The Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have each issued their Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. The Agenda is a government-wide compilation of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, 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 portion of the Agenda includes regulatory actions called for by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, and programmatic needs of DOE offices. The DOE agenda includes:

• Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, the withdrawal of a disapproved final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024. The final rule would have established amended energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers.

• Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, the withdrawal of a disapproved final rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2025. The final rule would have established amended energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator freezers.

• Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, DOE must periodically determine whether more stringent standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer water heaters, would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In a final rule, DOE has adopted amended energy conservation standards for consumer water heaters, except for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. DOE has determined that the new and amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• DOE is publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the compliance date for its manufactured housing energy conservation standards. Currently, manufacturers must comply with these standards on and after July 1, 2025 for Tier 2 homes and 60 days after the issuance of enforcement procedures for Tier 1 homes. DOE is proposing to delay the Tier 2 compliance date to allow DOE more time to continue to consider the proposed enforcement procedures and comments submitted, and to evaluate appropriate next steps that provide clarity for manufacturers and other stakeholders.

The EPA portion of the Agenda has the following items:

• Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda requires that an agency review each rule that has or will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities within 10 years of promulgation. EPA has concluded its review of Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters, and Forced-Air Furnaces, and is conducting an ongoing review of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing; and Clay Ceramics Manufacturing.