Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts Energy Conservation Standards

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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