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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 17, 2021 / Notices
The Joint Commenters, No. 3 at p. 2;
AHRI, No. 2 at p. 5 The Joint Commenters and AHRI went further to say they encourage the streamlining of regulatory reporting that DOE can achieve via its CCMS system including those imposed by Energy Star and Natural Resources Canada NRCan.
The Joint Commenters, No. 3 at p. 2;
AHRI, No. 2 at p. 2 The Joint Commenters noted that this action would be consistent with the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Advisory Committee ASRAC recommendation on reporting burden adopted by stakeholders from various points of view on December 5, 2019. The Joint Commenters, No. 3 at pg. 2 AHRI went on to state that CCMS is a functional and well-maintained database and reporting system, which is better resourced and more reliable than staterun databases. AHRI noted that it has used available technology to facilitate mass uploads of data to CCMS, which has been able to accommodate this data transfer consistently and reliably. AHRI
commented that streamlining and consolidating the CEC reporting requirements into CCMS in the same way that the Federal Trade Commission FTC reporting was previously addressed would be an unqualified benefit to stakeholders. AHRI, No. 2 at p. 6
DOE will continue to consider revisions to CCMS that would facilitate a reduction in duplicative reporting under Californias Appliance Efficiency Regulations, as well as others.
The Joint Commenters expressed interest in further reducing regulatory burden by working with the Department to reevaluate the annual certification reporting requirement which results in unnecessary paperwork costs for no reason. The Joint Commenters noted that the ASRAC recommendation adopted by vote of stakeholders from varying points of view on December 5, 2019 also recommended that DOE
harmonize its reporting scope with that of the FTC such that only basic models in current production be included in the reporting scope rather than DOEs current scope which indicates models being sold or offered for sale must be reported. The recommendation also urged DOE to eliminate annual reporting such that reporting would be required only when a model is added, removed, or changed in a way that changes energy use. The Joint Commenters, No. 3 at p. 2
DOE is not considering amending its regulations as part of this notice, however, it will consider these comments in any future rulemakings that address certification requirements.

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This information collection request contains:
1 OMB No.: 19101400;
2 Information Collection Request Title: Certification Reports, Compliance Statements, Application for a Test Procedure Waiver, Application for Extension of Representation Requirements, Labeling, and Recordkeeping for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment subject to Federal Energy or Water Conservation Standards;
3 Type of Request: Revision with changes;
4 Purpose: Pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended EPCA or the Act,1
Public Law 94163 42 U.S.C. 6291
6317, as codified, DOE regulates the energy efficiency of a number of consumer products, and commercial and industrial equipment. Title III, Part B 2 of EPCA established the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles, which sets forth a variety of provisions designed to improve energy efficiency of covered consumer products covered products. Title III, Part C 3 of EPCA, added by Public Law 95619, Title IV, 441a, established the Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment, which sets forth a variety of provisions designed to improve energy efficiency of covered commercial and industrial equipment collectively referred to as covered equipment.
Covered products and covered equipment are described in 10 CFR
parts 429, 430, and 431. These covered products and covered equipment, including all product or equipment classes, include: 1 Consumer refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers; 2 Room air conditioners; 3
Central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps; 4 Consumer water heaters; 5 Consumer furnaces and boilers; 6 Dishwashers; 7
Residential clothes washers; 8 Clothes dryers; 9 Direct heating equipment;
10 Cooking products; 11 Pool heaters;
12 Television sets; 13 Fluorescent lamp ballasts; 14 General service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps; 15 Faucets; 16
Showerheads; 17 Water closets; 18
Urinals; 19 Ceiling fans; 20 Ceiling fan light kits; 21 Torchieres; 22
1 All references to EPCA in this document refer to the statute as amended through the Energy Act of 2020, Public Law 116260 Dec. 27, 2020.
2 For editorial reasons, upon codification in the U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated Part A.
3 For editorial reasons, upon codification in the U.S. Code, Part C was redesignated Part A1.

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Compact fluorescent lamps; 23
Dehumidifiers; 24 External power supplies; 25 Battery chargers; 26
Candelabra base incandescent lamps and intermediate base incandescent lamps; 27 Commercial warm air furnaces; 28 Commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; 29
Commercial heating and air conditioning equipment; 30
Commercial water heating equipment;
31 Automatic commercial ice makers;
32 Commercial clothes washers; 33
Distribution transformers; 34
Illuminated exit signs; 35 Traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules; 36
Commercial unit heaters; 37
Commercial pre-rinse spray valves; 38
Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines; 39 Walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers and certain components; 40 Metal halide lamp ballasts and fixtures 41 Integrated light-emitting diode lamps; 42 General service lamps; 43 Furnace fans; 44
Pumps; 45 Commercial packaged boilers; 46 Consumer miscellaneous refrigeration equipment; 47 Portable air conditioners; 48 Compressors; 49
Electric motors; 50 Small electric motors 51 Rough service lamps; and 52 Vibration service lamps.
Under EPCA, DOEs energy conservation program consists essentially of four parts: 1 Testing, 2
labeling, 3 Federal energy conservation standards, and 4 certification and enforcement procedures. For consumer products, relevant provisions of the Act specifically include definitions 42
U.S.C. 6291, energy conservation standards 42 U.S.C. 6295, test procedures 42 U.S.C. 6293, labeling provisions 42 U.S.C. 6294, and the authority to require information and reports from manufacturers 42 U.S.C.
6296. For covered equipment, relevant provisions of the Act 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 reports from manufacturers 42 U.S.C.
6316.
DOE is seeking to renew its information collection related to the following aspects of the appliance standards program: 1 Gathering data and submitting certification and compliance reports for each basic model distributed in commerce in the U.S.
including supplemental testing instructions for certain commercial equipment; 2 maintaining records underlying the certified ratings for each basic model including test data and the associated calculations; 3 applications for a test procedure waiver, which
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