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

Building Technologies Program – Appliance & Equipment Standards

Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines Framework Public Meeting

DATE:

July 11, 2006 EDT

TIME:

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

LOCATION:

U.S. Department of Energy
Forrestal Building
Room 1E-245
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585

Purpose: The Department will hold an informal public meeting as a first step in the standards rulemaking process for refrigerated beverage vending machines. This meeting will be 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 will highlight 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 refrigerated beverage vending machines.

Framework Document Public Meeting

Public Meeting Materials

  • Notice of Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document
  • Framework Document
  • Agenda
  • Presentation: Meeting presentations include 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.

Transcript: After the meeting, a transcript will 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, at:

U.S. Department of Energy
Building Technologies Program
950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Telephone: (202) 586-9127

To obtain a copy of the transcript, contact:
Neal R. Gross
Court Reports and Transcribers
1323 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005-3701
Telephone: (202) 234-4433

For further information related to this rulemaking, please visit the Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines webpage.

Contact Information

Charles Llenza
Project Manager
(202)586-2192