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Proposed Rules
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 205
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Parts 429 and 431
EERE2021BTTP0021

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Fans and Blowers Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information;
extension of public comment period.
AGENCY:

On October 1, 2021, the U.S.
Department of Energy DOE
published a request for information RFI undertaking the preliminary stages of a rulemaking to consider potential test procedures for fans and blowers, including air circulating fan heads. The RFI provided an opportunity for submitting written comments, data, and information by November 1, 2021.
DOE received requests from the Air Movement and Control Association AMCA International asking for a 21day extension of the public comment period. DOE has reviewed this request and is granting an extension of the public comment period for 14 days to allow public comments to be submitted until November 15, 2021.
DATES: The comment period for the RFI
published on October 1, 2021 86 FR
54412 is extended. DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this RFI received no later than November 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Alternatively, interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket number EERE2021BTTP0021, by any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: To FansBlowers2021TP0021@ee.doe.gov.
Include docket number EERE2021BT

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TP0021 in the subject line of the message.
No telefacsimilies faxes will be accepted.
Although DOE has routinely accepted public comment submissions through a variety of mechanisms, including postal mail and hand delivery/courier, the Department has found it necessary to make temporary modifications to the comment submission process in light of the ongoing Covid19 pandemic. DOE is currently accepting only electronic submissions at this time. If a commenter finds that this change poses an undue hardship, please contact Appliance Standards Program staff at 202 586
1445 to discuss the need for alternative arrangements. Once the Covid19
pandemic health emergency is resolved, DOE anticipates resuming all of its regular options for public comment submission, including postal mail and hand delivery/courier.
Docket: The docket for this activity, which includes Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at www.regulations.gov. All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. However, some documents listed in the index, such as those containing information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly available.
The docket web page can be found at:
www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/
appliance_standards/product.aspx/
productid/65. The docket web page contains instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeremy Dommu, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 205850121. Telephone: 202 586
9870. Email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 205850121.
Telephone: 202 5862588. Email:
Amelia.Whiting@hq.doe.gov.
For further information on how to submit a comment or review other public comments and the docket contact
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the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at 202 287
1445 or by email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
On October 1, 2021, DOE published a RFI
undertaking the preliminary stages of a rulemaking to consider potential test procedures for fans and blowers, including air circulating fan heads. DOE
is seeking data and information to evaluate whether new test procedures would accurately and fully comply with the requirement that a test procedure measures energy use during a representative average use cycle for the equipment without being unduly burdensome to conduct. Specifically, DOE is seeking information regarding the definition, scope, test procedure and metrics for air circulating fan heads. 86
FR 54412. On October 15, 2021, AMCA
requested an extension of the public comment period for the RFI. AMCA
commented that the extension is necessary to research the issues that DOE is asking about and to collaborate with other organizations responding to the RFI. AMCA stated that they believe an extension will serve the public interest through improving not only the quality of the information industry submits to the department, but also increasing the likelihood of presenting the department with consensus recommendations on many of the questions being asked. AMCA, No. 2 at p. 1 1
DOE has reviewed the requests and is extending the comment period to allow additional time for interested parties to submit comments. As noted, the RFI
was issued as part of the preliminary stages of a rulemaking to consider potential test procedures for fans and blowers, including air circulating fan heads. If DOE determines that test procedures may be appropriate, additional notifications will be published e.g., a notice of proposed rulemaking providing interested parties with an additional opportunity to submit comment. DOE has determined SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1 The parenthetical reference provides a reference for information located in DOEs rulemaking docket. Docket No. EERE2021BTTP0021, which is maintained at www.regulations.gov/
comment/EERE-2021-BT-TP-0021-0002. The references are arranged as follows: Commenter name, comment docket ID number, page of that document.

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