[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)]
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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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