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### Federal Register 

## / Vol. 45, No. 127 

## / Monday. June 30, 1980 

## / Proposed Rules

10CFR Part 430 room airconditioners, home hetliing impact of setting energy efficiency 

### Energy Conmation Programtor equipment,not including furnaces. standards for the ninefypes of Consumer Products kitchen ranges and ovens, central air consumer products covered by the conditioners (cooling only), and notice. Subsequent to publication of this AOECR Deportment of Energy. furnaces. Stundardsfor dishwashers, odvance not;,e, advunce notices were A~N: Notice of availability of television sets,clothes washers. and published indicating that POE is environmental assessment and finding humidifiera and dehumidifiersare considering energy efficiency staodilrds of no significant impact. required to be publiehed in the Federal 

## - fur dishwashers, television sets. clothes Register no later than November 9.1981. washers, humidifiers ond dehumidifiers. 

### sriuurm: The Department ofEnergy Standardsfor central airconditioners and heat pumps. In order to prodr~ce a @OE] announces the availability ofits (heatpumps) arerequired to be full environmental review of gcncrict~lly environmental assessment 

### (U) of ita published in the Federal Register no similar actions, thereby averling Energy Conservation Program for later than January23.1982. program segmentation, the Consumer Products (DOE/EA413]. DOE'S first in prescribing energy Environmental Aasessment being mede DOE has determined, baaed on the EA. efficiency standards for the thirteen available at thir time oddr-lses the that this Program does not constitute a product types wasto publish three potential environmental impacts ofall mojor Federal ilctiotl significantly udvance notices of proposed rulemaking thirteen types of consumer products. affecting the quality of thehuman in the Federal Regisbr. The first. The analyses in the Environmenkiil environment, within the meaning of



## . covering nine types, was Assessment indicated that air pollution aection 102(2](C]of the National published on January2.1979 (44

### FR 49). and commitments of land and energy Environmental Policy Act of 1969 The secon'd, covering diahwaaherg. resources decreased aa a result of (NEPA]. 42 U.S.C. 4321 el seq. Therefore. television aeta, clothes washere, and. decreeing futureenergy demand. Indoor
a finding of no significant inipact. humidifiers and dehumidifiers, was ~ir quality wasfound to beatworst pursuant to 40 CFR 1SM.4[el. ia hereby publiahod on December 13.1979 (44 

### FR unaffected by implementation of isaued to notify the public that on 72276). The third. covering heat pompa, ' standarda anQat best somewhot environmental impoct statement Is no: wan published on January23,1980 (45 improved: the exact effect could not be rcquired for this action. 

### FR 5802). meaaured because the design optiona AWWSIS: For copies of the EA: The notice of proposod rulomoking for that will be selected by manufacturers Department of Energy. Office of energy efficiency standards for nine for improving the efficien~y ofgaaHcaringa and Dockets. Forrestal types of conaumer~products proaenta a burning appliancescould not bo Building. Room 1F485.Mail Station discussion ofDOE's basis forthe aacertained. The program wasfound to 6Bd25.1OOO Independence Avenue, proposed standards and the process for hove no signtficonleffect on water S.W., Washington, D.C. N585, Phone: implementing the regulation. Ensuing quality, noise levels or solld wnste 202-252-9319. dections deal with the legislatlvc Icvcla. Department of Energy. Freedom of bockground. the standords A moximum ("worst case") increase

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Information Reading Room. Forrestal implementationprocess. the phone-in ofabout 4 Percent (29 million pounds) in Building. Room 5B180.1OOO period for standards. a 

### discussion ofthe the ~mduction/conaum~lion of IndependenceAvenue, S.W..

, comments received asa result of the chlorofluorocarbons in the United Stntes Waahinglon. D.C. 

### 20585. Phone: 202- advancenotice, 

### a discussion of the isprojected t6occur by the year 19QO as 252-u). product types and claases,to which the a resutt ofimplementing the ~ro~oscd Mr. lames A. Smith. Department of proposed standards wilt apply, the standards, when compared tb 1977

Energy. Officfif Con$ervation and cerlification and enforcement

, conaumption levels,Thia increase la no1 SolarEnergy, Forrealol Building. procedures proposed, a aummary of the conaidend to be significant forthe Room GH-085. Mail Station GH+ basis foramiving atmaximum following reaaona: 1OOO Independence Avenue. S.W.. technologicatly feaaible efficiency levels The "worst case" projection uses 1977 Wa6hington. D.C. 20585,Phone: u)2- for each class ofproduct, a aummary of chlorofluorgcarbonconsumptionin Ihe 252-91 27. the basis for amiving at the minimum appliances coveredby the proposed 

### stmuyultamt~rocru~mow: energyefficiency slandards rtandardr ar a baseline referenceand (intermediate and finql] for each class of ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 

### I. Background product. a discussion of state preh In the use of chlorofluorocarbonsin thosc

TheEnergy Policy and Conservation emption petitions, small buaineaa appllancee.However. given the present Act (EPCA)(Pub. L 94-1831, asamended exemptions. and a requcst for commenta trends ih improving the energy efficiencyof by the National Energy Conaervation on various standards-rekted iasues. In a number of these products, soma inc.rrr~se Policy Act (NECPA] (Pub. 

