[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10133-10134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5100]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards. Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these 
meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: March 17, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 1E-245, Washington, DC 20585-0121.

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 Meeting:
    The Charter of the Committee has been renewed for two years to 
December 2000 and new members have been appointed to the Committee. The 
Committee will review and deliberate on DOE's activities and obtain 
comments on the activities for the new Committee. The meeting will 
focus on the following:
     review the committee charter and purpose;
     overview and status of analysis accomplishments: 
engineering analysis, life cycle cost methodology, energy forecasting, 
and manufacturing impact;
     discuss progress to date of the marginal energy prices; 
and
     discuss the status of the subcommittees on: economic 
analysis; consumer and equipment functionality/availability; screening 
analysis; and non-regulatory alternatives.

Tentative Agenda

    9:00 am-9:20 am  Introductions and Agenda Review
    9:20 am-9:30 am  Chairman's Opening Remarks
    9:30 am-10:00 am  Ground Rules
    10:00 am-10:30 am  Roles and Responsibilities of the Committee
    10:30 am-10:45 am  Break
    10:45 am-11:30 pm  Overview of Analysis Accomplishments
    11:30 am-12:30 pm  Review of Rulemaking Status
    1:30 pm-2:30 pm  Marginal Energy Prices--Progress to Date
    2:30 pm-2:45 pm  Discussion of future goals, plans, roles of the 
Advisory Committee
    2:45 pm-3:00 pm  Break
    3:00 pm-3:30 pm  Public Comment
    3:30 pm-4:00 pm  New Business
    4:00 pm-4:15 pm  Action Items and Next Meeting
    4:15 pm-4:30 pm  Public Comment
    4:30 pm-4:45 pm  Chairman's Closing Remarks
    4:45 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

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available at the meeting on Wednesday, March 17, 1999.
    Consumer Issues: The Department is interested in addressing 
consumer issues in its rulemakings. If you have any issues which you 
would like the Committee to address, please contact Ms. Sandy Beall at 
the address and phone number listed in the beginning of this notice.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do 
so either before or after the meeting. Please provide ten copies of 
your statement. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any 
of the items on the agenda, you should contact Brenda Edwards-Jones at 
202-586-2945. You must make your request for an oral statement at least 
seven days before the meeting. Presentations will be limited to five 
minutes. We will try to include the statement in the agenda. The 
Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business.
    Minutes: We will make the minutes of this meeting available for 
public review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information 
Public Reading Room, Room 1F-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between 9:00 a.m. 
and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 25, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5100 Filed 3-1-99; 8:45 am]
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