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Residential Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners Test Procedures SNOPR Public Meeting

Here you will find information on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities for test procedures for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners, including meeting materials and information for requesting to speak at the public meeting, and how to submit comments.

On December 9, 2008, DOE published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in which it proposed amendments to its test procedures for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners to provide for measurement of standby mode and off mode power use by these products in order to implement recent amendments under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). In response to comments on the NOPR, DOE conducted additional investigations to address certain issues raised in these comments. In this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR), DOE is continuing to propose amendments to incorporate into its test procedures relevant provisions from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard 62301, "Household electrical appliances–Measurement of standby power," First Edition 2005-06, including language to clarify application of these provisions for measuring standby mode and off mode power consumption in clothes dryers and room air conditioners. In addition, DOE is proposing to adopt definitions of modes based on the relevant provisions from IEC Standard 62301 Second Edition Committee Draft for Vote.

DOE is also proposing to amend its test procedures for clothes dryers and room air conditioners to address active mode energy use. Specifically, the proposal in the SNOPR addresses testing methods for clothes dryer automatic cycle termination, vent-less clothes dryers, test cloth preconditioning for clothes dryer energy tests, test conditions for gas clothes dryers, and current clothes dryer usage patterns and capabilities as well as the references in the current room air conditioner and clothes dryer test procedure. DOE will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive comments on the issues presented in this notice.

Meeting Materials

• Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners, Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Meeting, Federal Register, June 29, 2010
• Agenda
• Presentation
• Transcript

Request to Speak

DOE must receive requests to speak at the public meeting before 4 PM EST on July 7, 2010. DOE must receive a signed original and an electronic copy of statements to be given at the public meeting before 4 PM EST on July 7, 2010.

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 followed and authenticated by submitting the signed original paper document.
All comments submitted must identify Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners Rulemaking, the Docket Number, and Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN).

• Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners SNOPR: Docket Number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010 and Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) 1904-AC02.

Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:

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

• E-mail:

  AHAM2-2008-TP-0010@hq.doe.gov.
  Please be sure to include Docket Number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010 and/or RIN 1904-AC02 in the subject line of the message.

• Postal Mail:

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

  Please include one signed original paper copy.

• Hand Delivery or Courier:

  Ms. 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 EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010. The deadline for submitting comments is August 30, 2010.

Contact Information

Subid Wagley
Project Manager
202-287-1414