{"abstract":"On April 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a request for information (RFI) pertaining to the test procedures for consumer water heaters and residential-duty commercial water heaters. The RFI provided an opportunity for submission of written comments, data, and information to the Department by June 1, 2020. Prior to the end of the comment period for the RFI, DOE received requests from the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), as well as from the American Public Gas Association (APGA), seeking additional time to consider the issues raised in the RFI and possibly to conduct further testing, in order to establish the applicability and impact of a different test procedure on water heating equipment. In light of these request, DOE is announcing its decision to reopen the comment period on the subject RFI for an additional 14 days.","action":"Request for information; reopening of the public comment period.","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/2020/06/10/2020-12436.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"430","title":10},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"431","title":10}],"citation":"85 FR 35382","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2020-06-24","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The comment period for the consumer water heaters and residential-duty commercial water heaters test procedures RFI, published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2020, which closed on June 1, 2020, is hereby reopened and extended. 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