[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10066-10067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4440]


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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 Energy Conservation 
Program for Consumer Products: Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy 
Efficiency Standards. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-
463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be 
announced in the Federal Register.

DATE AND TIME: March 28, 2000, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

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: Purpose of the Meeting: The Charter of the 
Advisory Committee has been renewed for two years to December, 2000. 
This is the third meeting of the Committee since the charter was 
renewed. The Committee will review and deliberate on DOE's activities 
regarding appliance energy efficiency standards and provide comments 
and recommendations to the Department.
    Preliminary Agenda:
 Introductions, Agenda Review (12:30 p.m.)

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 Chairman's Opening Remarks
 Update members on DOE rulemaking: schedule, priorities, and 
plans for FY 2001
 Discuss recommendations, if available, from the electronic 
database sub-committee
 Discuss recommendations, if available, from the consumer sub-
committee
 Update members on efficiency levels for DOE commercial 
equipment activities
 Action Items and next meeting
 Chairman's Closing Remarks
 Adjourn (4:30 p.m.)
    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 Tuesday, March 28, 2000.
    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 Ms. Linda 
Graves 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 1E-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 22, 2000.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committe Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-4440 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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