64574 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 1997 / Notices

1References to the ‘‘Act’’ refer to the Energy

Policy and Conservation Act, as amended. 42 U.S.C.

§§ 6291–6309.

Financing Program as to the most

effective and efficient means of

implementing construction financing on

historically Black college and university

campuses and to advise Congress

regarding the progress made in

implementing the program.

The meeting of the Board is open to

the public. The agenda includes a

briefing by members of the designated

bonding authority on the status of loan

activities, an overall assessment of the

program, and reauthorization issues.

Records are kept of all Committee

proceedings, and are available for public

inspection at the office of the

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Capital Financing Advisory

Board, U.S. Department of Education,

Washington, DC 20202–5139, from the

hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–31974 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

President’s Board of Advisors on

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities; Meeting

AGENCY: President’s Board of Advisors

on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, Department of Education.

ACTION: Change in meeting time.

SUMMARY: On Wednesday, November

26, 1997, on page 63138 in column 1,

the Department of Education published

a notice for the President’s Board of

Advisors on Historically Black Colleges

and Universities meeting. The time of

the meeting has been changed to 11:00

a.m.–5:00 p.m. all other information

printed is correct.

DATE AND TIME: December 18, 1997 from

11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Sheraton City Centre Hotel located

at 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sterling Henry, White House Initiative

on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW, the Portals Building, Suite 605,

Washington, DC 20202–5120.

Telephone: (202) 708–8667.

Dated: December 1, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–32003 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Representative

Average Unit Costs of Energy

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department

of Energy (DOE or Department) is

forecasting the representative average

unit costs of five residential energy

sources for the year 1998. The five

sources are electricity, natural gas, No.

2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene.

The representative unit costs of these

energy sources are used in the Energy

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products established by the Energy

Policy and Conservation Act, Pub. L.

No. 94–163, 89 Stat. 871, as amended,

(EPCA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: The representative

average unit costs of energy contained

in this notice will become effective

January 7, 1998 and will remain in

effect until further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Barry P. Berlin, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Forrestal

Building, Mail Station EE–43, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)

586–9127

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–

72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202)

586–9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

323 of the EPCA (Act) 1 requires that

DOE prescribe test procedures for the

determination of the estimated annual

operating costs or other measures of

energy consumption for certain

consumer products specified in the Act.

These test procedures are found in 10

CFR Part 430, Subpart B.

Section 323(b) of the Act requires that

the estimated annual operating costs of

a covered product be computed from

measurements of energy use in a

representative average-use cycle and

from representative average unit costs of

energy needed to operate such product

during such cycle. The section further

requires DOE to provide information

regarding the representative average

unit costs of energy for use wherever

such costs are needed to perform

calculations in accordance with the test

procedures. Most notably, these costs

are used under the Federal Trade

Commission appliance labeling program

established by Section 324 of the Act

and in connection with advertisements

of appliance energy use and energy

costs which are covered by Section

323(c) of the Act.

The Department last published

representative average unit costs of

residential energy for use in the

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products on November 18, 1996. (61 FR

58679). Effective January 7, 1998, the

cost figures published on November 18,

1996, will be superseded by the cost

figures set forth in this notice.

The Department’s Energy Information

Administration (EIA) has developed the

1998 representative average unit aftertax costs of electricity, natural gas, No.

2 heating oil, and propane and kerosene

prices found in this notice. The cost

projections for heating oil, electricity,

and natural gas are found in the fourth

quarter, 1997, EIA Short-Term Energy

Outlook, DOE/EIA–0226 (97/4Q) and

reflect the mid-price scenario.

Projections for residential propane and

kerosene prices are derived from their

relative prices to that of heating oil,

based on 1996 averages for these three

fuels. The sources for these price data

are the preliminary Petroleum

Marketing Annual 1996 and the

September 1997 Monthly Energy Review

(DOE/EIA–0035(97/09). The Short-Term

Energy Outlook and the Monthly Energy

Review are available at the National

Energy Information Center, Forrestal

Building, Room 1F–048, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8800.

The preliminary Petroleum Marketing

Annual 1996 is available at the

following Internet address: http://

www.eia.doe.gov/oillgas/pmm/

12pmmframe.html. Persons who are

without access to the Internet, and who

want copies of the applicable tables of

the preliminary Petroleum Marketing

Annual 1996, can obtain them from the

Department’s Office of Codes and

Standards (phone: (202) 586–9127).