[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 231 (Wednesday, December 2, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 66499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32120]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number EE-RM-97-500]
RIN:1904-AA75
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Fluorescent
Lamp Ballasts Energy Conservation Standards
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 30, 1998, the Department of Energy published a
notice providing limited reopening of the record of its rulemaking to
revise energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts
under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (63 FR 58330). The notice
announced that November 30, 1998, would be the closing date for
receiving public comments regarding the Department's consideration of
consumers who choose electronic ballast T-8 systems over electronic
ballast T-12 systems and consumers who choose electronic ballasts over
cathode cutout ballasts. On November 20, 1998, the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association requested that the comment period be extended
until December 15, 1998, to allow additional time for data collection
and to avoid having the closing date immediately follow the
Thanksgiving holiday. The Department agrees to extend the comment
period closing date until December 15, 1998.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 15, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Written comments are welcome. Please submit 10 copies (no
faxes) to: Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Docket No. EE-RM-97-500,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Adams, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-9127, or
Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586-9507.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 25, 1998.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-32120 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]
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