[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2333]



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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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