Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Public Meeting

DATE:	May 16, 2006
TIME:	9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT
LOCATION:	U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Room 1E-245 Washington, DC 20585

Purpose: The Department held an informal public meeting as a first step in the standards rulemaking process for commercial refrigeration equipment. This meeting was the starting point for the standards-development process and familiarized interested stakeholders with the approach and analytical tools that the DOE anticipates using. The meeting highlighted issues on which DOE requests feedback from interested parties on the assumptions, methodology, and analytical tools the DOE proposes to use. In addition, the Department requests data and information that DOE should consider in its analysis of commercial refrigeration equipment.

To Submit Comments

You may submit comments electronically, by hand delivery, by mail, or by courier by May 30, 2006. Wherever possible, comments in the electronic format should carry the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature, comments submitted electronically must be followed and authenticated by submitting a signed original paper document. Comments should be submitted with reference to the docket number EE-2006-STD-0126 and/or RIN number 1904-AB59 by the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal, directions for submitting comments are on the site.
E-mail: commercialrefrigeration.rulemaking@ee.doe.gov, please include EE-2006-STD-0126 and/or RIN 1904-AB59 in the subject line of the message.
Regular Mail, Hand Delivery or Courier:
Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones
U.S. Department of Energy
Building Technologies Program
Mailstop: EE-2J, Room 1J-018
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585-0121

Meeting Materials

Notice of Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document
Agenda
Presentation: Public meeting presentations included an overview of the rulemaking process and approaches to the analyses the Department intends to conduct for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and, thereafter, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: market and technology assessment, screening analysis, engineering analysis, markups for price determination, life-cycle cost analysis, shipments analysis, National impact analysis, manufacturer impact analysis, environmental assessment, and regulatory impact analysis.
Proposed Product Classes: The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) drafted an Operations Manual for their certification program for commercial refrigeration equipment. This manual contains a breakdown of commercial refrigeration equipment into product families based on orientation and door type. These families are further broken down by operating mode and operating temperature. With ARI's permission, the Department created a graphic of this product breakdown and presented it at the Framework Public Meeting.

Where EPACT 2005 describes product classes for commercial refrigeration equipment under subsections 136(c) and 136(a)(3), DOE requests feedback on the proposed product classes listed above and the criteria used in creating the classes. Also see section 3.2, "Product Classes," of the Framework Document, and Items 3-3 through 3-8.

Transcript: 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
Forrestal Building
Room 1J-018
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Telephone: (202) 586-9127
To obtain a copy of the transcript from this meeting, contact:
Neal R. Gross
Court Reporters and Transcribers
1323 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2005-3701
Telephone: (202 234-4433

For information related to this rulemaking please visit the Commercial Refrigeration Equipment webpage.

Contact Information

Charles Llenza
Project Manager
(202) 586-2192