Rulemaking for Test Procedures for Small, Large, and Very Large Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

DOE has published a Federal Register notice of final rule regarding test procedures for small, large, and very large air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment 80 FR 79655 (December 23, 2015).

DOE has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking regarding proposed amendments to the test procedures for small, large, and very large air-cooled commercial pacakge air conditioning and heating equipment and comment period extension. 80 FR 55797 (September 17, 2015). 

DOE will host a public meeting on the notice of proposed rulemaking (80 FR 46870) regarding test procedures for small, large, and very large air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment.  On Friday, September 4, 2015 in Washington, DC

DOE has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking regarding test procedures for small, large, and very large air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment 80 FR 46870 (August 6, 2015).

The comment period is closed. 

Any comments submitted must identify the NOPR for Test Procedures for Small, Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment, and provide docket number EERE-2015–BT–TP–0015 and/or regulatory information number (RIN) number 1904-AD54. Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. 

2. E-mail: CommPkgACHeat2015TP0015@ee.doe.gov  Include the docket number EERE-2015–BT–TP–0015 and/or RIN 1904-AD54 in the subject line of the message.

3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on a CD. It is not necessary to include printed copies.

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. If possible, please submit all items on a CD. It is not necessary to include printed copies.

The small, large, and very large, air-cooled commercial air conditioner test procedure docket EERE-2015-BT-TP-0015 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents. For the latest information on the planned timing of future DOE regulatory milestones, see the current Office of Management and Budget Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. All planned dates are preliminary and subject to change.

DOE is initiating a rulemaking to consider amended energy conservation standards for certain commercial air-conditioning and heating equipment. The purpose of this rulemaking is to determine whether national standards more stringent than the current standards for these products would result in significant additional conservation of energy and would be technologically feasible and economically justified

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