Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Amendment to the Definition of “Electric Refrigerator”

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 10 CFR Part 430 [Docket No. EE-RM-93-801] RIN 1904-AB03 AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is amending the definition of Electric refrigerator in its energy conservation program regulations to include a maximum temperature of the fresh food storage compartment, and to exclude certain appliances whose physical configuration makes them unsuitable for general storage of perishable foods. EFFECTIVE DATE: December 19, 2001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, phone (202) 586-9611 or by e-mail at michael.raymond@ee.doe.gov . Francine Pinto, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, phone (202) 586-7432. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ( printed page 57846) I. Background and Introduction DOE received requests from several manufacturers of wine coolers, including Danby Products, Ltd. and the Witt Company, seeking exemptions from the refrigerator energy efficiency standards for wine coolers. These products are configured with special storage racks for wine bottles and in general do not attain as low a storage tempe…