81 FR 74727 - Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Availability of Provisional Analysis Results
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 74727-74730] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-26007] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Part 431 [Docket Number EERE-2014-BT-STD-0048] RIN 1904-AD37 Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Availability of Provisional Analysis Results AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of data availability (NODA). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed a provisional analysis to translate the residential central air conditioner and heat pump energy conservation standard levels recommended by the CAC/HP ECS Working Group--expressed in terms of the test procedure at the time of the Working Group negotiations--into levels consistent with the DOE test procedure proposed in the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR. At this time, DOE is not proposing any energy conservation standard for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. However, it is publishing these analysis results and the underlining assumptions and calculations that might ultimately support a proposed standard. DOE [[Page 74728]] encourages stakeholders to provide any additional data or information that may improve the analysis. DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this notice of data availability (NODA) no later than November 14, 2016. Any comments submitted must identify the NODA for central air conditioners and heat pumps, and provide docket number EERE-2014-BT- STD-0048 and/or regulatory information number (RIN) number 1904-AD37. Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Email: [email protected] Include the docket number and/or RIN in the subject line of the message. Mail: Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-6590. If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies. For further information on how to submit a comment, review other public comments and the docket, contact the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at (202) 586-6636 or by email: [email protected]. ADDRESSES: The Docket Number EERE-2014-BT-STD-0048, is available for review at www.regulations.gov, including Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in the index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure. A link to the docket Web page can be found at: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2014-BT-STD-0048. The www.regulations.gov Web page contains instructions on how to access all documents in the docket, including public comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-6590. Email: [email protected]. Ms. Johanna Jochum, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6307. Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Background II. Summary of the Analyses Performed by DOE III. Issues on Which DOE Seeks Public Comment I. Background On June 27, 2011, DOE published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending the energy conservation standard for residential furnaces and central air conditioners and heat pumps. 76 FR 37408. (The standards set forth in the June 27, 2011 DFR were confirmed in a notice of effective date and compliance dates published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2011. 76 FR 67037.) DOE is amending its energy conservation standards for central air conditioners pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1), which requires DOE to periodically review its already established energy conservation standards for a covered product. More specifically, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007), requires that not later than 6 years after issuance of any final rule establishing or amending a standard, DOE must publish either a notice of determination that standards for the product do not need to be amended, or a notice of proposed rulemaking including new proposed energy conservation standards. As DOE's last final rule for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps energy conservation standards was issued on June 27, 2011, DOE must act by June 27, 2017. On July 14, 2015, DOE published a notice of intent to form a working group to negotiate energy conservation standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps and requested nominations from parties interested in serving as members of that working group. 80 FR 40938. This working group (``CAC/HP ECS Working Group''), which ultimately consisted of 15 members in addition to one member from the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC), and one DOE representative, came to a consensus on January 19, 2016 to recommend the energy conservation standard levels outlined in the ASRAC Working Group Final Term Sheet (``the Term Sheet''). (ASRAC Working Group Term Sheet, Docket No. EERE-2014-BT-STD-0048, No. 0076). On August 24, 2016, DOE published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (the August 2016 SNOPR) that incorporates some of those recommendations into DOE's test procedure for central air conditioners and heat pumps. 81 FR 58164. Several of the Term Sheet recommendations are relevant to this NODA. Recommendation #8 of the Term Sheet recommended standard levels, in terms of SEER, EER, and HSPF, based on the test procedure that was in place at the time of the CAC/HP ECS Working Group negotiations. Recommendation #9 of the Term Sheet provided translated values, in terms of SEER2 and EER2, for some of the recommended standard levels in Recommendation #8 that would be consistent with the proposed amendments to the test procedure outlined in the November 2015 test procedure SNOPR.\1\ 80 FR 69278 (Nov. 9, 2015). The Term Sheet also provided translated values for heating efficiency of split system and single- package heat pumps, in terms of HSPF2, using an alternative test procedure favored by some of the Working Group members. Recommendation #9 of the Term Sheet stated that the energy conservation standards for small-duct high velocity and space constrained products should remain unchanged from current levels (i.e. that there would be no change in stringency), but did not provide translated values. (ASRAC Term Sheet, No. 76 at pp. 4-5) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ DOE proposed similar amendments most recently in the August 2016 SNOPR published on August 24, 2016. 81 FR 58164. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on comments received on the November 2015 test procedure SNOPR, DOE continued work on the concurrent rulemaking to amend the CAC/HP test procedure while the CAC/HP ASRAC Working Group was negotiating the standard levels for CACs and HPs. DOE published a test procedure SNOPR on August 24, 2016 proposing revisions to the amendments of the November 2015 NOPR. 81 FR 58164. The August 2016 test procedure SNOPR included translated HSPF2 levels for split-system and single-package heat pumps, but did not include translated levels for small- [[Page 74729]] duct high velocity and space constrained products. This NODA provides provisional translations of the CAC/HP Working Group's recommended energy conservation standard levels for small-duct high velocity and space constrained products (which are in terms of the test procedure at the time of the 2015-2016 Negotiations) into levels consistent with the test procedure proposed in the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR. As mentioned, translated values for all other product classes can be found in the Term Sheet \2\ or August 24, 2016 test procedure SNOPR. 81 FR 58164. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Available at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2014-BT-STD-0048-0076. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Summary of the Analyses Performed by DOE Table 1--Provisional Translations of CAC/HP Working Group-Recommended Energy Conservation Standard Levels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAC/HP working group August 2016 test procedure recommendation SNOPR translation Product class --------------------------------------------------------------- SEER HSPF SEER2 HSPF2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small-Duct High-Velocity Systems................ 12 7.2 12 6.1 Space-Constrained Air Conditioners.............. .............. .............. 11.6 */11.8 ** .............. Space-Constrained Heat Pumps.................... 12 .............. 11.5 */11.9 ** 6.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Estimated SEER2 at 0.50 in. wc. ** Estimated SEER2 at 0.30 in. wc. A. Small-Duct High-Velocity The August 2016 test procedure SNOPR made minor changes to the procedure for measuring SEER in SDHV systems. Specifically, rather than testing with external static pressure that varies with capacity from 1.1 to 1.2 inches water column (in. wc.), consistent with term sheet Recommendation #2, the August 2016 SNOPR proposed testing all SDHV units with 1.15 in wc. external static pressure. 81 FR 58163 (Aug. 24, 2016). Translation of SEER for this test procedure change would involve a slight reduction for low-capacity unit, no change for medium-capacity units, and a slight increase for high-capacity units. Rather than setting three different SEER levels for these products, DOE's translated level represents an average translation, equivalent to no change in the value. Consequently, current SEER ratings would not change should DOE adopt the test procedure proposed in the August 2016 SNOPR, per the CAC/HP Working Group's Recommendation #8 to keep the current 12 SEER standard. The August 2016 test procedure SNOPR proposes changes to the test procedure for determining heating performance, including for SDHV systems. Consequently, HSPF2 numerical values for SDHV will be different than the current HSPF numerical values. In the August 2016 test procedure, DOE interpolated between the HSPF2 values resulting from the heating load line slope factor options presented by the CAC/HP Working Group in the Term Sheet to translate current HSPF standard levels to HSPF2 levels in terms of the proposed heating load line slope factor for split-system heat pumps. DOE found that this methodology resulted in a 15% reduction from HSPF to HSPF2 ratings. 