Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Clothes Washer Energy Conservation Standards

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-540]


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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: Clothes Washer 
Energy Conservation Standards

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 19, 1998 (63 FR 64344), the Department of Energy 
published a Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 
revise energy conservation standards for clothes washers under the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The notice announced that February 
2, 1999, would be the closing date for receiving public comments. At 
the December 15, 1998, workshop on clothes washers, Amana requested 
that the comment period be extended for two months, to allow additional 
time for understanding the financial model and to give better responses 
to concerns raised in the notice. The Department is committed to 
issuing the final rule on schedule. In light of the fact that much of 
the information discussed in the notice was presented at the March 11, 
1998, Clothes Washer Workshop, the Department agrees to a more limited 
extension of the comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments are welcome. Please submit 10 copies (no 
faxes) to: Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Program for 
Consumer Products: Clothes Washers, Docket No. EE-RM-94-403, RIN 1904-
AA67, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-0371, E-
mail: Bryan Berringer@EE.DOE.GOV or Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-72, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9507, E-mail: 
Eugene.Margolis@HQ.DOE.GOV.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 5, 1999.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-540 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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