[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 30370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13927]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Parts 429 and 430

[EERE-2018-BT-TP-0004]


Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Cooking 
Products, Notice of Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notification of petition for rulemaking; reopening of the 
public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document reopens the public comment period for submitting 
comments, data and information on the Association of Home Appliance 
Manufacturers (AHAM) petition to withdraw the conventional cooking top 
test procedure published on April 25, 2018. The public comment period 
closed on June 25, 2018 and is reopened for 21 days until July 19, 
2018.

DATES: DOE is reopening the comment period for AHAM's petition to 
withdraw the cooking top test procedure published on April 25, 2018 (83 
FR 17944). Submit comments July 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments, 
identified by ``Test Procedure Cooking Products Petition,'' by any of 
the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number 
EERE-2018-BT-TP-0004 in the subject line of the message.
    Mail: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mailstop EE-5B, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20585-0121, identified by docket number 
EERE-2018-BT-TP-0004. If possible, please submit all items on a compact 
disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance and Equipment Standards Program, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, 950 L'Enfant 
Plaza SW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-6636. 
If possible, please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not 
necessary to include printed copies.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents, or 
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Sher, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Office of the General Counsel, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 
DC 20585. Email: [email protected]; (202) 287-6122.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 25, 2018, the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) published a petition from AHAM requesting that DOE 
reconsider its final rule on Test Procedures for Cooking Products, 
Docket No. EERE-2012-BT-TP-0013, RIN 1904-AC71, 81 FR 91418 (Dec. 16, 
2016) (Final Rule). In the petition, AHAM requested that DOE undertake 
rulemaking to withdraw the cooking top test procedure, while 
maintaining the repeal of the oven test procedure that was part of the 
Final Rule. 83 FR 17944. The notice of petition provided for the 
written submission of comments by June 25, 2018. AHAM requested an 
extension of the public comment period to allow additional time for 
AHAM and its members to provide data responsive to DOE's detailed 
inquiries regarding the petition. For the same reason, GE Appliances 
also requested an extension of the comment period.
    DOE has determined that an extension of the public comment period 
is appropriate to allow interested parties additional time to submit 
comments for DOE's consideration. Thus, DOE is reopening the comment 
period by 21 days, until July 19, 2018. DOE will consider any comments 
received by midnight of July 19, 2018 to be timely submitted.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2018.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2018-13927 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]
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