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1 44 FR 66466. Since its promulgation, the rule

has been amended five times to include new

product categories—central air conditioners (52 FR

46888, Dec. 10, 1987), fluorescent lamp ballasts (54

FR 1182, Jan. 12, 1989), certain plumbing products

(58 FR 54955, Oct. 25, 1993), certain lamp products

(59 FR 25176, May 13, 1994), and pool heaters and

certain residential water heater types (59 FR 49556,

Sept. 28, 1994). Obligations under the rule

concerning fluorescent lamp ballasts, lighting

products, plumbing products and pool heaters are

not affected by the cost figures in this notice.

MI, to accommodate aircraft executing

the proposed GPS Rwy 27 SIAP for

Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport

by modifying the existing controlled

airspace. The area will be depicted on

appropriate aeronautical charts.

The FAA has determined that this

regulation only involves an established

body of technical regulations for which

frequent and routine amendments are

necessary to keep them operationally

current. Therefore, this regulation—(1)

is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

does not warrant preparation of a

Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated

impact is so minimal. Since this is a

routine matter that will only affect air

traffic procedures and air navigation, it

is certified that this rule will not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,

CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS;

AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING

POINTS

1. The authority citation for part 71

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 95665, 3 CFR,

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9G, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated September 1, 1999, and effective

September 16, 1999, is amended as

follows:

* * * * *

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet or more

above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AGL MI E5 Saginaw, MI [Revised]

MBS International Airport, MI

(Lat. 43°31′58′′ N., long. 84°04′47′′ W.)

Saginaw County H. W. Browne Airport, MI

(Lat. 43°26′00′′ N., long. 83°51′45′′ W.)

Bay City, James Clements Municipal Airport,

MI

(Lat. 43°32′49′′ N., long. 83°53′44′′ W.)

Midland, Jack Barstow Airport, MI

(Lat. 43°39′46′′ N., long. 84°15′41′′ W.)

Saint Mary’s Hospital, MI

Point in Space Coordinates

(Lat. 43°24′54′′ N., long. 83°56′27′′ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 7.0-mile

radius of MBS International Airport, within

a 6.5-mile radius of Saginaw County H. W.

Browne Airport, within a 6.4-mile radius of

James Clements Municipal Airport, within a

6.3-mile radius of Jack Barstow Airport, and

within a 6.0-mile radius of the Point in Space

serving Saint Mary’s Hospital.

* * * * *

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on March 27,

2000.

David B. Johnson,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division.

[FR Doc. 00–9406 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 305

Rule Concerning Disclosures

Regarding Energy Consumption and

Water Use of Certain Home Appliances

and Other Products Required Under

the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (‘‘Appliance Labeling Rule’’)

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Final rule revision.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) revises

Table 1 in section 305.9 of the

Commission’s Appliance Labeling Rule

(‘‘the Rule’’), to incorporate the latest

figures for average unit energy costs as

published by the Department of Energy

(‘‘DOE’’) in the Federal Register on

February 7, 2000. Table I sets for the

representative average unit energy costs

for five residential energy sources,

which the Commission revises

periodically on the basis of updated

information provided by DOE.

DATES: The revisions to § 305.9(a) are

effective April 17, 2000. The mandatory

dates for using these revised DOE cost

figures in connection with the

Appliance Labeling Rule are detailed in

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Section, below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Mills, Attorney, 202–326–3035,

Division of Enforcement, Federal Trade

Commission, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 19, 1979, the Federal Trade

Commission issued a final rule in

response to a directive in section 324 of

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act

(‘‘EPCA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6201.1 The Rule

requires the disclosure of energy

efficiency, consumption, or cost

information on labels and in retail sales

catalogs for eight categories of

appliances, and mandates that the

energy costs, consumption, or efficiency

ratings be based on standardized test

procedures developed by DOE. The cost

information obtained by following the

test procedures is derived by using the

representative average unit energy costs

provided by DOE. Table 1 in § 305.9(a)

of the Rule sets forth the representative

average unit energy costs to be used for

all cost-related requirements of the Rule.

As stated in § 305.9(b), the Table is to

be revised periodically on the basis of

updated information provided by DOE.

