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the laboratory that conducted the gpI

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Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of

January 1995.

Terry L. Medley,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 95–2315 Filed 1–30–95; 8:45 am]

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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: 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: The purpose of today’s notice

is to extend the comment period for

dishwashers from January 30, 1995 to

April 17, 1995, 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

April 17, 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 5E–

066, 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:

P. Marc LaFrance, 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–

8423

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).

In its letter of December 2, 1994, 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, and the

New York State Energy Office, requested

an extension of the deadline for written

comments for dishwashers from January

30, 1995 to April 17, 1995. AHAM

stated it and other interested persons

need additional time to respond

adequately to the issues raised in the

advance notice.

In addition, AHAM stated it and a

group of environmental organizations,

public utilities, and state and local

energy and water conservation offices

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 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 April 17, 1995.

Issued in Washington, D.C., January 26,

1995.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 95–2333 Filed 1–26–95; 2:25 pm]

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10 CFR Part 430

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Energy Efficiency

Standards for Fluorescent Lamp

Ballasts, Television Sets, and Electric

Water Heaters

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Rulemaking determination.

SUMMARY: On March 4, 1994, the

Department proposed standards for

room air conditioners, water heaters,

direct heating equipment, mobile home

furnaces, kitchen ranges and ovens, pool

heaters, fluorescent lamp ballasts and

television sets. This notification

discusses the Department of Energy’s

decision to proceed with separate

rulemakings for fluorescent lamp

ballasts, televisions, and heat pump

water heaters. For all three products, the

Department will publish revised notices

of proposed rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terry Logee, 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–

1689

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:

1. Background

As directed by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act, P.L. 95–619,

the Department published an advance

notice of proposed rulemaking for the

eight products. 55 FR 39624, September

28, 1990. On March 4, 1994, the

Department published a notice of

proposed rulemaking. 59 FR 10464,

March 4, 1994.

2. Discussion

The Department received over 8,000

comments on the proposed rule,

including comments from

manufacturers, consumers, members of

Congress, retailers, broadcasters,

national trade associations, national

energy advocates, utilities and other

Federal agencies. The Department is

presently reviewing and evaluating the

comments. DOE believes the record is

sufficient for room air conditioners, gas

and oil-fired water heaters, direct

heating equipment, mobile home

furnaces, kitchen ranges and ovens and

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pool heaters to proceed to a final rule

and will use the data and useful

information contained in the comments

in developing that rulemaking.

However, based on the Department’s

review of the comments on the

proposed standards for fluorescent lamp

ballasts, television sets and electric

water heaters, the Department has

concluded that a number of significant

issues exist which require additional

data and/or analysis to address. The

Department believes that because of the

resulting changes to the data and

analyses underlying the proposed

standards for these products, it would

be appropriate to publish revised

notices of proposed rulemaking. If the

results of the analysis do not support a

change in the standards, then the

Department will propose that the levels

in the Act remain unchanged or,

regarding television sets, the

Department may propose that standards

are not justified.

(a) Fluorescent lamp ballasts. Based

on the comments in the record, the

Department has determined that revised

data from a larger sample of fluorescent

lamp ballast types is needed. Data from

sources identified in the record, data

from manufacturers, and data from other

independent sources will be used in the

reanalysis.

(b) Televisions. Based on the

comments in the record, the Department

has determined that new data from

television sets with current features and

from a larger sample of television

manufacturers is needed. The

Department is planning to test television

sets to develop such data. These new

data, together with data and other

information obtained from the

comments submitted on the proposed

standard, will be used to reanalyze

whether efficiency standards are

warranted for television sets and, if so,

at what level.

(c) Electric water heaters. The

Department received comments on a

wide range of issues regarding the

proposed standard for electric water

heaters, including the Department’s

estimates of average household hot

water use, the costs of heat pump water

heaters and the extent to which the

proposed standard would result in fuel

switching. In addition, the comments

addressed the impacts of standards on

consumers, including low income

households, households with small

electric water heaters installed in

confined spaces, and those with large

water heaters which take advantage of

reduced off-peak electric utility rates.

The Department agrees that these issues

need to be reassessed. DOE will gather

additional data on the costs and other

impacts of the standards and will

explore options for reducing or

eliminating possible adverse impacts,

including the possible establishment of

distinct classes of electric waster

heaters. Because fully addressing these

issues may require substantial changes

in the analysis of the impacts of water

heater standards, the Department will

issue a new proposed rule.

Issued in Washington, D.C., January 25,

1995.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 95–2348 Filed 1–30–95; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[WI43–01–6261b; FRL–5139–2]

Clean Air Act Approval and

Promulgation of Employee Commute

Options Program; Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is proposing to approve the State

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision

request submitted by the State of

Wisconsin on November 15, 1993 for

the purpose of establishing an Employee

Commute Options Program (ECO

Program) in the Milwaukee Severe–17,

ozone nonattainment area. Wisconsin

submitted the SIP revision to satisfy the

statutory mandate that an ECO Program

be established for employers in severe

and extreme ozone nonattainment areas

with 100 or more employees.

Compliance plans developed by these

employers must be designed to

convincingly demonstrate an increase in

the average passenger occupancy of

vehicles used by their employees who

commute to work during the peak

period by no less than 25 percent above

the average vehicle occupancy of the

nonattainment area. In the final rules

section of this Federal Register, the EPA

is approving the State’s SIP revision

request without prior proposal because

EPA views this as a noncontroversial

revision and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to its proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated.

If EPA receives adverse comments, the

direct final rule will be withdrawn and

the public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. A second

comment period on this action will not

be initiated. Parties interested in

commenting on this document should

do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received on or before March 2,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed to: Carlton Nash, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air

Toxics and Radiation Branch (AT–18J),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Copies of the State submittal and

EPA’s analysis of it are available for

inspection at: Regulation Development

Section, Air Toxics and Radiation

Branch (AT–18J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

M. Mooney, (312) 886–6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the direct

final rule published in the rules section

of this Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Carbon monoxide,

Nitrogen oxide, Ozone, Volatile organic

compounds.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: December 19, 1994.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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40 CFR Part 52

[KY–80–6666; FRL–5147–6]

Control Strategy: Ozone (O3);

Kentucky

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve a request for an exemption from

the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reasonably

available control technology (RACT)

requirement of the Clean Air Act as

amended in 1990 (CAA) for the

Kentucky portion of the HuntingtonAshland, moderate ozone O3

nonattainment area. The exemption

request, submitted by the

Commonwealth of Kentucky through

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