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1 42 U.S.C. 6294. The statute also requires the 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) to develop test 

procedures that measure how much energy the 

appliances use and to determine the representative 

average cost a consumer pays for the different types 

of energy available. 

2Reports for dishwashers are due June 1. Reports 

for central air conditioners and heat pumps are due 

July 1. 3The Commission’s classification of ‘‘standard’’

and ‘‘compact’’ dishwashers is based on internal 

load capacity. Appendix C of the Commission’s 

Rule defines ‘‘compact’’ as including countertop 

dishwasher models with a capacity of fewer than 

eight (8) place settings and ‘‘standard’’ as including 

portable or built-in dishwasher models with a 

capacity of eight (8) or more place settings. The 

Rule requires that place settings be determined in 

accordance with appendix C to 10 CFR part 430, 

subpart B, of DOE’s energy conservation standards 

program. 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest and, where applicable, that 

good cause exists for making some 

SIAPs and/or Weather Takeoff 

Minimums effective in less than 30 

days. 

Conclusion 

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. It, therefore—(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. For the same 

reason, the FAA certifies that this 

amendment 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 97 

Air Traffic Control, Airports, 

Incorporation by reference, and 

Navigation (Air). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 7, 

2005. 

James J. Ballough, 

Director, Flight Standards Service. 

Adoption of the Amendment 

■ Accordingly, pursuant to the authority 

delegated to me, under Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR 

part 97) is amended by establishing, 

amending, suspending, or revoking 

Standard Instrument Approach 

Procedures and Weather Takeoff 

Minimums effective at 0901 UTC on the 

dates specified, as follows: 

PART 97—STANDARD INSTRUMENT 

APPROACH PROCEDURES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 97 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 

40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701, 

44719, 44721–44722. 

■ 2. Part 97 is amended to read as 

follows: 

* * * Effective 24 November 2005 

Portland, ME, Portland Intl Jetport, ILS OR 

LOC RWY 11; ILS RWY 11 (CAT II); ILS 

RWY 11 (CAT III), Amdt 2 

Portland, ME, Portland Intl Jetport, RNAV 

(GPS) RWY 11, Amdt 2 

* * * Effective 22 December 2005 

Mesa, AZ, Falcon Fld, Takeoff Minimums 

and Textual DP, Amdt 3 

Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, RNAV 

(GPS) RWY 25R, Amdt 1 

Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl, RNAV 

(GPS) RWY 26, Amdt 1 

Hilo, HI, Hilo Intl, Takeoff Minimums and 

Textual DP, Amdt 3 

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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. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) amends 

its Appliance Labeling Rule (‘‘Rule’’) by 

publishing new ranges of comparability 

for required labels on central air 

conditioners, heat pumps, and compact 

dishwashers. The Commission also 

announces that the current ranges of 

comparability for standard dishwashers 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: The amendments 

announced in this document will 

become effective on January 23, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division 

of Enforcement, Federal Trade 

Commission, Washington, DC 20580 

(202–326–2889). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Appliance Labeling Rule was issued by 

the Commission in 1979, 44 FR 66466 

(Nov. 19, 1979), in response to a 

directive in the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act of 1975 (‘‘EPCA’’).1

The Rule covers several categories of 

major household appliances including 

dishwashers, central air conditioners, 

and heat pumps. 

The Rule requires manufacturers of all 

covered appliances to disclose specific 

energy consumption or efficiency 

information (derived from the DOE test 

procedures) at the point of sale in the 

form of an ‘‘EnergyGuide’’ label and in 

catalogs. The Rule requires 

manufacturers to include, on labels and 

fact sheets, an energy consumption or 

efficiency figure and a ‘‘range of 

comparability.’’ This range shows the 

highest and lowest energy consumption 

or efficiencies for all comparable 

appliance models so consumers can 

compare the energy consumption or 

efficiency of other models (perhaps 

competing brands) similar to the labeled 

model. The Rule also requires 

manufacturers to include, on labels for 

some products, a secondary energy 

usage disclosure in the form of an 

estimated annual operating cost based 

on a specified DOE national average cost 

for the fuel the appliance uses. 

Section 305.8(b) of the Rule requires 

manufacturers, after filing an initial 

report, to report certain information 

annually to the Commission by 

specified dates for each product type.2

These reports, which assist the 

Commission in preparing the ranges of 

comparability, contain the estimated 

annual energy consumption or energy 

efficiency ratings for the appliances 

derived from tests performed pursuant 

to the DOE test procedures. Because 

manufacturers regularly add new 

models to their lines, improve existing 

models, and drop others, the data base 

from which the ranges of comparability 

are calculated is constantly changing. 

To keep the required information on 

labels consistent with these changes, the 

Commission will publish new ranges if 

an analysis of the new information 

indicates that the upper or lower limits 

of the ranges have changed by more 

than 15%. Otherwise, the Commission 

will publish a statement that the prior 

ranges remain in effect for the next year. 

I. 2005 Dishwasher Ranges 

The Commission has analyzed the 

annual data submissions for 

dishwashers. The ranges of 

comparability for standard dishwashers 

have not changed significantly this 

year.3 Therefore, the manufacturers of 

standard dishwashers should continue 

to use the ranges published by the 

Commission on September 9, 2004 (69 

FR 54558). The compact dishwasher 

data, however, indicates a significant 

change to the high and low of the range. 

Accordingly, the Commission is 

amending the range for compact 

dishwashers in Appendix C1 of the 

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4The ranges for central air conditioners and heat 

pumps have not been amended since September 16, 

1996 (61 FR 48620). 

