9294 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 33 / Friday, February 17, 1995 / Rules and Regulations

Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905 or other

confidentiality statutes, must satisfy the

requirements for disclosure set forth in

those statutes before the records may be

provided or testimony given. The

General Counsel, or the Solicitor, or

appropriate agency counsel should first

determine if there is a legal basis to

provide the testimony or records sought

under applicable confidentiality statutes

before applying §§ 15a.1 through 15a.8.

Where an applicable confidentiality

statute mandates disclosure, §§ 15a.1

through 15a.8 will not apply.

§ 15a.8 Testimony of Department

employees in proceedings involving the

United States.

The following applies in legal

proceedings in which the United States

is a party:

(a) A Department employee may not

testify as an expert or opinion witness

for any other party other than the

United States.

(b) Whenever, in any legal proceeding

involving the United States, a request is

made by an attorney representing or

acting under the authority of the United

States, the General Counsel, or the

Solicitor, or appropriate agency counsel

will make all necessary arrangements

for the Department employee to give

testimony on behalf of the United

States. Where appropriate, the General

Counsel, or the Solicitor, or appropriate

agency counsel may require

reimbursement to the Department of the

expenses associated with a Department

employee giving testimony on behalf of

the United States.

Alden F. Abbott,

Assistant General Counsel for Finance and

Litigation.

[FR Doc. 95–3998 Filed 2–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–BW–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

15 CFR Part 925

RIN 0648–AC63

Olympic Coast National Marine

Sanctuary Regulations

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY: This document contains

corrections to Appendix A to the final

regulations for the Olympic Coast

National Marine Sanctuary which were

published on Wednesday, May 11, 1994

(59 FR 24586).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 17, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd Jacobs, Sanctuary Manager, at

(206) 457–6622 or Elizabeth Moore at

(301) 713–3141.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), by the

designation document published in the

59 FR 24586, May 11, 1994, designated

approximately 2,500 square nautical

miles of coastal and ocean waters, and

the submerged lands thereunder, off the

Olympic Peninsula of Washington State,

including the waters of the Strait of Juan

de Fuca eastward to Koitlah Point, as

the Olympic Coast National Marine

Sanctuary (Sanctuary). This notice

corrects a discrepancy between the

Sanctuary boundary as described in 15

CFR 925.2(b) and the coordinates for

that boundary listed in Appendix A.

Section 925.2(b) describes the Sanctuary

boundary as extending from Koitlah

Point due north to the U.S./Canada

international boundary seaward to the

100 fathom isobath. The seaward

boundary of the Sanctuary approximates

the 100 fathom isobath in a southerly

direction from the U.S./Canada

international boundary to a point due

west of the mouth of the Copalis River

cutting across the heads of Nitnat, Juan

de Fuca and Quinault Canyons.

Appendix A has been corrected to more

accurately represent the U.S./

international boundary, which

delineates the northern boundary of the

Sanctuary. The remaining coordinates

have not been changed.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program.)

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 925

Administrative practice and

procedure, Coastal zone, Education,

Environmental protection, Marine

resources, Natural resources, Penalties,

Recreation and recreation areas,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Research.

Accordingly, 15 CFR part 925 is

corrected by making the following

correcting amendment:

PART 925—OLYMPIC COAST

NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

1. The authority citation for part 925

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sections 302, 303, 304, 305,

306, 307, 310, and 312 of Title III of the

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries

Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1431 et

seq.).

2. Appendix A to part 925 is revised

to read as follows:

Appendix A To Part 925—Olympic

Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Boundary Coordinates

[Based on North American Datum of 1983]

Point

2500 square nautical miles

Latitude Longitude

1 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 07′45′′ 124 11′02′′

2 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 07′45′′ 124 58′12′′

3 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 35′05′′ 124 00′00′′

4 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 40′05′′ 124 04′44′′

5 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 50′01′′ 124 05′42′′

6 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 57′13′′ 124 29′13′′

7 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 07′33′′ 125 38′20′′

8 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 15′00′′ 125 40′54′′

9 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 18′21.2′′ 125 30′02.9′′

10 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 20′15.2′′ 125 22′52.9′′

11 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 26′46.2′′ 125 09′16.9′′

12 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 27′09.2′′ 125 08′29.9′′

13 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 28′08.2′′ 125 05′51.9′′

14 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 29′43.2′′ 125 00′10.9′′

15 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 29′56.2′′ 124 59′19.9′′

16 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 30′13.2′′ 124 54′56.9′′

17 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 30′21.2′′ 124 50′25.9′′
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1 60 FR 1773.

