[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 61794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29690]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EE-RM/STD-98-440]
RIN 1904-AA77
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
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 workshop on the Supplemental Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR), which the Department expects to
issue shortly, for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Energy
Efficiency Standards Rulemaking.
DATES: December 9, 1999, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Room 1E-245, Washington, DC 20585-0121.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael E. McCabe, 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) 586-0854, e-mail: michael.e.mccabe@ee.doe.gov 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, e-mail: Brenda.Edwards-Jones@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Workshop
The Department will present its methodology and results pertaining
to the analysis completed to date (Supplemental ANOPR analysis), answer
questions to help participants prepare their written comments on the
Supplemental ANOPR, and entertain comments on that document. The
Department will also explain its plans for the remaining analysis (NOPR
analysis) and seek comments and suggestions for improving its
methodologies, assumptions, and data sources.
Preliminary Agenda
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions
ANOPR Analysis--Methodologies and Results
Engineering Analysis and Issues
Life Cycle Cost, National Energy Savings, Shipments Analysis and Issues
NOPR Analysis--Plans
Manufacturer Impact Analysis
Indirect Employment
Utility Impact Analysis
Environmental Assessment
Consumer Subgroup
Summary Discussion
5:00 p.m. Adjournment
Please note that this draft agenda is preliminary. The agenda items
listed are guidelines and are subject to change. A final agenda will be
available at the meeting on Thursday, December 9, 1999.
Transcript
We will make the transcript of this workshop available for public
review and copying within 30 days at the U.S. Department of Energy,
Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., 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 November 8, 1999.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-29690 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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