5 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Rule. The new ranges of comparability 

for compact dishwashers supersede the 

current ranges, which were published 

on September 9, 2004 (69 FR 54558). 

Compact dishwasher manufacturers 

must base the disclosures of estimated 

annual operating cost required at the 

bottom of EnergyGuide labels for 

compact dishwashers on the 2005 

Representative Average Unit Costs of 

Energy for electricity (9.06 cents per 

kilowatt-hour) and natural gas ($1.09 

per therm) that were published by DOE 

on March 11, 2005 (70 FR 12210). The 

new ranges for compact models will 

become effective on January 23, 2006. 

II. 2005 Central Air Conditioner and 

Heat Pump Information 

The annual data submissions for 

central air conditioners and heat pumps 

indicate a significant change for split 

system central air conditioners. In 

addition, new DOE minimum 

conservation standards for these 

products will become effective on 

January 23, 2006 (see 69 FR 50997 

(August 17, 2004)). All models 

manufactured after that date will have 

to meet the new DOE minimum 

efficiency standards (unless the model 

is subject to a DOE exemption). 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

amended all applicable ranges so that 

they are consistent with DOE’s new 

minimum requirements. The effective 

date for the new ranges will coincide 

with the effective date for the new DOE 

requirements.4

III. Administrative Procedure Act 

The amendments published in this 

notice involve routine, technical and 

minor, or conforming changes to the 

labeling requirements in the Rule. These 

technical amendments merely provide a 

routine change to the range and cost 

information required on EnergyGuide 

labels and fact sheets. Accordingly, the 

Commission finds for good cause that 

public comment for these technical, 

procedural amendments is impractical 

and unnecessary (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A)(B) 

and (d)). 

IV. 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. These technical 

amendments merely provide a routine 

change to the range information 

required on EnergyGuide labels. 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. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

In a June 13, 1988 notice (53 FR 

22106), the Commission stated that the 

Rule contains disclosure and reporting 

requirements that constitute 

‘‘information collection requirements’’

as defined by 5 CFR 1320.7(c), the 

regulation that implements the 

Paperwork Reduction Act.5 The 

Commission noted that the Rule had 

been reviewed and approved in 1984 by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) and assigned OMB Control No. 

3084–0068. OMB has reviewed the Rule 

and extended its approval for its 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements until December 31, 2007. 

The amendments now being adopted do 

not change the substance or frequency 

of the recordkeeping, disclosure, or 

reporting requirements and, therefore, 

do not require further OMB clearance. 

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 305 

Advertising, Energy conservation, 

Household appliances, Labeling, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

■ Accordingly, 16 CFR Part 305 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 305—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 305 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6294. 

■ 2. Appendix C1 to Part 305 is revised 

to read as follows: 

Appendix C1 to Part 305—Compact 

Dishwashers 

Range Information 

‘‘Compact’’ includes countertop 

dishwasher models with a capacity of fewer 

than eight (8) place settings. Place settings 

shall be in accordance with appendix C to 10 

CFR part 430, subpart B. Load patterns shall 

conform to the operation normal for the 

model being tested. 

Capacity 

Range of estimated annual energy consumption 

(kWh/yr.) 

Low High 

Compact ........... 143 320 

Cost Information 

When the above ranges of comparability 

are used on EnergyGuide labels for compactsized dishwashers, the estimated annual 

operating cost disclosure appearing in the 

box at the bottom of the labels must be 

derived using the 2005 Representative 

Average Unit Costs for electricity (9.06¢ per 

kiloWatt-hour) and natural gas ($1.09 per 

therm), and the text below the box must 

identify the costs as such. 

■ 3. Section 1 of Appendix H to Part 305 

is revised to read as follows: 

Appendix H to Part 305—Cooling 

Performance and Cost for Central Air 

Conditioners 

1. Range Information 

Manufacturer’s rated cooling capacity (Btu’s/hr.) 

Range of SEER’s 

Low High 

Single Package Units 

Central Air Conditioners (Cooling Only): All capacities ................................................................................................... 10.60 16.05 

Heat Pumps (Cooling Function): All capacities ............................................................................................................... 10.60 15.60 

Split System Units 

Central Air Conditioners (Cooling Only): All capacities ................................................................................................... 10.90 20.50 

Heat Pumps (Cooling Function): All capacities ............................................................................................................... 10.90 18.60 

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■ 4. Section 1 of Appendix I to Part 305 

is revised to read as follows: 

Appendix I to Part 305—Heating 

Performance and Cost for Central Air 

Conditioners 

1. Range Information 

Manufacturer’s rated heating capacity 

(Btu’s/hr.) 

Range of HSPF’s 

Low High 

Single Package Units 

Heat Pumps (Heating Function): All capacities ............................................................................................................... 7.00 8.20 

Split System Units 

Heat Pumps (Heating Function): All capacities ............................................................................................................... 7.10 10.55 

The HSPF shall be the Region IV value 

based on the appropriate average design heat 

loss from the table below. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Prototype Label 4 in Appendix L to 

Part 305 is amended to read as follows: 

Appendix L to Part 305—Sample Labels 

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Part 305 is amended to read as follows: 

Appendix L to Part 305—Sample Labels 

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* * * * * ■ 7. Sample Label 8 in Appendix L to 

Part 305 is amended to read as follows: 

Appendix L to Part 305—Sample Labels 

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* * * * * ■ 8. Sample Label 9 in Appendix L to 

Part 305 is amended to read as follows: 

Appendix L to Part 305—Sample Labels 

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* * * * * By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

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