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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
2. History of Standards Rulemakings for Small Electric Motors In 2006, DOE determined that energy conservation standards for certain single-phase, capacitor-start, inductionrun, SEMs are technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. 71
FR 38799 July 10, 2006. Later, in 2010, DOE issued a final rule the March 2010 Final Rule establishing energy conservation standards for SEMs manufactured starting on March 9, 2015.3 75 FR 10874 March 9, 2010.
In April 2019, DOE published a request for information April 2019
ECS RFI to solicit input and data from interested parties to aid in the
development of the technical analyses for the determination of whether new and/or amended standards for SEMs are warranted. 84 FR 14027 April 9, 2019.
The comment period was re-opened in response to a request from an interested party, see NEMA, No. 4 at p. 1, until June 7, 2019. See 84 FR 25203 May 31, 2019.
In April 2020, DOE published a notice of proposed determination April 2020
NOPD with the tentative determination that energy conservation standards for SEMs do not need to be amended. 85 FR 24146 April 30, 2020.
The comment period for this notice closed on June 29, 2020. On September 18, 2020, DOE published a notification
of webinar public meeting and a limited reopening of the comment period September 2020 Notice, which extended the comment period to October 20, 2020. 85 FR 58299. On October 6, 2020, DOE held a webinar to present the results from the April 2020
NOPD.
DOE received nine relevant comments from interested parties in response to the April 2020 NOPD and the September 2020 Notice. These comments are listed in Table II3.4
NEMA and CA IOUs each had two separate comment submissions: One in response to the April 2020 NOPD and another as a follow up to the September 2020 Notice.

TABLE II3APRIL 2020 NOPD AND SEPTEMBER 2020 NOTICE WRITTEN COMMENTS
Commenter/organizations
Reference in this NOPD

Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute AHRI and Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers AHAM.
Appliance Standards Awareness Project ASAP, Alliance to Save Energy, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the California Energy Commission, and Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.
California Investor-Owned Utilities CA IOUsPacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison.
General Electric Appliances GEA
Lennox International Inc
National Electrical Manufacturers Association NEMA

AHRI and AHAM

Trade Associations.

ASAP, et al

Advocacy Groups and State Governmental Agency.

CA IOUs

Utilities.

GEA
Lennox
NEMA

Manufacturer.
Manufacturer.
Trade Association.

DOE also notes that NEMA submitted a comment related to certification, compliance and enforcement issues, but this comment fell outside the scope of this rulemaking and is not addressed in this document. Additionally, DOE
received a comment from an individual commenter Tyler Crosby who noted the potential impact of small electric motors standards to increase the number electric bicycle usersan outcome that the commenter supported. While DOE
appreciates this feedback, it also falls outside of the specific issues raised in the NOPD. The remaining relevant comments and DOEs responses are provided in the appropriate sections of this document.
III. General Discussion
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A. Scope of Coverage and Equipment Classes This document covers equipment meeting the definition of small electric motor, as codified in 10 CFR 431.442
and consistent with the statutory 3 In a technical correction, DOE revised the compliance date for energy conservation standards to March 9, 2015, for each small electric motor manufactured alone or as a component of another piece of non-covered equipment, or March 9, 2017, in the case of a small electric motor which requires
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definition set by Congress for this term.
Small electric motor means a NEMA
general purpose alternating current single-speed induction motor, built in a two-digit frame number series in accordance with NEMA Standards Publication MG11987, including IEC
metric equivalent motors. 10 CFR
431.442.5 The scope of coverage for these motors is discussed in further detail in section IV.A.1 of this document.
When evaluating and establishing energy conservation standards, DOE
divides covered equipment into equipment classes by the type of energy used, or by capacity or other performance-related features that justify a different standard. 42 U.S.C. 6316a;
42 U.S.C. 6295q In determining whether capacity or another performance-related feature justifies a different standard, DOE must consider such factors as the utility of the feature to the consumer and other factors DOE
deems appropriate. Id. The equipment
classes for this final determination are discussed further in section IV.A.2 of this document.

listing or certification by a nationally recognized safety testing laboratory. 75 FR 17036 April 5, 2010.
4 DOE received two comments unrelated to the issues raised by the Notice of Proposed
Determination See Crosby, No. 30 and Crosby, No.
31.
5 The term IEC refers to the International Electrotechnical Commission.

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B. Test Procedure As noted, EPCA directed DOE to establish a test procedure for those SEMs for which DOE determined that energy conservation standards would 1
be technologically feasible and economically justified and 2 result in significant energy savings. 42 U.S.C.
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In April 2019, DOE proposed amending its test procedure for SEMs April 2019 NOPR. 84 FR 17004
April 23, 2019. In the April 2019
NOPR, DOE proposed to harmonize its procedure with industry practice by incorporating a new industry standard that manufacturers would be permitted to use in addition to the three industry standards currently incorporated by reference as options for use when testing SEM efficiency. 84 FR 17004, 1701217014. The proposed industry standards from the Institute of Electrical
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