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 AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Final rule; withdrawal. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, this document withdraws a disapproved final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024. The final rule would have established amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. DATES: As of May 20, 2025, the final rule on energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters, published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024, at 89 FR 105188 , and delayed at 90 FR 13054 (Mar. 20, 2025), is withdrawn. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Appliance Standards Program, 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. Email: ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov . ( printed page 21391) Pete Cochran, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (240) 961-1189. Email: Peter.Cochran@hq.doe.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy published in the Federal Register a final rule (“December 2024 Final Rule”) prescribing amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. 89 FR 105188 . The effective…