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turn being passed on to the recipient

agencies.

In addition, FCS’ review of the

certified public accountant audit reports

submitted by multi-State processors

participating in the processing program

has disclosed that the majority of

processors participating in the program

are operating in compliance with the

regulations and their processing

agreements. Also, representatives from

AMS have indicated that processors are

properly accounting for meat and

poultry.

FCS is interested in attracting more

companies to participate in the

processing program in order to increase

competition. Increased competition

should lower costs, improve quality,

and provide a greater variety of end

products for recipient agencies.

Reducing unnecessarily burdensome

requirements should further reduce the

cost to recipient agencies. FCS has

identified certain provisions in the

regulations that could be modified or

eliminated. The Department is

interested in conducting demonstration

projects in these areas to determine if

changing the rules will result in

increased competition and lower costs

in the program. In order to conduct such

projects, it will be necessary for FCS to

waive certain requirements contained in

the regulations.

This rule proposes to permit FCS to

waive any of the requirements of the

Food Distribution Program regulations

at Part 250 for the purposes of

conducting demonstration projects to

test program changes designed to

improve the State processing of donated

foods.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 250

Agricultural commodities, Food

assistance programs, Food processing.

For reasons set forth in the preamble,

7 CFR Part 250 is proposed to be

amended as follows:

PART 250—DONATION OF FOODS

FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS

TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS

AND AREAS UNDER ITS

JURISDICTION

1. The authority citation for Part 250

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 612c,

612c note, 1431, 1431b, 1431e, 1431 note,

1446a–1, 1859; 15 U.S.C. 713c; 22 U.S.C.

1922; 42 U.S.C. 1751, 1755, 1758, 1760, 1761,

1762a, 1766, 3030a, 5179, 5180.

2. In § 250.30, a new paragraph (t) is

added to read as follows:

§ 250.30 State processing of donated

foods.

* * * * *

(t) Waiver authority. The Food and

Consumer Service may waive any of the

requirements contained in this part for

the purpose of conducting

demonstration projects to test program

changes designed to improve the State

processing of donated foods.

Dated: April 6, 1995.

William E. Ludwig,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–9085 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P

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: Energy

Conservation Standards for Three

Cleaning Products

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed

rulemaking; extending comment period

for dishwashers.

SUMMARY: Today’s notice is to extend

the comment period for dishwashers for

persons to comment on the

Department’s Advance Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking concerning

energy conservation standards for three

cleaning products.

DATES: Written comments in response to

this document must be received by

September 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be

submitted to: U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, ‘‘Energy Efficiency

Standards for Consumer Products,’’

(Docket No. EE–RM–94–403), Room 1J–

018, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7574.

Copies of the public comments

received may be read at the

Department’s Freedom of Information

Reading Room, U.S. Department of

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E–

190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–6020

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anthony T. Balducci, U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Forrestal

Building, Mail Station EE–431, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

8459

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–

72, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department published an Advance

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for

Energy Conservation Standards for

Three Cleaning Products. (59 FR 56423,

November 14, 1994). The Department

published a notice extending the

comment period for dishwashers until

April 17, 1995. (60 FR 5880, January 31,

1995).

In its letter of March 24, 1995, to the

Department, the Association of Home

Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), on

behalf of its members, and the American

Council for Energy Efficient Economy,

the Natural Resources Defense Council,

California Energy Commission, Pacific

Gas and Electric, Seattle Water

Department and American Water Works

Association, and Southern California

Edison, requested an extension of the

deadline for written comments for

dishwashers from April 17, 1995, to

September 30, 1995. AHAM stated it

and other interested persons need

additional time for further data

collection and analysis to respond

adequately to the issues raised in the

advance notice.

In addition, the above parties are

engaged in discussions to develop a

joint recommendation to the

Department regarding standard levels

for dishwashers. AHAM and the other

organizations need the additional time

to collect engineering, energy, and cost

data. These data will be used in

developing dishwasher standard levels

to be recommended to the Department

for adoption as part of this rulemaking.

The substance and possible results of

these discussions may significantly

affect the nature of the comments on the

advance notice. The extension of time

for the comment period should not

impair or slow the Department’s ability

to promulgate standards.

The Department encourages these

discussions between AHAM, its

members and non-industry persons.

Based on these representations, the

Department is extending the written

comment period to September 30, 1995.
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Issued in Washington, DC, April 7, 1995.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 95–9170 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Chapter I

Review of Customs Regulations

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Review of regulations.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the President

directing each agency to conduct a pageby-page review of all of each agency’s

regulations now in force to eliminate or

revise those that are outdated or

otherwise in need of reform, this

document requests that the public assist

Customs to identify regulations that

could be modified or eliminated.

