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 2021 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. |
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80 | Energy Conservation Standards for Weatherized Gas, Oil, and Electric Furnaces | 1904-AF19 |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
---|---|---|
81 | Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps | 1904-AD09 |
82 | Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products | 1904-AD15 |
83 | Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces | 1904-AD20 |
84 | Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-Equipment | 1904-AD34 |
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Prerule Stage
80. • Energy Conservation Standards for Weatherized Gas, Oil, and Electric 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, 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 weatherized gas, oil, and electric furnaces.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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Request for Information (RFI); Early Assessment Review | 12/00/21 |
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-AF19
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Proposed Rule Stage
81. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that includes a proposed determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standards for general service light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and that may include a proposed determination with respect to whether to amend or adopt standards for compact fluorescent lamps.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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Framework Document Availability; Notice of Public Meeting | 12/09/13 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Proposed Definition and Data Availability | 10/18/16 | |
Proposed Definition and Data Availability Comment Period End | 11/08/16 | |
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL | 01/19/17 | |
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Effective | 01/01/20 | |
Final Rule Adopting a Definition for GSL Including IRL | 01/19/17 | |
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 | |
Final Rule; Withdrawal of Definition for GSL Effective | 10/07/19 | |
Supplemental NPRM | 01/00/22 |
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, jEmail: ohn.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904-AD09
82. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products
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), 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 technologically feasible and economically justified. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is reviewing the current standards to make such determination.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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Request for Information (RFI) | 02/12/14 | |
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 | |
NPRM Comment Period Extended End | 09/09/15 | |
Supplemental NPRM | 09/02/16 | 81 FR 60784 |
SNPRM Comment Period Extended | 09/30/16 | |
SNPRM Comment Period Extended End | 11/02/16 | |
Notice of Proposed Determination and Request for Comment | 12/14/20 | |
Notice of Proposed Determination Comment Period End | 03/01/21 | |
Second SNPRM | 01/00/22 |
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-AD15
83. 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, 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 in partial fulfillment of a court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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Notice of Public Meeting | 10/30/14 | |
NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting | 03/12/15 | 80 FR 13120 |
NPRM Comment Period Extended | 05/20/15 | |
NPRM Comment Period Extended End | 07/10/15 | |
Notice of Data Availability (NODA) | 09/14/15 | |
NODA Comment Period End | 10/14/15 | |
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 | |
SNPRM Comment Period End | 01/06/17 | |
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal | 01/15/21 | |
NPRM | 03/00/22 |
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
84. 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 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, 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 |
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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 | |
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End | 08/30/16 | |
Notice of Data Availability (NODA) | 12/23/16 | |
NODA Comment Period End | 01/09/17 | |
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal | 01/15/21 | |
NPRM | 01/00/22 |
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-AD34
[FR Doc. 2021-14869 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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