[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49325-49326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24227]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Number EE-RM/STD-98-440]
RIN 1904-AA77


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Central Air 
Conditioners and Heat Pumps Energy Conservation Standards

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

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; rescheduling of public hearing, 
extension of time to submit comments.

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SUMMARY: This document: Announces a new date of October 2, 2001, for 
the public hearing originally scheduled for September 13, 2001; and 
extends the time period to October 19, 2001 for submitting comments 
regarding the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking published on 
July 25, 2001.

DATES: Oral views, data, and arguments may be presented at the public 
hearing rescheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on October 2, 2001 in 
Washington, DC. DOE must receive requests to speak at the public 
hearing and a copy of your statements no later than 4 p.m., September 
26, 2001, and we request that you provide a computer diskette 
(WordPerfect 8) of each statement at that time. Unless we hear 
otherwise, we will assume that persons who previously submitted 
requests to speak at the public hearing scheduled for September 13, 
2001 will present oral statements at the hearing on October 2, 2001.
    Comments must be received on or before October 19, 2001. DOE is 
requesting a signed original, a computer diskette (WordPerfect 8) and 
10 copies of the written comments. DOE will also accept e-mailed 
comments, but you must send a signed original.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments, oral statements, and 
requests to speak at the public hearing to: Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Central Air 
Conditioners and Heat Pumps, Docket No. EE-RM/STD-98-440, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone (202) 
586-2945; Telefax: (202) 586-4617. You should label comments both on 
the envelope and on the documents and submit them for DOE receipt by 
October 19, 2001. You

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may send emails to: [email protected]. 
    The workshop will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, Room 1E-245, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585. (Please note that foreign nationals visiting DOE 
Headquarters are subject to advance security screening procedures. If 
you are a foreign national and wish to participate in the workshop, 
please inform DOE of this fact as soon as possible by contacting Ms. 
Brenda Edwards-Jones at (202) 586-2945 so that the necessary procedures 
can be completed.) You can find more information concerning public 
participation in this rulemaking proceeding in Section VII, ``Public 
Comment,'of the previous published notice of proposed rulemaking. (66 
FR 38822).
    A limited number of call-in phone lines will be provided for the 
October 2, 2001, workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for those unable to 
travel. Please contact Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at (202) 586-2945 to 
obtain the call-in phone number.
    Copies of the transcript of the public hearing, the public comments 
received and this notice may be read 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 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael E. McCabe, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal 
Building, EE-41, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121, (202) 586-0854, e-mail: [email protected], or Michael Bowers, 
Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, Forrestal 
Building, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, 
(202) 586-8140, e-mail: [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC., on September 21, 2001.
David K. Garman,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 01-24227 Filed 9-26-01; 8:45 am]
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