DATES: Responses should be submitted

on or before April 25, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Responses (preferably in

triplicate) shall be addressed to the

Chief, Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs

Service, Franklin Court, 1301

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20229.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold Singer, Regulations Branch, 202–

482–6930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In a memorandum for Heads of

Departments and Agencies signed by the

President on March 4, 1995, on the

subject of the Regulatory Reinvention

Initiative, President Clinton directed

each agency, as one of four steps which

are an integral part of our ongoing

Regulatory Reform Initiative, to conduct

a page-by-page review of its regulations

now in force and eliminate or revise

those that are outdated or otherwise in

need of reform. The President requests

a report of regulations planned to be

eliminated or modified by June 1, 1995.

The review should include careful

consideration of at least the following

issues:

(1) Is this regulation obsolete?

(2) Could its intended goal be

achieved in more efficient, less intrusive

ways?

(3) Are there better private sector

alternatives, such as market

mechanisms that can better achieve the

public good envisioned by the

regulation?

(4) Could private business, setting its

own standards and being subject to

public accountability, do the job as

well?

(5) Could the States or local

governments do the job, making Federal

regulation unnecessary?

Customs Request for Public Input

As most of Customs customers and

stakeholders are aware, Customs is in

the midst of its own reorganization and

business process improvement. Since

the passage of the Customs

Modernization Act (the popular name

for Title VI of the North American Free

Trade Agreement Implementation Act),

which allows Customs to streamline and

modernize its operations, Customs has

been holding public meetings to

determine how its business processes

should be revised and what revision of

its regulations are necessary to best

accomplish its mission and serve the

international trade community

efficiently and effectively. Obsolete

regulations are soon to be eliminated as

Customs is targeting close to 90 per cent

of its regulations for modification. As an

extension of the process of getting

public input regarding Customs

business process improvement and

implementation of the Customs

Modernization Act, and consistent with

the President’s Regulatory Reinvention

Initiative, Customs is asking the public

to assist the agency in identifying any

sections of the Customs Regulations that

are outdated or in need of reform.

Please bear in mind in responding to

this request for input that Customs is

not seeking comments in this document

regarding specific draft proposals for

regulatory changes to implement the

Customs Modernization Act or concept

papers concerning Customs processes

that are being changed pursuant to the

Customs Modernization Act that have

been publicly discussed and/or

released. Persons who have commented

on specific Customs Modernization

draft proposals or concept papers need

not further respond to this request for

suggested regulatory changes. Public

meetings will continue to be held and

draft proposals will continue to be

posted on the Customs Electronic

Bulletin Board soliciting public input

on specific Customs Modernization

draft proposals and concept papers.

What Customs is looking for in this

exercise are particular sections of the

Customs Regulations that are believed to

be outdated or too burdensome, and that

should be eliminated or modified,

regardless of how Customs ultimately

revises its regulatory procedures

pursuant to the Customs Modernization

Act.

Customs has prepared the attached

outline for use by members of the public

who wish to offer suggestions on those

Customs regulations which they believe

can be eliminated or modified.

Recommendations for modification or

repeal should be as specific as possible.

The information you submit is crucial to

any decision to amend or repeal

regulations and is necessary to be

provided due to the time constraints

involved in the program. The more

detailed the information Customs

receives, the easier it will be for

Customs to evaluate the suggestion.

Responses should be submitted no

later than April 25, 1995. Comments

should be sent directly to: Chief,

Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs

Service, Franklin Court, 1301

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20229.

Outline for Public Input

(1) What is the subject of the

regulations you are recommending be

modified or repealed?

(2) Which sections in particular are

you recommending be modified or

repealed?

(3) What is the exact nature of your

suggestion as how the regulations can be

amended or repealed? If you are

recommending an amendment, please

specify the precise nature of the change.

(4) As far as you are aware, is Customs

already in the process of developing an

amendment to these regulations based

on authority granted to the agency by

the Customs Modernization Act?

(5) What is the expected benefit in

your suggested modification or repeal?

Specify savings in time and/or money

and whether to Customs, the public, or

both. Quantify, if possible.

Dated: April 11, 1995.

George J. Weise,

Commissioner of Customs.

[FR Doc. 95–9214 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms

27 CFR Chapter I

[Notice No. 809; 95R–007T]

Review of Existing Regulations

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

and Firearms (ATF), Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is

soliciting public comment as to which,