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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 164

Monday, August 25, 1997

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Ch. I

Issuance of Report on the NRC

Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Issuance of NRC Regulatory

Agenda.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has issued the NRC

Regulatory Agenda for the period

covering January through June of 1997.

This agenda provides the public with

information about NRC’s rulemaking

activities. The NRC Regulatory Agenda

is a compilation of all rules on which

the NRC has recently completed action,

or has proposed action, or is considering

action, and of all petitions for

rulemaking that the NRC has received

that are pending disposition. Issuance of

this publication is consistent with

Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this report,

designated NRC Regulatory Agenda

(NUREG–0936), Vol. 16, No. 1, is

available for inspection, and copying for

a fee, at the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission’s Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level),

Washington, DC. In addition, the U.S.

Government Printing Office (GPO) sells

the NRC Regulatory Agenda. To

purchase it, a customer may call (202)

512–1800 or write to the Superintendent

of Documents, U.S. Government

Printing Office, Post Office Box 37082,

Washington, DC 20013–7082.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David L. Meyer, Chief, Rules and

Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Telephone: (301) 415–7162, tollfree number (800) 368–5642.

Dated at Rockville, MD., this 20th day of

August 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Sarah Wigginton,

Acting Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,

Division of Administrative Services, Office

of Administration.

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. CAS–RM–79–102]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Notice of Public

Workshop on Test Procedures for

Central Air Conditioners, Including

Heat Pumps

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Public Workshop.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(Department or DOE) today gives notice

that it will convene a public workshop

to discuss issues and gather information

related to test procedures for central air

conditioners and heat pumps.

DATES: The public workshop will be

held on Thursday, September 25, 1997,

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the U.S. Department of Energy, Room

1E–245, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585.

Copies of the transcript of the public

workshop, public comments received,

and this notice may be read at the

Department of Energy, Freedom of

Information Reading Room, U.S. DOE,

Forrestal Building, Room 1E–190, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–6020,

between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. If you are planning to attend

this workshop and would like to receive

material prepared for the workshop,

please contact Ms. Sandy Beall, Office

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, Mail Station EE–43, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121.

Telephone: (202) 586–7574; Telefax:

(202) 586–4617.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Raymond, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE–43, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)

586–9611.

Ms. Sandy Beall, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, U.S.

Department of Energy, Mail Station

EE–43, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121,

(202) 586–7574.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

To develop a proposed rule revising

the test procedures for central air

conditioners and heat pumps, the

Department is convening a workshop to

receive and discuss public comments on

a number of technical issues. This is a

proposed agenda for the workshop:

2. Preliminary Agenda

9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Should the DOE test procedure be

expanded to cover any of the following

equipment categories?

—Triple capacity heat pumps

—Multiple-split heat pumps

—Two-capacity heat pumps with

variable-speed indoor fans that are

modulated to best match the building

load

—Single-speed heat pumps with

variable-speed indoor fans that are

modulated to best match the building

load

—No-defrost heat pumps

—Heat pumps that incorporate a heat

comfort controller

—Two-capacity heat pumps for an

application where the unit is sized to

meet the space cooling load at 95° F

while operating at low capacity —Multi-capacity units having a ‘‘turbo’’

cooling mode —Others?

Break

11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Test method for units having a variablespeed constant CFM blower —with indoor fan operating versus

not operating —tolerances on air volume rate if

tested with the indoor fan operating

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Capacity adjustments