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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
prepare a Family Policymaking Assessment.
J. Review Under Executive Order 12630
DOE has determined, under E.O.
12630, Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights 53 FR 8859
March 18, 1988, that this regulation will not result in any takings that might require compensation under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
K. Review Under 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 agencies to review most disseminations of information to the public under 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. DOE has reviewed this final rule under the OMB and DOE
guidelines and has concluded that it is consistent with applicable policies in those guidelines.
L. 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 OMB, a Statement of Energy Effects for any significant energy action. A
significant energy action is defined as any action by an agency that promulgated 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 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 significant energy action, the agency must give a detailed statement of any adverse effects on energy supply, distribution, or use if the regulation is implemented, and of reasonable alternatives to the action and their expected benefits on energy supply, distribution, and use.
This regulatory action is not a significant regulatory action under E.O.
12866. Moreover, it would not have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy, nor has it been designated as a significant energy action by the Administrator of OIRA.
Therefore, it is not a significant energy action, and, accordingly, DOE has not prepared a Statement of Energy Effects.

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M. Review Under Section 32 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
Under section 301 of the Department of Energy Organization Act Pub. L. 95
91; 42 U.S.C. 7101, DOE must comply with section 32 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, as amended by the Federal Energy Administration Authorization Act of 1977. 15 U.S.C.
788; FEAA Section 32 essentially provides in relevant part that, where a rule authorizes or requires use of commercial standards, the notice of rulemaking must inform the public of the use and background of such standards. In addition, section 32c requires DOE to consult with the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission FTC
concerning the impact of the commercial or industry standards on competition.
The modifications to the test procedure for small electric motors and electric motors adopted in this final rule incorporate certain testing methods contained of the following commercial standards: IEC 6003421:2014, Rotating electrical machinesPart 21:
Standard methods for determining losses and efficiency from tests excluding machines for traction vehicles; IEC 600341:2010, Rotating electric machinesPart 1: Rating and performance; IEC 600511:2016, Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessoriesPart 1: Definitions and general requirements common to all parts; IEEE 1122017, IEEE Standard Test Procedure for Polyphase Induction Motors and Generators; and NEMA MG
12016 Motors and Generators. DOE has evaluated these standards and is unable to conclude whether they fully comply with the requirements of section 32b of the FEAA i.e., whether they were developed in a manner that fully provides for public participation, comment, and review. DOE has consulted with both the Attorney General and the Chairman of the FTC
about the impact on competition of using the methods contained in these standards and has received no comments objecting to their use.
N. Congressional Notification As required by 5 U.S.C. 801, DOE will report to Congress on the promulgation of this rule before its effective date. The report will state that it has been determined that the rule is not a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8042.

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O. Description of Materials Incorporated by Reference In this final rule, DOE incorporates by reference standards published by IEC, IEEE and NEMA. The IEC standard, titled IEC 6003421:2014 Rotating electrical machinesPart 21: Standard methods for determining losses and efficiency from tests excluding machines for traction vehicles, is an alternative industry standard to those currently incorporated by reference IEEE 1122004, IEEE 1142010, CSA
C74709, and CSA C39010 for measurement of small electric motor efficiency and electric motor efficiency See section III.B for more details.
IEC 6003421:2014 establishes methods of determining efficiencies from tests and to specify methods of obtaining specific losses. In addition, DOE incorporates by reference two additional IEC standards, titled IEC
600341:2010, Rotating electrical machinesPart 1: Rating and performance and IEC 600511:2016, Direct acting indicating analogue measuring instruments and their accessoriesPart 1: Definitions and general requirements common to all parts. IEC 600341:2010 and IEC
600511:2016 specify test conditions and procedures that are required for application of the test methods for measurement of energy efficiency established in IEC 6003421:2014.
The IEEE standard, titled IEEE 112
2017, Test Procedure for Polyphase Induction Motors and Generators establishes methods of measurement for current and frequency for both small electric motors and electric motors. DOE
incorporates IEEE 1122017 Test Method A and Test Method B as an update to the industry test methods that are currently incorporated by reference from IEEE 1122004 See section III.B
for more details. Such action will harmonize the permitted test methods under subparts X for small electric motors and B for electric motors of 10
CFR part 431 and align measurement and instrumentation requirements with industry practice.
The NEMA standard, titled NEMA
MG 12016 Motors and Generators establishes industry definitions for breakdown torque of small electric motors See section III.C for more details.
In summary, DOE incorporates by reference the following standards:
1 IEC 6003421:2014, Rotating electrical machinesPart 21: Standard methods for determining losses and efficiency from tests excluding machines for traction vehicles.

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