On February 7, 2000, DOE published

the most recent figures for

representative average unit energy costs

(65 FR 5860). These energy cost figures

are for manufacturers to use, in

accordance with the guidelines that

appear below, to calculate the required

secondary annual operating cost figures

at the bottom of required Energy Guides

for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,

freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers,

water heaters, and room air

conditioners. The energy cost figures

also are for manufacturers of furnaces,

boilers, central air conditioners, and

heat pumps to use, also in accordance

with the below guidelines, to calculate

annual operating cost for required fact

sheets. And, the cost figures are for use,

in accordance with the guidelines, in

approved industry directories listing

these products.

The DOE cost figures are not

necessary for making data submissions

to the Commission. The required energy

use information that manufacturers of

refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,

freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers,

and water heaters must submit under

§ 305.8 of the Rule is no longer

operating cost; it is now energy

consumption (kiloWatt-hour use per

year for electricity, therms per year for

natural gas, or gallons per year for

propane and oil).

Accordingly, Table 1 is revised to

reflect these latest cost figures, as set

forth below. The current and future

obligations of manufacturers with

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2Sections 305.11(a)(5)(i)(H)(2) and (3) of the Rule

(16 CFR 305.11(a)(5)(i)(H)(2) and (3)) require that

labels for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers,

clothes washers, dishwashers, water heaters, and

room air conditioners contain a secondary energy

usage disclosure in terms of an estimated annual

operating cost (labels for clothes washers and

dishwashers will show two such secondary

disclosures—one based on operation with water

heated by natural gas, and one on operation with

water heated by electricity). The labels also must

disclose, below this secondary estimated annual

operating cost, the fact that the estimated annual

operating cost is based on the appropriate DOE

energy cost figure, and must identify the year in

which the cost figure was published.

3The 1994 DOE cost figures were published by

DOE on December 29, 1993 (58 FR 68901), and by

the Commission on February 8, 1994 (59 FR 5699).

The current (1994) ranges of comparability for

storage-type water heaters were published on

September 23, 1994 (59 FR 48796). On August 21,

1995 (60 FR 43367), on September 16, 1996 (61 FR

48620), on August 25, 1997 (62 FR 44890), again on

August 28, 1998 (63 FR 45941), and again on

December 20, 1999 (64 FR 71019), the Commission

announced that the 1994 ranges for storage-type

water heaters would continue to remain in effect.

4The current (1995) ranges of comparability for

heat pump water heaters were published on August

21, 1995 (60 FR 43367). The current (1995) ranges

for room air conditioners were published on

November 13, 1995 (60 FR 56945). On September

16, 1996 (61 FR 48620), again on August 25, 1997

(62 FR 44890), again on August 28, 1998 (63 FR

45941), and again on December 20, 1999 (64 FR

71019), the Commission announced that the 1995

ranges for heat pump water heaters and room air

conditioners would continue to remain in effect.

5The current ranges for standard-size

dishwashers were published on August 25, 1997 (62

FR 44890). On August 28, 1998 (63 FR 45941), and

again on December 20, 1999 (64 FR 71019), the

Commission announced that the 1997 ranges for

standard-size dishwashers would continue to

remain in effect.

6The current ranges of comparability for clothes

washers were published on June 17, 1999 (64 FR

32403). The current ranges for compact-size

dishwashers and gas-fired instantaneous water

heaters were published on December 20, 1999 (64

FR 71019).

7The current (1998) ranges for refrigerators,

refrigerator-freezers, and freezers were published on

December 2, 1998 (63 FR 66428).

respect to the use of DOE’s cost figures

are as follows:

For Labeling of Refrigerators,

Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers, Clothes

Washers, Dishwashers, Water Heaters,

and Room Air Conditioners 2

Manufacturers of refrigerators,

refrigerator-freezers, freezers, clothes

washers, dishwashers, water heaters,

and room air conditioners must use the

National Average Representative Unit

Costs published today on labels for their

products only after the Commission

publishes new ranges of comparability

for those products that are based on

today’s cost figures. In the meantime,

they must continue to use past DOE cost

figures as follows:

