U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Program – Appliances & Commercial Equipment Standards

Commercial Clothes Washers Energy Conservation Standards Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Public Meeting

The purpose of this public meeting is to give DOE an opportunity to present its methodology and the results of the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) analyses and to respond to interested parties questions for establishing energy conservation standards for Commercial Clothes Washers.

This page contains meeting materials, instructions for submitting comments on this rulemaking, and contact information.

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Meeting Materials

• Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens, and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers); Proposed Rule, Federal Register, 74 FR 57738, November 9, 2009
• Agenda
• Presentation MB
• Transcript. A transcript will be available on this site after the meeting and will also be 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. To schedule an appointment or to purchase this transcript, contact:
  Brenda Edwards
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Building Technologies Program
  950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor
  Washington, DC 20024
  Telephone: 202-586-2945

How to Submit Comments

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 the signed original paper document.

All comments submitted must identify the docket number, and regulatory identifier number (RIN).

• Docket Number EERE–2006–STD–0127 and Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) 1904-AB93.

Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal:

  http://www.regulations.gov/
  Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• E-mail:

  home_appliance.rulemaking@ee.doe.gov.
  Include docket number EE-2006-STD-0127 and/or RIN 1904-AB93 in the subject line of the message.

• Postal Mail:

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

  Please include one signed original paper copy.

• 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 one signed original paper copy.

Comments should clearly identify docket number EE-2006-STD-0127. The deadline for submitting comments is December 9, 2009.

Contact Information

Stephen Witkowski, P.E.
Project Manager
202-586-7463