[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6016-6017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02157]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043]
RIN 1904-AC36
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
High-Intensity Discharge Lamps
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
published a notice of proposed determination (NOPD) regarding energy
conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps in the
Federal Register. This notice tentatively determined that potential
standards for three subcategories of HID lamps are either not
technologically feasible or not economically justified. On December 22,
2014, DOE received a joint comment from the Appliance Standards
Awareness Project (ASAP), Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA),
the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (Joint Comment), opposing
DOE's proposed determination. This document announces a reopening of
the public comment period for submitting comments and data in response
to the Joint Comment. The comment period is extended to March 6, 2015.
DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information in response to
the Joint Comment received no later than March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket
number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 and/or Regulation Identification Number
(RIN) 1904-AC36, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include the
docket number EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 and/or RIN 1904-AC36 in the subject
line of the message.
Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on
a compact disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to include
printed copies. [Please note that comments and CDs sent by mail are
often delayed and may be damaged by mail screening processes.]
Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite
600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202) 586-2945. If possible,
please submit all items on CD, in which case it is not necessary to
include printed copies.
Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices, framework documents, public meeting
attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting
documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in the
index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt
from public disclosure.
The rulemaking Web page can be found at: www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/23. This Web page
contains a link to the docket for this notice on the
www.regulations.gov site. The www.regulations.gov Web page contains
instructions on how to access all documents in the docket, including
public comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, EE-5J, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202)
287-1604. Email: [email protected].
Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 21, 2014, DOE published a NOPD in
the Federal Register that tentatively determined that potential
standards for HID lamps are either not technologically feasible or not
economically justified. 79 FR 62910.
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The notice provided for the submission of written comments by December
22, 2014.
On December 22, 2014, DOE received a joint comment from the
Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), Northwest Energy
Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the American Council for an Energy-
Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) (Joint Comment). The full comment can be found in Docket No.
EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043-43. The Joint Comment opposed DOE's proposed
determination for the following reasons:
1. Energy conservation standards for the [400 watt] metal halide
representative lamp type are technically feasible and economically
justified, and would result in significant energy savings (Joint
Comment, No. 43 at p. 1); \1\
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\1\ A notation in the form of ``Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 1''
identifies a written comment that DOE received and included in the
docket of this rulemaking. This particular notation refers to a
comment: (1) In the Joint Comment; (2) in the document number 43 of
the docket; and (3) on page 1 of that document.
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2. DOE's analysis fails to properly consider the likely consumer
responses to replacing existing HID lamps (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p.
2); and
3. DOE's analysis should be based on mean lumen output and not on
initial lumen output (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 3).
DOE is reopening the public comment period for the October 21, 2014
NOPD to allow interested parties to provide DOE with comments and data
in response to the points made in the Joint Comment. DOE will consider
any comments in response to the Joint Comment received by midnight of
March 6, 2015, and deems any comments received by that time to be
timely submitted.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-02157 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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