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. 56

Monday, March 24, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EE–RM/TP–97–600]

RIN 1904–AA71

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Test Procedures

and Certification Requirements for

Plumbing Products; and Certification

Requirements for Residential

Appliances

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Proposed rule; change of date

for public hearing.

SUMMARY: On February 20, 1997 (62 FR

7834), the Department of Energy (DOE

or Department) proposed regulations to

codify water conservation standards and

test procedures for plumbing products

established in the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act, as amended,

incorporate by reference the revised

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers/American National Standards

Institute water conservation standard

and test procedures for faucets and test

procedures for showerheads, and

provide for certification of compliance

with plumbing product standards. In the

same notice of proposed rulemaking, the

Department also proposed to clarify the

certification requirements applicable to

all residential appliances.

The public hearing to provide

comments and/or additional

information on issues being considered

by DOE, in its development of the Final

Rule, was originally scheduled for

March 31, 1997. To accommodate travel

schedules and ensure the public has

ample opportunity to attend, today’s

notice changes the date of the public

hearing from March 31 to April 1, 1997.

The location and time of the hearing

remain unchanged (U.S. Department of

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room No.

1E–245, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.).

DATES: The public hearing will be held

on April 1, 1997 in Washington, DC.

Requests to speak at the hearing must be

received by the Department no later

than 4:00 p.m., March 21, 1997. Ten (10)

copies of statements to be given at the

public hearing must be received by the

Department no later than 4:00 p.m.,

March 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests to speak at the public hearing

should be labeled Test Procedures and

Certification Requirements for Plumbing

Products; and Certification

Requirements for Residential

Appliances, Docket No. EE–RM/TP–97–

600’’ and submitted or hand-delivered

to the U.S. Department of Energy, Office

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, Office of Codes and Standards,

Mail Stop EE–43, Room 1J–018,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585–

0121. Telephone: (202) 586–7574, Fax:

(202) 586–4617.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Bill Hui, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Office of Codes and

Standards, Mail Stop EE–43, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585–0121.

Telephone: (202) 586–9145, Fax: (202)

586–4617, E-Mail:

WILLIAM.HUI@HQ.DOE.GOV or;

Mr. Eugene Margolis, U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Stop GC–72, Forrestal Building,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0103.

Telephone: (202) 586–9507, Fax: (202)

586–4116, E-Mail:

EUGENE.MARGOLIS@HQ.DOE.GOV.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 17,

1997.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–7314 Filed 3–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 CFR Parts 614 and 627

RIN 3502–AB09

Loan Policies and Operations; Title IV

Conservators, Receivers, and

Voluntary Liquidation

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit

Administration (FCA) through the Farm

Credit Administration Board (Board)

proposes to amend the current

regulation in part 614 that governs the

funding relationship between a Farm

Credit Bank (FCB) or agricultural credit

bank (ACB) and a direct lender

association or other financing

institution (OFI). This proposal would

repeal the existing requirement for FCA

prior approval of the General Financing

Agreement (GFA) between an FCB or

ACB and a direct lender association or

OFI and eliminate a specific regulatory

direct loan limitation. The proposed

rule would also amend part 627 to

authorize the voluntary liquidation of

Farm Credit institutions by means of an

FCA-approved liquidation plan.

DATES: Comments should be received on

or before May 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

or delivered to Patricia W. DiMuzio,

Director, Regulation Development

Division, Office of Policy Development

and Risk Control, Farm Credit

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,

McLean, VA 22102–5090 or by facsimile

at (703) 734–5784. Comments may also

be submitted via electronic mail to ‘‘regcomm@fca.gov.’’ Copies of all

communications received will be

available for review by interested parties

in the Office of Policy Development and

Risk Control, Farm Credit

Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

S. Robert Coleman, Policy Analyst,

Regulation Development Division,

Office of Policy Development and

Risk Control, Farm Credit

Administration, McLean, VA 22102–

5090, (703) 883–4498,

or

James M. Morris, Senior Attorney, Legal

Counsel Division, Office of General

Counsel, Farm Credit Administration,