{"abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including residential clothes washers. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this direct final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for residential clothes washers. It has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified. A notice of proposed rulemaking that proposes identical energy efficiency standards is published elsewhere in today's Federal Register. If DOE receives adverse comment and determines that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule, this final rule will be withdrawn and DOE will proceed with the proposed rule.","action":"Direct final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/05/31/2012-12320.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":429,"title":10},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":430,"title":10}],"citation":"77 FR 32308","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2012-09-18","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The effective date of this rule is September 28, 2012 unless adverse comment is received by September 18, 2012. If adverse comments are received that DOE determines may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal of the final rule, a timely withdrawal of this rule will be published in the Federal Register. If no such adverse comments are received, compliance with the amended standards established for residential clothes washers in today's final rule will be required on March 7, 2015 and January 1, 2018, as set forth in Table I.1 in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket Number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-12320","effective_on":"2012-09-28","end_page":32380,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/05/31/2012-12320.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/05/31/2012-12320/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-residential-clothes-washers","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-12320?publication_date=2012-05-31","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-05-31/2012-12320/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":73,"page_views":{"count":3769,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 10:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-31/pdf/2012-12320.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-12320.pdf?1338382085","publication_date":"2012-05-31","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/05/31/2012-12320.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1904-AB90":{"issue":"201110","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1904-AB90/energy-conservation-standards-for-residential-clothes-washers","title":"Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201110&RIN=1904-AB90&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Economically Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1904-AB90"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"2012-04  Direct Final Rule Technical Support Document","document_id":"EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019-0047"},{"title":"2012-05  National Impact Analysis","document_id":"EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019-0046"},{"title":"2012-05  Life-Cycle Cost, Front-Loading Compact-Size Product Class","document_id":"EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019-0045"},{"title":"2012-05  Life-Cycle Cost, Top-Loading Compact-Size Product Class","document_id":"EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019-0044"},{"title":"2012-05  Life-Cycle Cost, Top-Loading & Front-Loading Standard-Size Product Classes","document_id":"EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019-0043"},{"title":"2012-05  Government Regulatory Impact Model (GRIM)","document_id":"EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019-0042"},{"title":"2010-05-20  Analytical Results in Support of Stakeholder Negotiations on Amended Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers, Residential Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers, and Room Air Conditioners. 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