers on July 22, 2009. DOE issued a 

NOPR pursuant to the 6-year-look-back 

requirement on March 24, 2016. Under 

EPCA, DOE has two years to issue a 

final rule after publication of the NOPR. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Notice of Proposed Determination 

(NOPD).

08/13/13 78 FR 49202 

NOPD Comment 

Period End.

09/12/13 

Notice of Public 

Meeting and 

Framework 

Document 

Availability.

09/03/13 78 FR 54197 

Framework Document Comment 

Period End.

10/18/13 

Notice of Public 

Meeting and 

Preliminary 

Analysis.

11/20/14 79 FR 69066 

Preliminary Analysis Comment 

Period End.

01/20/15 

Withdrawal of 

NOPD.

08/25/15 80 FR 51487 

NPRM .................. 03/24/16 81 FR 15836 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/23/16 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

05/04/16 81 FR 26747 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended End.

06/22/16 

Final Action ......... 09/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: James Raba, Office of 

Building Technologies Program, EE–5B, 

Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586– 

8654, Email: jim.raba@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD01 

78. Energy Conservation Standards and 

Definition for General Service Lamps 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A) 

Abstract: Amendments to Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) in 

the Energy Independence and Security 

Act of 2007 direct DOE to conduct two 

rulemaking cycles to evaluate energy 

conservation standards for GSLs, the 

first of which must be initiated no later 

than January 1, 2014 (42 U.S.C. 

6295(i)(6)(A)–(B)). EPCA specifically 

states that the scope of the rulemaking 

is not limited to incandescent lamp 

technologies. EPCA also states that DOE 

must consider in the first rulemaking 

cycle the minimum backstop 

requirement of 45 lumens per watt for 

general service lamps (GSLs) effective 

January 1, 2020. 

This RIN encompasses both the first 

rulemaking cycle to evaluate energy 

conservation standards for GSL’s and 

also adopts a Definition Rule for GSLs. 

A regulatory flexibility analysis is 

required only in a GSL standards rule, 

and not in the Final Definition Rule. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Framework Document Availability; Notice of 

Public Meeting.

12/09/13 78 FR 73737 

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; Notice of 

Public Meeting.

12/11/14 79 FR 73503 

Preliminary Analysis Comment 

Period End.

02/09/15 

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 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Lucy DeButts, 

Buildings Technologies Office, EE–5B, 

Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency 

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and Renewable Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287– 

1604, Email: lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD09 

79. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Conventional Cooking 

Products 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 

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

Abstract: EPCA, as amended by EISA 

2007, requires the Secretary to 

determine whether updating the 

statutory energy conservation standards 

for residential conventional cooking 

products would yield a significant 

savings in energy use and is technically 

feasible and economically justified. DOE 

is reviewing to make such 

determination. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

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

RFI Comment Period End.03/14/14 

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 End.

10/03/16 

SNPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

09/30/16 81 FR 67219 

SNPRM Comment 

Period Extended End.

11/02/16 

Final Action ......... 09/00/17 

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 20002, 

Phone: 202 287–1943, Email: 

stephanie.johnson@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD15 

80. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Residential Non-Weatherized Gas 

Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas 

Furnaces 

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 of 1975 (EPCA), as 

amended, prescribes energy 

conservation standards for various 

consumer products and certain 

commercial and industrial equipment, 

including residential furnaces. EPCA 

also requires the DOE to periodically 

determine every six years 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 in partial 

fulfillment of a court-ordered remand of 

DOE’s 2011 rulemaking for these 

products. DOE published a 

supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking on September 23, 2016. 

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 

NODA Comment 

Period Reopened.

10/23/15 80 FR 64370 

NODA Comment 

Period Reopened End.

11/23/15 

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 

Final Action ......... 11/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, 

Building Technologies Office, EE–5B, 

Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287– 

1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@

ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD20 

81. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Commercial Water Heating Equipment 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

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

Abstract: Once completed, this 

rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory 

obligation under EPCA to either propose 

amended energy conservation standards 

for commercial water heaters and hot 

water supply boilers, 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. 

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 

Comment Period 

End.

08/30/16 

Notice of Data 

Availability 

(NODA).

12/23/16 81 FR 94234 

Comment Period 

End.

