Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters

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 10 CFR Part 430 [EERE-2017-BT-STD-0019] RIN 1904-AF65 ( printed page 13054) AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date. SUMMARY: This document further delays the effective date of a recently published final rule amending the energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. DATES: As of March 20, 2025, the effective date of the rule amending 10 CFR part 430 published at 89 FR 105188 on December 26, 2024, is delayed until May 20, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julia Hegarty, 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: (240) 597-6737 Email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov . Mr. Uchechukwu “Emeka” Eze, 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: uchechukwu.eze@hq.doe.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued the “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” memorandum, published in the Federal Register on January 28, 2025 ( 90 FR 8249 ). The Presidential Memorandum ordered all executive departments and agencies to consider postponing for 60-days the effective date of certain rules published in the Federal Register for the purpose of reviewin…