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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 58 / Monday, March 29, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 2016, which provides requirements of accuracy for instruments used for measuring all electrical inputs to the calorimeter compartments.
In this final rule, DOE incorporates by reference the industry test standards published by ASHRAE, titled Standard Method for Temperature Measurement, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 41.12013, Standard Methods for Air Velocity and Airflow Measurement, ANSI/ASHRAE
Standard 41.21987 RA 1992, Standard Methods for Pressure Measurement, ANSI/ASHRAE
Standard 41.32014, Standard Methods for Humidity Measurement, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 41.62014, and Standard Methods for Power Measurement, ANSI/ASHRAE
Standard 41.112014. These standards are industry-accepted test procedures that prescribe methods and instruments for measuring temperature, air velocity, pressure, humidity, and power, respectively. These standards are cited by ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 162016, which this final rule incorporates by reference.
Copies of the ASHRAE Standards may be purchased from the American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers at 1255 23rd Street NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 20037, 202 833
1830, or by going to https
webstore.ansi.org/.
In this final rule, DOE incorporates by reference the industry standard by IEC, titled IEC 62301 Household electrical appliancesMeasurement of standby power, Edition 2.0, 201101 for appendix F. Specifically, the test procedure codified by this final rule references Section 5, Paragraph 5.3.2
Sampling Method of IEC 62301, which provides test conditions, testing equipment, and methods for measuring standby mode and off mode power consumption, and Section 4.4 Power measuring instruments of IEC 62301, which provides specifications for determining standby mode and off mode power in appendix F. The amendments in this final rule include updating general references to IEC 62301 from the First Edition to the Second Edition and adopting a new standby power test approach.
Copies of IEC Standard 62301 may be purchased from the International Electrotechnical Commission at 3 rue de Varembe, P.O. Box 131, CH1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, or by going to https webstore.iec.ch/ and http
www.webstore.ansi.org.
V. Approval of the Office of the Secretary The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of this final rule.

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List of Subjects 10 CFR Part 429
Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
10 CFR Part 430
Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Small businesses.
Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 8, 2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.

For the reasons stated in the preamble, DOE amends parts 429 and 430 of chapter II of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations as set forth below:
PART 429CERTIFICATION, COMPLIANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT
FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
EQUIPMENT
1. The authority citation for part 429
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 62916317; 28 U.S.C.
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2. Section 429.15 is amended by:
a. Removing the words energy efficiency ratio in paragraph a2ii and adding in its place the words combined energy efficiency ratio CEER determined in 430.23f3 for each unit in the sample;
b. Adding paragraphs a3, 4, and 5;

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c. Revising paragraph b2; and d. Adding paragraph b3.
The additions and revision read as follows:

429.15

Room air conditioners.

a
3 The cooling capacity of a basic model is the mean of the measured cooling capacities for each tested unit of the basic model, as determined in 430.23f1 of this chapter. Round the cooling capacity value to the nearest hundred.
4 The electrical power input of a basic model is the mean of the measured electrical power inputs for each tested unit of the basic model, as determined in 430.23f2 of this chapter. Round the electrical power input to the nearest ten.
5 Round the value of CEER for a basic model to one decimal place.
b
2 Pursuant to 429.12b13, a certification report shall include the following public product-specific information: The combined energy efficiency ratio in British thermal units per Watt-hour Btu/Wh, cooling capacity in British thermal units per hour Btu/h, and the electrical power input in watts W.
3 Pursuant to 429.12b13, a certification report for a variable-speed room air conditioner basic model must include supplemental information and instructions in PDF format that include i The mean measured cooling capacity for the units tested at each additional test condition i.e., respectively, the mean of Capacity2, Capacity3, and Capacity4, each expressed in Btu/h and rounded to the nearest 100 Btu/h, as determined in accordance with section 4.1.2 of appendix F of subpart B of part 430 of this chapter;
ii The mean electrical power input at each additional test condition respectively, the mean of Power2, Power3, and Power4, each expressed in W and rounded to the nearest 10 W, as determined in accordance with section 4.1.2 of appendix F of subpart B of part 430 of this chapter; and iii All additional testing and testing set up instructions e.g., specific operational or control codes or settings necessary to operate the basic model under the required conditions specified by the relevant test procedure.
PART 430ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
3. The authority citation for part 430
continues to read as follows:

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