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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 87 / Friday, May 7, 2021 / Proposed Rules enforcement procedures. Relevant provisions of EPCA include definitions 42 U.S.C. 6291, test procedures 42
U.S.C. 6293, labeling provisions 42
U.S.C. 6294, energy conservation standards 42 U.S.C. 6295, and the authority to require information and reports from manufacturers 42 U.S.C.
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Federal energy efficiency requirements for covered products established under EPCA generally supersede State laws and regulations concerning energy conservation testing, labeling, and standards. 42 U.S.C.
6297ac DOE may, however, grant waivers of Federal preemption in limited instances for particular State laws or regulations, in accordance with the procedures and other provisions set forth under 42 U.S.C. 6297d.
DOE must follow specific statutory criteria for prescribing new or amended standards for covered products. EPCA
requires that any new or amended energy conservation standard prescribed by the Secretary of Energy Secretary be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy or water efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified. 42
U.S.C. 6295o2A The Secretary may not prescribe an amended or new standard that will not result in significant conservation of energy, or is not technologically feasible or economically justified. 42 U.S.C.
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EPCA also requires that, not later than 6 years after the issuance of any final rule establishing or amending a standard, DOE evaluate the energy conservation standards for each type of covered product, including those at issue here, and publish either a notification of determination that the standards do not need to be amended, or a NOPR that includes new proposed energy conservation standards proceeding to a final rule, as appropriate. 42 U.S.C. 6295m1
DOE is publishing this RFI in accordance with the 6-year lookback requirement.
B. Rulemaking History In a final rule published on October 18, 2005, DOE codified design standards prescribed by EPCA for ceiling fans. 70
FR 60407, 60413. These standards are set forth in DOEs regulations at title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR section 430.32s, and require all ceiling fans manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, to have 1 fan speed controls separate from any lighting controls; 2 adjustable speed controls either more than one speed or variable speed; and 3 the capability for reverse
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action other than fans sold for industrial or outdoor application or where safety would be an issue. 42
U.S.C. 6295ff1A
In a final rule published January 19, 2017, DOE established energy conservation standards for ceiling fans, which are expressed as the minimum allowable efficiency in terms of cubic feet per minute per watt CFM/W, as a function of ceiling fan diameter in inches. These standards were to apply to all covered ceiling manufactured in, or imported into, the United States on and after January 21, 2020. 82 FR 6826, 6827 January 2017 Final Rule.
The Energy Act of 2020 Pub. L. 116
260, which was signed into law on December 27, 2020, amended performance standards for largediameter ceiling fans.3 42 U.S.C.
6295ff6Ci, as codified Pursuant to the Energy Act of 2020, large-diameter ceiling fans are subject to standards in terms of the Ceiling Fan Efficiency Index CFEI metric, with one standard based on operation of the fan at high speed and a second standard based on operation of the fan at 40
percent speed or the nearest speed that is not less than 40 percent speed. 42
U.S.C. 6295ff6Ci, as codified The current energy conservation standards are located in 10 CFR
430.32s. The currently applicable DOE
test procedures for ceiling fans appear at 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix U, Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Ceiling Fans Appendix U. Sampling and certification requirements for ceiling fans are set forth at 10 CFR 429.32.
II. Request for Information DOE is publishing this RFI to collect data and information during the early assessment review to inform its decision, consistent with its obligations under EPCA, as to whether the Department should proceed with an energy conservation standards rulemaking. Below DOE has identified certain topics for which information and data are requested to assist in the evaluation of the potential for amended energy conservation standards. DOE
also welcomes comments on other issues relevant to its early assessment that may not specifically be identified in this document.
A. Scope EPCA defines a ceiling fan as a nonportable device that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the 3 A large-diameter ceiling fan is a ceiling fan that is greater than seven feet in diameter. 10 CFR part 430 subpart B appendix U section 1.14.

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rotation of fan blades. 42 U.S.C.
629149 DOE has established seven product classes for ceiling fans: Highly decorative, belt-driven, very smalldiameter, hugger, standard, high-speed small-diameter, and large-diameter fans.
82 FR 6826, 6836 Belt-driven and highly decorative ceiling fans are not presently subject to performance standards. 10
CFR 430.32s2iiC and E. DOE also has not established performance standards for centrifugal ceiling fans, oscillating ceiling fans, or ceiling fans whose blades plane of rotation cannot be within 45 degrees of horizontal fans.
10 CFR 430.32s2iiA, B, and D.
The five product classes subject to performance standards are delineated by fan diameter, blade thickness, and blade-to-ceiling distance. Those product classes are: High-speed small-diameter HSSD, hugger, large-diameter LDCF, standard, and very-smalldiameter VSD as defined in 10 CFR
part 430, subpart B, appendix U.
Issue 1: DOE requests comment and data that would allow DOE to evaluate whether energy conservation standards would be technically feasible and economically justified for belt-driven ceiling fans. Specifically, DOE requests comment on the number of models of belt-driven ceiling fans available, the number of shipments, and the technology options that might be incorporated to improve energy efficiency.
Issue 2: DOE seeks information regarding any other new product classes it should consider for inclusion in its analysis. DOE also requests relevant data detailing the corresponding impacts on energy use that would justify separate product classes i.e., explanation for why the presence of these performance-related features would increase or decrease energy consumption.
B. Significant Savings of Energy In the January 2017 Final Rule, DOE
established an energy conservation standard for ceiling fans that is expected to result in 2.01 quadrillion British thermal units quads of full fuel cycle FFC energy savings over a 30year period. 82 FR 6826, 6828.
Additionally, in the January 2017 Final Rule, DOE estimated that an energy conservation standard established at an energy use level equivalent to that achieved using the maximum available technology max-tech relative to the selected energy use level would have
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