Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 24, 1996 / Notices 18125

Information Resources Group publishes

this notice containing proposed

information collection requests prior to

submission of these requests to OMB.

Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: April 18, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Even Start Family Literacy

Program Women’s Prison Project.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions, State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs and LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Burden:

Responses: 100.

Burden Hours: 1,500.

Abstract: The Even Start Family

Literacy Program Women’s Prison

Project is designed such that the grantee

will operate a family literacy project in

a prison that houses women and their

preschool-aged children.

[FR Doc. 96–10042 Filed 4–23–96;8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

[CFDA No.: 84.314A]

Even Start Statewide Family Literacy

Initiative Grants; Notice Extending the

Application Deadline Date for New

Even Start Statewide Family Literacy

Initiative Grant Awards With Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995 Funds

SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the

deadline date for the submission of

applications for new Even Start

Statewide Family Literacy Initiative

grant awards with FY 1995 funds to

May 31, 1996. A notice was published

in the Federal Register on March 26,

1996 (61 FR 13358) specifying that the

application deadline for these awards

was May 10, 1996. In response to

requests from the public for a longer

period to prepare applications, the

Department has decided to extend the

application deadline.

FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION

CONTACT: Patricia McKee, Compensatory

Education Programs, Office of

Elementary and Secondary Education,

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W. (4400,

Portals), Washington, DC 20202–6132.

Telephone (202) 260–0991. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6362(c).

Dated: April 18, 1996.

Gerald N. Tirozzi,

Assistant Secretary, Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 96–10010 Filed 4–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[Case No. CW–004]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Granting of the

Application for Interim Waiver and

Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of

General Electric Appliances From the

DOE Clothes Washer Test Procedure

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Today’s notice grants an

Interim Waiver to General Electric

Appliances (GEA) and publishes GEA’s

Petition for Waiver from the existing

Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) clothes washer test

procedure regarding wash temperature

selections and automatic water fill

capability for its clothes washer model

WZSE5310 (Monogram brand).

GEA seeks a waiver because its

clothes washer model WZSE5310 has

the following design features that differ

from those covered by the existing DOE

clothes washer test procedures: five

wash temperatures (a cold, three warms

and a hot) in a primary mode (factory

preset), 34 wash temperatures in a

secondary programming mode (i.e., a

customizing feature), and a consumer

selectable manual or automatic water

fill capability. GEA seeks to test wash

temperature selections by averaging the

three warm wash temperatures (warmhot/cold, warm/cold and warm-cold/

cold) in the primary mode and then

applying the existing test procedure

Temperature Use Factors (TUFs) for a

three temperature machine (hot/cold,

warm/cold and cold/cold). In regard to

consumer selectable water fill

capability, GEA proposes to use the

existing test procedure manual fill

provision. DOE is soliciting comments

and information regarding the Petition

for Waiver.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data,

and information not later than May 24,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Case No. CW–

004, Mail Stop EE–431, Room 1J–018,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585–

0121 (202) 586–7140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

P. Marc LaFrance, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE–431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)

586–8423

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC–72, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0103,

(202) 586–9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, as amended (EPCA), 42 USC 6291

et seq., which requires DOE to prescribe

standardized test procedures to measure

the energy consumption of certain

consumer products, including clothes

washers. The intent of the test

procedures is to provide a comparable

measure of energy consumption that

will assist consumers in making

purchasing decisions. These test

procedures appear at Title 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B.

DOE amended the test procedure

rules to provide for a waiver process by

adding § 430.27 to Title 10, CFR Part

430. (45 FR 64108, September 26, 1980).

Thereafter, DOE further amended the

appliance test procedure waiver process

to allow the Assistant Secretary for

Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy (Assistant Secretary) to grant an

Interim Waiver from test procedure

requirements to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE for a waiver from such

prescribed test procedures. (51 FR

42823, November 26, 1986).

The waiver process allows the

Assistant Secretary to temporarily waive

the test procedures for a particular basic