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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 153 / Thursday, August 12, 2021 / Proposed Rules
H. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999
Section 654 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 Pub. L. 105277 requires Federal agencies to issue a Family Policymaking Assessment for any rule that may affect family well-being. This proposed determination would not have any impact on the autonomy or integrity of the family as an institution.
Accordingly, DOE has concluded that it is not necessary to prepare a Family Policymaking Assessment.
I. Review Under Executive Order 12630
Pursuant to E.O. 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights, 53 FR 8859 Mar. 15, 1988, DOE has determined that this proposed determination would not result in any takings that might require compensation under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.

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J. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001
Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 44 U.S.C. 3516 note provides for Federal agencies to review most disseminations of information to the public under information quality guidelines established by each agency pursuant to general guidelines issued by OMB. OMBs guidelines were published at 67 FR 8452 Feb. 22, 2002, and DOEs guidelines were published at 67
FR 62446 Oct. 7, 2002. Pursuant to OMB Memorandum M1915, Improving Implementation of the Information Quality Act April 24, 2019, DOE published updated guidelines which are available at https www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/
2019/12/f70/DOE%20
Final%20Updated%20
IQA%20Guidelines%20
Dec%202019.pdf. DOE has reviewed this NOPD under the OMB and DOE
guidelines and has concluded that it is consistent with applicable policies in those guidelines.
K. Review Under Executive Order 13211
E.O. 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use, 66
FR 28355 May 22, 2001, requires Federal agencies to prepare and submit to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs OIRA at OMB, a Statement of Energy Effects for any proposed significant energy action. A
significant energy action is defined as any action by an agency that
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promulgates or is expected to lead to promulgation of a final rule, and that 1
is a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, or any successor Executive Order; and 2 is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy, or 3 is designated by the Administrator of OIRA as a significant energy action. For any proposed significant energy action, the agency must give a detailed statement of any adverse effects on energy supply, distribution, or use should the proposal be implemented, and of reasonable alternatives to the action and their expected benefits on energy supply, distribution, and use.
Because this proposed determination does not propose to amend energy conservation standards for microwave ovens, it is not a significant regulatory action, nor has it been designated as such by the Administrator at OIRA.
Accordingly, DOE has not prepared a Statement of Energy Effects.
L. Review Under the Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review On December 16, 2004, OMB, in consultation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy OSTP, issued its Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review the Bulletin. 70 FR 2664 Jan. 14, 2005.
The Bulletin establishes that certain scientific information shall be peer reviewed by qualified specialists before it is disseminated by the Federal Government, including influential scientific information related to agency regulatory actions. The purpose of the bulletin is to enhance the quality and credibility of the Governments scientific information. Under the Bulletin, the energy conservation standards rulemaking analyses are influential scientific information, which the Bulletin defines as scientific information the agency reasonably can determine will have, or does have, a clear and substantial impact on important public policies or private sector decisions. Id. at 70 FR 2667.
In response to OMBs Bulletin, DOE
conducted formal peer reviews of the energy conservation standards development process and the analyses that are typically used and has prepared a Peer Review report pertaining to the energy conservation standards rulemaking analyses.12 Generation of this report involved a rigorous, formal, and documented evaluation using objective criteria and qualified and 12 Energy Conservation Standards Rulemaking Peer Review Report. 2007. Available at https
energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/energyconservation-standards-rulemaking-peer-reviewreport-0.

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independent reviewers to make a judgment as to the technical/scientific/
business merit, the actual or anticipated results, and the productivity and management effectiveness of programs and/or projects. DOE has determined that the peer-reviewed analytical process continues to reflect current practice, and the Department followed that process for considering amended energy conservation standards in the case of the present action.
VII. Public Participation A. Participation in the Webinar The time and date of the webinar are listed in the DATES section at the beginning of this document. If no participants register for the webinar then it will be cancelled. Webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOEs website: https www1.eere.energy.gov/
buildings/appliance_standards/
standards.aspx?productid=33.
Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the webinar software.
B. Procedure for Submitting Prepared General Statements for Distribution Any person who has an interest in the topics addressed in this document, or who is representative of a group or class of persons that has an interest in these issues, may request an opportunity to make an oral presentation at the webinar. Requests may be sent by email to the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585
0121, or ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov. Persons who wish to speak should include with their request a computer file in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or text ASCII file format that briefly describes the nature of their interest in this rulemaking and the topics they wish to discuss. Such persons should also provide a daytime telephone number where they can be reached.
Persons requesting to speak should briefly describe the nature of their interest in this rulemaking and provide a telephone number for contact. DOE
requests persons selected to make an oral presentation to submit an advance copy of their statements at least two weeks before the webinar. At its discretion, DOE may permit persons who cannot supply an advance copy of their statement to participate, if those
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