2 44 FR 66466. Since its promulgation, the rule

has been amended four 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), and certain lamp

products (59 FR 25176, May 13, 1994). Obligations

under the rule concerning fluorescent lamp ballasts,

lighting products, and plumbing products are not

affected by the cost figures in this notice.

3 59 FR 34014.

4 59 FR 63688.

[Based on North American Datum of 1983]

Point

2500 square nautical miles

Latitude Longitude

18 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 30′10.2′′ 124 47′17.9′′

19 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 29′36.4′′ 124 43′38.1′′

20 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 28′08′′ 124 38′13′′

21 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 23′17′′ 124 38′13′′

Dated: February 6, 1995.

Frank W. Maloney,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 95–4015 Filed 2–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 305

Appliance Labeling Rule

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Final rule revision.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission’s Appliance Labeling Rule

requires that Table 1, in § 305.9, which

sets forth the representative average unit

energy costs for five residential energy

sources, be revised periodically on the

basis of updated information provided

by the Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’).

This document revises the table to

incorporate the latest figures for average

unit energy costs as published by DOE

in the Federal Register on January 5,

1995.1

DATES: The revisions to § 305.9(a) and

Table 1 are effective February 17, 1995.

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. 6201.2 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

intended to be revised periodically on

the basis of updated information

provided by DOE.

On January 5, 1995, DOE published

the most recent figures for

representative average unit energy costs.

Accordingly, Table 1 is revised to reflect

these latest cost figures as set forth

below.

The dates when use of the figures in

revised Table 1 becomes mandatory in

calculating cost disclosures for use in

labeling and catalog sales of products

covered by the Commission’s rule and/

or EPCA are as follows:

For 1995 Submissions of Data Under

Section 305.8 of the Commission’s Rule

Manufacturers no longer need to use

the DOE cost figures in complying with

the data submission requirements of

section 305.8 of the rule. Pursuant to

recent amendments to the rule, which

were published on July 1, 1994 3 (with

extended compliance dates published

on December 8, 1994),4 the estimated

annual operating cost is no longer the

primary energy usage descriptor for

refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,

freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers,

and water heaters. Under the

amendments, the energy usage and the

ranges of comparability for those

product categories must be expressed in

terms of estimated annual energy

consumption (kilowatt-hour use per

year for electricity, therms per year for

natural gas, or gallons per year for

propane and oil). Thus, the 1995 (and

all subsequent) data submissions under

section 305.8 for these product

categories (which are to enable the

Commission to publish ranges of

comparability) must be made in terms of

estimated annual energy consumption,

for the determination of which the DOE

cost figures are unnecessary. The 1995

(and all subsequent) submissions also

must be made in terms of the new

product sub-categories created by the

above-mentioned amendments. The

energy efficiency energy usage

descriptors for the other products

covered by the rule (room air

conditioners, furnaces, boilers, central

air conditioners, heat pumps, and pool

heaters) are unaffected by the

amendments mentioned above. The

annual data submission requirements

for those products, which are not based

on the DOE cost figures, will continue

to be in terms of energy efficiency

(although submissions for room air

conditioners, furnaces, and boilers must

be made in terms of the new product

sub-categories created by the

amendments). For convenience, the

annual dates for data submissions are

repeated here:

Fluorescent lamp ballasts ............. Mar. 1.

Clothes washers ............................ Mar. 1.

Water heaters ................................ May 1.

Furnances ...................................... May 1.

Room air conditioners .................. May 1.

Pool Heaters .................................. May 1.

Dishwashers .................................. June 1.

Central air conditioners ................ July 1.

Heat pumps ................................... July 1.

Refrigerators .................................. Aug. 1.

Refrigerator-freezers ...................... Aug. 1.

Freezers ......................................... Aug. 1.

For Labeling and Catalog Sales of

Products Covered by the Commission’s

Rule

The July 1, 1994, amendments will

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). These secondary