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RIN: 1904-AD02

Publication ID: Spring 2017

Title: Energy Conservation Standards for Portable Air Conditioners
Abstract: DOE has determined that portable air conditioners (ACs) qualify as a covered product under part A of title III of EPCA, as amended. DOE has not previously conducted an energy conservation standard rulemaking for portable ACs. On June 13, 2016, DOE issued a NOPR proposing energy conservation standards for this product. 81 FR 38398
Agency: Department of Energy(DOE)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 429 10 CFR 430
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6292(b) 42 U.S.C. 6295(l)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice of Proposed Determination (NOPD)	07/05/2013	78 FR 40403
NOPD Comment Period End	08/05/2013
Notice of Public Meeting and Preliminary Analysis	02/27/2015	80 FR 10628
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period End	04/28/2015
Notice of Final Determination	04/18/2016	81 FR 22514
NPRM	06/13/2016	81 FR 38398
NPRM Comment Period End	08/12/2016
NPRM Comment Period Reopened	08/15/2016	81 FR 53961
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End	09/26/2016
Final Action	09/00/2017

Additional Information: This final rule was issued on December 28, 2016, and posted on the EERE website. It is subject to DOE's error correction process which established a procedure through which a party can, within a prescribed period after DOE posts a rule establishing or amending an energy conservation standard, identify a possible error in such a rule and request that DOE correct the error before the rule is published in the Federal Register August 24, 2016 (81 FR 57745). For this specific rule, the 45-day time period for comments expired on February 11, 2017.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/rulemaking.aspx/ruleid/76
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer Building Technologies Office, EE-5B Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585 Phone:202 586-0371 Email: bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov