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DOE/EE RIN: 1904-AC53 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
Title: Test Procedures for Residential and Certain Commercial Water Heaters 
Abstract: The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to require that at least once every 7 years, DOE must review test procedures for all covered products and either amend test procedures or publish notice in the Federal Register of any determination not to amend a test procedures. Therefore, DOE must review the test procedures for residential heating products by December 19, 2014 (7 years after the enactment of EISA 2007). DOE must also review the test procedures for commercial water heaters by May 16, 2019 (7 years after they were last promulgated, 77 FR 28928 (May 16, 2012). This rulemaking was broadened in response to the amendments to EPCA contained in the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (AEMTCA). AEMTCA requires DOE to publish a final rule establishing a uniform efficiency descriptor and accompanying test methods for covered residential water heaters and commercial water heating equipment within one year of the enactment of AMETCA (i.e., by December 18, 2013). The final rule resulting from this rulemaking will satisfy the requirement to review the test procedures for residential and certain commercial water heaters within seven years of the enactment of the EISA 2007 amendments to EPCA, as well as the requirement to establish the uniform description and test method under the AEMTCA. 
Agency: Department of Energy(DOE)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 429    10 CFR 430    10 CFR 431   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6293(b)(1)(A)    42 USC 6314(a)(1)(A)    42 USC 6295(e)(5)(B)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  AEMTCA  12/18/2013 
Final  Statutory  Residential water heaters  12/19/2014 
Final  Statutory  Commercial water heaters  05/16/2019 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Request for Information  10/12/2011  76 FR 63211   
RFI Comment Period End  11/28/2011 
Request for Information  01/11/2013  78 FR 2340   
RFI Comment Period End  02/11/2013 
NPRM  11/04/2013  78 FR 66202   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/21/2014 
Final Action  05/00/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Split from 1904-AC94 
Agency Contact:
Ashley Armstrong
Director Regulatory Buildings, EE-5B
Department of Energy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Building Technologies Office, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585
Phone:202 586-6590
Email: ashley.armstrong@ee.doe.gov