[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 5, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9001-9002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02235]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[EERE-2024-BT-TP-0010]
RIN 1904-AB99
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for General Service
Lamps
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This document delays the effective date of a recently
published final rule adopting several clarifications to the test
procedures for general service lamps. DOE also seeks comment on any
further delay of the effective date, including the impacts of such
delay, as well as comment on the legal, factual, or policy issues
raised by the rule.
DATES: The effective date of the rule amending 10 CFR part 430
published at 90 FR 4589 on January 16, 2025, is delayed until March 21,
2025. Written comments and information will be accepted on or before
March 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Jordan Wilkerson, 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. Telephone:
(202) 287-1445. Email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Kiana Daw, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General
Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.
Telephone: (202) 586-4798. Email: kiana.daw@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 20, 2025, the Assistant to the
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President and Chief of Staff (``Chief of Staff'') issued a memorandum
outlining the President's plan for managing the Federal regulatory
process at the outset of the new Administration. In implementation of
one of the measures directed by that memorandum, the United States
Department of Energy (``DOE'') hereby temporarily postpones the
effective date of its final rule clarifying the test procedures for
general service lamps published in the Federal Register on January 16,
2025 (90 FR 4589). The January 16, 2025, rule adopted clarifications to
the test procedures for general service lamps (``GSLs'') located in
appendix W, appendix BB and appendix DD. Specifically, DOE clarified
instructions that GSLs must not be tested as colored lamps and that
lamps with additional components that do not affect light output must
be turned off during testing. The clarifications also specified that
non-integrated lamps be tested with a fluorescent lamp ballast, high
intensity discharge (``HID'') lamp ballast or external light-emitting
diode (``LED'') driver selected based on compatibility lists and
availability; and provided specifications regarding the starting
method, ballast factor, and number of lamps. Consistent with the Chief
of Staff's memorandum of January 20, 2025, DOE is temporarily
postponing the effective date of the final rule to March 21, 2025. The
temporary delay in effective date is necessary to give DOE officials
the opportunity for further review and consideration of new
regulations, consistent with the Chief of Staff's memorandum of January
20, 2025.
To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to this action, it is
exempt from notice and comment because it constitutes a rule of
procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) and for which no notice or hearing
is required by statute. The delay of the effective date to March 21,
2025, does not affect the compliance date for this rule, which remains
July 15, 2025. DOE is, however, seeking comment on any further delay of
the effective date, including the impacts of such delay, as well as
comment on the legal, factual, or policy issues raised by the rule.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 30,
2025, by Jocelyn Richards, Acting General Counsel, Office of the
General Counsel, pursuant to delegated authority from the Acting
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 January 31, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-02235 Filed 2-4-25; 8:45 am]
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