01/09/17 

Final Action ......... 04/00/18 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Catherine Rivest, 

General Engineer, Department of 

Energy, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Buildings Technologies 

Office, EE5B, Washington, DC 20585, 

Phone: 202 586–7335, Email: 

catherine.rivest@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD34 

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82. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6311; 42 

U.S.C. 6313(f) 

Abstract: In 2014, the Department of 

Energy (DOE) issued a rule setting 

performance-based energy conservation 

standards for a variety of walk-in cooler 

and freezer (walk-in) components. See 

79 FR 32050 (June 3, 2014). That rule 

was challenged by a group of walk-in 

refrigeration system manufacturers and 

walk-in installers, which led to a 

settlement agreement regarding certain 

refrigeration equipment classes 

addressed in that 2014 rule and certain 

aspects related to that rule’s analysis. 

See Lennox Int’l v. DOE, Case No. 14– 

60535 (5th Cir. 2014). Consistent with 

the settlement agreement, and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, a working group was 

established under the Appliance 

Standards and Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ASRAC) to engage in a 

negotiated rulemaking to develop 

energy conservation standards to 

replace those that had been vacated by 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth 

Circuit. As a result of those negotiations, 

a Term Sheet was produced containing 

a series of recommendations to ASRAC 

for its approval and submission to DOE 

for the agency’s further consideration. 

Using the Term Sheet’s 

recommendations, DOE is establishing 

energy conservation standards for the 

six equipment classes of walk-in coolers 

and walk-in freezers that were vacated 

by the Fifth Circuit and remanded to 

DOE for further action. Those standards 

at issue involve: (1) The two standards 

applicable to multiplex condensing 

refrigeration systems operating at 

medium and low temperatures; and (2) 

the four standards applicable to 

dedicated condensing refrigeration 

systems operating at low temperatures. 

Also consistent with the settlement 

agreement, DOE explicitly considered 

the potential impacts of these six 

standards on installers. DOE also 

considered and addressed the potential 

impacts of these six standards on 

installers in its Manufacturer Impact 

Analysis, consistent with its regulatory 

definition of ‘‘manufacturer,’’ and, as 

appropriate, in its analysis of impacts 

on small entities under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. As part of this 

rulemaking (and consistent with its 

obligations under the settlement 

agreement), DOE provided an 

opportunity for all interested parties to 

submit comments concerning any 

proposed standards. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM and Notice 

of Public Meeting.

09/13/16 81 FR 62980 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/14/16 

Final Action ......... 09/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, 

Building Technologies Office, EE–5B, 

Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287– 

1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@

ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD59 

83. Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Central Air Conditioners 

and Heat Pumps 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq. 

Abstract: This rulemaking pertaining 

to test procedures for Central Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pumps includes 

revisions to the test methods to improve 

test repeatability and reduce the test 

burden of the test procedure. These 

revisions will be required for 

demonstration of compliance with the 

current energy conservation standards 

starting 180 days after publication of the 

final rule. These amendments include: 

(1) Establishing a delay time prior to off 

mode power measurements for some 

systems and limiting the internal 

volume of refrigerant pressure 

measurement lines; (2) requiring bin-bybin EER and COP interpolations for all 

variable speed units; (3) requiring that 

the official test for a unit using the 

outdoor enthalpy method as a secondary 

check of capacity be the test without the 

outdoor enthalpy apparatus connected. 

DOE is also amending the test 

procedure to improve field 

representativeness. These amendments 

will take effect coincident with updated 

energy conservation standards and 

would be part of a new Appendix M1. 

The new Appendix M1 includes: (1) 

New higher external static pressure 

requirements for all units, including 

unique minimum external static 

pressure requirements for certain kinds 

of products; (2) new default fan power 

values for rating coil-only units; 

revisions to the heating load line in the 

calculation of HSPF; and (3) 

amendments to the test procedures for 

variable speed heat pumps to allow 

better representation of their lowambient-temperature performance, 

including an optional 5 °F heating mode 

test. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Supplemental 

NPRM.

08/24/16 81 FR 58164 

SNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/23/16 

Final Rule ............ 01/05/17 82 FR 1426 

Final Rule Effective.07/08/17 

Final Rule; Delay 

of Effective 

Date.

02/02/17 82 FR 8985 

Final Rule; Delay 

of Effective 

Date Effective.

03/21/17 

Final Rule; Further Delay of 

Effective Date.

03/21/17 82 FR 14425 

Final Rule; Further Delay of 

Effective Date 

Effective.

07/03/17 

Final Rule; Technical Correction.03/29/17 82 FR 15457 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ashley Armstrong, 

General Engineer, EE–5B, Department of 

Energy, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586– 

6590, Email: ashley.armstrong@

ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD71 

84. Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Walk-In Cooler and 

Freezer Refrigeration Systems 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6311 et seq. 