Storage-Type Water Heaters

Manufacturers of storage-type water

heaters must continue to use the 1994

DOE cost figures (8.41 cents per kilo

Watt-hour for electricity, 60.4 cents per

therm for natural gas, $1.054 per gallon

for No. 2 heating oil, and 98.3 cents per

gallon for propane) in determining the

operating cost disclosures on the labels

on their products. This is because the

1994 DOE cost figures were in effect

when the 1994 ranges of comparability

for storage-type water heaters were

published, and those 1994 ranges are

still in effect for those products.3

Manufacturers of storage-type water

heaters must continue to use the 1994

cost figures to calculate the estimated

annual operating cost figures on their

labels until the Commission publishes

new ranges of comparability for storagetype water heaters. In the notice

announcing the new ranges, the

Commission also will announce that

operating cost disclosures must be based

on the DOE cost figure for electricity in

effect at that time.

Heat Pump Water Heaters and Room

Air Conditions

Manufacturers of heat pump water

heaters and room air conditioners must

continue to derive the operating cost

disclosures on labels by using the 1995

National Average Representative Unit

Costs for electricity (8.67 cents per kilo

Watt-hour) that were published by DOE

on January 5, 1995 (60 FR 1773), and by

the Commission on February 17, 1995

(60 FR 9296), and that were in effect

when the current (1995) ranges of

comparability for these products were

published.4 Manufacturers of heat pump

water heaters and room air conditioners

must continue to use the 1995 DOE cost

figures to calculate the operating cost

disclosure disclosed on labels until the

Commission publishes new ranges of

comparability for heat pump water

heaters or room air conditioners based

on future annual submissions of data. In

the notice announcing the new ranges,

the Commission also will announce that

operating cost disclosures must be based

on the DOE cost figure for electricity in

effect at that time.

Standard-Size Dishwashers

Manufacturers of standard-size

dishwashers must continue to base the

required secondary operating cost

disclosures on labels on the 1997

National Average Representative Unit

Costs for electricity (8.31 cents per kilo

Watt-hour) and natural gas (61.2 cents

per therm) that were published by DOE

on November 18, 1996 (61 FR 58679),

and by the Commission on February 5,

1997 (62 FR 5316), and that were in

effect when the 1997 ranges of

comparability for these products were

published.5 In the notice announcing

the new ranges, the Commission also

will announce that operating cost

disclosures must be based on the DOE

cost figure for electricity in effect at that

time.

Compact-Size Dishwashers, Clothes

Washers, and Gas-Fired Instantaneous

Water Heaters

Manufacturers of compact-size

dishwashers, clothes washers, and gasfired instantaneous water heaters must

continue to base the required secondary

operating cost disclosures on labels on

the 1999 National Average

Representative Unit Costs for electricity

(8.22 cents per kilo Watt-hour), natural

gas (68.8 cents per therm), and propane

(77 cents per therm) that were published

by DOE on January 5, 1999 (64 FR 487),

and by the Commission on February 17,

1999 (64 FR 7783), and that were in

effect when the 1999 ranges of

comparability for these products were

published.6 In the notice announcing

the new ranges, the Commission also

will announce that operating cost

disclosures must be based on the DOE

cost figure for electricity in effect at that

time.

Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers,

and Freezers

Manufacturers of refrigerators,

refrigerator-freezers, and freezers must

continue to derive the operating cost

disclosures on labels by using the 1998

National Average Representative Unit

Costs (8.42 cents per kilo Watt-hour for

electricity, 61.9 cents per therm for

natural gas, 95 cents per gallon for No.

2 heating oil, and 95 cents per gallon for

propane) that were published by DOE

on December 8, 1997 (62 FR 64574), and

by the Commission on December 29,

1997 (62 FR 67560), and that were in

effect when the current (1998) ranges of

comparability for these products were

published.7 In the notice announcing

the new ranges, the Commission also

will announce that operating cost

disclosures must be based on the DOE

cost figure for electricity in effect at that

time.

For Operating Cost Information

Relating to Central Air Conditioners

and Heat Pumps Disclosed on Fact

Sheets and in Industry Directories

In the 2000 notice announcing

whether there will be new ranges of

comparability for central air

conditioners and heat pumps, the

Commission also will announce that

operating cost disclosures for these

products on fact sheets and in industry

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1 43 U.S.C. 1301–1356. 1a 43 U.S.C. 1301–1356.

directories must be based on the 2000

DOE cost figure for electricity beginning

on the effective date of that notice.

