Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for Three Cleaning Products

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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