# Proposed Rules Federal Register 

### Vol 63, No. 64 Friday. April 3, 

### 1998

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuanceof 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 ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Numbers EE-RM-90-201 and EERM-S-97-7001

RIN 1904-AA84 Energy Conservation Programfor Consumer Products: Cooking Products (Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) Energy Conservation Standards

AGENCY: 

### Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,DOE. ACTION: 

### Notice of limited reopening of the record and opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: 

### The Department of Energy (DOE)is providing a limited reopening of the record and opportunity for public comment on its rulemaking to revise energy conservation standardsfor cooking products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended,for the following classes: gas cooktops,gas ovens,and electric nonself-cleaning ovens. On February 27, 1998, (63FR 9975) DOE published a notice reopening the comment period for 30 days. DOE received a letter from the American Gas Association (AGA) requestingtheDepartment to changethe comment period from 30 days to 60 days. AGA stated it needed additional time to respond to the prescriptive elimination of pilot lights, which is of significant interest to its members. Therefore, the Department is providing

a limited reopening of the comment period to allow additional time to provide any new factual information, comment onthe supplemental analyses, thepotential impact of standards,and the principal policy options now under consideration. ADDRESSES: 

### A copy ofthe 1996Draft Report on the Potential Impact of Alternative Energy Efficiency Levels for Residential CookingProducts (Draft Report),supplemental analysis,and other post comment period correspondence are available for public inspection and copying at the Freedom of Information Reading Room, U.S. Department of Energy,Forrestal Building, Room 1E- 190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Please submit 10copies of written comments (nofaxes) and a computer diskette (Wordperfect6.1) to: Brenda Edwards-Jones,U.S. Department of Energy,Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, "Energy ConservationProgram for Consumer Products: CookingProducts,Docket No. EE-RM-S-97-700", EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-01 2 1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

### Kathi Epping, U.S. Department of Energy,Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-012 1,(202)586- 7425,or Eugene Margolis, Esq.,U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-72, 1000Independence Avenue, SW,Washington, DC 20585- 0103, (202) 586-9507.

Issued in Washington,DC, 

### on March 30, 

### 1998. Dan W. Reicher, 

### Assistant Secretary, Energy EfficiencyandRenewableEnergy. [FRDoc. 98-8669 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]

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DATES: 

### Comments must be received on
or before April 28, 1998. 

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# Proposed Rules

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the 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 ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Numbers EE-RM-90-201 and EERM-S-97-700]

RIN 1904-AA84 Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Cooking Products (Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) Energy Conservation Standards

AGENCY: Office ofEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice oflimited reopening of the record and opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: The Department ofEnergy (DOE) is providing a limited reopening ofthe record and opportunity for public comment on its rulemaking to revise energy conservation standards for cooking products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, for the following classes: gas cooktops, gas ovens, and electric nonself-cleaning ovens. On February 27, 1998, (63 FR 9975) DOE published a notice reopening the comment period for 30 days. DOE received a letter from the American Gas Association (AGA) requestingthe Departmentto change the comment period from 30 days to 60 days. AGA stated it needed additional time to respond to the prescriptive elimination ofpilot lights, which is of significant interest to its members. Therefore, the Department is providing

a limited reopening ofthe comment period to allow additional time to provide any new factual information, comment on the supplemental analyses, the potential impact ofstandards, and the principal policy options now under consideration.

DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 28. 1998. ADDRESSES: A copy ofthe 1996 Draft Report on the Potential Impact of Alternative Energy EffiCiency Levels for Residential Cooking Products (Draft Report), supplemental analysis, and other post commentperiod correspondence are available for public inspection and copying at the Freedom ofInformation Reading Room, U.S. Department ofEnergy, Forrestal Building, Room lE-190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between the hours of9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Please submit 10 copies ofwritten comments (no faxes) and a computer diskette (WordPerfect 6.1) to: Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Office ofEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, "Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Cooking Products, Docket No. EE-RM-S-97-700", EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathi Epping, U.S. Department of Energy, Office ofEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586- 7425, or Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department ofEnergy, Office ofGeneral Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585- 0103, (202) 586-9507.

Issued in Washington, DC. on March 30, 1998. DanW. Reicher, AssistantSecretary. EnergyEfficiencyandRenewableEnergy. [FR Doc. 98-8669 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]

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