Director Regulatory Buildings, EE-5B

1904-AC91 201610 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 Procedure for Consumer and Certain Commercial Water Heaters

The American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (AEMTCA), Public Law 112-210, amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), Public Law 94-163, to require that along with developing a uniform efficiency descriptor for covered water heaters, DOE must also denominate the energy conservation standards for covered water heaters in terms of the new uniform efficiency descriptor and develop a mathematical conversion factor to translate the results for water heaters previously tested using the efficiency metric under the existing test procedure to the new uniform descriptor (42 U.S.C. 6295(e)(5)(D) and (E)). DOE is conducting this rulemaking to develop the mathematical conversion factor and translate the energy conservation standards as required by EPCA, as amended.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 10 CFR 429 10 CFR 430 10 CFR 431.106 42 U.S.C. 6295(e)(5)(D) and (E) 42 U.S.C. 6311 (12)(A) No NPRM 04/14/2015 80 FR 20116 NPRM Comment Period End 05/14/2015 NPRM Comment Period Reopened 05/20/2015 80 FR 28850 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End 06/15/2015 Supplemental NPRM 08/30/2016 81 FR 59736 SNPRM Comment Period End 09/29/2016 Final Action 12/00/2016 No None No www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=116 No No 1904-AC53 Related to 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