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ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/532/Add.1 
27 September 2010  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 16 September 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of the United States
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TITLE:  Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies: Public 
Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document  
 AGENCY:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE) 
 
ACTION:  Notice of Public Meeting and Availabilit y of the Preliminary Technical Support Document 
 SUMMARY:  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting to discuss and 
receive comments on the following: the product cl asses DOE plans to analyze for the purposes of 
amending energy conservation standards for Class A external power supplies (EPSs) and establishing 
energy conservation standards for battery char gers (BCs) and non-Class A EPSs; the analytical 
framework, models, and tools DOE is using to eval uate standards for these products; the results of 
preliminary analyses performed by DOE for th ese products; and potential energy conservation 
standard levels derived from these analyses that  DOE could consider for these products. DOE also 
encourages interested parties to submit written comme nts on these subjects.  To inform stakeholders 
and facilitate the public meeting and comments pro cess, DOE has prepared an agenda, a preliminary 
technical support document (TSD), and brie fing materials, which are available at:  
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_ standards/residential/battery_external.html
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 DATES:  The Department will hold a public meeti ng on Wednesday, 13 October 2010, from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. in Washington, DC. Any person requesting to  speak at the public meeting should submit such 
request, along with an electronic copy of the statem ent to be given at the public meeting, before 4 
p.m., Wednesday, 29 September 2010.  Written co mments are welcome, especially following the 
public meeting, and should be submitted by 15 October 2010.  
ADDRESSES:  The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 
Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.  Please note that 
foreign nationals participating in the public meeting are subject to advance security screening 
procedures.  If a foreign national wishes to partic ipate in the public meeting, please inform DOE of 
this fact as soon as possible by contacting Ms Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945 so that the necessary procedures can be completed. 
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  Interested persons may submit comments, id entified by docket number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005, 
by any of the following methods:  Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov
.  Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments. 
 
Email:  BC&EPS_ECS@ee.doe.gov .  Include EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005 and/or RIN 1904-AB57 in 
the subject line of the message.  Mail:  Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S.  Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop 
EE-2J, Public Meeting for Battery Chargers a nd External Power Supplies, EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005 
and/or RIN 1904-AB57, 1000 Independence Avenue , SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121.  Phone: 
(202) 586-2945. Please submit one signed paper original. 
 Hand Delivery/Courier:  Ms. Brenda Edwards, U. S. Department of Energy, Building echnologies 
Program, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586-2945.  
Please submit one signed paper original.  Instructions:  All submissions received must incl ude the agency name and docket number or RIN for 
this rulemaking.    
Docket:  For access to the docket to read background  documents, a copy of the transcript of the public 
meeting, or comments received, go to the U.S. Depa rtment of Energy, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, 
SW., Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.  Please call Ms. Brenda  Edwards at (202) 586-2945 for additional 
information regarding visiting the Resource Room. 
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   Mr. Victor Petrolati, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 I ndependence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone:  (202 ) 586-4549. E-mail:  Victor.Petrolati@ee.doe.gov
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In the Office of General Counsel, contact Ms. Fran cine Pinto or Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-72,  1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585. Telephone:  (2 02) 586-9507. E-mail:  Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov  or  
Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov . 
 
URLs:  
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-23012.htm  
http://edocket.access.gpo.g ov/2010/pdf/2010-23012.pdf  
  
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