Proposed Rules. Reopening of public comment period

Agency: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy
Action: Reopening of public comment period
Citation: FR Doc. 2015-02157 · RIN 1904-AC36 · Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 · 10 CFR 431

Summary

On October 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed determination (NOPD) regarding energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps in the Federal Register . This notice tentatively determined that potential standards for three subcategories of HID lamps are either not technologically feasible or not economically justified. On December 22, 2014, DOE received a joint comment from the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (Joint Comment), opposing DOE's proposed determination. This document announces a reopening of the public comment period for submitting comments and data in response to the Joint Comment. The comment period is extended to March 6, 2015.

Dates

DOE will accept comments, data, and information in response to the Joint Comment received no later than March 6, 2015.

Supplementary Information

On October 21, 2014, DOE published a NOPD in the Federal Register that tentatively determined that potential standards for HID lamps are either not technologically feasible or not economically justified. 79 FR 62910. The notice provided for the submission of written comments by December 22, 2014. On December 22, 2014, DOE received a joint comment from the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (Joint Comment). The full comment can be found in Docket No. EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043-43. The Joint Comment opposed DOE's proposed determination for the following reasons: 1. Energy conservation standards for the [400 watt] metal halide representative lamp type are technically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 1); 1 1 A notation in the form of “Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 1” identifies a written comment that DOE received and included in the docket of this rulemaking. This particular notation refers to a comment: (1) In the Joint Comment; (2) in the document number 43 of the docket; and (3) on page 1 of that document. 2. DOE's analysis fails to properly consider the likely consumer responses to replacing existing HID lamps (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 2); and 3. DOE's analysis should be based on mean lumen output and not on initial lumen output (Joint Comment, No. 43 at p. 3). DOE is reopening the public comment period for the October 21, 2014 NOPD to allow interested parties to provide DOE with comments and data in response to the points made in the Joint Comment. DOE will consider any comments in response to the Joint Comment received by midnight of March 6, 2015, and deems any comments received by that time to be timely submitted. Issued in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2015. Kathleen B. Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 2015-02157 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]