Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

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 429 [EERE-2022-BT-TP-0028] RIN 1904-AF49 AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to delay the applicability of certain product-specific enforcement provisions related to the controls verification procedure established in a recently published final rule amending the test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal. DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this proposal no later than June 30, 2025. See section IV of this document, “Submission of Comments,” for details. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using ( printed page 22672) the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov under docket number EERE-2022-BT-TP-0028. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Alternatively, interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket number EERE-2022-BT-TP-0028, by any of the following methods: (1) Email: CACandHeatPump2022TP0028@ee.doe.gov . Include the docket number EERE-2022-BT-TP-0028 in the subject line of the message. (2) Postal Mail: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-1445. If p…