[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8669]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Numbers EE-RM-90-201 and EE-RM-S-97-700]
RIN 1904-AA84


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Cooking 
Products (Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) Energy Conservation Standards

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of limited reopening of the record and opportunity for 
public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is providing a limited 
reopening of the record and opportunity for public comment on its 
rulemaking to revise energy conservation standards for cooking products 
under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, for the 
following classes: gas cooktops, gas ovens, and electric non-self-
cleaning ovens. On February 27, 1998, (63 FR 9975) DOE published a 
notice reopening the comment period for 30 days. DOE received a letter 
from the American Gas Association (AGA) requesting the Department to 
change the comment period from 30 days to 60 days. AGA stated it needed 
additional time to respond to the prescriptive elimination of pilot 
lights, which is of significant interest to its members. Therefore, the 
Department is providing a limited reopening of the comment period to 
allow additional time to provide any new factual information, comment 
on the supplemental analyses, the potential impact of standards, and 
the principal policy options now under consideration.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the 1996 Draft Report on the Potential Impact of 
Alternative Energy Efficiency Levels for Residential Cooking Products 
(Draft Report), supplemental analysis, and other post comment period 
correspondence are available for public inspection and copying at the 
Freedom of Information Reading Room, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. 
and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Please submit 10 copies of written comments (no faxes) and a 
computer diskette (WordPerfect 6.1) to: Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
``Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Cooking Products, 
Docket No. EE-RM-S-97-700'', EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathi Epping, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-7425, or 
Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General 
Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-
0103, (202) 586-9507.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 30, 1998.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary,
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-8669 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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