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Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Energy Conservation Programfor Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Program forFluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Clothes Washers, and Water Heaters

AGENCY: Office ofEnergy Efficiency and 

### Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice ofpublic workshops.

SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and 

### Conservation Act, asamended (EPCAor Act), requires the Department ofEnergy (DOE orDepartment) to consider amending the energy conservation standards for certain major household appliances. This notice announces three public workshops as steps in the appliance standards rulemaking procedures. These public workshops will be conducted forthe rulemakings
on revised energy efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts, clothes washers, and water heaters. DATES: Thefollowing table liststhe respective analyses release dates, workshop dates, and comment period dates.

lasts Fluorescent'amp bay- Clothes washers Water heaters



### Release Analyses

.................................................................................... April 27,1999

............ June 14, 1999

........... June 14, 1999. Comment Due

........................................................................................ M ay 18, 1999

............ July 6, 1999

.............. July 6, 1999. Workshops

............................................................................................ June 1, 1999

............. July 22, 1999

............. July 23, 1999. Comments Due

........ J................................ June 15, 1999

. ......... August 3,1999

.......... August 3, 1999.



### ADDRESSIES: The Department will hold you must supplement such comments Copies ofthe completed analyses may thepublic workshops between the hours with a signed hard copy. also be obtained from: U.S. Department of9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. atthe U.S. You should identify all comments on ofEnergy, Office ofCodes and Department ofEnergy, Forrestal both theenvelope and document with Standards. 1000 Independence Avenue. Building. 1000Independence Avenue, thename oftheproduct and the SW, Room 1J-018, Washington, DC SW, Room 1E-245. Washington, DC appropriate docket number: Fluorescent 20585. 20585. Written comments are welcome, Lamp Ballasts, EE-RM-97-500; Clothes Public information: The public may especially following theworkshops. Washers. EE-RM-94-403: or Water access theFreedom ofInformation Please submit one signed copy and a Heaters, EE-RM-97-900. Readingroom. located at the U.S. computer diskette (WordPerfect 6.1) or Ifyou submit Information ordata that Department ofEnergy. Forrestal 10 copies (notelefacsimiles) to: U.S. you believe isconfidential, and should Building, 1000Independence Avenue, Department ofEnergy, Attn: Brenda not bepublicly disclosed, you should SW, Room IE-190, Washington, DC Edwards-Jones, Office ofEnergy submit onecomplete copy ofyour 20585, between thehours of9:00 a.m. Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE- document and ten (10) copies orone and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, y ad Renewable Ener, electronic copy fromwhich the (except Federal holidays). Call (202) 43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, information believed to be confidential 586-3142 for information. Washington, DC 20585. (202) 586-2945. has been deleted. We will make our own FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

### e-mail: Brenda.Edwards- determination regarding the Edward Pollock, U.S. Department of jones@ee.doe.gov. confidentiality ofthe information or Energy, Office ofEnergy Efficiency and

The Department will also accept data according to ourregulations at 10 Renewable Energy,Forrestal Building, electronically-mailed comments,but CFR 1004.11. Mall Station EE-43, 1000 Independence.-. f, "i4 

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Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585- impacts, manufacturer Impact analyses, 0121, (202) 586-5778, e-mail: and environmental effects. The Edward.Pollock@ee.doe.gov. orMichael complete set ofanalyses will be J.McCabe, U.S. Department ofEnergy, available according tothe schedule in Office ofEnergy Efficiency and the DATES section ofthis Notice. Renewable Energy. Forrestal Building, Once the analytical results are Mall Station EE-40. 1000 Independence publiclyavailable for each product, the Avenue. SW, Washington. DC20585- Department will provide periods during 0121, (202) 586-9155, e-mail: 1which Itwill receive comments onboth Mlchael.McCabe@ee.doe.gov: Eugene the analyses as well as on the policy Margolls, Esq. U.S. Department of implications drawn from the analyses. Energy. Office ofGeneral Counsel, TheDepartment will review and Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-72.analyze the comments It receives on the

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.... Indpendence.venue,.SW & analyze the comments It receives on the 1000 Independence Avenue, SW. 1000 In^-dT^^^ ^^^ 586-ue, SW, policy recommendations and analyses. Washington, DC 20585-0103, (202) 586- policy recommendations and analyses. 9507. e-mail: Following receipt and review of Eugene.Margolis@hq.doe.gov. comments for each product, the SUPPLOEIINTARrY INFORMATmO: In Its Department will conduct a workshop. administration ofthe Appliance The workshops will all have similar Standards Program. DOE has published formats, wherein there will be a procedures to make the rulemaking summary ofthe analytical results that process more accessible tothe public. will have been publicly available prior (Procedures for Consideration ofNew or to each respective workshop, followed Revised Energy Conservation Standards by a summary discussion ofthe for Consumer Products, 61 FR 36974 comments received prior tothe July 15, 1996). As part ofthe revised workshop. Lastly, a senior DOE official procedures, the Department pledged to will facilitate a discussion on which provide "early opportunities for public standard levels participants at the input to and comment on the analyses." workshop believe canbe supported by (61 FR 36976). the analyses.

This notice announces three public The Department will conduct these workshops by which theDepartment workshops prior to our selection of plans to obtain public comment on the proposed revisions to the energy analyses being prepared forNotices of efficiency standards for fluorescent Proposed Rulemakings on revised lamp ballasts, clothes washers, and energy efficiency standards for water heaters, and the Department will fluorescent lamp ballasts, clothes consider output from theworkshops In washers. and water heaters. In addition the development ofthose proposals. to providing Interested parties theFollowing the respective workshops, opportunity to comment on thethe Department will provide an analyses. the workshops will also the Depatment ill period dri rovid nterested parities witho the additional comment period, during

availablhe analytical resultsthat It preseny p s to ue I I which interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on whatalevels comment pro the

pfresented will be thebasers proeedings at the workshops, aIn tsdetermination ofthe 

### ofTechnical Support Documents for the appropriate revised energy ec-efficiency standards proposals they could support from the proceedings at the workshops, aswell as Notices ofProposed Rulemakngs.on any a spect ofthe rulemaking staffand contractorswill prepare the Ifyproceedings, including whatpolicy

Prior to the public workshops, thes cmatial Department willmake publicly draw from the Dna miing is available theanalytical resultsthat iture noes presently plans to use In Its formal The Department will also consider all decision process. The material to be comments provided after therespective presented will be the bases forthe workshops in itsdetermination ofthe Technical Support Documents for the appropriate revised energy-efficiency Notices ofProposed Rulemakings. DOE standards to propose. staffand contractors will prepare the Ifyou would like to participate in the material. workshops, receive workshop material,

These analytical results will be orbe added to the DOE mailing list to available from the Office of Codes and receive future notices and Information 

### Standards (OCS) Internet site regarding theseworkshops, please (http:www.eren.doe.gov/bulldings/ contact Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones codes standards/index.htm), and the (202) 586-2945. DOE Freedom ofInformation Reading Issued inWashington. DC,on May4, 1999, Room. The analyses thatthe Department plans to provide forreview for each DanW. Releher, product are the results ofthe AssistantSecretary, Enetgy Efficlencyand engineering cost-efficiency curves, life- RenewableEnerlgy. cycle costs, paybacks, national energy [FR Doc. 99-11566 Filed 5-6-99: 8:45 am] savings, netnational employment UUtLLI CODE 48OI--