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### Renewable Energy Energy Conservaton Programfor Consumer Products: Energy 

### Conservatlon Program forFluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Clothes Washers, and Water Heaters AGENCY: Office ofEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTlON: Notice ofpublic workshops.
SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, asamended (EPCA or Act), requires the Department ofEnergy (DOE or Department) to consider amending theenergy conservation standards for certain major household appliances. This notice announces three public workshops as steps in the appliance standards rulemaking procedures. These public workshops will be conducted forthe rulemakings
on revised energyefficiency standards for fluorescent lampballasts, clothes washers, and water heaters. DATEB: The following table liststhe respective analyses release dates, workshop dates, and comment period dates.

Fluorescent lamp bal- Clothes washers Water heaters lasts
ReleaseAnalyses

.................................................. April 27, 1999

............ June 14, 1999

........... June 14, 1999. Comments Due

................................... May 18, 1999

............ July 6, 1999

............... July 6, 199. Workshops

................................... June 1. 1999

............. July 22, 1999

............. July 23, 1999. Comments Due

............................. . June 15, 1999

........... August 3, 1999

.......... August 3. 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Department willhold you must supplement such comments Copies ofthe completed analyses may the public workshops between thehours with a signed hard copy. also be obtained from: U.S. Department of9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. atthe U.S. You should identify all comments on ofEnergy, Office ofCodes and Department ofEnergy, Forrestal both the envelope and document with Standards, 1000 Independence Avenue. Building. 1000Independence Avenue, the name ofthe product and the SW, Room 1J-018. Washington. DC SW, Room IE-245. Washington. DC appropriate docket number: Fluorescent 20585. 20585. Written comments are welcome, Lamp Ballasts,EE-RM-97-500: Clothes Public information: The public may especially following theworkshops. Washers. EE-RM-94-403: or Water access the Freedom ofInformation Please submit one signed copy and a Heaters, EE-RM-97-900. Reading room, located at the U.S. computer diskette (WordPerfect 6.1) or Ifyou submit information or data that Department ofEnergy, Forrestal 10copies (notelefacsimiles) to: U.S. youbelieve isconfidential, and should Building. 1000 Independence Avenue, Department ofEnergy, Attn: Brenda not be publicly disclosed, you should SW, Room IE-190. Washington, DC Department ofEnergy, Attn: Brenda submit one complete copy ofyour 20585, between the hours of9:00 a.m. Edwards-Jones, Office ofEnergy document and ten (10) copies or one and 4:00 p.m.. Monday through Friday, Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE- electronic copy fromwhich the (except Federal holidays). Call (202) 43, 1000 Independence Avenue. SW. information believed to be confidential 586-3142 for information. Washington, DC 20585. (202) 586-2945. has been deleted. We will make our own FOR FURT"ER INFORMATION CONTACT: e-mail: Brenda.Edwards- determinationregarding the Edward Pollock. U.S. Department of Jones@ee.doe.gov. confidentiality ofthe information or Energy, Office ofEnergy Efficiency and

The Department will also accept data according to ourregulations at 10 Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, electronically-mailed comments, but CFR 1004.11. Mall Station EE-43, 1000 Independence

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Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585- impacts, manufacturer impact analyses. 0121, (202) 586-5778, e-mail: and environmental effects. The Edward.Pollock@ee.doe.gov. orMichael complete set ofanalyses willbe J.McCabe, U.S. Department ofEnergy, available accordingto the schedule in Office ofEnergy Efficiency and the DATES section ofthis Notice. Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Once the analytical results are Mail Station EE-40, 1000Independence publicly available for each product, the Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585- Department willprovide periods during 0121, (202) 586-9155, e-mail: which itwill receive comments on both Michael.McCabePee.doe.gov: Eugene the analyses as well as on thepolicy Margolls, Esq. U.S. Department of implications drawn from the analyses. Energy.Office ofGeneral Counsel, The Department will review and Forrestal Building, Mall Station GC-72. analyze thecomments Itreceives on the 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, policy recommendations and analyses. Washington, DC 20585-0103, (202) 586- y r a 9507, e-mail: Following receipt and review of Eugene.Margolis@hq.doe.gov. comments for each product, the SUPPLgene.Margoln MA In its Department will conduct aworkshop. administration ofthe Appl:ance The workshops will all have similar administration ofthe Applianceformats, wherein there will be a Standards Program, DOEhas published formats, wherein there will be a procedures to make the rulemaking summary ofthe analytical results that process more accessible tothe public will have been publicly available prior process more accessible tothe public. (Procedures for Consideration ofNew or to each respective workshop, followed Revised Energy Conservation Standards bya summary discussion ofthe for Consumer Products, 61 FR 36974, comments received prior to the July 15, 1996). As part ofthe revised' workshop. Lastly. a senior DOEofficial July 15, 1996). As partofthe revisedP discussiononwhich procedures, the Department pledged to will facilitate a discussion on which procedures, the Department pledged to participants at the provide "early opportunities for public standard levels participants at the input to and comment on the analyses." workshop believe can be supported by (61 FR 36976). the analyses.

This notice announces three public TheDepartment will conduct these workshopsby which the Department workshops priorto our selection of plans to obtain public comment on the proposed revisions tothe energy analyses being prepared forNotices of efficiency standards for fluorescent Proposed Rulemakings onrevised lamp ballasts, clothes washers, and energy efficiency standards for water heaters, and the Department will fluorescent lamp ballasts, clothes consider output from the workshops in washers, and water heaters. Inaddition the development ofthose proposals. to providing interested parties the Following the respective workshops, opportunity to comment on the the Department will provide an analyses, the workshops will also additional comment period, during provide interested parties with the which Interested parties will have an opportunity tocomment onwhat levels opportunity to comment on the ofrevised energy efficiency standards proceedings at the workshops. aswell as proposals they could support from the on any aspect ofthe rulemaking analyses. proceedings, Including what policy

Prior to the publicworkshops, the Implications the commenters might Department will make publicly draw from the analyses. available the analytical results that It presently plans to use in its formal The Department will also consider all decision process. The material to be comments provided after therespective presented will be the bases for the workshops in itsdetermination ofthe Technical Support Documents for the appropriate revised energy-efficiency Notices ofProposed Rulemaklngs. DOE standards to propose. staff and contractors will prepare the Ifyou would liketoparticipate inthe material. workshops, receive workshop material,

These analytical results will be orbe added to the DOE mailing listto available from the Office ofCodes and receive future notices and information Standards (OCS) Internet site regarding these workshops, please (http:www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/ contact Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, codes standards/index.htrn), and the (202) 586-2945. DOE Freedom ofInformation Reading Issued InWashington, DC, on May 4, 1999. Room. The analyses that theDepartment n Rechr plans toprovide for review for eachency and product are the results ofthe Assis Secret EneryE encyand engineering cost-efficiency curves, life- RenewableEnergy cycle costs, paybacks, national energy FR Doc. 99-11566 Filed 5-699: 8:45 am] savings, net national employment aIu.INO CODE 4-8l1-