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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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reporting and not for the new basic model initial certification reporting. In the June 2021 NOPR, DOE is proposing to remove the requirement of submitting new basic model initial certification reports for IRLs. 86 FR 29888, 29905.
Hence, in this NOPR, DOE does not propose to make changes to the initial certification reporting for IRLs. If the proposed removal of initial certification reports for IRLs is not adopted, DOE
will add these values to the initial certification reporting requirements.
DOE seeks comments on requiring the reporting of CRI to certify compliance with existing energy conservation standard requirements for IRLs. DOE
also seeks comment on requiring the reporting of lamp diameter and rated voltage to help determine the applicable energy conservation standard for IRLs.
Under the existing requirements in 10
CFR 429.27b2iii for GSILs manufacturers must report: 1 The testing laboratorys ILAC accreditation bodys identification number or other approved identification assigned by the ILAC accreditation body; 2 production dates of the units tested; 3 the 12month average maximum rate wattage in watts W; 4 the 12-month average minimum rated lifetime hours, and 5
the 12-month average CRI. DOE is proposing to also require the reporting of initial lumen output for GSILs because the lamp lumens help DOE
evaluate whether a basic model meets the appropriate energy conservation standard requirements see 10 CFR
430.32x. DOE seeks comment on requiring the reporting of initial lumen output to help determine the applicable energy conservation standard for GSILs.
3. Reporting Costs and Impacts In this NOPR, DOE proposes to align IRL certification reporting requirements with the existing energy conservation standard requirements. Additionally, it proposes to include reporting requirements for GSILs and IRLs that will help DOE determine applicable energy conservation standards for these products.
For IRLs, manufacturers currently certify four values i.e., ILAC
accreditation, production dates, lamp efficacy, and lamp wattage, but would report seven values with the three additional proposed reporting values i.e., CRI, lamp diameter, rated voltage, if the proposed amendments are adopted. For GSILs, manufacturers currently report five values i.e., ILAC
accreditation, production dates, wattage, lifetime, and CRI, but would report six values with the one additional proposed reporting value i.e., lumens, if the proposed amendments are adopted.

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Note that in the June 2021 NOPR, DOE
is proposing to remove the reporting of production dates for IRLs and GSILs. 86
FR 29888, 29905.
DOE has tentatively determined that these proposed amendments would not impose additional costs for manufacturers because manufacturers of IRLs and GSILs are already submitting certification reports to DOE. Hence, manufacturers should have readily available the information that DOE is proposing to collect as part of this rulemaking because it is necessary to determine applicable energy conservation standards or to meet existing statutory requirements. DOE
does not believe the revised reporting requirements will cause any measurable change in reporting burden or hours as compared to what manufacturers of IRLs and GSILs are currently doing today.
DOE requests comment on the certification and reporting costs of the amendments proposed for IRLs and GSILs and whether it will result in an increase in reporting burden.
C. Ceiling Fans 1. Scope of Applicability The Energy Policy and Conservation Act defines ceiling fan as a nonportable device that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades. 42 U.S.C.
629149 DOE codified the statutory definition in 10 CFR 430.2. In the July 2016 Final Rule, DOE stated that the test procedure applies to any product meeting this definition, including fans designed for applications where large airflow volume may be needed and highly decorative fans. 81 FR 48620, 48622. DOE stated, however, that the ceiling fan test procedure does not apply to the following fans: belt-driven ceiling fans, centrifugal ceiling fans, oscillating ceiling fans, and ceiling fans whose blades plane of rotation cannot be within 45 degrees of horizontal. Id.
2. Reporting Ceiling fan manufacturers must submit certification reports for ceiling fan basic models before they are distributed in commerce. 10 CFR
429.12. The current requirements for certification reports for ceiling fans correspond to the design requirements specified in EPCA. See 42 U.S.C.
6295ff1 These requirements are set forth at 10 CFR 429.32b, which requires reporting of the number of speeds within the ceiling fan controls, and a declaration that the manufacturer has incorporated the applicable design requirements. The current certification requirements do not reflect the amended
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energy conservation standards adopted in the January 2017 CF ECS final rule or the amended standards for largediameter ceiling fans adopted by Congress in the Energy Act of 2020. 82
FR 6826; 42 U.S.C. 6295ff6Ci, as codified; 86 FR 28469.
a. Small-Diameter Ceiling Fan Requirements In the September 2019 NOPR, DOE
proposed to update the reporting requirements for ceiling fans to include product-specific information that would be required to certify compliance with the amended energy conservation standards established in January 2017
CF ECS final rule. 84 FR 51440, 51450.
DOE did not finalize the proposed requirements from the September 2019
NOPR and is revisiting the certification and rounding requirements in this NOPR with a new proposal.
Product-specific information is necessary to determine the product class and minimum allowable ceiling fan efficiency that would be required to certify compliance with current energy conservation standards. For smalldiameter ceiling fans, the product class i.e., very small-diameter, standard, hugger, high-speed small-diameter is determined using blade span in, blade edge thickness in, airflow CFM at high speed, blade revolutions per minute RPM at high speed, and the represented distance in between the ceiling and the lowest point on the fan blades. Further, identification of whether a small-diameter ceiling fan is a multi-head ceiling fan is necessary to determine applicable standards.
Specifically, a multi-head ceiling fans require calculating ceiling fan efficiency differently than other small-diameter ceiling fans by including the airflow and power consumption of all fan heads see section 4.1.1 of appendix U.
Accordingly, DOE proposes to require that certification reports include the following public product-specific information for each ceiling fan basic model: 1 Blade span in inches; 2
ceiling fan efficiency in CFM/W; and 3
a declaration whether the fan is a multihead ceiling fan.
For each ceiling fan basic model, DOE
also proposes to require additional product-specific information, including:
1 Blade edge thickness in, airflow CFM at high speed, and blade revolutions per minute RPM at high speed; and 2 for LSSD ceiling fans, the distance in between the ceiling and the lowest point on the fan blades.
Manufacturers are already required to determine these values as part of the current test procedure for ceiling fans and would be required to use these
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