REGULATORY AGENDA

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FR Doc No: 2011-15485

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Vol. 76

Thursday,

No. 130

July 7, 2011

Part VII

Department of Energy

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

Unified Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X 48 CFR Ch. 9

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of semiannual regulatory agenda.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making available its portion of the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) pursuant to Executive

Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' 58 FR 51735, and the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agenda is a Governmentwide compilation of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity taking place over the next 12 months, including a brief description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda also includes a list of regulatory actions completed since publication of the last Agenda. The Department of Energy's portion of the Agenda includes regulatory actions called for by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Energy Independence and

Security Act of 2007, and programmatic needs of DOE offices.

The Internet is the basic means for disseminating the Agenda and providing users the ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. DOE's entire Spring 2011 Agenda can be accessed online by going to: http://www.reginfo.gov. Agenda entries reflect the status of activities as of approximately April 30, 2011.

Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under section 610 of that Act. DOE has one rulemaking that required a regulatory flexibility analyses: Energy Efficiency Standards for

Certain Commercial and Industrial Electric Motors.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2011.

Scott Blake Harris,

General Counsel.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage

Regulation

Sequence No.

Title

Identifier No.

137....................... Energy Efficiency

1904-AC28

Standards for Certain

Commercial and Industrial

Electric Motors.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)

Proposed Rule Stage 137. Energy Efficiency Standards for Certain Commercial and Industrial

Electric Motors

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(b)(4)(B)

Abstract: The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) updated the energy efficiency standards for electric motors covered in Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) and established energy efficiency standards for a larger scope of motors previously not covered. EPCA requires that a final rule determining whether to amend standards be published no later than 24 months after the effective date of the previous final rule. As EISA 2007 constitutes the previous amendment to energy conservation standards for electric motors and its effective date is December 19, 2010, DOE must publish this amendment to energy conservation standards for electric motors by December 19, 2012.

Timetable:

Action

Date

FR Cite

Notice: Public Meeting Framework

09/28/10 75 FR 59657

Document Availibility.

Comment Period End.................. 11/24/10 .......................

NPRM................................ 04/00/12 .......................

Final Action........................ 12/00/12 .......................

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.

Agency Contact: James Raba, Office of Building Technologies

Program, EE-2J, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-8654, E-mail: jim.raba@ee.doe.gov.

RIN: 1904-AC28

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