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**NOTIFICATION**

[Addendum]{.underline}

The following communication, dated 03 October 2006, has been received
from the\
[United States]{.underline}.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 431

\[Docket No. EE-RM/TP-05-500\]

RIN 1904-AB53

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Refrigerated Beverage
Vending Machines and Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers and
Refrigerator-Freezers.

The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) published a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to adopt test procedures for measuring energy
efficiency and related definitions for various consumer products and
commercial and industrial equipment on 25 July 2006, including
refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines and commercial
refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. For refrigerated
bottled or canned beverage vending machines, the Department proposed to
adopt the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE)
Standard 32.1-2004 test procedure for measuring equipment energy
consumption and for determining equipment capacity. For commercial
refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, the Department
proposed to adopt the ANSI/Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
(AHAM) Standard HRF1-1979 for determining equipment capacity.

The Department now proposes an additional method as an alternative means
for measuring the capacity of refrigerated bottled or canned beverage
vending machines, namely the method to measure refrigerated volume that
is set forth in an updated version of ANSI/AHAM HRF1. The Department
also proposes to adopt this updated standard for measuring the volume of
commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers. The
Department will receive written comments in response to the 25 July 2006
NOPR or to this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR).

The Department held a public meeting on this rulemaking on Tuesday, 26
September 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Washington, DC. The Department
will accept comments, data, and information regarding this SNOPR no
later than 10 October 2006. See section IV, \`\`Public
Participation,\'\' of this proposed rule for details.

See the full text of G/TBT/N/USA/204/Add.1 online at URLs:

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-8432.htm

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8432.pdf

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