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FOR FUR HenfY . Emerge

COrtse" . Depa JEnet8¥; .. llXXlIndep~ndenceAvefllle, SW•• Washington.D.C.2058Si Telephone:

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.IUPPUM£NTARYINFORMATION:

Back~at·.. Section 2j3(~) ortheEmerg~Iicy Energy .CO~rvation Act. of 1979 {Pub; L.

No. 96-102HEECAortheActJ~quired

the Department of Ene~(DO~lto

establish. standby Federal emergency

energy consen'ation plan (the Federal

plan) within 90 days after the date of

enactment. M required by the Act. DOE

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SUMMARY: On February 7. 1980 (45FR

8462). the Department of Enet8¥

published published 8 ltandby Federal

emerg.e~yenergy col)sel'Vation plan

whichcontainedvariousemeigency

conservation measureBwbich were published inputaB Interimfinal ahdin

part as proposed rules. By this notice the

DepartJIlent of Enllrgy ill withdrawing

those measureswniCh were proposed

for inc:1usion In the Federal plan and

pl'Oposing that cerlalnof the Interim

final meaSures be removed. The

proposed rules which are withdrawn

include the compres8t:d workweek

Standb)'FfMjeralEmergency Energy

Conservation Plan

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Withdrawal ofproposed rule

and notice ofpf'OP0sedrwemeiing to remove Interim finalrille. . .

.ignIficanl re~;:Yationsabout the .'.: " ······measure:·the~~cleuselticker methodology used and many of the measure. ana one section of the

results obtained in the analysis' employer-based commuter and travel

lupporting the proposal. While much measure. The interim fmal rules which

work on the data has been. done since . this notice propose,s to revoke Include

.thai Ume. a thorough 811sessmentoflhe . the odd-ev~lIi day motor fuel purchase

data is till not colI)plete.Consequentl,y•... measure. the 'e -based

furiher study is required~ . .. . . . commuter an e speed

.. When completed. the Department'. 'llmitmeas .

review is expected to lnCtudeantemperatUre

assessment of the need. .if anl·. JorDATES: ProposedU471.44(f). .

ttandards. taking into consideration the 477.47 of Title 10 of the COde eral

recently iriiIiated program to requIre Regulations (45 FR 8502-3, February',

energy efficiency labeling ora Dumber of . 1980J are withdrawn, effective .appliances. Moreover. further .tudy of immediately. .ii':, ,> .. , .

the standards is appropriate to insure . Written comnients em

that projected energy savings and .remove 11477.43.477.

e:!(pected impacts on businesses and 477.52 ofJ'itle 100

conform to..the objectiybalanced Federal lieiJl;" ;. 45

energy program free of, rary and Februaon0

counterproductive restra ts. design

The appliances affected.are." . ..·sj>prop

refrigeratonand refrigerator-freezen. .'. 'receive

freezer:&.clothesdtyers. water beaters. . ·.In order room air condiUoners.lUtchen ranges ie

.endovens. cenlrahir Conditioners. and .in

..furnaces. and pI

Jssuedln Washington. D.C.; February 11. Heari

1981. mfo .

Frw DeGeorge • publie

Acting Ast;i'atanl Sec.reUlt'}·lot' ConserPotion March

andSolar Energy. tele

JI'II Doc. a-M18 PlIed :-1&-«1: - pml .ADD

IlILIJNG CODE "'~1" re

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Propose~:~l.iles ....

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Office of ConServation and SOlar Energy· .. '.. "

,'~ CFR Par1430

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, . '. ......~~~l1.·JUlJe 3O.1~ H~FR .~9?61itheD¢pattinentof

En~~(pO~Qrpepa.... .' posed

ene~emcieri~ ~t8nda '.' .. 8type8 of malQr bousehpld appllariceil. pursuant

te> tf.1~. Ene~PoIicyand' Conllervation

Act, as amended (42U.S.C. 6291 et seq.)

(PC.A)~Final rwes~ererequiredby

.January.;'1981 e.tablishing.tandards

forthtise appUe.n~ ifposslble.Tbe . EPCA provldes.however. that a rule

establishing no appliance .efficiency

standard shall be prescribed If it is

det~nninedthat the standard's

establishment would no.t result in

significalllconservaUon of energy or

would not be technologi~nyfeasible or economJcaUy justified. '.

The eufficienq of the analysis upon

which the standardswouldbebasedparticularly with I'tlspectto their

econonUcjustification-w8scaUed into

question inman)' of the .1.800 comments

received on the proposal, In particular.

the Department ofJustice and the .

ReglilatoryAnalyBiB Review Group had

ThiS .Section of the ~bEAAt. REGISTER

contains notices to tne publiQ elf Che ~sed iUUanee of NJes and '.. '.. regulatiOns. The oflhese notices .. is:togi\le,nteresl ns. ,an.. , .. . Opportunity to . in the. Me '.

making prior to ption .of the final

ruI8S. '"