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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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TABLE II.1SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO CERTIFICATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO CURRENT
CERTIFICATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTSContinued Current DOE certification reporting requirements
Proposed certification reporting requirements
Attribution
For GSILs and IRLs, does not require reporting all metrics that aid in ensuring compliance.

Add reporting requirements for rated voltage, lamp diameter, and CRI for IRLs and initial lumen output for GSILs.

For ceiling fans, reporting requirement includes number of speeds and design requirement declaration.

Add reporting requirements for small diameter ceiling fans to include blade span, ceiling fan efficiency in CFM/W, declarations regarding multi-head fans along with additional product-specific information for small-diameter ceiling fans: Standby power, blade edge thickness in, airflow CFM at high speed, blade RPM at high speed, and the distance in between the ceiling and the lowest point on the fan blades in both hugger and standard configurations for multi-mount fans.
Add reporting requirements for large diameter ceiling fans to include CFEI for high speed and 40 percent speed or the nearest speed that is not less than 40
percent speed.
Amend 10 CFR 429.32 to specify that represented values of efficiency must be rounded to the nearest whole number for small diameter ceiling fans in terms of CFM/W and to the nearest hundredth for large diameter ceiling fans in terms of CFEI.
Add reporting requirement for standby mode and off mode energy consumption of consumer boilers, non-weatherized oil-fired furnaces including mobile home furnaces, and electric furnaces.

Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with existing standards or product class characterizations.
Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with January 21, 2020 energy conservation standards to reflect the January 2017 CF ECS
Final Rule.

For ceiling fans, reporting requirement includes number of speeds and design requirement declaration.

For ceiling fans, no rounding requirements for the small diameter or large diameter ceiling fan efficiencies.

For consumer boilers, non-weatherized oil-fired furnaces including mobile home furnaces and electric furnaces, no reporting requirement for standby mode and off mode energy consumption.

For gas-fired boilers, reporting requirement to certify type of ignition system applies only to cast iron sectional gas-fired boilers.

Expand reporting requirement for type of ignition system to apply to all gas-fired boiler.

For grid-enabled water heaters, no requirement for manufacturers to submit annual shipment data.

Require manufacturers to submit annual shipment data for grid-enabled water heaters at 10 CFR
429.17.
Require manufacturers to report use of the new detergent formulation that replaces the detergent formulation currently specified.

For testing dishwashers, no reporting requirement for certification based on testing with an alternate detergent in place of the one currently specified for use, which has been discontinued.
For CCWs, does not require reporting of clothes container capacity, loading axis, or remaining moisture content value.

For battery chargers, reporting requirements are included in 10 CFR 429.39, but no annual filing date is specified in 10 CFR 429.12.
For DPPPs, includes certification reporting requirements for certain models that may cause confusion as to the scope of these provisions.

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DOE is not proposing amendments to the test procedures or energy conservation standards for CFLKs, GSILs, IRLs, ceiling fans, consumer furnaces and boilers, consumer water heaters, dishwashers, CCWs, battery chargers, or DPPPs.
III. Discussion Certification of compliance to DOE is a mechanism that helps manufacturers understand their obligations for distributing models of covered products and equipment that are subject to energy conservation standards. Certification
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Add reporting requirements for clothing container capacity, type of loading top-loading or front-loading, and remaining moisture content, including applicable rounding instructions for these reported values.
Establish an annual filing date of September 1, by which manufacturers would be required to submit required reporting information to DOE.
Clarify that reporting requirements apply only to models subject to energy conservation standards.

reports include characteristics of covered products or equipment used to determine which standard applies to a given basic model, and they also help DOE identify models and/or regulated entities that may not be in compliance with the applicable regulations.
For the products and equipment addressed in this NOPR, DOE has identified areas in which the certification reporting requirements are not consistent with the information required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance
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Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with January 21, 2020 energy conservation standards to reflect the Energy Act of 2020.
Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with January 21, 2020 energy conservation standards to reflect the January 2017 CF ECS
Final Rule and the Energy Act of 2020.
Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with May 1, 2013 energy conservation standards for non-weatherized oil-fired furnaces including mobile home furnaces and electric furnaces, and the January 15, 2021 energy conservation standards for consumer boilers.
Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with September 1, 2012 energy conservation standards, which includes a prescriptive requirement that disallows a constant-burning pilot ignition for all gas-fired boilers.
Required by EPCA under 42 U.S.C. 6295e6Ci.

Required to ensure that any assessment or enforcement testing would be performed using the same detergent used by the manufacturer for certifying compliance with the energy conservation standards.
Required to verify whether the information provided is consistent with the certifiers statement of compliance with January 1, 2018 energy conservation standards and to conduct product-specific enforcement provisions.
Required to ensure certification information is current on an annual basis, consistent with the requirements for other covered products and equipment.
Eliminate possible misunderstanding that these reporting requirements apply to models that are not subject to energy conservation standards, when in fact these requirements do not apply to such models, per the current provisions in 429.12a.

with current energy conservation standards. DOE is proposing amendments to the certification and reporting provisions for these products and equipment, as discussed in the following sections, to ensure reporting that is consistent with currently applicable energy conservation standards and to ensure DOE has the information necessary to determine the appropriate classification of products for the application of standards. In addition to the specific proposals discussed in the following sections, DOE is also proposing minor
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