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# Proposed Rules I rrlerai Rrg~slrr

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public ofthe proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate In the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1219

[DocketNos. FV-01-705 EXT and FV-01- 706 EXTJ
Subpart A-Hass Avocado Promotion, Research. and Information Order and Subpart B-~eferendum Procedures; Extension of Comment Periods

AGENCY: Agric:trltural Marketing Service, IJSDA.

ACTION: Rxtensir)n of 

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### the 45-tI;lv c:orrrrllerlt pt?rioclson the ~~roposed klilss A\~o~iicIo I'roniotio~i. Kesearch, ant1 I~~formatii)n Ortler anel referentl~~ni 11roc:etlures for the program

are being extended for an aclditional 15 days.
DATES: cornntents ~irust be 

### receive?^! by Septerr~l~er 12, 2001. ADDRESSES: Interesteci [lersons are inviterl to submit writtell r:orntnents r:ctnc:erning this ~lroposetl rulti to the Doc:ket Clerk. Kesearc:h a~itl I'rornotin~i Branc:h, Fruit and Vegetable l'rograms. Agricultural Marketing Service,USDA. Stop0244,Room 2535 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue. SW.. Washington, DC 20250-0244. Comments shoultl be submitted in tri1)lic;ate and will be made available for pr~blic inspection at tlie atlove address clurillg regular Ilusiness Itours. Conirrietits rnav also be submitted e1ectronic:ally tit: rnalintla.f~tr~~ter@~~scli~.go\i. All
c:onr~nents sliot~lcl refere~rc:e the [locket n111nlxtr ant1 IIte date ant1 page rt~rmbnr of tltis issue!of tilt?Federal Kegister. A

I:(II)!' uf this rule Itlay be fot~ntl at: w~~~~.a11~s.~1sda.go~1/f~~/r~~~10~:k~!t1i~t.lttr11. I'~rrsuantto the 1'ai)erwork 1ietluc:tion Act (I'KA), sent1cornnlents regartling tht? ac:c:ttrat:yof the b~~rdeti estimate, ways to minimize the burden,incl~tcling the ~rse ofautomated c:ollection ter:hniques or other forr;ts of information tec:hnology, or any other aspect of this cit1lec:tion of' information to the al~ovt: aclclress. Cornments c:oncerning tlte information col1ec:tion under the I'KA shoultl also be
sent to the Desk 0Ric:er for ngri~~lltlll.~, Office of Inforn~atio~t ant1 Kegt~littory Affairs. 0ffic:e of M;r~l;lg):?rrlent itrltl Budget, Washi~tgton. IIC: 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ju 

### 1it! A. Morin, Kesearc:lt anti I'romotion Branch. Fruit ant1 Vegetallle l'rogriar11s. AMS. LISDA. Stop 0244. 1400 Independence Aveni~e. SW.,Room 2535 South Building. Waslrington. DC: 20250- 0244; telephone (202)720-9915 or fax (202)205-2800. SUPPLEMEMARYINFORMATION 

### [In July 13.2001. a proposed rule containing proposals for tht: Hass A\lot:atio I'romotion, liesearch,aticl Information Order (Order) (66F'K 36870)and a proposed rule containing referend~~rrr procedures for the program (66 FK 36886)were I,~!q,lisl~ecl in tlie Federal Keeister.

gnderthe proposed Ortler,produc:crs and irnl~orters wt~l~ltl pay an assessn~ent to the proposeci Hass Avoc:atlrt Hoilrtl (Board). Assesslnt:nts c:ollectetl 11n11t:r the prograin, at the initial rate rtf 2.5
cents a pouncl,arc:esl)ec:teti to ge~terate $10 million annually. The Boartl wo11ltl

use the assessments c:ollected to co~ttlut:t a prornotion. rese;lrc:ft, a~ttl informatiit11progrttm to maintain. de\~elop. and expand ~narkets for Httss avocarlos irt tht?LJnitetl States.Tlte propc)seci rt:ft?rentlum proc:r:tlures \soulil be used for a r~ferendtrnt to tleterntine whether producers anti importers favor implementation of the Order. The
comment periods on both proposetl rules end on Augi~st 27. 2001. Requests that additional tirne be provideel for interested persons to commel-rtwere received from Ambassador JamesBolger of New Zealand on Aug~rst 3.2001: Ambassatior A~idres Bianchi of Chile c-~rt August 8. 2001; Senators Joseph K. Hiclen. Jr..and Thomas K. Carper and Congressman Michael N. Castle on August 8.2001; Senator Kichard 

### C;. l.ugar onAug~~st 15, 2001, an~l Co~lgrt?ssnlen Ko11 Ancfrebvs and Kottert Moltentlez 011Augost 15, 2001. The Nrtw Zealii~ttl A~~tt~assatlor req~rested the extc~lsion tluc! to thr! r:omplexity of the rule. The otl~er parties requested the extension clue to tt~c: complexity of the r11lea~ttl the recent Supreme Court tlecisiott ot~ the mushroorn program (llnitsdStnteset trl. v. ll~iifed Foods. Iric.: 533 ll.S.(2001):
69 I!.S.L.W. 4543,jutte 25. 2001).

