[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23233]


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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: 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. 92-463, 
86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be 
announced in the Federal Register.

DATE AND TIME:  October 24, 2000, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Edwards, 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 fourth 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.

Tentative Agenda

1. Introductions, Agenda Review (9:00 a.m.)
2. Chairman's Opening Remarks
3. Update members on DOE rulemaking: schedule, priorities, and plans 
for FY 2001
4. Secretary's response to the Committee's consumer and electronic 
database recommendations
5. Discuss: should DOE consider setting standards for products beyond 
those listed by Congress
6. Discuss: is DOE using the correct performance standard descriptors
    --should standby power be considered
    --how should the parasitic power issue be considered
7. Discuss fuel neutrality: how should DOE consider this in revising 
established standards, and what analysis is most appropriate
8. Discuss harmonization of DOE and international test procedures and 
standards
9. Discuss alternative approaches for determining manufacturing cost-
efficiency curves data
10. Action Items
11. Chairman's Closing Remarks
12. 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, October 24, 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. Brenda 
Edwards-Jones 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 Panel, you may do so 
with before or after the meeting. Please provide ten copies of your 
statement. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of 
these 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 transcript 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 September 5, 2000.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-23233 Filed 9-8-00; 8:45 am]
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