### L 95-819). aupport of thin proposed rule, the in chlorofluorucarbon usnge is likcly to requires that the Department of Energy Department had developed six occur even without implcmentntionof tho (DOE) prescribe energy efficiency proposed standards. Support The 4 percent projected incrcnsein United standards forlhirtcen types of conaumer documents provide detailed information Statescodsumption only al,out 

# , producta. These consumer producta are on important aspecta of the proposed pcment of world consumption of aometimes referred to as "covered rule. chlorofluorocarbons. products." Standarda for nine of these In accordance with its obligoliona



### . The projected increase is emnll whon product types arerequired to be uqider the Nationol Environmentul Policy compared to the approximr~tcly 477) milliop published in the Federal Reglaler no Act (NEPA) (42U.S.C. 4321. el seg.}and pound decrease In chlorofluorocarbon later than December 24.1980. The nine the CounciJ of 

### Environmental Quality coneomption that has occurred in the product types given priority by EPCA an regulati~na implementing the procedural 

# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ amended. by NEPCA, and forwhich a provisions ofNEPA (40U)'CFR 150(n5081. ofthe use o~c~~om~uo~car~,on8 in aerosol rule is thereby propoaed today, are DOE atated in the advance notice of sprays. Asa reeuit of this decrcssc. :s!.~l refrigeratom and refrigerator-freezere. Jenuary2.1978 that it would prepare an United Statesconsumption of fregzers,dothesdryers, waterheatera. Environmental Assessment on the chlorofluor~cnrbons hea droppcdby ovrrI 

### Federal 

### Register 

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### No! 127 

## 1 Monday. June 30. 1960 

## I Proposed Rules 

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### million pound8per year since the peak public review in the DOE 

## reedo om of year of 1873. 

### Information Reading Room at the The 

### AgencyIn 

### address llsted above, between the hours currentlydeveloping rttategier for the of 8

### a.m., and 4 

### p.m., Monday through contmlorthe releaseof 

### ,' chlorofluorocarbonrintothe atmorphere. except Federal and her been informedof the projected Interested parties should be aware inusaseinconrumptlon due to the that a public meeting will be held on the implementatton of thlrproposed program Notice of Proposed Rulemaklng on July TheMency ha8 

### id or mall^ wedthat they 0,1980 

### and that public hearings are that lhlr 

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### scheduled to be held in Washington, mitigaedthrough implementallonof one or D.C. over the eriod July.Pl-August 1, 

### more of the controlrtrateglsrpresently 

# R underdevelopment. mere rtrategier am and In 

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### the dlrcurred in 

### the proIpam environmental period Augu~t -9 1980.

### Mr.Jamen A. 

### Smith. whore address is lirted above, arrerrment Projected increaree In 

### the use of can provide any additionalihformation copper, eteel, irqn. aluminum, plastic derired. and fibeglaeb were not considered to be lrrued In Washington.D.C

### June 15,1980. 

### significant when compared to total U.S. Ruth CC~IIWII, 

### production. 

### In addition,it wasfound Asdistant Secretaryfor Envimnmcnl 

### that money raved from lower operating pDW IID-I~VI "led M- DU am, J 

### cortr would be likely to be epend on YLU)#--~Y


### . goods and eervices in the general economy and might therefore stimulate e 

### additional pollution which would not have occurred without the program. Thie b 

### emount war estimated to be minimal and to have no nipincant impact od future environmental quality.

The

### Envifonmental Arrerrmont alw summarized the rocioewnomlc impact8 ofthe propmIn a number of arear. Change in the life cycle corh for conrumem; Thedifferential Impact of the program on variour income groupr: Change in the profitability of manufacturersof conrumerproductr: The valuo of the program to he Nation
ar a whole and to various reglonr of the , .



## . country; Elfectr of he program op the health and safety of workers In the \



### conrumerproduct manufactpring



# . industry: and Secondary offectr of the 8 

### program on the national economy. includlng effectr on employment, inflationper national product, and' balance of trade. 

# a Altemativer to the energy efficiency rtandardr a8propored were arrereed from the perrrpectiveof envlronmental impact. None of the altematlver analyzed was found to.vary rignlfictlntly from the program with respect to itr impact onthe environment.

Bared on the results of the Environmental Arressrnent, DQE her 

### determined that the Energy Conservation, Program for Consumer Products does not represent a major Federal action rignlflcantly affecting the quality of the human environment 

### \ within the meaning of Sectlon 120(2)(C).. of NEPA. L

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