After reviewing the situation, the Delxirtmetit is estr?ntiingtile c:ontlnent periods for 15arlditional clays. Thiswill ~)rovitle interestecl persorts il total t,f'fO days to rt?vif?w tho prol)osritl rules. l~w'forr~~ it inore r:ornplnto ii~t;iIysis. ;inti sul~mit i~ny w~rittet~ I:~II~IIIRI~~S. ?'his tlf?Iityslloultl 111)f s11llst;~rltiaily a(1cI to tlte tinic required to r:ontplete this rulernakirtg ;action. A~:c:ortlingly, comnients will he accepted until Septetttl~c!r12.2001. 'This notic:e is iss~~etl LIII~H~ the Hass Avocatlo f'ro~notion,Kesearctr. ant1 Colist~rner Informatiolt Act, (7U.S.C. 7801-7813). eltacteel on C)ctober 23. 2000.

Rol~erl C. Keeney.

BILLING CODE 3410-02-P

DEPARTMENTOF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment

AGENCY: Offit:c! of' F:ntirgy Effic:ienc:y and Kertewa1)le t<rtc!rgy.Dt!pi~rtnier>t of Energy. ACTION: Notic:e trf prtt~lic: niefiting.

- .- SUMMARY: The Departnlerlt of Energy (DOEor Department) will hold an informal pul~lic meeting to disc~~ss the priorities 

### of the existing program and any possittle expansion of the sc:ope of the progranl to inclti(l):?additioital

consumer 11rocIuc:tsant1 c:omrnercial ant1 industrial ecluipment.?'lie Del,iirtrrtent is interester1 in rec:eiving s~rggestions or1 the criteria it shoultl usti to re;rch tlecisit~ns on tlrese issttes artd 011 the l'actors, rlat;~ ittttl arialysis ntethotls that migllt Ile ~rst!tlby DOE in its rlec:isio~t making [ISII(:~:SS.

DATES: 'rht: pc~t~lic: tr~eetirtg m~ill Ittc ht?ltl

on T~~esdav. Septe~rtt)er 11,2001, from
9 a.m.to noon. Writteit c:ornrnerits slto~tid he subntittecl 

### IIV October 11, 2001.

### Federal RegisterIVol. 66. No. 167/T~1estlav, August 28. 2001/Proposerl Rules 

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ADDRESSES: 

### The meeting will be held at the l1.S. Department of Energy. Forrestal Building, Room 1 

### E-245. 1000 l~iclepenclence Avenue, SW, Washington. DC 20585. (Pleasenote that foreign ~iationals visiting DOE Headquarters are si~hject o acl\rance security screening procedures. 

### If yo11are

a foreign national ancl wish to participate in the tneeting, please inforin DOE of this fac:t as soon aspossible by contacting Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jonesat (202)586-2945 sothat the necessary procedures can be completed.)

A list identifying the proposed priority for statidards r~ilemakings that

are c:urrently mandated by statute and a list nfpossible riew proclucts that have been identified by various stakeholders were placed on tlie DOE website at: 

### http:/l~t~~t~~.~l.erel~. doe.gov/b~~ ildings/ codes-stnndords/i~~de.~.h tn~. Written comments are welcome, espec:ially followingthe meeting. Please subniit written conirneiits to: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones,U.S. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Energy Co~iservation Program for Consumer I'roducts. EE-41, 1000 Indel~endence Avi?~iue, SW,Washington, DC 20585- 0121. Telephone: (202)586-2945; Telefax: (202)5864617.You should label comments both on the envelope and on the documents and submit thein for DOE receipt by October 11,2001. Please submit one signed copy and a computer diskette (Wordl'erfect 8)

### or 10 c:opies (notelefac:siniiles). The Department will also accept electronically-mailed comments,emailed to Brenda.Edwards- ]ones@ee.doe.gov, but you must supplement such comments with a signed hard copy.