81 FR at 58191. For SDHV heat pump products, DOE reviewed split-system heat pump test data to determine the appropriate HSPF to HSPF2 translation and found that the same 15% reduction in HSPF to HSPF2 would be appropriate to apply to SDHV heat pump products as well. Thus, to translate the CAC/HP Working Group recommendation a HSPF2 value consistent with the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR achieve the HSPF2 values presented in this NODA, DOE applied a 15% reduction to the current SDHV HSPF standard. B. Space-Constrained Products For the space-constrained air conditioner SEER standard level translation, DOE reviewed existing test data, adjusted relevant measurements based on indoor fan performance data to account for the test procedure changes (e.g., increased ESP), and translated the levels based on the average impact. DOE reviewed test data for multiple blower-coil split-system space-constrained air conditioners. Because these data are for blower-coil systems tested at static pressures lower than those proposed in the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR, DOE had to adjust the data for a relevant translation. Under 10 CFR 429.16, ratings for split-system space-constrained products must include a coil-only efficiency representation of the least efficient coil-only combination. To derive a space-constrained coil-only SEER rating based on the test data, DOE replaced the tested indoor fan power with 365 W/ 1000 CFM, and recalculated the SEER rating. The 365 W/1000 CFM is the default fan power value in the current test procedure, which represents indoor fan performance at the operating conditions specified in the current test procedure. The August 2016 test procedure SNOPR proposed that split-system coil-only products be tested at a minimum external static pressure of 0.5 in. wc. To adjust for this change, DOE replaced the tested indoor fan power with 441 W/1000 CFM, and recalculated the SEER rating. The 441 W/1000 CFM is the default fan power value recommended in the CAC/HP Working Group Term Sheet and proposed in the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR to represent split-system coil-only blower power consumption at 0.5 in. wc., which reduced the space-constrained coil-only SEER value by an average of 4%. ASRAC Term Sheet, No. 76 at p. 3; 81 FR at 58185 (Aug. 24, 2016). DOE applied this 4% reduction to the SEER standard level recommended by the CAC/HP Working Group (to maintain stringency equivalent to the current space constrained air conditioner 12 SEER standard) to derive the translated SEER2 level in Table 1. DOE also evaluated the impact on SEER assuming operation at 0.30 in. wc., as recommended by the CAC/HP ECS Working Group, given that the test procedure is not finalized and DOE's proposals may change. To estimate SEER at 0.30 in. wc., DOE replaced the tested indoor fan power with 406 W/1000 CFM, and recalculated the SEER rating. The 406 W/1000 CFM is the default fan power value recommended in the CAC/HP Working Group Term Sheet and proposed in the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR to represent split- [[Page 74730]] system mobile home coil-only blower power consumption at 0.30 in. wc. (ASRAC Term Sheet, No. 76 at p. 3) 81 FR at 58185 (Aug. 24, 2016). The space-constrained coil-only SEER reduced by an average of 2%. DOE applied this 2% reduction to the SEER standard level recommended by the CAC/HP Working Group (to maintain stringency equivalent to the current space constrained air conditioner 12 SEER standard) to derive the translated SEER2 level in Table 1. For the space-constrained heat pump SEER translation, DOE used a similar methodology as it used for space-constrained air conditioners, but the adjustments to blower power were slightly different. Section 429.16 requires that split-system heat pumps have blower-coil efficiency representations. In addition, the August 2016 test procedure SNOPR proposed that split-system coil-only products be tested at a minimum external static pressure of 0.5 in. wc., which is higher than the 0.1 to 0.2 in. wc. at which these products are currently. DOE replaced the tested indoor fan power with fan power at 0.5 in. wc. determined from product specification sheets and recalculated SEER. The tested SEER reduced by an average of 4% to 11.5, as listed in Table 1 of this preamble. DOE also evaluated the impact on SEER reduction, assuming operation at 0.30 in. wc., as recommended by the CAC/HP ECS Working Group, given that the test procedure is not finalized and DOE's proposals may change. DOE replaced the tested indoor fan power with fan power at 0.30 in. wc. determined from product specification sheets and recalculated SEER. The tested SEER reduced by an average of 1% to 11.9, as listed in Table 1 of this preamble. For the space-constrained heat pump HSPF translation, DOE used the same methodology as it used for its SDHV system HSPF translation (i.e., applying a 15% reduction). See section II.A. III. Issues on Which DOE Seeks Public Comment DOE is interested in receiving comments and views of interested parties concerning the translation of SEER and HSPF values to SEER2 and HSPF2 values shown in Table 1 for spaced-constrained and SDHV products. The purpose of this NODA is to notify industry, manufacturers, consumer groups, efficiency advocates, government agencies, and other stakeholders of the publication of an analysis of potential energy conservation standards for commercial and industrial fans and blowers. Stakeholders should contact DOE for any additional information pertaining to the analyses performed for this NODA. Issued in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2016. Kathleen B. Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 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places of production must be hired, field cartons or containers that are United States. Additionally, if a single
