[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8669]
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Proposed Rules
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Numbers EE-RM-90-201 and EE-RM-S-97-700]
RIN 1904-AA84
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Cooking
Products (Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) Energy Conservation Standards
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of limited reopening of the record and opportunity for
public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is providing a limited
reopening of the record and opportunity for public comment on its
rulemaking to revise energy conservation standards for cooking products
under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, for the
following classes: gas cooktops, gas ovens, and electric non-self-
cleaning ovens. On February 27, 1998, (63 FR 9975) DOE published a
notice reopening the comment period for 30 days. DOE received a letter
from the American Gas Association (AGA) requesting the Department to
change the comment period from 30 days to 60 days. AGA stated it needed
additional time to respond to the prescriptive elimination of pilot
lights, which is of significant interest to its members. Therefore, the
Department is providing a limited reopening of the comment period to
allow additional time to provide any new factual information, comment
on the supplemental analyses, the potential impact of standards, and
the principal policy options now under consideration.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 28, 1998.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the 1996 Draft Report on the Potential Impact of
Alternative Energy Efficiency Levels for Residential Cooking Products
(Draft Report), supplemental analysis, and other post comment period
correspondence are available for public inspection and copying at the
Freedom of Information Reading Room, U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Please submit 10 copies of written comments (no faxes) and a
computer diskette (WordPerfect 6.1) to: Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
``Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Cooking Products,
Docket No. EE-RM-S-97-700'', EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585-0121.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathi Epping, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-7425, or
Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-
0103, (202) 586-9507.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 30, 1998.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary,
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-8669 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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