[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 35067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17025]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EE-RM-220-IF]
RIN: 1904-AA61
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Fluorescent
and Incandescent Lamp Test Procedures
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This notice delays the effective date of the Final Rule for
the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Fluorescent and
Incandescent Lamp Test Procedures, published May 29, 1997 (62 FR
29222).
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published at 62 FR 29222 is
delayed from June 30, 1997 to October 18, 1997. The incorporation by
reference of certain publications listed in the regulations and
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 30, 1997
has been conformed to the same date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terrence L. Logee, U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Mail
Station EE-43, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-1689, or Eugene Margolis, Esq.,
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail Station GC-
72, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20585-0103, (202) 586-9507.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
Part B of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as
amended (EPCA or the Act), establishes the Energy Conservation Program
for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles.1 The consumer
and commercial products currently subject to this program (covered
products) include fluorescent and incandescent reflector lamps, the
subjects of today's notice.
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\1\ Part B of Title III of EPCA, as amended, is referred to in
this Final Rule as the ``Act'', and provisions of the Act are
referred to either as ``Section ________ of the Act'' or as
``Section ________.'' Part B of Title III is codified at 42 U.S.C.
6291-6309.
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Today's notice delays the effective date for the Final Rule (62 FR
29222, May 29, 1997) from June 30, 1997 to October 18, 1997 (180 days
from the date of issue, April 21, 1997) and the incorporation by
reference of certain publications listed in the regulations and
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 30, 1997
has been conformed to the same date. The statute states that effective
180 days after a test procedure is amended no manufacturer,
distributor, retailer, or private labeler may make any representation
in writing (including labels) or in advertising with respect to energy
efficiency, energy used or the cost of energy consumed unless the
product is tested with the revised test procedure and the
representation fairly discloses the results of such testing. Section
323(c)(2), 42 U.S.C. 6291(c)(2). The Final Rule published on May 29,
1997, is an amendment to the Interim Final Rule, and it includes test
procedures for some lamps which were not subject to testing under the
Interim Final Rule. Therefore, the delay of the effective date from
June 30, 1997 to October 18, 1997, will allow manufacturers adequate
time to change advertising and make new labels that correctly state the
energy used by these lamps.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
Administrative practice and procedure, Energy conservation,
Fluorescent and incandescent lamps.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 25, 1997.
Joseph J. Romm,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 97-17025 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]
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