trained, and supervised by the NPPO of marked with the official registration H. lauri, H. trifasciatus, or S. catenifer
Colombia. APHIS may monitor the number of the place of production. The at any life stage is detected during this
places of production if necessary. place of production where the avocados inspection, the place of production of
(2) In addition to conducting fruit were grown must remain identifiable the infested avocados will be suspended
inspections at the packinghouses, the when the fruit leaves the grove, at the from the export program for avocados to
NPPO of Colombia must monitor packinghouse, and throughout the the continental United States until
packinghouse operations to verify that export process. The fruit must be moved APHIS and the NPPO of Colombia
the packinghouses are complying with to a registered packinghouse within 3 conduct an investigation and agree that
the requirements of this section. hours of harvest or must be protected appropriate remedial actions to
(3) If the NPPO of Colombia finds that from fruit fly introduction until moved. reestablish pest freedom have been
a place of production or packinghouse The fruit must be safeguarded in implemented.
is not complying with the requirements accordance with the operational (h) Phytosanitary certificate. Each
of this section, no avocados from the workplan while in transit to the consignment of Hass avocados from
place of production or packinghouse packinghouse and while awaiting Colombia must be accompanied by a
will be eligible for export to the United packing. phytosanitary certificate issued by the
States until APHIS and the NPPO of (f) Packinghouse requirements. (1) NPPO of Colombia with an additional
Colombia conduct an investigation and During the time registered declaration stating that the avocados in
agree that appropriate remedial actions packinghouses are in use for packing the consignment were produced in
have been implemented. avocados for export to the United States, accordance with this section and the
(4) The NPPO of Colombia must retain the packinghouses may only accept operational workplan.
all forms and documents related to avocados that are from registered places
export program activities in places of Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of
of production and that are produced in October 2016.
production and packinghouses for at accordance with the requirements of
least 1 year and, as requested, provide Michael C. Gregoire,
this section.
them to APHIS for review. (2) Avocados must be packed within Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
(c) Grove sanitation. Avocado fruit 24 hours of harvest in a pest- Health Inspection Service.
that has fallen from the trees must be exclusionary packinghouse. All [FR Doc. 2016–26033 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am]
removed from each place of production openings to the outside of the BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
at least once every 7 days, starting 2 packinghouse must be screened or
months before harvest and continuing to covered by a barrier that prevents pests
the end of harvest. Fallen avocado fruit from entering, as specified within the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
may not be included in field containers operational workplan. The
of fruit brought to the packinghouse to packinghouse must have double doors 10 CFR Part 431
be packed for export. at the entrance to the facility and at the [Docket Number EERE–2014–BT–STD–
(d) Mitigation measures for H. lauri, interior entrance to the area where the 0048]
H. trifasciatus, and S. catenifer. avocados are packed.
Avocados must either be grown in (3) Fruit must be packed in insect- RIN 1904–AD37
places of production located in proof packaging, or covered with insect-
departments of Colombia that are Energy Conservation Standards for
proof mesh or a plastic tarpaulin, for
designated as free of H. lauri, H. Residential Central Air Conditioners
transport to the United States. These
trifasciatus, and S. catenifer in and Heat Pumps: Availability of
safeguards must remain intact until
accordance with § 319.56–5 of this Provisional Analysis Results
arrival in the United States.
chapter, or be grown in places of (4) Shipping documents AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and
production that have been surveyed by accompanying consignments of Renewable Energy, Department of
the NPPO of Colombia and have been avocados from Colombia that are Energy.
