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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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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 E.O. 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 dishwashers 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.
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 Attorney General and the Chairman of the FTC concerning the impact of the commercial or industry standards on competition.
The proposed modifications to the test procedure for dishwashers would incorporate testing methods contained in certain sections of the following commercial standards: AHAM DW1
2020, AHAM DW22020, and IEC
62301 Ed. 2.0. DOE has evaluated these standards and is unable to conclude whether they fully comply with the requirements of Section 32b of the FEAA i.e., whether it was developed in
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a manner that fully provides for public participation, comment, and review.
DOE will consult with both the Attorney General and the Chairman of the FTC
concerning the impact of these test procedures on competition, prior to prescribing a final rule.
M. Description of Materials Incorporated by Reference In this NOPR, DOE proposes to incorporate by reference into 10 CFR
part 430 the test standard published by AHAM, titled Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Dishwashers, AHAM DW12020, and the test standard published by IEC, titled Household electrical appliancesMeasurement of standby power, IEC 62301 Ed. 2.0 for both, appendix C1 and the new appendix C2.
Additionally, DOE proposes to update the industry standard incorporated by reference in 10 CFR part 430 from ANSI/AHAM DW12010 to AHAM
DW22020.
AHAM DW12020 is a voluntary industry-accepted test procedure that measures the energy and water consumption of household electric dishwashers. The test procedure amendments proposed in this NOPR
generally reference AHAM DW12020
including provisions to address: Water hardness, relative humidity, ambient temperature, test load items, loading pattern, detergent, standby power measurement, dishwashers with 208 V
power source, and water re-use system dishwashers. Additionally, this NOPR
proposes to incorporate by reference AHAM DW12020 in its entirety in the new appendix C2. In addition to the updates proposed to appendix C1, the new appendix C2 would include updated requirements for the annual number of cycles and calculation of low-power mode energy consumption.
DOE also proposes to incorporate by reference into 10 CFR part 430 AHAM
DW22020, Household Electric Dishwashers, which is a standard to determine the cleaning performance of dishwashers. For some of the provisions that DOE is proposing to reference from AHAM DW12020, the standard references AHAM DW22020; these include certain definitions and requirements for test cycle and load, soils, and detergent. Additionally, DOEs proposed requirements for evaluating cleaning performance in appendix C1 and the new appendix C2
would also be referenced from the relevant sections of AHAM DW22020.
DOE also proposes to apply specified provisions of the IEC Standard, IEC
62301 Ed. 2.0, to the new appendix C2.
IEC 62301 Ed. 2.0, already incorporated
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by reference into 10 CFR part 430 for application to appendix C1, is an international standard that specifies methods of measurement of electrical power consumption of household appliances in standby modes and other low power modes, as applicable. The proposed new appendix C2 would include references to IEC 62301 Ed. 2.0
for the measurement of dishwasher standby power consumption.
Copies of AHAM DW12020 and AHAM DW22020 may be purchased from AHAM at 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 402, Washington, DC 20036; or by going to AHAMs online store at www.aham.org/AHAM/AuxStore.
Copies of IEC 62301 Ed. 2.0 can be obtained from3, rue de Varembe, P.O.
Box 131, CH1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland, or by visiting www.iec.ch.
Copies of the IEC standards are also available at American National Standards Institute, 25 W 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, 212
6424936, or by visiting webstore.ansi.org.
V. Public Participation A. Participation in the Webinar The time and date of the webinar are listed in the DATES section at the beginning of this document. If no participants register for the webinar, it will be cancelled. Webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOEs website:
www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/
appliance_standards/standards.aspx?
productid=38&action=viewlive.
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 proposed rulemaking, or who is representative of a group or class of persons that has an interest in these issues, may request an opportunity to make an oral presentation at the webinar. Such persons may submit requests to speak by email to: ApplianceStandards Questions@ee.doe.gov. Persons who wish to speak should include with their request a computer file in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or text ASCII file format the briefly describes the nature of their interest in this rulemaking and the topics they wish to discuss. Such persons should also provide a daytime telephone number where they can be reached.

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