Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR): Central Air Conditioner and Heat Pump

The U.S. Department of Energy published on July 25, 2001, a supplemental proposed rule and proposed withdrawal of final rule to consider amending the conservation standards for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps.

A public hearing for comments on the supplemental proposed rule and proposed withdrawal of a final rule has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 2, 2001.

This site contains materials that were the basis for the Residential Central Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Supplemental NOPR and the Technical Support Document (TSD). The material was prepared by DOE staff and contractors.

Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Federal Register Documents

Final Rule: Delay of Effective Date, February 2, 2001 (PDF 71 KB)
Final Rule: Postponement of effective date and reconsideration, April 20, 2001 (PDF 36 KB)
Supplemental Proposed Rule; proposed withdrawal of final rule: Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Energy Conservation Standards. (PDF 198 KB)
Supplemental Proposed Rule; correction (PDF 50 KB)
Notice to Reschedule Public Hearing and Extension of Time to Submit Comments (PDF 47 KB)

To view previous Federal Register Documents, Spreadsheets, Environmental Assessment and Marginal Energy Price Reports, go to "Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pump Rulemaking."

Public Hearing Technical Support Document

To view the July 25, 2001, TSD and the Regulatory Impact Analysis, go to the SNOPR TSD.

Final Rule — May 23, 2002

If you have any comments or if you encounter any problems while using these spreadsheets and documents, please contact Michael Raymond at (202) 586-9611 or email at michael.raymond@hq.doe.gov.