Abstract: DOE established a Working 

Group to negotiate amended energy 

conservation standards for six classes of 

walk-in cooler and freezer (walk-in) 

refrigeration systems. After holding a 

series of meetings as part of a negotiated 

rulemaking, the Working Group 

developed a Term Sheet containing a 

series of recommendations regarding 

potential energy conservation standards 

for these refrigeration systems and the 

current test procedure for evaluating the 

energy efficiency of a walk-in 

refrigeration system. This rulemaking 

proposed several test procedure 

amendments to implement these 

recommendations. These amendments 

include certain changes to improve test 

procedure clarity, updating related 

certification and enforcement provisions 

to address the performance-based 

energy conservation standards for walkin cooler and freezer equipment, and 

establishing labeling requirements that 

will aid manufacturers in determining 

which components would be considered 

for compliance purposes as intended for 

walk-in cooler and freezer applications. 

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specific definitions, removes the test 

method for refrigeration systems with 

hot gas defrost, and includes a method 

to accommodate refrigeration equipment 

that use adaptive defrost and on-cycle 

variable-speed evaporator fan control. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/17/16 81 FR 54926 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/17/16 

Final Rule ............ 12/28/16 81 FR 95758 

Final Rule Effective.01/27/17 

Final Rule; Delay 

of Effective 

Date.

01/31/17 82 FR 8805 

Final Rule; Delay 

of Effective 

Date Effective.

03/21/17 

Final Rule; Further Delay of 

Effective Date.

03/21/17 82 FR 14426 

Final Rule; Further Delay of 

Effective Date 

Effective.

06/26/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ashley Armstrong, 

General Engineer, EE–5B, Department of 

Energy, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586– 

6590, Email: ashley.armstrong@

ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD72 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EE) 

Completed Actions 

85. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Ceiling Fans 

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

U.S.C. 6291(49) 

Abstract: EPCA authorizes the 

Secretary to determine whether 

updating the statutory energy 

conservation standards for ceiling fans 

is technologically feasible and 

economically justified and would result 

in significant energy savings. If these 

criteria are met, the Secretary may issue 

amended energy conservation standards 

for ceiling fans. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ............ 01/19/17 82 FR 6826 

Final Rule Effective.03/20/17 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Final Rule; Delay 

of Effective 

Date.

01/31/17 82 FR 8806 

Final Rule; Delay 

of Effective 

Date Effective.

03/21/17 

Final Rule; Further Delay of 

Effective Date.

03/21/17 82 FR 14427 

Final Rule; Further Delay of 

Effective Date 

Effective.

09/30/17 

Final Rule; Completion of Review; Confirmation of Rulemaking.05/24/17 82 FR 23723 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Lucy DeButts, Phone: 

202 287–1604, Email: lucy.debutts@

ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD28 

86. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Hearth Products 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(20) 

and (b); 42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(1) 

Abstract: DOE is conducting a 

rulemaking to analyze potential energy 

conservation standards for hearth 

products. DOE is developing this 

rulemaking concurrent with its coverage 

determination for these products. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Withdrawn ........... 03/31/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, 

Phone: 202 287–1692, Email: 

john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD35 

87. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Central Air Conditioners and Heat 

Pumps 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 

42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(3) 

Abstract: Under the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act’s six-year review 

requirement, 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1), DOE 

must publish a notice of proposed 

rulemaking to propose new standards 

for residential central air conditioner 

and heat pump products, or a notice of 

determination that the existing 

standards do not need to be amended, 

by June 6, 2017. This rulemaking is to 

determine whether amended standards 

for residential central air conditioner 

and heat pump products would result in 

a significant amount of energy savings, 

and whether those standards would be 

technologically feasible and 

economically justified. On July 14, 

2015, DOE announced its intention to 

establish a negotiated rulemaking 

working group to negotiate proposed 

federal standards for the energy 

efficiency requirements of central air 

conditioners and heat pumps. On 

January 19, 2016, the working group 

delivered a final term sheet to the 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Committee (ASRAC). DOE published a 

direct final rule and an accompanying 

notice of proposed rulemaking on 

January 6, 2017. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Notice of Data 

Availability 

(NODA).

10/27/16 81 FR 74727 

NODA Comment 

Period End.

11/14/16 

NPRM .................. 01/06/17 82 FR 1608 

Direct Final Rule 01/06/17 82 FR 1786 

Direct Final Rule 

Effective.

05/08/17 

Final Action; Confirmation of Effective Date 

and Compliance 

Date for Direct 

Final Rule.

