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1 42 U.S.C. 6294. EPCA also requires the 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) to set minimum 

efficiency standards and develop test procedures to 

measure energy use. 

2Previously, the Commission announced its 

intention to update the clothes washer ranges based 

on test data derived from updated DOE test 

requirements. See 80 FR 67351, 67355, n. 29 (Nov. 

2, 2015). 3 5 U.S.C. 605. 

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 only affects air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, does not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action qualifies for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act in accordance with FAA 

Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures’’ 

paragraph 5–6.5a. This airspace action 

is not expected to cause any potentially 

significant environmental impacts, and 

no extraordinary circumstances exists 

that warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment. 

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, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

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

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 6, 2015, and 

effective September 15, 2015, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

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ASW AR E5 Clinton, AR [New] 

Clinton Municipal Airport, AR 

(Lat. 35°35′52′′ N., long. 092°27′06′′ W.) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 6.0-mile 

radius of Clinton Municipal Airport. 

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on February 3, 

2016. 

Vonnie Royal, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

ATO Central Service Center. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 305 

RIN 3084–AB03 

Energy Labeling Rule 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) amends 

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

publishing new ranges of comparability 

for required EnergyGuide labels on 

clothes washers. 

DATES: The amendments announced in 

this document will become effective 

May 11, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division 

of Enforcement, Federal Trade 

Commission, Washington, DC 20580 

(202–326–2889). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Commission issued the Energy 

Labeling Rule in 1979, 44 FR 66466 

(Nov. 19, 1979) pursuant to the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 

(‘‘EPCA’’).1 The Rule covers several 

categories of major household products, 

including clothes washers. It requires 

manufacturers of covered products to 

disclose specific energy consumption or 

efficiency information (derived from 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) test 

procedures) at the point-of-sale. In 

addition, each label must include a 

‘‘range of comparability’’ indicating the 

highest and lowest energy consumption 

or efficiencies for comparable models. 

The Commission updates these ranges 

periodically. 

II. Range Updates for Clothes Washers 

The Commission amends its 

comparability ranges for clothes 

washers in the Rule based on 

manufacturer model data derived from 

the DOE test procedures and submitted 

to DOE (https://

www.regulations.doe.gov/ccms).2 The 

amendments update the ranges in 

Appendix F1 and F2 and the sample 

labels in Appendix L of the Rule. The 

amendments also include conforming 

changes to sections 305.7, 305.10, and 

305.11 to remove obsolete regulatory 

text applicable to models produced 

before March 7, 2015. Manufacturers 

have until May 11, 2016 to begin using 

the updated ranges on their labels. As 

indicated in section 305.10(a) of the 

Rule, products that have been labeled 

prior to this effective date need not be 

relabeled. 

III. Administrative Procedure Act 

The amendments published in this 

document involve routine, technical 

and minor, or conforming changes to the 

labeling requirements in the Rule. 

Accordingly, the Commission has good 

cause under section 553(b)(B) of the 

APA to forgo notice-and comment 

procedures for these rule amendments. 

5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). These technical 

amendments merely provide a routine, 

conforming change to the range 

information required on EnergyGuide 

labels. The Commission therefore finds 

for good cause that public comment for 

these technical, procedural amendments 

is impractical and unnecessary. 

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 under the Energy 

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.’’ 3

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 

The current Rule contains 

recordkeeping, disclosure, testing, and 

reporting requirements that constitute 

information collection requirements as 

defined by 5 CFR 1320.3(c), the 

definitional provision within the Office 

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regulations that implement the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). OMB 

has approved the Rule’s existing 

information collection requirements 

through May 31, 2017 (OMB Control No. 

3084 0069). 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. In § 305.7, revise paragraph (g) to 

read as follows: 

§ 305.7 Determinations of capacity. 

* * * * * 

(g) Clothes washers. The capacity 

shall be the tub capacity as determined 

according to Department of Energy test 

procedures in 10 CFR part 430, subpart 

B, expressed in terms of ‘‘Capacity (tub 

volume)’’ in cubic feet, rounded to the 

nearest one-tenth of a cubic foot, and 

the capacity class designations 

‘‘standard’’ or ‘‘compact.’’ 

* * * * * 

■ 3. In § 305.10, revise paragraph (b) to 

read as follows: 

§ 305.10 Ranges of comparability on the 

required labels. 

