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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 110 / Thursday, June 10, 2021 / Proposed Rules
determined that the proposed revisions did not sufficiently justify the impact on the estimated 1.7 million SNAP
households that would have lost eligibility under the rule and did not adequately mitigate the disproportionate impact the rule would have had on households with an elderly member.
Additionally, the Deparment has determined that the proposed changes and concerns raised regarding program integrity were not adequately supported by data and do not justify the costs to State agencies of implementing the change.
In withdrawing this proposed rule, the Department reaffirms the purpose of categorical eligibility to simplify the SNAP application process for both SNAP State agencies and households by reducing the amount of information that must be verified if a household has already been determined eligible to receive benefits from another assistance program specified in Sec. 5a of the Act. Beginning in 2009, the Department proactively encouraged States to implement expanded categorical eligibility policies in order to increase SNAP participation and reduce State administrative burdens. The Department acknowledges that the flexibility afforded by expanded categorical eligibility policies are critical to reducing the burden on needy households and State agencies administering benefit programs.
The Department agrees with the issues raised by many commenters and no longer believes that the limitations the proposed rule would have put on categorical eligibility are appropriate.
Accordingly, the proposed rule to revise categorical eligibility for SNAP
published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2019, 84 FR 35570 is hereby withdrawn.
Cynthia Long, Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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Notification of proposed determination and request for comment.

ACTION:

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended EPCA, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including unfired hot water storage tanks UFHWSTs.
EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy DOE or the Department to periodically determine whether morestringent, amended standards would result in significant additional conservation of energy, be technologically feasible, and be economically justified. After carefully considering the available market and technical information for this equipment, DOE has tentatively concluded in this document that it lacks clear and convincing evidence that more-stringent standards for UFHWSTs would save a significant additional amount of energy and would be economically justified. As such, DOE
has initially determined that energy conservation standards for UFHWSTs do not need to be amended. DOE
requests comment on this notification of proposed determination NOPD, as well as the associated analyses and results.
DATES: Meeting: DOE will hold a webinar on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. See section VII, Public Participation, for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.
Comments: Written comments and information are requested and will be accepted on or before August 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Alternatively, interested persons may submit comments by email to the following address:
UnfiredCommercialWH2017STD0021@
ee.doe.gov. Include docket number EERE2017BTSTD0021 and/or RIN
number 1904AD90 in the subject line of the message. Submit electric comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file format, and avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption. No telefacsimiles faxes will be accepted.
For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on this process, see section VII Public Participation of this document.
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mail and hand delivery/courier, the Department has found it necessary to make temporary modifications to the comment submission process in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. DOE is currently accepting only electronic submissions at this time. If a commenter finds this change poses an undue hardship, please contact Appliance Standards Program staff at 202 586
1445 to discuss the need for alternative arrangements. Once the Covid-19
pandemic health emergency is resolved, DOE anticipates resuming all of its regular options for public comment submissions, including postal mail and hand delivery/courier.
Docket: The docket for this activity, which includes Federal Register notices, public meeting attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at https
www.regulations.gov. All documents in the docket are listed in the https
www.regulations.gov index. However, some documents listed in the index, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly available.
The docket web page can be found at:
https www.regulations.gov/
docket?D=EERE-2017-BT-STD-0021.
The docket web page contains instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket. See section VII, Public Participation, for further information on how to submit comments through https www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Catherine Rivest, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585- 0121. Telephone: 202 586
7335. Email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 205850121.
Telephone: 202 586-5827. Email:
Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov.
For further information on how to submit a comment or review other public comments and the docket, contact the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at 202 287
1445 or by email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents I. Synopsis of the Proposed Determination
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