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: Today's notice is to extend the comment period for dishwashers

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 September 30, 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 1J-018, 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:

Anthony T. Balducci, 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-

8459

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). The Department

published a notice extending the comment period for dishwashers until

April 17, 1995. (60 FR 5880, January 31, 1995).

In its letter of March 24, 1995, 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, California Energy Commission, Pacific Gas

and Electric, Seattle Water Department and American Water Works

Association, and Southern California Edison, requested an extension of

the deadline for written comments for dishwashers from April 17, 1995,

to September 30, 1995. AHAM stated it and other interested persons need

additional time for further data collection and analysis to respond

adequately to the issues raised in the advance notice.

In addition, the above parties 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 extension of time for the comment period should not impair or slow

the Department's ability to promulgate standards.

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 September 30,

1995.

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Issued in Washington, DC, April 7, 1995.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 95-9170 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]

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