[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 177 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 63095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19910]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[EERE-2013-BT-NOC-0005]


Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee: 
Notice of Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and webinar.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Appliance 
Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), requires that agencies publish 
notice of an advisory committee meeting in the Federal Register.

DATES: October 17, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the National Renewable 
Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington, DC 20024. 
The meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar. See the Public 
Participation section of this notice for webinar registration 
information, participant instructions, and information about the 
capabilities available to webinar participants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lucas Adin, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building 
Technologies Office, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-5904. Email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of Committee: The Committee provides advice and 
recommendations related to the development of minimum efficiency 
standards for residential appliances and commercial equipment; the 
development of product test procedures; the certification and 
enforcement of standards; the labeling for various residential products 
and commercial equipment; and specific issues of concern to DOE as 
requested by the Secretary of Energy, the Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Building 
Technologies Office (BTO) Director.
    Tentative Agenda: DOE plans to hold this meeting virtually via 
webinar to gather advice and recommendations to the Department on the 
development of standards and test procedures for residential appliances 
and commercial equipment with the primary focus being the discussion 
and prioritization of topic areas that ASRAC can assist the Appliance 
and Equipment Standards Program with, particularly relating to 
rulemakings that could be subject to negotiation through ASRAC. (The 
final agenda will be available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2013-BT-NOC-0005.)
    Public Participation: The time, date and location of the public 
meeting are listed in the DATES and ADDRESSES sections at the beginning 
of this document. If you plan to attend the public meeting, please 
notify the ASRAC staff at [email protected].
    Please note that foreign nationals participating in the public 
meeting are subject to advance security screening procedures which 
require advance notice prior to attendance at the public meeting. If a 
foreign national wishes to participate in the public meeting, please 
inform DOE as soon as possible by contacting Ms. Regina Washington at 
(202) 586-1214 or by email: [email protected] so that the 
necessary procedures can be completed.
    In addition, you can attend the public meeting via webinar. Webinar 
registration information, participant instructions, and information 
about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be 
published on DOE's website: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/appliance-standards-and-rulemaking-federal-advisory-committee.
    The webinar will held using the Webex software platform and 
participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible 
with the webinar software. If you plan to attend the webinar, please 
notify the ASRAC staff at [email protected].
    Conduct of Public Meeting: ASRAC's Designated Federal Officer will 
preside at the public meeting and may also use a professional 
facilitator to aid discussion. The meeting will not be a judicial or 
evidentiary-type public hearing, but DOE will conduct it in accordance 
with section 336 of EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6306).
    Meeting Minutes: A transcript of the webinar will be included in 
the ASRAC docket: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2013-BT-NOC-0005.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 
8, 2023, by Francisco Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority 
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature 
and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in 
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on September 11, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-19910 Filed 9-13-23; 8:45 am]
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