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

Building Technologies Office – Appliance & Equipment Standards

Residential Direct Heating Equipment Public Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is holding an informal public meeting to discuss and receive comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking for residential direct heating equipment. This public meeting will also provide DOE with an opportunity to respond to questions from interested parties.

Meeting Materials

• Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Direct Heating Equipment: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking(NOPR)
• Public Meeting Presentation
• Public Meeting Transcript

Webinar Information

• Stakeholders can attend the public meeting via webinar as well. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now.
• Title: Direct Heating Equipment NOPR Public Meeting
  Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011
  Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
• After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
• System Requirements
  PC-based attendees
  Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
  Macintosh®-based attendees
  Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

How to Submit Comments

DOE welcomes comments from interested parties during the designated comment periods for this rulemaking. DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the notice of proposed rulemaking before and after the public meeting, but no later than 60 days after the publication of the document in the Federal Register (this date will be provided once the official version of the NOPR is published in the Federal Register).

Interested parties may submit comments through the Federal rulemaking portal, electronically, by mail, or by courier. Whenever 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 Residential Heating Products Standards Rulemaking, the docket number, and regulatory information number (RIN).

• Standards Rulemaking for Direct Heating Equipment: Docket Number EERE-2011-BT-STD-0047 and Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 1904-AC56.

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:
  DHE-2011-STD-0047@ee.doe.gov
  

  Please be sure to include docket number EERE-2011-BT-STD-0047 and 1904-AC56 in the subject line of the message.

• Postal Mail:
  Ms. Brenda Edwards
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Building Technologies Program
  Mailstop EE-2J
  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC 20585-0121
  
  

  Please submit one signed paper original.

• Hand Delivery/Courier:
  Ms. Brenda Edwards
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Building Technologies Program
  950 L'Enfant Plaza SW
  Suite 600
  Washington, DC 20024
  Telephone: (202) 586-2945
  
  

  Please submit one signed paper original.

Contact Information

Mohammed Khan
Project Manager for Heating Products
(202) 586-7892