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Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines Energy Conservation Standard Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Public Meeting

DATE: June 17, 2009
TIME: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT
LOCATION:
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Forrestal Building
Room 8E-089
Washington, DC 20585

This page presents meeting materials and information on how to submit comments for the energy conservation standard notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) public meeting for refrigerated beverage vending machines.

The purpose of this public meeting is to give the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) an opportunity to present its methodology and the results of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) analyses, and to respond to questions from interested parties. The meeting will also allow DOE to explain its plans for the remaining analyses supporting the final rule and to seek input from interested parties on its planned methodologies, assumptions, and data sources.

The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Meeting Materials

  • Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines; Proposed Rule, Federal Register, May 29, 2009 (PDF 580 KB)
  • Agenda (PDF 17 KB)
  • Presentation (PDF 609 KB)
  • Transcript: (PDF 1.8 MB) A transcript is also available for public inspection in the Building Technologies Program Reading Room, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, at:
    U.S. Department of Energy
    Building Technologies Program
    950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th floor
    Washington, DC 20024
    Telephone: (202) 586-2945

Requests to Speak

DOE must receive requests to speak at the public meeting before 4:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Please submit a signed original and an electronic copy of statements to be given no later than 4:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

How to Submit Comments

You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or by courier. Wherever possible, comments in the electronic format should carry the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature, comments submitted electronically must be authenticated by submitting a signed original paper document.

All comments submitted must identify the Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines Rulemaking, the Docket Number, and Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN).

  • Energy Conservation Standard Rulemaking for Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines: Docket Number EERE-2006-STD-0125 and Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) 1904-AB58.

Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:

  • Federal eRulemaking Portal:

    http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

  • E-mail:

    beveragevending.rulemaking@ee.doe.gov.
    Please be sure to include Docket Number EERE-2006-STD-0125 and/or RIN 1904-AB58 in the subject line of the message.

  • Postal Mail:

    Brenda Edwards
    U.S. Department of Energy
    Building Technologies Program
    1000 Independence Avenue, SW
    Mailstop EE-2J
    Washington, DC 20585
    Please include a signed original.

  • Hand Delivery or Courier:

    Brenda Edwards
    U.S. Department of Energy
    Building Technologies Program
    950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor
    Washington, DC 20024
    Telephone: (202) 586-2945

    Please include a signed original.

Comments should clearly identify docket number EERE-2006-STD-0125. The deadline for submitting comments is July 28, 2009.

Contact Information

Charles Llenza
Project Manager
(202) 586-2192