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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2025-04-15.xml --- 90 71 Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Grizzly Bear Damage Management in Montana, 15681-15683 2025-06385 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc., 15792-15921 2025-06008 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Special Local Regulation:
Bush River and Otter Point Creek; between Perryman, MD and Edgewood, MD, 15650-15653 2025-06374 PROPOSED RULES Special Local Regulation: Neuse and Trent Rivers, New Bern, NC, 15673-15675 2025-06370 NOTICES Certificate of Alternative Compliance: M/V Falcon, 15715 2025-06395 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
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Western Navajo Pumped Storage 1, LLC, 15711-15712 2025-06365 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Final Federal Agency Action: Proposed Highway Projects in Texas, 15779-15782 2025-06363 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Driver Qualification Files, 15782-15783 2025-06345 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Sanctions Action, 15784-15789 2025-06371 2025-06372 2025-06373 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Section 45W Credit for Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles, 15673 2025-06377 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews, 15683-15684 2025-06359 Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Fiberglass Door Panels from the People's Republic of China, 15692-15696 2025-06384 Glycine from India, 15689-15691 2025-06362 Melamine from the People's Republic of China, 15691-15692 2025-06360 Slag Pots from the People's Republic of China, 15689 2025-06361 Sales at Less Than Fair Value;
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To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 90 71 Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Part 430 [EERE-2025-BT-DET-0005] RIN 1904-AF75 Repeal of the Definition of Showerhead AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: As part of its implementation of an Executive order, the U.S.
Department of Energy repeals the definition of a showerhead. DATES: The effective date of this rule is May 15, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Appliance Standards Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Email: *ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov.* Mr. David Taggart, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
Telephone:
(202)586-5281. Email: *David.Taggart@hq.doe.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion On April 9, 2025, President Donald J. Trump directed the Department of Energy to repeal the definition of “showerhead” codified at 10 CFR 430.2. *See* Executive order, *Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads.* In compliance with that order, and the President's constitutional authority to direct rescissions of regulations, the Department hereby repeals the definition of showerhead in § 430.2. The agency's decision to rescind that provision is nondiscretionary. The Executive order also directed the agency to proceed without notice and comment. In compliance with that directive, and because there is good cause to skip notice and comment in light of the nondiscretionary nature of the agency's duty, the agency is issuing this repeal without notice and comment. Effective May 15, 2025, the statutory definition of showerhead in 42 U.S.C. 6291(31)(D) will control. II. Authority The authority for this rule is the Executive order titled *Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads* (April 9, 2025), and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6291 *et seq.* III. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review A. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Manufacturers of showerheads must certify to DOE that their products comply with any applicable energy conservation standards. To certify compliance, manufacturers must first obtain test data for their products according to DOE test procedures, including any amendments adopted for those test procedures. DOE has established regulations establishing certification and recordkeeping requirements for all covered consumer products and commercial equipment, including showerheads. ( *See generally* 10 CFR part 429.) The information-gathering requirement for the certification and recordkeeping is subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (“PRA”). This requirement was approved by OMB under OMB control number 1910-1400. Public reporting burden for the certification is estimated to average 35 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. This final rule withdraws the current definition of showerhead. It does not amend the reporting requirement. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. B. Review Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 We are undertaking this revision because it is compelled by the President's Executive Order titled *Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads* (April 9, 2025). As such, we believe that “the proposed agency action is a nondiscretionary action with respect to which such agency does not have authority to take environmental factors into consideration in determining whether to take the proposed action.” 42 U.S.C. 4336(a)(4); *see Dep't of Transp.* v. *Pub. Citizen,* 541 U.S. 752, 766-70 (2004). Alternatively, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)of 1969, DOE has analyzed this final action in accordance with NEPA and DOE's NEPA implementing regulations (10 CFR part 1021). DOE has determined that this rule qualifies for categorical exclusion under 10 CFR part 1021, subpart D, appendix A5, because it is an interpretive rulemaking that does not change the environmental effect of the rule and meets the requirements for application of a categorical exclusion. *See* 10 CFR 1021.410. Therefore, DOE has determined that promulgation of this rule is not a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the meaning of NEPA, and does not require an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. In this regard, we note that the two recent final rulemakings addressing this exact matter—the definition of “showerhead”—found that this categorical exclusion applied. *See* Energy Conservation Program: Definition of Showerhead, 86 FR 71797, 71809 (December 20, 2021); Energy Conservation Program: Definition of Showerhead, 85 FR 81341, 81357-81358 (December 16, 2020). C. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.* ) requires preparation of a final regulatory flexibility analysis for any final rule where the agency was first required by law to publish a proposed rule for public comment. Here, the agency was not required to seek public comment. D. Review Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 Section 654 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub. L. 105-277) requires Federal agencies to issue a Family Policymaking Assessment for any rule that may affect family well-being. This rule will not have any impact on the autonomy or integrity of the family as an institution. Accordingly, it is not necessary to prepare a Family Policymaking Assessment. E. Congressional Notification As required by 5 U.S.C. 801, DOE will report to Congress on the promulgation of this rule before its effective date. The report will state that it has been determined that the rule is not a “major rule” as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). IV. Approval of the Office of the Secretary The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of this final rule. List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430 Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, Intergovernmental relations, Small businesses. Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 11, 2025, by Louis Hrkman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the **Federal Register** . Signed in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2025. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, DOE amends part 430 of chapter II, subchapter D, of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth below: PART 430—ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS 1. The authority citation for part 430 continues to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6309; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note. § 430.2 [Amended] 2. Amend § 430.2 by removing the definition of “Showerhead”. [FR Doc. 2025-06476 Filed 4-11-25; 2:30 pm]
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