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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
DC 205850121. Telephone: 202 586
9870. Email ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 205850121.
Telephone: 202 5862588. Email:
amelia.whiting@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE
incorporates by reference the following industry standards into 10 CFR part 431:
CSA C74709 Reaffirmed 2014, Energy Efficiency Test Methods for Small Motors, as revised through August 2016, including Update No. 1.
Copies of CSA C74709, can be obtained from the Canadian Standards Association CSA, Sales Department, 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5N6, Canada, 18004636727, or https
www.csagroup.org/store.
UL 100410:2020, Standard for Safety for Pool Pump Motors, First Edition, Dated February 28, 2020.
Copies of UL 100410:2020, Edition 1, can be obtained from Underwriters Laboratories UL, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, Illinois, 60062, 841
2728800 or https www.ul.com.
For a further discussion of these standards, see section IV.N.

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Table of Contents I. Authority and Background A. Authority B. Background II. Synopsis of the Final Rule III. Discussion A. Scope of Applicability B. Definitions C. Test Procedures D. Metric E. Harmonization With Industry Standards F. Effective Date IV. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review A. Review Under Executive Order 12866
B. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act C. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
D. Review Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
E. Review Under Executive Order 13132, Federalism F. Review Under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform G. Review Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
H. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999
I. Review Under Executive Order 12630
J. Review Under Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001
K. Review Under Executive Order 13211
L. Review Under Section 32 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
M. Congressional Notification N. Description of Materials Incorporated by Reference
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V. Approval of the Office of the Secretary
I. Authority and Background Electric motors are included in the list of covered equipment for which DOE
is authorized to establish and amend energy conservation standards, test procedures, and labeling requirements.
42 U.S.C. 63111A. Electric motors include dedicated-purpose pool pump motors DPPP motors or pool pump motors, the subject of this rulemaking.1 The following sections discuss DOEs authority to establish a test procedure for DPPP motors, and relevant background information regarding DOEs consideration of a test procedure for this equipment.
A. Authority The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended EPCA,2 among other things, authorizes DOE to regulate the energy efficiency of a number of consumer products and certain industrial equipment. 42 U.S.C. 6291
6317 Title III, Part C 3 of EPCA, added by Public Law 95619, Title IV, section 441a, established the Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment, which sets forth a variety of provisions designed to improve energy efficiency. This equipment includes those electric motors that are DPPP motors, the subject of this document. 42 U.S.C. 63111A
The energy conservation program under EPCA consists essentially of four parts: 1 Testing, 2 labeling, 3
Federal energy conservation standards, and 4 certification and enforcement procedures. Relevant provisions of EPCA specifically 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.
The Federal testing requirements consist of test procedures that manufacturers of covered equipment must use as the basis for: 1 Certifying to DOE that their equipment complies with the applicable energy conservation standards adopted pursuant to EPCA 42
U.S.C. 6316a; 42 U.S.C. 6295s, and 2 making representations about the efficiency of that equipment 42 U.S.C.
6314d. Similarly, DOE must use these 1 An electric motor is defined as a machine that converts electrical power into rotational mechanical power. 10 CFR 431.12.
2 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.
3 For editorial reasons, upon codification in the U.S. Code, Part C was redesignated Part A1.

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test procedures to determine whether the equipment complies with relevant standards promulgated under EPCA. 42
U.S.C. 6316a; 42 U.S.C. 6295s Federal energy efficiency requirements for covered equipment established under EPCA generally supersede State laws and regulations concerning energy conservation testing, labeling, and standards. 42 U.S.C.
6316a and b; 42 U.S.C. 6297
Under 42 U.S.C. 6314, EPCA outlines the criteria and procedures DOE must follow in prescribing test procedures for covered equipment. EPCA requires that any test procedure prescribed or amended under this section must be reasonably designed to produce test results which reflect energy efficiency, energy use, and estimated operating costs of a type of industrial equipment or class thereof during a representative average use cycle as determined by the Secretary, and shall not be unduly burdensome to conduct. 42 U.S.C.
6314a2 Before issuing a final test procedure, the Secretary shall publish the proposed test procedure in the Federal Register and afford interested persons an opportunity of not less than 45 days duration to present oral and written data, views, and arguments on the proposed test procedures. 42 U.S.C.
6314b When the Secretary has issued a test procedure under section 6314 of EPCA
for a specific class of industrial equipment, the Secretary shall also prescribe a labeling rule for that equipment, subject to certain statutory criteria. 42 U.S.C. 6315a EPCA
establishes specific requirements for the labeling of classes of equipment, including electric motors, for which test procedures have been established. 42
U.S.C. 6315a, b and d The labeling rule shall provide that the labeling of any electric motor manufactured after the 12-month period beginning on the date the Secretary prescribes such labeling rules, shall: 1 Indicate the energy efficiency of the motor on the permanent nameplate attached to such motor; 2 prominently display the energy efficiency of the motor in equipment catalogs and other material used to market the equipment; and 3
include such other markings as the Secretary determines necessary solely to facilitate enforcement of the standards established for electric motors under section 6313 of this title. 42 U.S.C.
6315d DOE is publishing this final rule to establish a test procedure for DPPP motors pursuant to its authority under EPCA. As stated, DOE intends to address labeling in a separate notification.

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