96-4021. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Public Workshop on the Improvements of the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Process

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6798-6799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4021]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Public 
Workshop on the Improvements of the Appliance Standards Rulemaking 
Process

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

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) will hold a 
public workshop to discuss possible initiatives that it will undertake 
to improve the appliance standards program. The issues for discussion 
and comment include those relating to the planning and prioritization 
process, data collection and analysis and decision making criteria. In 
addition, there may be other issues the participants will want to 
address. All persons are hereby given notice of the opportunity to 
attend the public workshop.

DATES: The public workshop will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, 
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 20, 1996, from 9 a.m. 
to 1 p. m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel 
(Crystal City), 1300 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
    Copies of the interview findings, stakeholders' comments, and this 
notice may be viewed at the DOE Freedom of Information Reading Room, 
Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, [phone] between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-431, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, [phone]
Douglas W. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, 
Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-70, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0103, [phone]
Deborah Miller, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-1, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20585--0121, [phone]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has initiated a comprehensive 
process improvement effort to examine, through a series of stakeholder 
meetings and interviews, issues surrounding the appliance standards 
program. The initial findings from these meetings and interviews will 
be the basis for discussion of possible initiatives the Department will 
undertake to improve the appliance rulemaking process.
    A public workshop will be held on March 19 and March 20, 1996 at 
the Embassy Suites Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The workshop topics 
will cover issues relating to the planning and prioritization process, 
data collection and analysis and decision making criteria.
    The workshop agenda is as follows: 
    
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Tuesday, March 19

I. Summary of findings from stakeholder meetings and interviews 
followed by questions and answers.
II. Overview of proposed improvements presented by the Department 
followed by questions and answers.
III. Small group discussion of unresolved questions/topics.

Wednesday, March 20

I. The Department will present a proposed methodology for prioritizing 
the rulemaking agenda for discussion.

    After completion of the workshop, the Department will review all of 
the findings and other recommendations. The Department plans to 
announce the initiatives it will undertake as a result of the appliance 
standards process improvement in April 1996.
    The workshop will be professionally facilitated to encourage 
discussion and comments on the topics.
    Copies of the interview findings, stakeholders' comments, and this 
notice are available in the DOE Freedom of Information Reading Room. A 
copy of the workshop transcript will be available in the DOE public 
reading room approximately 10 days after the workshop.
    A briefing document will be sent to all participants that notify 
the Department in advance that they will attend. There will also be an 
opportunity to submit written comments after the workshop. Please 
notify Bryan Berringer at the above listed address of your intention to 
attend the workshop or if you have written comments.

    Issued in Washington, DC February 14, 1996.
Brian T. Castelli,
Chief of Staff, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-4021 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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