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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 209 / Tuesday, November 2, 2021 / Proposed Rules inflation, section 202 of UMRA requires a Federal agency to publish a written statement that estimates the resulting costs, benefits, and other effects on the national economy. 2 U.S.C. 1532a, b The UMRA also requires a Federal agency to develop an effective process to permit timely input by elected officers of State, local, and Tribal governments on a proposed significant intergovernmental mandate, and requires an agency plan for giving notice and opportunity for timely input to potentially affected small governments before establishing any requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect small governments. On March 18, 1997, DOE published a statement of policy on its process for intergovernmental consultation under UMRA. 62 FR 12820; also available at www.energy.gov/gc/office-generalcounsel. DOE examined this proposed rule according to UMRA and its statement of policy and determined that the rule contains neither an intergovernmental mandate, nor a mandate that may result in the expenditure of $100 million or more in any year, so these requirements do not apply.
H. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999
Section 654 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 Pub. L. 105277 requires Federal agencies to issue a Family Policymaking Assessment for any rule that may affect family well-being. This proposed rule would not have any impact on the autonomy or integrity of the family as an institution.
Accordingly, DOE has concluded that it is not necessary to prepare a Family Policymaking Assessment.

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I. Review Under Executive Order 12630
DOE has determined, under Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights 53 FR 8859
March 18, 1988, that this proposed regulation would not result in any takings that might require compensation under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.
J. Review Under Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001
Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 44 U.S.C. 3516 note provides for agencies to review most disseminations of information to the public under guidelines established by each agency pursuant to general guidelines issued by OMB. OMBs
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guidelines were published at 67 FR
8452 February 22, 2002, and DOEs guidelines were published at 67 FR
62446 October 7, 2002. DOE has reviewed this proposed rule under the OMB and DOE guidelines and has concluded that it is consistent with applicable policies in those guidelines.

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concerning the impact of the commercial or industry standards on competition.
The proposed modifications to the test procedure for EPSs do not incorporate any new industry standards.

K. Review Under Executive Order 13211
Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use, 66 FR 28355 May 22, 2001, requires Federal agencies to prepare and submit to OMB, a Statement of Energy Effects for any proposed significant energy action. A
significant energy action is defined as any action by an agency that promulgated or is expected to lead to promulgation of a final rule, and that:
1 Is a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, or any successor order; and 2 is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy; or 3 is designated by the Administrator of OIRA as a significant energy action. For any proposed significant energy action, the agency must give a detailed statement of any adverse effects on energy supply, distribution, or use should the proposal be implemented, and of reasonable alternatives to the action and their expected benefits on energy supply, distribution, and use.
The proposed regulatory action to amend the test procedure for measuring the energy efficiency of EPSs is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866. Moreover, it would not have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy, nor has it been designated as a significant energy action by the Administrator of OIRA. Therefore, it is not a significant energy action, and, accordingly, DOE has not prepared a Statement of Energy Effects.

M. Description of Materials Incorporated by Reference
L. Review Under Section 32 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
Under section 301 of the Department of Energy Organization Act Pub. L. 95
91; 42 U.S.C. 7101, DOE must comply with section 32 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, as amended by the Federal Energy Administration Authorization Act of 1977. 15 U.S.C.
788; FEAA Section 32 essentially provides in relevant part that, where a proposed rule authorizes or requires use of commercial standards, the notice of proposed rulemaking must inform the public of the use and background of such standards. In addition, section 32c requires DOE to consult with the
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In this SNOPR, DOE proposes to maintain the current incorporation by reference of IEC 62301 Ed. 2.0, and create a new section 1 in appendix Z, titled incorporation by reference, to enumerate the specific provisions of the standard that are applicable to the EPS
test procedure in appendix Z.
Specifically, section 1 of appendix Z
would limit use of the material incorporated by reference to the following sections of the IEC 62301:
IEC 62301, Household electrical appliancesMeasurement of standby power, Edition 2.0, 201101:
Section 4.4.1, Power measurement uncertainty;
Section 5.3.3, Average reading method;
Annex B, Notes on the measurement of low power modes; and Annex D, Determination of uncertainty of measurement.
IEC 62301 is an industry-accepted standard for measuring the standby power of household electrical appliances. This standard is reasonably available and can be obtained from the American National Standards Institute at the following address:
American National Standards Institute, 25 W 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, 212 6424936, or by visiting https webstore.ansi.org.
V. Public Participation A. Participation in the Webinar The time and date of the webinar meeting are listed in the DATES section at the beginning of this document.
Webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOEs website: https
www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/
appliance_standards/
standards.aspx?productid=1.
Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the webinar software.
B. Procedure for Submitting Prepared General Statements for Distribution Any person who has an interest in the topics addressed in this SNOPR, or who is representative of a group or class of
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