[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1570-1573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31497]
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Vol. 78
Tuesday,
No. 5
January 8, 2013
Part VII
Department of Energy
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 78 , No. 5 / Tuesday, January 8, 2013 /
Unified Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making
available its portion of the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda), including its Regulatory
Plan (Plan), 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 Act of
2005, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, 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 entire Fall 2012 Agenda can be accessed online by going
to: www.reginfo.gov. Agenda entries reflect the status of activities as
of approximately December 30, 2012.
Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require
either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under
section 610 of that Act. DOE's regulatory flexibility agenda is made up
of six rulemakings setting either energy efficiency standards or test
procedures for the following products:
Battery chargers and external power supplies (energy efficiency
standards)
Commercial Refrigeration Equipment (energy efficiency standards)
Distribution Transformers (energy efficiency standards)
Residential clothes washers (energy efficiency standards)
Residential refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers (test
procedures)
Walk-in coolers and freezers (energy efficiency standards)
The Plan appears in both the online Agenda and the Federal Register
and includes the most important of DOE's significant regulatory actions
and a Statement of Regulatory and Deregulatory Priorities.
Gregory H. Woods,
General Counsel.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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259....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AB86
Standards for Walk-In
Coolers and Walk-In
Freezers (Reg Plan Seq
No. 30).
260....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AC19
Standards for Commercial
Refrigeration Equipment.
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References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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261....................... Energy Efficiency 1904-AB57
Standards for Battery
Chargers and External
Power Supplies (Reg Plan
Seq No. 31).
262....................... Energy Efficiency 1904-AC04
Standards for
Distribution Transformers
(Reg Plan Seq No. 32).
263....................... Test Procedures for 1904-AC76
Residential
Refrigerators,
Refrigerator-Freezers,
and Freezers.
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References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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264....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AB90
Standards for Residential
Clothes Washers.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Proposed Rule Stage
259. Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-in Coolers and Walk-in
Freezers
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 30 in part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 1904-AB86
260. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigeration
Equipment
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(c)(5)
Abstract: DOE is reviewing and updating energy conservation
standards, as required by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, to
reflect technological advances. All amended standards must be
technologically feasible and economically justified. As required by
EPCA, DOE published previously a final rule establishing energy
conservation standards for ice-cream freezers, self-contained
commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers without
doors, for equipment manufactured after January 1, 2012. (74 FR 1092,
Jan. 9, 2009) DOE is required to issue a final rule for this second
review of energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration
equipment no later than January 1, 2013.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice: Public Meeting, Framework 05/06/10 75 FR 24824
Document Availability.
Comment Period End.................. 06/07/10
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Notice: Public Meeting, Data 03/30/11 76 FR 17573
Availability.
Comment Period End.................. 05/16/11
NPRM................................ 07/00/13
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Charles Llenza, Office of Building Technologies
Program, EE-2J, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202
586-2192, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AC19
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
261. Energy Efficiency Standards for Battery Chargers and External
Power Supplies
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 31 in part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 1904-AB57
262. Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 32 in part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 1904-AC04
263. Test Procedures for Residential Refrigerators,
Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(2)
Abstract: DOE is conducting a rulemaking to amend the existing test
procedures for residential refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and
freezers in order to provide a test for measuring ice maker energy use
and to address other matters that were raised during the previous test
procedure rulemaking for these products.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action........................ 03/00/13
NPRM................................ 07/00/13
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucas Adin, Project Manager, EE-2J, Department of
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1317, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AC76
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Completed Actions
264. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(9)
Abstract: This rulemaking will implement a provision in the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 that amended the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act to require the Secretary of Energy to publish by
December 31, 2011, a final rule determining whether to amend energy
conservation standards for residential clothes washers, with any
amended standards applicable to clothes washers manufactured on or
after January 1, 2015.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Direct Final Rule................... 05/31/12 77 FR 32308
NPRM................................ 05/31/12 77 FR 32381
Direct Final Rule Comment Period End 09/18/12
Direct Final Rule Effective......... 09/28/12
Final Action........................ 10/01/12 77 FR 59719
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephen Witkowski, Phone: 202 586-7463, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AB90
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