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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Proposed Rules 3. Reporting Costs and Impacts In this NOPR, DOE proposes to add three additional reported values for CCWs i.e., the clothes container capacity, the type of loading, and the corrected RMC value. Currently, manufacturers report two values, as described in the previous section.
DOE has tentatively determined that the proposed amendment would not impose additional costs for manufacturers because manufacturers of CCWs are already submitting certification reports to DOE and should have readily available the information that DOE is proposing to collect as part of this rulemaking. In particular, the clothes container capacity and corrected RMC values are already measured as part of the test procedure and are required for calculating the MEFJ2
metric. DOE does not believe the revised reporting requirements would cause any measurable change in reporting burden or hours as compared to what CCW
manufacturers are currently doing today.
DOE seeks comment on its proposal to change the reporting requirements, specify rounding instructions, and specify sampling provisions for certain reported values for CCWs, including any corresponding certification and reporting costs.
H. Battery Chargers
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1. Scope of Applicability This NOPR applies to battery chargers, which means a device that charges batteries for consumer products, including battery chargers embedded in other consumer products. 10 CFR 430.2.
2. Reporting Under the existing requirements in 10
CFR 429.39b, a certification report must include the following public product-specific information for all battery chargers other than uninterruptable power supplies:
Nameplate battery voltage of the test battery in volts V, nameplate battery charge capacity of the test battery in ampere-hours Ah, nameplate battery energy capacity of the test battery in watt-hours Wh, maintenance mode power Pm, standby mode power Psb, off mode power Poff, battery discharge energy Ebatt, 24-hour energy consumption E24, duration of the charge and maintenance mode test tcd, and unit energy consumption UEC. 10
CFR 429.39b2.
In addition, a certification report must include the following additional product-specific information for all battery chargers other than uninterruptible power supplies: The
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manufacturer and model of the test battery, and the manufacturer and model, when applicable, of the external power supply. 10 CFR 429.39b3.
Certification reports must also include the following product-specific information for all uninterruptible power supplies: Supported input dependency modes; active power in watts W; apparent power in voltamperes VA; rated input and output voltages in volts V; efficiencies at 25
percent, 50 percent, 75 percent and 100
percent of the reference test load; and average load adjusted efficiency of the lowest and highest input dependency modes. 10 CFR 429.39b4.
DOE notes that 10 CFR 429.12a states that basic models of covered products require annual filings on or before the dates provided in 10 CFR
429.12d but paragraph d does not specifically list an annual filing date for battery chargers. In light of this omission, DOE proposes to explicitly specify in 10 CFR 429.12d that battery chargers be recertified annually on or before September 1.

2. Reporting Under the existing requirements in 10
CFR 429.59b2iv and b3iv, there are requirements for certification reports for DPPPs subject to the test methods prescribed in 431.464b. However, in 10 CFR 429.12, certification is only required for covered equipment subject to an applicable energy conservation standard, and certain DPPPs that are subject to the test method, specifically waterfall pumps and polyphase selfpriming pool filter pumps, are not subject to an energy conservation standard. Therefore, in this NOPR, DOE
proposes to clarify the reporting requirements by removing the language in 10 CFR 429.59b2iv and b3iv that references the test method as well as a reference to waterfall pumps. In addition, DOE would amend the same provisions to specify that they do not apply to integral cartridge-filter and sand filter pool pumps. Rather, because those pumps are subject to design requirements, they have separate reporting requirements in 10 CFR
429.59b2v.

3. Reporting Costs and Impacts
3. Reporting Costs and Impacts In this NOPR, DOE proposes to clarify the existing certification requirements for DPPPs. Therefore, DOE has tentatively determined that the proposed amendment would not impose additional costs or burden for manufacturers.
DOE requests comment on its proposal to clarify the certification requirement for certain models of DPPPs.

In this NOPR, DOE proposes no changes to the reported information required for battery chargers. DOE only proposes to specify the annual date by which manufacturers must submit annual certification filings to DOE. DOE
has tentatively determined that the proposed amendment would not impose additional costs for manufacturers because manufacturers of battery chargers are already submitting certification reports to DOE. DOE does not believe the revised reporting requirements would cause any measurable change in reporting burden or hours as compared to what battery charger manufacturers are currently doing today.
DOE requests comment on the proposed annual filing date for battery chargers and any corresponding certification and reporting costs.
I. Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pumps 1. Scope of Applicability This NOPR applies to DPPPs, which comprises self-priming pool filter pumps, non-self-priming pool filter pumps, waterfall pumps, pressure cleaner booster pumps, integral sandfilter pool pumps, integral-cartridge filter pool pumps, storable electric spa pumps, and rigid electric spa pumps. 10
CFR 431.462. In the August 2017 Final Rule, DOE adopted certification and reporting requirements for DPPPs. 82 FR
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J. Draft Certification Templates for Review To help interested parties better understand and review the proposed amendments discussed in the earlier sections of this NOPR, DOE has developed a draft document that includes example tables showing the certification report template inputs as would be required in accordance with the proposals in this NOPR, if finalized.18 The draft reporting template requirements will be made available in docket number EERE2012
BTSTD0045, available at https
www.regulations.gov, upon publication of this NOPR. The draft tables also include the data entry requirements for each field in the certification report input table.
The draft certification table headers are not reflective of the final 18 The draft document does not include battery chargers or DPPPs, as DOE is not proposing any amendments to the reporting requirements for those products, as discussed in sections III.H and III.I of this document.

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