[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50757-50758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20712]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Number EERE-2015-BT-STD-0017]
RIN 1904-AD55


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Definitions 
and Standards for Grid-Enabled Water Heaters

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Final rule; technical correction.

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SUMMARY: On August 11, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy published a 
final rule in the Federal Register to place in the Code of Federal 
Regulations the energy conservation standards and related definitions 
that Congress prescribed for grid-enabled water heaters in the Energy 
Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, which amended the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975. Due to a drafting error, a numeral was 
omitted from the energy factor equation for grid-enabled water heaters. 
This document corrects that error.

DATES: Effective: September 21, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585-0121. Telephone: 
(202) 586-6590. Email: [email protected].
    Ms. Johanna Hariharan, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 
General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6307. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule in the 
Federal Register on August 11, 2015 (``the August 2015 final rule'') to 
place in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) the energy conservation 
standards and related definitions that Congress prescribed for grid-
enabled water heaters in the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 
(EEIA 2015), which amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 
1975 (EPCA). 80 FR 48004. Since the publication of that final rule, it 
has come to DOE's attention that, due to a drafting oversight, the 
August 2015 final rule incorrectly omitted a numeral in the equation to 
determine the energy factor for grid-enabled water heaters. This final 
rule corrects this error, adding the missing numeral.

II. Need for Correction

    As published, the August 2015 final rule contains a typographical 
error in

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the first column of 80 FR 48010, in Sec.  430.32(d)(2), ``Grid-enabled 
water heaters.'' The equation in that paragraph, ``1.06-(0.00168 x 
Rated Storage Volume in gallons)'' should read ``1.061-(0.00168 x Rated 
Storage Volume in gallons).'' This revision accurately reflects the 
values found in the energy factor equation in the preamble (80 FR 
48007), as well as the text in EEIA 2015 and, consequently, EPCA. Thus, 
the final rule has been corrected to eliminate this error. DOE notes 
that this equation to measure the energy factor for grid-enabled water 
heaters has been the law under EPCA through EEIA 2015 since April 30, 
2015, and that the August 2015 final rule and this correction simply 
place that language into DOE's codified regulations.

III. Procedural Requirements

    DOE has concluded that the determinations made pursuant to the 
various procedural requirements applicable to the August 2015 final 
rule remain unchanged for this final rule technical correction. These 
determinations are set forth in the August 2015 final rule. 80 FR 
48004, 48009-10 (Aug. 11, 2015).

List of Subjects in 10 CFR part 430

    Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business 
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, 
Intergovernmental relations, Small businesses.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2015
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, DOE amends part 430 of 
Chapter II, Subchapter D, of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations as set forth below:

PART 430--ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS

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1. The authority citation for part 430 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6309; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.


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2. Section 430.32 is amended by revising paragraph (d)(2) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  430.32  Energy and water conservation standards and their 
compliance dates.

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    (d) * * *
    (2) Grid-enabled water heaters. The energy factor of grid-enabled 
water heaters, as of April 30, 2015, shall not be less than 1.061-
(0.00168 x Rated Storage Volume in gallons).
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[FR Doc. 2015-20712 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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