determined to be free of these pests. If exported to the United States must ACTION: Notice of data availability
the latter, the NPPO must maintain a specify the place of production at which (NODA).
buffer zone of 1 kilometer around the the avocados were grown as well as the
perimeter of the place of production, packing shed or sheds in which the fruit SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
and must survey representative areas of was processed and packed. This Energy (DOE) has completed a
the place of production and buffer zone identification must be maintained until provisional analysis to translate the
for H. lauri, H. trifasciatus, and S. the fruit is released for entry into the residential central air conditioner and
catenifer monthly, beginning no more United States. heat pump energy conservation
than 2 months before harvest, in (g) NPPO of Colombia inspection. standard levels recommended by the
accordance with a survey protocol Following any post-harvest processing, CAC/HP ECS Working Group—
approved by APHIS. If one or more H. inspectors from the NPPO of Colombia expressed in terms of the test procedure
lauri, H. trifasciatus, or S. catenifer is must visually inspect a biometric at the time of the Working Group
detected during a survey of the place of sample of fruit from each place of negotiations—into levels consistent
production or buffer zone, the place of production at a rate to be determined by with the DOE test procedure proposed
production will be suspended from the APHIS. The inspectors must visually in the August 2016 test procedure
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export program for avocados to the inspect for quarantine pests, including SNOPR. At this time, DOE is not
continental United States until APHIS M. hirsutus, and must cut a portion of proposing any energy conservation
and the NPPO of Colombia conduct an the fruit to inspect for H. lauri, H. standard for residential central air
investigation and agree that appropriate trifasciatus, and S. catenifer. If a single conditioners and heat pumps. However,
remedial actions to reestablish pest quarantine pest is detected during this it is publishing these analysis results
freedom have been implemented. inspection protocol, the consignment and the underlining assumptions and
(e) Harvesting requirements. from which the sample was taken is calculations that might ultimately
Harvested avocados must be placed in prohibited from being shipped to the support a proposed standard. DOE
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system mobile home coil-only blower Stakeholders should contact DOE for Information Number (RIN) 2590–AA78,
power consumption at 0.30 in. wc. any additional information pertaining to by any of the following methods:
(ASRAC Term Sheet, No. 76 at p. 3) 81 the analyses performed for this NODA. • Agency Web site: www.fhfa.gov/
FR at 58185 (Aug. 24, 2016). The space- Issued in Washington, DC, on October 21, open-for-comment-or-input.
constrained coil-only SEER reduced by 2016. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
an average of 2%. DOE applied this 2% Kathleen B. Hogan, www.regulations.gov. Follow the
reduction to the SEER standard level Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy instructions for submitting comments. If
recommended by the CAC/HP Working Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable you submit your comment to the
Group (to maintain stringency Energy. Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also
equivalent to the current space [FR Doc. 2016–26007 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] send it by email to FHFA at
constrained air conditioner 12 SEER BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
RegComments@fhfa.gov to ensure
standard) to derive the translated SEER2 timely receipt by the Agency. Please
level in Table 1. include Comments/RIN 2590–AA78 in
For the space-constrained heat pump the subject line of the message.
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SEER translation, DOE used a similar • Courier/Hand Delivery: The hand
methodology as it used for space- AGENCY
delivery address is: Alfred M. Pollard,
constrained air conditioners, but the General Counsel, Attention: Comments/
12 CFR Part 1207
adjustments to blower power were RIN 2590–AA78, Federal Housing
slightly different. Section 429.16 RIN 2590–AA78 Finance Agency, 400 Seventh Street
requires that split-system heat pumps SW., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC
have blower-coil efficiency Minority and Women Inclusion
20219. Deliver the package to the
representations. In addition, the August Amendments
Seventh Street entrance Guard Desk,
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that split-system coil-only products be Agency. a.m. to 5 p.m.
