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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 209 / Tuesday, November 2, 2021 / Proposed Rules person submitting information that he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via email two wellmarked copies: One copy of the document marked confidential including all the information believed to be confidential, and one copy of the document marked non-confidential with the information believed to be confidential deleted. DOE will make its own determination about the confidential status of the information and treat it according to its determination.
It is DOEs policy that all comments may be included in the public docket, without change and as received, including any personal information provided in the comments except information deemed to be exempt from public disclosure.

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E. Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment Although DOE welcomes comments on any aspect of this proposal, DOE is particularly interested in receiving comments and views of interested parties concerning the following issues:
1 DOE requests feedback on its proposal to revise section 1 of appendix Z to remove references to direct operation EPSs and indirect operation Class A EPSs. DOE also requests feedback on its proposal to use the proposed definition of a commercial and industrial power supply to exclude such EPSs from the scope of the EPS test procedure.
2 DOE requests comment on the proposed clarification in appendix Z to exclude explicitly those devices for which the primary load of the converted voltage within the device is not delivered to a separate end use product. Specifically, whether it adequately clarifies which devices are subject to the test procedure, and, if not, how the test procedure could be further modified to provide further clarity regarding its scope.
3 DOE requests feedback on maintaining the definitions of Class A external power supply, basic-voltage external power supply, direct operation external power supply, indirect operation external power supply, and low-voltage external power supply in their current location at 10 CFR
430.2. DOE also requests comment on the proposed relocation of the definition of adaptive external power supply to appendix Z.
4 DOE requests comment on its proposed amendments for EPSs that are not supplied with output cords; and, specifically, DOE
requests comment on whether the test procedure should specify testing with a DC
output cord recommended for use by manufacturers, or whether DOE should specify electrical specifications i.e., cord length, gauge, material for the type of cord.
For example, DOE could prescribe a table, as shown below, that contains electrical specifications of DC output cords for various ranges of nameplate output currents at the 100% loading condition.

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5 DOE requests comments on the proposed amendments related to PPSs and USBPD EPSs with optional voltages and currents.
6 DOE requests comment on its initial determination that the proposed amendments regarding the scope of appendix Z, if finalized, would not cause any EPS
manufacturers to incur any additional costs.
7 DOE requests comment on its initial determination that the proposed amendment to test EPSs shipped without an output cord with a manufacturer recommended cord, if finalized, would not increase the test burden as compared to the current test procedure once required.
8 DOE requests comment on its initial determination that its proposed amendment for USBPD EPSs, if finalized, would not cause any EPS manufacturers to incur any additional costs.
9 DOE requests comment on its initial determination that no small businesses would incur any additional cost due to the proposed test procedure amendments, if finalized, until compliance with a future energy conservation is required.

VI. Approval of the Office of the Secretary The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Small businesses.
Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 19, 2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.

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Signed in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.

For the reasons stated in the preamble, DOE is proposing to amend part 430 of Chapter II of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations as set forth below:
PART 430ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
1. The authority citation for part 430
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 62916309; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note.

2. Section 430.2 is amended by:
a. Removing the definition of Adaptive external power supply EPS;
b. Adding a definition of Commercial and industrial power supply in alphabetical order; and c. Revising the definition of External power supply.
The addition and revision read as follows:

430.2

Definitions.

Commercial and industrial power supply means a power supply that is used to convert electric current into DC
or lower-voltage AC current, is not distributed in commerce for use with a consumer product, and includes any of the following characteristics:
1 A power supply that require a 3phase input power and that is incapable of operating on household current;
2 A DCDC only power supply that is incapable of operating on household current;
3 A power supply with a fixed, nonremovable connection to an end-use device that is not a consumer product as defined under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act as amended;
4 A power supply whose output connector is uniquely shaped to fit only an end-use device that is not a consumer product;
5 A power supply that cannot be readily connected to an end-use device that is a consumer product without significant modification or customization of the power supply itself or the end-use device;
6 A power supply packaged with an end-use device that is not a consumer product, as evidenced by either:
i Such device being certified as, or declared to be in conformance with, a specific standard applicable only to non-consumer products. For example, a power supply model intended for use
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