[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51570-51571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25853]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards 
(ACAES). The Department will consider the information and comments 
received at this meeting in the conduct of its appliance standards 
program.

DATES: October 29, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW, Washington DC 20024, 
(202) 479-4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Beall, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Mail Station EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-7574, or Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Mail Station EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-2945.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee

    The Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards was 
established to provide input on the appliance standards rulemaking

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process. The Committee serves as the focal point for discussion on the 
implementation of the procedures, interpretations, and policies set 
forth in the rule on ``Procedures for Consideration of New or Revised 
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products,'' 61 FR 36973 
(July 15, 1996), and on crosscutting analytical issues affecting all 
product standard rulemakings.

Tentative Agenda

9:00 am  Chairman's Remarks
9:15 am  Introductions and Agenda Review
     Introduction
     Agenda Review
9:55 am  FY 1999 Priority Setting
     1998 and 1999 Review
     Problems and Suggested Resolutions
     Comments/Discussion
10:25 am  Break
10:40 am  Status
     Standards
     Test Procedures
11:00 am  Incorporation of Advisory Committee Recommendations
     Overview
     Status of Incorporating Responses into Rulemakings
12:00 pm  Lunch
1:00 pm  Comments Regarding Advisory Committee Recommendations
     Transparent and Robust Analytical Methods
     Forecast Future Electricity Prices
2:00 pm  Public Comment
2:15 pm  Break
2:30 pm  DOE Consumer Analysis
     DOE Strategies
3:00 pm  New Business
     Establish New Subcommittee on Process Refinement
     Review Status of Existing Subcommittees
3:45 pm  Action Items and Deliverables for Next Meeting
4:00 pm  Public Comment
4:15 pm  Chairman's Closing Remarks
4:30 pm  Adjourn

    Please note that this draft agenda is preliminary. The times and 
agenda items listed are guidelines and are subject to change. A final 
agenda will be available at the meeting on Thursday, October 29, 1998.

Consumer Issues

    In 1997, the ACAES created a subcommittee to address consumer 
issues. However, this subcommittee has been inactive in 1998. The 
Department is interested in addressing consumer issues in its 
rulemakings. If you have any issues which you would like to be 
addressed by the consumer subcommittee or if you have interest in 
participating in this subcommittee, please contact Ms. Sandy Beall at 
the address and phone number listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.

Public Participation

    The meeting is open to the public. Please notify either Brenda 
Edwards-Jones, (202) 586-2945, or Sandy Beall, (202) 586-7574, if you 
plan to attend the Advisory Committee meeting. Written statements may 
be filed either before or after the meeting. In order to have your 
written comments distributed at the Advisory Committee meeting, please 
provide 10 copies to the contacts listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section at least 7 days prior to the meeting. Members of the 
public who wish to make oral statements should contact the Office of 
Codes and Standards at the address or telephone numbers listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Requests must be received 7 
days prior to the meeting, and a reasonable provision will be made to 
include the presentation in the agenda. Such presentations may be 
limited to five minutes. The Designated Federal Official is empowered 
to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business.

Minutes

    Copies of the Committee's charter, minutes of the Committee 
meetings, this notice, and other correspondence regarding the Committee 
may be viewed at the U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of Information 
Public Reading Room, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-6020, between the hours of 
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. A copy of the Committee's meeting transcript will be 
available in the DOE public reading room approximately 10 days after 
the meeting. Minutes will also be available 60 days after the meeting 
by writing to Brenda Edwards-Jones or Sandy Beall at the address listed 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 22, 1998.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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