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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
economically justified, and would result in significant conservation of energy. In this final determination, DOE has determined that more stringent SEMs standards would not be cost effective, and thus has determined that standards for SEMs should not be amended.
DATES: The effective date of this final determination is January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this rulemaking, which includes Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at http
www.regulations.gov. All documents in the docket are listed in the http
www.regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in the index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure.
The docket web page can be found at:
https www.regulations.gov/
docket?D=EERE-2019-BT-STD-0008.
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. Email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 205850121.
Telephone: 202 5868145. Email:
Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov.
For further information on how to review the docket, contact the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at 202 2871445 or by email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Market and Technology Assessment 1. Scope of Coverage 2. Equipment Classes 3. Technology Options for Efficiency Improvement B. Screening Analysis C. Engineering Analysis 1. Summary of Significant Data Sources 2. Representative Equipment Classes 3. Efficiency Analysis 4. Cost Analysis 5. Scaling Relationships D. Markups Analysis E. Energy Use Analysis 1. Consumer Sample 2. Motor Input Power 3. Annual Operating Hours F. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis 1. Equipment Cost 2. Installation Cost 3. Annual Energy Consumption 4. Energy Prices 5. Maintenance and Repair Costs 6. Motor Lifetime 7. Discount Rates 8. Efficiency Distribution in the No-NewStandards Case 9. Payback Period Analysis V. Analytical Results and Conclusions A. Energy Savings B. Cost Effectiveness C. Final Determination VI. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review A. Review Under Executive Orders 12866
B. Review Under Executive Orders 13771
and 13777
C. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act D. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act E. Review Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
F. Review Under Executive Order 13132
G. Review Under Executive Order 12988
H. Review Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
I. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999
J. Review Under Executive Order 12630
K. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001
L. Review Under Executive Order 13211
M. Review Under the Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review VII. Approval of the Office of the Secretary
Table of Contents
I. Synopsis of the Final Determination Title III, Part C 1 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended EPCA,2 established the Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment, 42 U.S.C. 6311
6317, which includes small electric motors SEMs, the subject of this final determination.
Pursuant to the EPCA requirement that not later than 6 years after issuance
I. Synopsis of the Final Determination II. Introduction A. Authority and Background 1. Current Standards 2. History of Standards Rulemakings for Small Electric Motors III. General Discussion A. Scope of Coverage and Equipment Classes B. Test Procedure C. Technological Feasibility 1. General 2. Maximum Technologically Feasible Levels D. Significance of Energy Savings E. Cost Effectiveness IV. Methodology and Discussion of Related Comments
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1 For editorial reasons, upon codification in the U.S. Code, Part C was re-designated Part A1.
2 All references to EPCA in this document refer to the statute as amended through Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, Public Law 115270
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of any final rule establishing or amending an energy conservation standard for covered equipment, DOE
must publish either a notice of determination that standards for the equipment do not need to be amended, or a notice of proposed rulemaking NOPR including new proposed energy conservation standards. 42
U.S.C. 6316a; 42 U.S.C. 6295m DOE analyzed the SEMs currently subject to the standards found at title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR part 431. See 10 CFR 431.446.
Of these motors, DOE first analyzed the technological feasibility of more efficient SEMs. For currently available SEMs with efficiencies exceeding the levels of the current energy conservation standards, DOE determined that more stringent standards would be technologically feasible. For these SEMs, DOE evaluated whether more stringent standards would also be cost effective by conducting preliminary lifecycle cost LCC and payback period PBP analyses.
Based on these analyses, as summarized in section V of this document, DOE has determined that more stringent energy conservation standards would not be cost effective.
Therefore, DOE has determined that the current standards for SEMs do not need to be amended.
II. Introduction The following section briefly discusses the statutory authority underlying this final determination, as well as some of the relevant historical background related to the establishment of standards for SEMs.
A. Authority and Background EPCA authorizes DOE to regulate the energy efficiency of a number of consumer products and certain industrial equipment. Title III, Part C of EPCA includes the small electric motors that are the subject of this final determination. 42 U.S.C. 631113G
As discussed in the following paragraphs, EPCA directed DOE to establish test procedures and prescribe energy conservation standards for SEMs.
42 U.S.C. 6317b The energy conservation program under EPCA consists essentially of four parts: 1 Testing, 2 labeling, 3
Federal energy conservation standards, and 4 certification and enforcement procedures. Relevant provisions of the Act specifically include definitions 42
U.S.C. 6311, energy conservation standards 42 U.S.C. 6313, test procedures 42 U.S.C. 6314, labeling provisions 42 U.S.C. 6315, and the authority to require information and
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