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Order 7400.9D, dated September 4,

1996, and effective September 16, 1996,

which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace

designation listed in this document will

be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) modifies Class E airspace at

Grafton, ND, to accommodate aircraft

executing the GPS Runway 17 SIAP and

the GPS Runway 35 SIAP at Grafton

Municipal Airport by increasing the

radius, and adding an extension to the

north and an extension to the south, of

the existing Class E airspace. Controlled

airspace extending upward from 700 to

1200 feet AGL is needed to contain

aircraft executing the approaches. The

area will be depicted on appropriate

aeronautical charts.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary to keep them operationally

current. Therefore, this regulation: (1) Is

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routine matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

is certified that this rule will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 71

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 9159–

1963 comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 4, 1996, and effective

September 16, 1996, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AGL ND E5 Grafton, ND [Revised]

Grafton Municipal Airport, ND

(Lat. 48°24′17′′N, long. 97°22′15′′W)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile

radius of the Grafton Municipal Airport and

within 1 mile each side of the 360° bearing

extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 9 miles

north of the airport and within 1 mile each

side of the 180° bearing extending from the

6.5-mile radius to 9 miles south of the

airport.

* * * * *

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on July 29,

1997.

Maureen Woods,

Manager, Air Traffic Division.

[FR Doc. 97–22495 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97–AGL–19]

Establishment of Class E Airspace; SD

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action establishes Class

E airspace within the State of South

Dakota, west of Winner, SD. This

airspace action allows more flexibility

for Part 135 and air ambulance operators

and provides a safer environment for all

aircraft flying in the described

controlled airspace. Controlled airspace

extending upward from 1200 feet above

ground level (AGL) is needed to contain

aircraft executing instrument flight rules

(IFR) operations. The intended effect of

this action is to provide segregation of

aircraft using instrument procedures in

instrument conditions from other

aircraft operating in visual weather

conditions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, November 6,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle M. Behm, Air Traffic Division,

Airspace Branch, AGL–520, Federal

Aviation Administration, 2300 East

Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois

60018, telephone (847) 294–7568.

SUPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On Wednesday, May 21, 1997, the

FAA proposed to amend part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) to establish Class E airspace

within the State of South Dakota, west

of Winner, SD (62 FR 27706). The

proposal was to add controlled airspace

extending upward from 1200 feet AGL

to contain IFR operations in controlled

airspace while transiting between the

enroute and terminal environments.

Interested parties were invited to

participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written

comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments objecting to the proposal

were received. Class E airspace

designations for airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth are

published in paragraph 6005 of FAA

Order 7400.9D, dated September 4,

1996, and effective September 16, 1996,

which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace

designation listed in this document will

be published subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

part 71) establishes Class E airspace

within the State of South Dakota, west

of Winner, SD. This airspace action

provides adequate Class E airspace for

operators executing IFR operations

within the described controlled

airspace. Controlled airspace extending

upward from 1200 feet AGL is needed

to contain aircraft executing IFR

operations. The area will be depicted on

appropriate aeronautical charts.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary to keep them operationally

current. Therefore, this regulation—(1)

is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routine matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

is certified that this rule will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
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1The statute also requires DOE to develop test

procedures that measure how much energy the

appliances use, and to determine the representative

average cost a consumer pays for the different types

of energy available.

2Reports for room air conditioners, water heaters

(storage-type, instantaneous, and heat pump-type),

furnaces, boilers, and pool heaters are due May 1;

reports for dishwashers are due June 1; reports for

central air conditioners and heat pumps are due

July 1.

3The current ranges of comparability for gas-fired

instantaneous water heaters and central air

conditioners and heat pumps (both split system and

single package units) were published on September

16, 1996 (61 FR 48620). The current ranges for

storage-type water heaters, furnaces, and boilers

were published on September 23, 1994 (59 FR

48796). The current ranges for heat pump water

heaters, pool heaters, and room air conditioners

(originally) were published on August 21, 1995 (60

FR 43367). A corrected version of the ranges for

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 71

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 4, 1996, and effective

September 16, 1996, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AGL SD E5 South Dakota, SD [New]

That airspace extending upward from

1,200 feet above the surface within an area

bounded on the north by latitude

43°40′00′′N, on the east by longitude

100°05′00′′W, on the south by the South

Dakota, Nebraska border, and on the west by

longitude 102°00′02′′W.

* * * * *

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on July 29,

1997.

