# Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
> **US Department of Energy** · Lifting of administrative stay. · Published 2018-08-13 · 83 FR 39873
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-17187
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 39873
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 429
- **Publication date:** 2018-08-13
- **Energy docket:** EERE-2016-BT-TP-0029
## Abstract

On July 3, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued an administrative stay postponing the effectiveness of certain provisions of a final rule, published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2017. The January 5, 2017 final rule amended the test procedure and certain certification, compliance, and enforcement provisions for central air conditioners and heat pumps. Specifically, in issuing the administrative stay, DOE stayed the effectiveness of two provisions of the January 5, 2017 final rule that require outdoor unit models be tested under the outdoor unit with no match procedure if they meet either of two enumerated conditions. By this action, DOE lifts the administrative stay of the two provisions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/13/2018-17187/energy-conservation-program-test-procedures-for-central-air-conditioners-and-heat-pumps)
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