[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2333]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EE-RM-94-403]
RIN 1904-AA67
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for Three Cleaning Products
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extending comment period
for dishwashers.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of today's notice is to extend the comment period
for dishwashers from January 30, 1995 to April 17, 1995, for persons to
comment on the Department's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
concerning energy conservation standards for three cleaning products.
DATES: Written comments in response to this document must be received
by April 17, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be submitted to: U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, ``Energy
Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products,'' (Docket No. EE-RM-94-
403), Room 5E-066, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-7574.
Copies of the public comments received may be read at the
Department's Freedom of Information Reading Room, U.S. Department of
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-6020 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
P. Marc LaFrance, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-
431, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,(202) 586-8423
Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-72, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,(202) 586-9507
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published an Advance Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking for Energy Conservation Standards for Three
Cleaning Products. (59 FR 56423, November 14, 1994).
In its letter of December 2, 1994, to the Department, the
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), on behalf of its
members and the American Council for Energy Efficient Economy, the
Natural Resources Defense Council, and the New York State Energy
Office, requested an extension of the deadline for written comments for
dishwashers from January 30, 1995 to April 17, 1995. AHAM stated it and
other interested persons need additional time to respond adequately to
the issues raised in the advance notice.
In addition, AHAM stated it and a group of environmental
organizations, public utilities, and state and local energy and water
conservation offices are engaged in discussions to develop a joint
recommendation to the Department regarding standard levels for
dishwashers. AHAM and the other organizations need the additional time
to collect engineering, energy, and cost data. These data will be used
in developing dishwasher standard levels to be recommended to the
Department for adoption as part of this rulemaking. The substance and
possible results of these discussions may significantly affect the
nature of the comments on the advance notice.
The Department encourages these discussions between AHAM, its
members and non-industry persons. Based on these representations, the
Department is extending the written comment period to April 17, 1995.
Issued in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1995.
Christine A. Ervin,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-2333 Filed 1-26-95; 2:25 pm]
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