[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20291-20292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8073]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number EERE-2010-BT-TP-0021]
RIN 1904-AC08
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Residential
Clothes Washers; Correction
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is correcting a final rule
establishing revised test procedures for residential clothes washers,
published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2012, and applicable as
of April 6, 2012. DOE erroneously omitted regulatory language to remove
the obsolete parenthetical note from the water factor calculation
section of the currently applicable test procedure.
DATES: Effective: April 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Witkowski, U.S. Department
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of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7463. Email:
Stephen.Witkowski@ee.doe.gov.
Elizabeth Kohl, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7796. Email: Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE published new and amended test
procedures for residential clothes washers on March 7, 2012 (hereafter,
the ``March 2012 final rule''). 77 FR 13888. The current test procedure
is codified at appendix J1 in 10 CFR part 430 subpart B (hereafter,
``appendix J1''). The March 2012 final rule amended certain provisions
in appendix J1 and also established new clothes washer test procedures,
codified in a new appendix J2. Residential clothes washer manufacturers
must continue to use appendix J1 to determine compliance of their
products with energy conservation standards until the compliance date
of any amended standards.
In the preamble to the March 2012 final rule, DOE described its
intention to remove an obsolete parenthetical note in section 4.2 of
appendix J1, which states that the water factor calculations need not
be performed to determine compliance with the energy conservation
standards for clothes washers. The Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (EISA 2007) amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6291, et seq.) by establishing a water factor standard for top-
loading and front-loading standard-size residential clothes washers
manufactured on or after January 1, 2011 (42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(9)(A)(ii));
accordingly, this parenthetical note is now obsolete. The calculations
in section 4.2 must be performed to determine compliance with energy
conservation standards for these clothes washers. In the March 2012
final rule, DOE erroneously omitted regulatory language to remove the
obsolete parenthetical note from the water factor calculation section
of appendix J1. This final rule corrects section 4.2 of appendix J1 to
remove this obsolete note.
In FR Doc. 2012-4819 appearing on page 13888 in the Federal
Register of Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the following corrections are
made:
Appendix J1 [Corrected]
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1. On page 13937, correct amendatory instruction 7.m. to read as
follows:
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m. Revising section 4.2 introductory text;
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2. On page 13938, third column, before 4.2.3, add the following text:
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4.2 Water consumption of clothes washers.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2012.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2012-8073 Filed 4-3-12; 8:45 am]
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