tested at a minimum external static ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. • U.S. Mail, United Parcel Service,
pressure of 0.5 in. wc., which is higher Federal Express or Other Mail Service:
than the 0.1 to 0.2 in. wc. at which these SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance The mailing address for comments is:
products are currently. DOE replaced Agency (FHFA or Agency) is issuing Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel,
the tested indoor fan power with fan notice and providing an opportunity for Attention: Comments/RIN 2590–AA78,
power at 0.5 in. wc. determined from the public to comment on proposed Federal Housing Finance Agency, 400
product specification sheets and amendments to its regulations on Seventh Street SW., Eighth Floor,
recalculated SEER. The tested SEER minority and women inclusion. Those Washington, DC 20219.
reduced by an average of 4% to 11.5, as regulations, require the Federal National FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
listed in Table 1 of this preamble. DOE Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Sharron P. A. Levine, Director, Office of
also evaluated the impact on SEER Federal Home Loan Mortgage Minority and Women Inclusion,
reduction, assuming operation at 0.30 Corporation (Freddie Mac) (together, Sharron.Levine@fhfa.gov, (202) 649–
in. wc., as recommended by the CAC/ Enterprises), and the Federal Home
HP ECS Working Group, given that the 3496; Eric Howard, Deputy Director,
Loan Banks (Banks or Bank System) Office of Minority and Women
test procedure is not finalized and (collectively, the regulated entities) and
DOE’s proposals may change. DOE Inclusion, Eric.Howard@fhfa.gov, (202)
the Bank System’s Office of Finance to 649–3009; or James Jordan, Assistant
replaced the tested indoor fan power promote diversity and ensure the
with fan power at 0.30 in. wc. General Counsel, James.Jordan@
inclusion and utilization of minorities, fhfa.gov, (202) 649–3075 (not toll-free
determined from product specification women, and individuals with
sheets and recalculated SEER. The numbers), Federal Housing Finance
disabilities and minority-, women-, and Agency, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
tested SEER reduced by an average of disabled-owned businesses in all
1% to 11.9, as listed in Table 1 of this Washington, DC 20219. The telephone
business and activities at all levels, number for the Telecommunications
preamble. including management, employment,
For the space-constrained heat pump Device for the Hearing Impaired is (800)
and contracting. The proposed 877–8339.
HSPF translation, DOE used the same amendments would clarify the scope of
methodology as it used for its SDHV SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the regulated entities’ obligation to
system HSPF translation (i.e., applying promote diversity and ensure the I. Comments
a 15% reduction). See section II.A. inclusion and utilization of minorities, FHFA invites comments on all aspects
III. Issues on Which DOE Seeks Public women, and individuals with of the proposed amendments and will
Comment disabilities in all business and activities; take all comments into consideration
require each regulated entity to develop before issuing a final rule. Copies of all
DOE is interested in receiving
and adopt strategies for promoting comments received will be posted
comments and views of interested
diversity and ensuring the inclusion of without change on the FHFA Web site
parties concerning the translation of
minorities, women, and individuals at http://www.fhfa.gov and will include
SEER and HSPF values to SEER2 and
with disabilities; and improve the any personal information you provide,
HSPF2 values shown in Table 1 for
usefulness and comparability of the such as your name, address, email
spaced-constrained and SDHV products.
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The purpose of this NODA is to notify information the regulated entities report address, and telephone number. Copies
industry, manufacturers, consumer to FHFA about their efforts to advance of all comments received will be made
groups, efficiency advocates, diversity and inclusion. available for examination by the public
government agencies, and other DATES: Written comments must be on business days between the hours of
stakeholders of the publication of an received on or before December 27, l0 a.m. and 3 p.m., at the Federal
analysis of potential energy 2016. Housing Finance Agency, 400 Seventh
conservation standards for commercial ADDRESSES: You may submit your Street SW., Eighth Floor, Washington,
and industrial fans and blowers. comments, identified by Regulatory DC 20219. To make an appointment to
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| Contact | Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-6590. Email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 74727 | |
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