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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) |
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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 |