[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52493-52494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25283]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Advisory 
Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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

DATE AND TIME: October 21, 1999, 9 am-4:45 pm

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Graves, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Mail Station EE-41, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-1851 or 586-7819; or Brenda Edwards-Jones, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-41, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-2945.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Charter of the Advisory Committee has 
been renewed for two years to December 2000, and new members have been 
appointed to the Committee. This is the second meeting of the Committee 
since the charter was renewed. The Committee will review and deliberate 
on DOE's activities and provide comments and recommendations to the 
Department.

Purpose of the Meeting

     Update members on DOE rulemaking: schedule, priorities, 
and plans for fiscal year 2000.
     Discuss how changes to the rulemaking process are working.
     Update members on commercial equipment standards.
     Discuss consumer pricing and marketing anomalies, identify 
appliance

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market trends and predictions, and make recommendations as to how DOE 
should perform pricing analyses.
     Discuss DOE's perspective on standards enforcement issues; 
recommend improvements.
     Establish subcommittees to advise DOE as rulemakings are 
published.

Preliminary Agenda

9 am-9:20 am  Introductions, agenda review, and meeting ground rules
9:20 am-9:30 am  Chairman's Opening Remarks
9:30 am-10 am  Update members on status of DOE rulemaking
10 am-11:30 am  Discuss how changes to the rulemaking process are 
working
11:30 am-11:45 am  Break
11:45 am-12:30 pm  Commercial equipment standards
12:30 pm-1:30 pm  Lunch
1:30 pm-2:30 pm  Discuss consumer pricing and marketing anomalies, 
market trends, and alternative approaches for DOE pricing analyses
2:30 pm-3:30 pm  Present DOE standards enforcement issues
3:30 pm-3:45 pm  Break
3:45 pm-4:15 pm  Action Items and Next Meeting; organize subcommittees
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 available at the meeting on Thursday, October 21, 1999.
    Consumer Issues: 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 Committee, please contact Linda 
Graves at the address and phone number listed above in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    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 to Brenda Edwards-Jones at the address listed above in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 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 DOE's Freedom of 
Information Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between 
9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 23, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-25283 Filed 9-28-99; 8:35 am]
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