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GAO-09-155R 1 (2008-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-317371 October 31, 2008 The Honorable Jeff Bingaman Chairman The Honorable Pete V. Domenici Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman The Honorable Joe Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Energy: Eneigy Conservation Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner and Packaged Terminal Heat Pump Energy Conservation Standards Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Energy (DOE), entitled Energy Conservation Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner and Packaged Terminal Heat Pump Energy Conservation Standards (RIN: 1904-AB44). We received the rule on October 20, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 7, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 58,772. The final rule amends the energy conservation standards for commercial standard size packaged terminal air conditioners (PTAC) and packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHP) to efficiency levels more stringent than those in American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)/ Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Standard 90.1-1999. The final rule adopts the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-1999 for non-standard size PTACs and PTHPs. The final rule has an announced effective date of November 6, 2008. The Congressional Review Act requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The rule was published in the Federal Register on October 7, 2008, and was not received by this office until GAO-09-155R

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