[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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