* * * * * 

(b) Representative average unit energy 

cost. The Representative Average Unit 

Energy Cost figures to be used on labels 

as required by § 305.11 are listed in 

appendix K to this part. The 

Commission shall publish revised 

Representative Average Unit Energy 

Cost figures in the Federal Register in 

2017. When the cost figures are revised, 

all information disseminated after 90 

days following the publication of the 

revision shall conform to the new cost 

figure. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. In § 305.11, revise paragraphs (f)(5), 

(f)(6), and (f)(9)(ii), remove paragraph 

(f)(9)(viii), redesignate paragraphs 

(f)(9)(ix) and (x) as (f)(9)(viii) and (ix) 

respectively, and revise redesignated 

paragraph (f)(9)(viii) to read as follows: 

§ 305.11 Labeling for refrigerators, 

refrigerator-freezers, freezers, dishwashers, 

clothes washers, water heaters, room air 

conditioners, and pool heaters. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(5) Unless otherwise indicated in this 

paragraph, estimated annual operating 

costs for refrigerators, refrigeratorfreezers, freezers, clothes washers, 

dishwashers, room air conditioners, and 

water heaters are as determined in 

accordance with §§ 305.5 and 305.10. 

Thermal efficiencies for pool heaters are 

as determined in accordance with 

§ 305.5. Labels for clothes washers and 

dishwashers must disclose estimated 

annual operating cost for both electricity 

and natural gas as illustrated in the 

sample labels in appendix L. 

(6) Unless otherwise indicated in this 

paragraph, ranges of comparability for 

estimated annual operating costs or 

thermal efficiencies, as applicable, are 

found in the appropriate appendices 

accompanying this part. For 

refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and 

freezers manufactured on or after 

September 15, 2014, the range 

information shall match the text and 

graphics in sample labels 1A of 

Appendix L. 

* * * * * 

(9) * * * 

(ii) For refrigerators, refrigeratorfreezers, and freezers manufactured on 

or after September 15, 2014 and clothes 

washers manufactured after March 7, 

2015, the label shall contain the text and 

graphics illustrated in sample labels 1A 

and 2 of Appendix L, including the 

statement: 

Compare ONLY to other labels with 

yellow numbers. 

Labels with yellow numbers are based 

on the same test procedures. 

* * * * * 

(viii) For clothes washers, the label 

shall contain the text and graphics 

illustrated in the prototype and sample 

labels in Appendix L, including the 

following statements (fill in the blanks 

with the appropriate capacity type and 

energy cost): 

Your cost will depend on your utility 

rates and use. 

Cost range based only on [compact/

standard] capacity models. 

Estimated operating cost based on six 

wash loads a week and a national 

average electricity cost of ll cents per 

kWh and natural gas cost of $ll per 

therm. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Appendix F1 to Part 305 is revised 

to read as follows: 

Appendix F1 to Part 305—Standard 

Clothes Washers 

Range Information 

‘‘Standard’’ includes all household clothes 

washers with a tub capacity of 1.6 cu. ft. or 

more. 

Capacity 

Range of estimated 

annual operating costs 

(dollars/year) 

Low High 

Standard ........... $8 $51 

■ 6. Appendix F2 to Part 305 is revised 

to read as follows: 

Appendix F2 to Part 305—Compact 

Clothes Washers 

Range Information 

‘‘Compact’’ includes all household clothes 

washers with a tub capacity of less than 1.6 

cu. ft. 

Capacity 

Range of estimated 

annual operating costs 

(dollars/year) 

Low High 

Compact ........... $10 $24 

■ 7. In Appendix L to Part 305, revise 

Prototype Label 2 and Sample Label 2 

and remove Sample Label 2A 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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BILLING CODE 6750–01–C 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Part 30 

Foreign Futures and Options 

Transactions 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Order. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is granting an exemption to 

certain member firms designated by the 

Korea Exchange (‘‘KRX’’) from the 

application of certain of the 

Commission’s foreign futures and 

option regulations based upon 

substituted compliance with certain 

comparable regulatory and selfregulatory requirements of a foreign 

regulatory authority consistent with 

conditions specified by the 

Commission, as set forth herein. This 

Order is issued pursuant to Commission 

Regulation 30.10, which permits 

persons to file a petition with the 

Commission for exemption from the 

application of certain of the Regulations 

set forth in Part 30 and authorizes the 

Commission to grant such an exemption 

if such action would not be otherwise 

contrary to the public interest or to the 

purposes of the provision from which 

exemption is sought. The Commission 

notes that this Order does not pertain to 

any transaction in swaps, as defined in 

Section 1a(47) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act (‘‘Act’’). 

DATES: Effective February 11, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew V. Chapin, Associate Director, 

(202) 418–5465, achapin@cftc.gov, or 

Scott W. Lee, Special Counsel, (202) 

418–5090, slee@cftc.gov, Division of 

Swap Dealer and Intermediary 

Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading 


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