Copies of ttie agenda and attendees of the pt~blic meeting, the public c:omrnerits received, the list of current ruleniakings ancl possihle new products. atid this notice [naybe read at the Freetlom of lnforrnatio~i Reading Room. lJ.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190. 1000 Intlepe11denr:eAvenue, 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 FURTHW INFORMATION CONTACT: 

### Michael Raymond. U.S. Departme~lt of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-41, 1000 Indepencle~lce Avenue, SW. Washington. DC 20585-0121. (202)586- 961 1, 

### email: 

### n~ichoel.my~~~orid@ee.doe.go~~ pertaining
to priority setting for currerit rulemakings, and Bryan Berritiger, l1.S. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Effic:iencyand Re~iewal~le Energy, EE41, 

### 1000 Independence Avenl~e. SW. Washington. DC 20585-01 21, (202)586- 0371, emaiI: h~n.berringe~@ee.dc~e~g~~~~ pertaining to possible new 1)rotiucts.or Francine I'into, l1.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Cocrnsel. GC72,1000Independence Avenue. SW. Washingto~i, DC 20585-0103, (202)586- 7432,email: froncine.pinto@hq.doe.,qov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 

### On May 2001,the National Energy IJolicy Development Group (NEPDGroup) reported a National Energy Policy to the President. One of the recommendations called for the I'resident to direct the Secretary of Energy to take stepsto improve the energy effic:iency of appliances. The rer:onirnentlation includecl supporting the existing appliance statidards program, setting higher standards where teclinologically feasible and ec:otiomically justified, ancl expanding the scope of the program tct include additional consumer prodl~cts and commercial and industrial equipment.

The main focl5s ofthe meeting will l~e
to discuss the I)~OCHSS 

### that DOE shoiild

use in setting priorities for the existing
program and any possible expansion of the scopeof the program to inc:lt~de additional products arid equipment. The Department is interested in receiving
comments on its proposed priorities for
current standardsrulemakings and suggestions on the criteria it should use to reach decisioris on the possible expansion of tlie program. The Department is also interested iii 

### receiving comments 011

### the factors, data and analysis methods that might be used by DOE in its decision making
process. Additional products and equipment coulcl be addresseti through voluntary programs,c:onsumer education,legislation and/or regulation. Indeed,there are 11iIlsbeing drafted and introducecl in ttie Congress which would direct DOE to aclclressadditioiial products and equipment. Thus,the timing of this meeting woulcl allow DOE
to dosomeearly planning in anticipation ofa tiumber of possible

new activities.

Today's noticze,the subject lists of
current rulemakings and possible new products and equiptnent. and tlie planned meeting mark the next steps in seeking stakeholder input into the rulemaking process. The lists can be found on the following well-site: hftp:/ 

### /ww~~.eren.doe.gov/i)i~ildings/ codes-stnndurds/i~~dex.htm.

The ~neetitlg will be conductecl in an informal,c:onferenc:estyle. There shall be no discussiori elf 

### proprietary i 

### ~ifbrniatiori, costs or pric:es. market shitres, or otlier c:ommerc:ial matters regulatetf 

### IIV the U.S. ;irititrnst laws.

After tfie rneetiiig and expiration of the periocl for submitting written stateriierits,the Department will begin c:onsitleratioti of 

### the c:orn~rieiits re~:ei\le(I. 

### Ifvou woltltl like to participate in the meeting, receive meeting materials, or be atl(lec1to the DOE niailing list to receive htture notic:es aticl information regartling the energy conservatioti
program for consumerproducts arid commercial and industrial equipment. please contact Ms. Brenda EclwardsJonesat (202)586-2945.

David K. Garman, 

### Assislnrl/Sc~rr?lnry /?IF 

### Ertr*rg!/EJ./iric:rri:yortd 1~r:nc~n~rtI~lr: Er1c:rgy.
/E'K tlot:. 01-21667 Filed 8-27-01: 8:45 am1

BILLING CODE 645041-P

DEPARTMENTOF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number 

### EE-RMISTD-98-4401

RIN: 1904-AA77

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

AGENCY: 

### Office of Energy Effic.ierir.vand Renewable Energy, Departnient of Energy.
ACTION: 

### Supplemental proposed rule: c:orrection.

SUMMARY: 

### This doc:~~ment corrects the preamble to a proposeti rule published in the 

### Federal Register 

### of Itily 25. 2001. regarding Energy Conservation I'rogram for Co~isumer I'rotlucts: Central Air Conditioners and Heat I'urnl)s Energy Conservation Standartls.This correction revises the cumrrlative change in industry net present val~te, tlie cumulative regulatory b~~rtlen on 

### industry, and the estimated numller of gas-fired power plants not needed as a result of the proposed standard.

FOR FURTHW INFORMATION CONTACT:

### Dr. Michael E. McCabe. (202)586-0854, email: michael.e.mccabeQee.doe.go~~.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION


### Correction

In proposed rule dor:irment FK Doc:. 01-18429, appearing on page 38822, in ttie issue of Wednesday, July25, 2001, the follt~wing c:orrectio~is are made: