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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 149 / Friday, August 6, 2021 / Proposed Rules
U.S.C. 629150, 42 U.S.C.
6293b16Aii, 42 U.S.C. 6295ff2
5 DOEs energy conservation standards for CFLKs are currently prescribed at 10 CFR 430.32s. Test procedures for CFLKs are currently prescribed at 10 CFR 430.23; 10 CFR
part 430, subpart B, appendix V, Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Ceiling Fan Light Kits With Pin-Based Sockets for Fluorescent Lamps appendix V;
and 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix V1, Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Ceiling Fan Light Kits Packaged With Other Fluorescent Lamps not Compact Fluorescent Lamps or General Service Fluorescent Lamps, Packaged With Other SSL Lamps not Integrated LED
Lamps, or With Integrated SSL
Circuitry appendix V1. The sampling requirements for determining represented values based on the results of testing of CFLKs are found at 10 CFR
429.33a and b specifies the information that must be included in certification reports submitted to DOE
for CFLKs.
EPCA directed that the initial test procedures for CFLKs be based on the test procedures referenced in the ENERGY STAR specifications for Residential Light Fixtures and Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs as in effect on August 8, 2005. 42 U.S.C.
6293b16Aii DOE published a final rule on December 8, 2006, establishing test procedure requirements for CFLKs in appendix V that incorporated by reference the relevant ENERGY STAR requirements. 71 FR
71340.
CFLKs manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, and prior to January 21, 2020, must be packaged with lamps to fill all sockets, with additional standards applicable based on the type of the CFLKs lamp sockets. 10 CFR
430.32s35. Lamps packaged with CFLKs with medium screw base sockets must meet efficacy standards, while medium screw base compact fluorescent lamps CFLs must additionally meet standards for lumen maintenance, rapid cycle stress, and lifetime. 10 CFR
432.32s3. CFLKs with pin-based sockets for fluorescent lamps must use an electronic ballast and the lampballast platform must meet efficacy standards. 10 CFR 432.32s4. CFLKs with other than medium screw base or pin-based sockets must not be capable of operating with lamps that total more than 190 watts. 10 CFR 432.32s5. The standards at 10 CFR 430.32s35
will be referred to collectively in this document as the January 1, 2007
standards.

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EPCA also provides that DOE may review and revise the initial ceiling fan light kit test procedure TP. 42 U.S.C.
6293b16B. On December 24, 2015, DOE published a final rule December 2015 CFLK TP Final Rule making two key updates to its CFLK test procedure.
80 FR 80209. First, DOE updated the CFLK test procedure to require that representations of efficacy, including certifications of compliance with CFLK
standards, be made according to the corresponding DOE lamp test procedures, where they exist e.g., for a CFLK with medium screw base sockets that is packaged with CFLs, the CFLK
test procedure references the DOE test procedure for CFLs at 10 CFR
430.23y. 80 FR 80209, 80210 Dec. 24, 2015. Second, DOE updated the CFLK
test procedure by establishing in a separate appendix, i.e., appendix V1, the test procedure for CFLKs packaged with inseparable light sources that require luminaire efficacy testing e.g., CFLKs with integrated solid state lighting SSL circuitry and for CFLKs packaged with lamps for which DOE test procedures did not exist. 80 FR
80209, 80212. With these changes, the December 2015 CFLK TP Final Rule aligned requirements for measuring efficacy of lamps and/or light sources in CFLKs with current DOE lamp test procedures.
DOE published a final rule on January 6, 2016, amending energy conservation standards ECS for CFLKs January 2016 CFLK ECS Final Rule. 81 FR 580.
In that final rule, DOE established amended standards based on the efficacy of the lamps with additional requirements for medium base CFLs and pin-based fluorescent lamps packaged with the CFLK, except where the lamps are not designed to be consumer replaceable from the CFLK i.e., integrated SSLs, in which case luminaire efficacy is used. Id. These amended standards apply to CFLKs manufactured on or after January 21, 2020,5 and will be referred to collectively in this document as the January 21, 2020 standards. See 10 CFR
432.32s6.
5 After DOEs promulgation of final rules establishing energy conservation standards for CFLKs and ceiling fans, Congress enacted S. 2030, the Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act the Act, which was signed into law as Public Law 115161 on April 3, 2018.
The Act amended the compliance date for the CFLK
standards to establish a single compliance date for the energy conservation standards for both CFLKs and ceiling fans. On May 16, 2018, DOE published a final rule that amended the compliance date for CFLKs in the relevant sections of the CFR by replacing January 7, 2019 with January 21, 2020. 83 FR 22587.

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In the December 2015 CFLK TP Final Rule, DOE determined that the amendments in that final rule would likely change the measured values required to comply with the thenexisting CFLK standards for all CFLKs except CFLKs with medium screw base sockets. 80 FR 80209, 80212. As such, representations regarding CFLKs subject to the January 21, 2020 standards must be based on the amended test procedure, including appendix V1. See id. and 81 FR 580 January 6, 2016.
Neither the December 2015 CFLK TP
Final Rule nor the January 2016 CFLK
ECS Final Rule amended the reporting requirements for CFLKs to reflect the updated metrics from the test procedure and amended standards. The reporting requirements at 10 CFR 429.33 continue to require manufacturers to report based on the January 1, 2007 standards, including information that is no longer relevant. This inconsistency between the reporting requirements and the January 21, 2020 standards may lead to confusion regarding which standards are applicable as well as the reporting of unnecessary information. Therefore, DOE is proposing to update the reporting requirements to address the January 21, 2020 standards and remove the reporting requirements for the January 1, 2007 standards.
2. GSILs and IRLs GSILs and IRLs are covered products for which DOE is authorized to establish and amend energy conservation standards and test procedures. 42 U.S.C. 6292a14
DOEs existing test procedures for general service fluorescent lamps GSFLs, IRLs and GSILs appear at title 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix R appendix R Uniform Test Method for Measuring Average Lamp Efficacy LE, Color Rendering Index CRI, and Correlated Color Temperature CCT of Electric Lamps.
DOE test procedures for GSFLs, IRLs, and GSILs are codified in appendix R
and associated sampling and reporting requirements are codified in 10 CFR
429.27. DOE standards for GSFLs, IRLs, and GSILs are codified respectively at 10 CFR 430.32n1, 2, 4, 6, and 7
and x.
On July 6, 2009, DOE published a final rule amending the test procedures for GSFLs, IRLs, and GSILs. 74 FR
31829. These amendments consisted largely of: 1 Referencing the most current versions of several lighting industry test standards incorporated by reference; 2 adopting certain technical changes and clarifications; and 3
expanding the test procedures to
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