05/26/17 82 FR 24211 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ashley Armstrong, 

Phone: 202 586–6590, Email: 

ashley.armstrong@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD37 

88. Energy Conservation Standards for 

Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pumps 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A) 

Abstract: Under the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act, DOE may set energy 

conservation standards for types of 

pumps, including dedicated-purpose 

pool pumps (42 U.S.C. 3211(1)(A)). On 

August 8, 2015, DOE announced its 

intention to establish a negotiated 

rulemaking working group to negotiate 

proposed federal standards for 

dedicated-purpose pool pumps. The 

working group presented a final term 

sheet to the Appliance Standards and 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee 

(ASRAC) on December 8, 2015. DOE 

published a direct final rule and an 

accompanying notice of proposed 

rulemaking on January 18, 2017. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/18/17 82 FR 5446 

Direct Final Rule 01/18/17 82 FR 5650 

Direct Final Rule 

Effective.

05/18/17 

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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 163 / Thursday, August 24, 2017 / Unified Agenda 40275 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Final Action; Confirmation of Effective Date 

and Compliance 

Date for Direct 

Final Rule.

05/26/17 82 FR 24218 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, 

Phone: 202 287–1692, Email: 

john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1904–AD52 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Defense and Security Affairs (DSA) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

89. Workplace Substance Abuse 

Programs at DOE Sites 

Legal Authority: 41 U.S.C. 701 et seq.; 

41 U.S.C. 2012, 2013, 2051, 2061, 2165, 

2201b, 2201i and 2201(p); 42 U.S.C. 

5814 and 5815; 42 U.S.C. 7151, 7251 

and 7256; 42 U.S.C. 7254; 50 U.S.C. 

2410 et seq. 

Abstract: The Department of Energy is 

amending its workplace substance abuse 

programs at DOE sites regulation. The 

proposed amendments would address 

drug and alcohol abuse, testing workers 

in certain sensitive positions, 

development and approval of a 

workplace substance abuse program, 

employee assistance programs and 

training. The proposed amendments 

would improve and strengthen the 

substance abuse programs and enhance 

consistency with advances in similar 

rules and other Federal drug and 

alcohol programs that place similar 

requirements on the private sector. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Dr. Bill McArthur, 

Director, Office of Worker Safely and 

Health Policy, Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 301 903– 

6061, Email: bill.mcarthur@hq.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1992–AA53 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Departmental and Others (ENDEP) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

90. • Small-Scale Natural Gas Exports 

(Section 610 Review) 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717b(a); 15 

U.S.C. 717b(c) 

Abstract: This rule would revise DOE 

regulations implementing section 3(a) of 

the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), 

for ‘‘qualifying small-scale’’ exports of 

natural gas, including liquefied natural 

gas. Under this rule, DOE would issue 

an order upon receipt of any application 

that seeks to export natural gas to nonFTA countries, provided the application 

meets the criteria for small-scale 

exports. In promulgating this rule, DOE 

would clarify its interpretation of 

‘‘public interest’’ under NGA section 

3(a). The intent of the rule is to improve 

DOE’s application procedures related to 

natural gas exports, reduce the 

administrative burdens associated with 

the small-scale natural gas export 

market, and result in more efficient 

processing of applications for smallscale natural gas exports. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Undetermined. 

Agency Contact: Betsy Kohl, Attorney 

Advisor, Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 6A– 

179, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 

586–7796, Email: elizabeth.kohl@

hq.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1901–AB43 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 

Office of General Counsel (OGC) 

Final Rule Stage 

91. Energy Conservation Program: 

Certification and Enforcement—Import 

Data Collection 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291 to 

6317 

Abstract: This rulemaking will 

provide DOE an automated mechanism 

to advise U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of imports that do not 

comply with energy conservation 

standards and/or to advise CBP of DOE’s 

recommendation for conditional release 

of goods. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/29/15 80 FR 81199 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/12/16 

Notice of Public 

Meeting and 

NPRM Comment Period 

Reopened.

02/17/16 81 FR 8022 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened End.

02/29/16 

2nd NPRM Comment Period 

Reopened.

03/07/16 81 FR 11686 

2nd NPRM Comment Period 

Reopened End.

03/14/16 

3rd NPRM Comment Period 

Reopened.

05/16/16 81 FR 30217 

3rd NPRM Comment Period 

Reopened End.

06/15/16 

Final Action ......... 11/00/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Laura Barhydt, 

Assistant General Counsel for 

Enforcement, GC–32, Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287– 

5772, Email: laura.barhydt@hq.doe.gov. 

RIN: 1990–AA44 

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