Office of Building Technologies Program, EE-5B

1904-AD01 201704 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 1900 Department of Energy DOE Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers

EPCA, as amended by AEMTCA, requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for commercial packaged boilers is technically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards for such equipment. DOE last updated the standards for commercial packaged boilers on July 22, 2009. DOE issued a NOPR pursuant to the 6-year-look-back requirement on March 24, 2016. Under EPCA, DOE has two years to issue a final rule after publication of the NOPR.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes Private Sector 10 CFR 431.87(B) 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C) 42 U.S.C. 6311(11)(B) Statutory Final Subject to 6-year-look-back requirement. Yes Notice of Proposed Determination (NOPD) 08/13/2013 78 FR 49202 NOPD Comment Period End 09/12/2013 Notice of Public Meeting and Framework Document Availability 09/03/2013 78 FR 54197 Framework Document Comment Period End 10/18/2013 Notice of Public Meeting and Preliminary Analysis 11/20/2014 79 FR 69066 Preliminary Analysis Comment Period End 01/20/2015 Withdrawal of NOPD 08/25/2015 80 FR 51487 NPRM 03/24/2016 81 FR 15836 NPRM Comment Period End 05/23/2016 NPRM Comment Period Extended 05/04/2016 81 FR 26747 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 06/22/2016 Final Action 09/00/2017 Yes Businesses None No No www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/79 Yes No James Raba Office of Building Technologies Program, EE-5B 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 202 586-8654 jim.raba@ee.doe.gov 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington DC 20585