Director Regulatory Buildings, EE-5B

1904-AC53 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 1900 Department of Energy DOE Test Procedures for Residential and Certain Commercial Water Heaters

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 equipment and either amend those 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 AEMTCA (i.e., by December 18, 2013).

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 10 CFR 429 10 CFR 430 10 CFR 431 42 USC 6293(b)(1)(A) 42 USC 6314(a)(1)(A) 42 USC 6295(e)(5)(B) Statutory Final 12/18/2013 AEMTCA, Uniform efficiency descriptor Statutory Final 12/19/2014 Residential water heaters Statutory Final 05/16/2019 Commercial water heaters No 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 07/07/2014 79 FR 40542 Final Action Effective 07/13/2015 No None No www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=82 www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2011-BT-TP-0042 No No 1904-AC94 Split from Ashley Armstrong Director Regulatory Buildings, EE-5B 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 202 586-6590 ashley.armstrong@ee.doe.gov Building Technologies Office, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20585