For Operating Cost Representations

Respecting Covered Products in

Catalogs

Operating cost representations in

catalogs that are drafted and printed

while the 2000 cost figures are in effect

must be derived using the 2000 energy

costs beginning July 17, 2000.

For Operating Cost Representations

Respecting Products Covered by EPCA

but not by the Commission’s Rule

Manufacturers of products covered by

section 323(c) of EPCA, 42 U.S.C.

6293(c), but not by the Appliance

Labeling Rule (clothes dryers, television

sets, kitchen ranges and ovens, and

space heaters) must use the 2000 DOE

energy costs in all operating cost

representations beginning July 17, 2000.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act relating to a Regulatory

Flexibility Act analysis (5 U.S.C. 603–

604) are not applicable to this

proceeding because the amendments do

not impose any new obligations on

entities regulated by the Appliance

Labeling Rule. Thus, the amendments

will not have a ‘‘significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities’’ (5 U.S.C. 605). The

Commission has concluded, therefore,

that a regulatory flexibility analysis is

not necessary, and certifies, under

Section 605 of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), that the

amendments announced today will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 305

Advertising, Energy conservation,

Household appliances, Labeling,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

PART 305—[AMENDED]

Accordingly, 16 CFR Part 305 is

amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for Part 305

continues to read:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6294.

2. Section 305.9(a) is revised to read

as follows:

§ 305.9 Representative average unit

energy costs.

(a) Table 1 to this paragraph contains

the representative unit energy costs to

be utilized for all requirements of this

part.

TABLE 1.—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES (2000)

Type of energy In commonly used terms As required by DOE test procedure Dollars per

million Btu 1

Electricity ................................................. 8.03/¢/kWh 2,3 .......................................... $0.0803/kWh ........................................... $23.53

Natural Gas ............................................. 68.8¢/therm 4 or $7.07/MCF 5,6 ................ $0.00000688/Btu ..................................... 6.88

No. 2 heating oil ...................................... $1.09/gallon 7 ........................................... $0.00000786/Btu ..................................... 7.86

Propane ................................................... $.92/gallon 8 ............................................. $0.00001007/Btu ..................................... 10.07

Kerosene ................................................. $1.14/gallon 9 ........................................... $0.00000844/Btu ..................................... 8.44

1Btu stands for British thermal unit.

2 kWh stands for kiloWatt hour.

3 1 kWh=3,412 Btu.

4 1 therm=100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.

5 MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.

6For the purposes of this table, I cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,027 Btu.

7For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.

8For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.

9For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.

* * * * *

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9527 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Parts 330 and 385

[Docket No. RM99–5–000; Order No. 639]

Regulations Under the Outer

Continental Shelf Lands Act Governing

the Movement of Natural Gas on

Facilities on the Outer Continental

Shelf; Final Rule

Issued April 10, 2000.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

issuing regulations under the Outer

Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) 1

to ensure that natural gas is transported

on an open and nondiscriminatory basis

through pipeline facilities located on

the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The

regulations require OCS gas

transportation service providers to make

available information regarding their

affiliations and the conditions under

which service is rendered. This

information will assist the Commission

and interested persons in determining

whether OCS gas transportation services

conform with the open access and

nondiscrimination mandates of the

OCSLA. The final rule, by rendering

offshore transactions transparent,

should provide a sound basis for

implementing the uniformly applicable

open access and nondiscrimination

mandates of the OCSLA, thus resulting

in greater efficiencies in this

marketplace.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The rule is effective

May 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marc Poole, Office of Pipeline

Regulation, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–0482;

Gordon Wagner, Office of the General

Counsel, 888 First Street, NE.

Washington, DC. 20426 (202) 219–0122

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Before Commissioners: James J. Hoecker,

Chairman; William L. Massey, Linda

Breathitt, and Curt He ́bert, Jr.

I. Introduction

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) is issuing

regulations under the Outer Continental

Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) 1a to ensure

that natural gas is transported on an

open and nondiscriminatory basis