Maureen Woods,

Manager, Air Traffic Division.

[FR Doc. 97–22497 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 305

Rule Concerning Disclosures

Regarding Energy Consumption and

Water Use of Certain Home Appliances

and Other Products Required Under

the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (‘‘Appliance Labeling Rule’’)

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) amends

its Appliance Labeling Rule by

publishing new ranges of comparability

to be used on required labels for

dishwashers. The Commission also

announces that the current ranges of

comparability for storage-type water

heaters, heat pump water heaters,

instantaneous water heaters, pool

heaters, room air conditioners, furnaces,

boilers, and split-system and single

package central air conditioners and

heat pumps will remain in effect until

further notice. Finally, the Commission

amends the portions of Appendices H

(Cooling Performance and Cost for

Central Air Conditioners) and I (Heating

Performance and Cost for Central Air

Conditioners) to Part 305 that contain

cost calculation formulas. These

amendments change the figures in the

formulas to reflect the current

Representative Average Unit Cost of

Electricity that was published in

November, 1996, by the Department of

Energy (‘‘DOE’’).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Mills, Attorney, Division of

Enforcement, Federal Trade

Commission, Washington, DC 20580

(202–326–3035).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Appliance Labeling Rule (‘‘Rule’’) was

issued by the Commission in 1979 (44

FR 66466 (Nov. 19, 1979)) in response

to a directive in the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act of 1975.1 42 U.S.C.

6294. The Rule covers eight categories

of major household appliances:

refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers,

freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers,

water heaters (this category includes

storage-type water heaters,

instantaneous water heaters, and heat

pump water heaters), room air

conditioners, furnaces (this category

includes boilers), and central air

conditioners (this category includes heat

pumps). The Rule also covers pool

heaters (59 FR 49556 (Sept. 28, 1994))

and contains requirements that pertain

to fluorescent lamp ballasts (54 FR

28031 (July 5, 1989)), certain plumbing

products (58 FR 54955 (Oct. 25, 1993)),

and certain lighting products (59 FR

25176 (May 13, 1994, eff. May 15,

1995)).

The Rule requires manufacturers of all

covered appliances and pool heaters to

disclose specific energy consumption or

efficiency information (derived from the

DOE test procedures) at the point of sale

in the form of an ‘‘EnergyGuide’’ label

and in catalogs. It also requires

manufacturers of furnaces, central air

conditioners, and heat pumps either to

provide fact sheets showing additional

cost information, or to be listed in an

industry directory showing the cost

information for their products. The Rule

requires that manufacturers include, on

labels and fact sheets, an energy

consumption or efficiency figure and a

‘‘range of comparability.’’ This range

shows the highest and lowest energy

consumption or efficiencies for all

comparable appliance models so

consumers can compare the energy

consumption or efficiency of other

models (perhaps competing brands)

similar to the labeled model. The Rule

requires that manufacturers also

include, on labels for some products, a

secondary energy usage disclosure in

the form of an estimated annual

operating cost based on a specified DOE

national average cost for the fuel the

appliance uses.

Section 305.8(b) of the Rule requires

manufacturers, after filing an initial

report, to report annually (by specified

dates for each product type 2) the

estimated annual energy consumption

or energy efficiency ratings for the

appliances derived from tests performed

pursuant to the DOE test procedures.

Because manufacturers regularly add

new models to their lines, improve

existing models, and drop others, the

data base from which the ranges of

comparability are calculated is

constantly changing. Under § 305.10 of

the Rule, to keep the required

information on labels consistent with

these changes, the Commission

publishes new ranges (but not more

often than annually) if an analysis of the

new information indicates that the

upper or lower limits of the ranges have

changed by more than 15%. Otherwise,

the Commission publishes a statement

that the prior ranges remain in effect for

the next year.

The annual submissions of data for

dishwashers, room air conditioners,

central air conditioners and heat pumps

(including single package units and split

systems), water heaters (including

storage-type, instantaneous, and heat

pump water heaters), furnaces, boilers,

and pool heaters have been made and

have been analyzed by the Commission.

The ranges of comparability for room

air conditioners, split system and

packaged unit central air conditioners

and heat pumps, storage-type water

heaters, instantaneous water heaters,

heat pump water heaters, furnaces,

boilers and pool heaters have not

changed by more than 15% from the

current ranges for these products.

Therefore, these ranges will remain in

effect until further notice.3