Dear Stakeholder,

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a Refrig erators, Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers Preliminary Analysis public meet ing at the at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, DC on December 10, 2009. The meeting will be in Room 8E-089 of the Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave. SW , from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT. The purpose of this meet ing is to discuss and receive comments on issues to be addressed in the Preliminary Analysis for establishing energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freez ers and freezers. The details of the meeting were published in the Federal Regi ster on November 16, 2009. In anticipation of this meeting DOE has included a link to the Preliminary Techni cal Support Document and meeting announcement for your review. Pleas e feel free to call me if you have any questions. All e-mail correspondence related to this rulemaking should be sent to ResRefFreez-2008-STD-0012@hq.doe.gov

. Preliminary Technica l Support Document: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/bui ldings/appliance_standards/r esidential/pdfs/ref_frz_pre nopr_prelim_tsd.pdf

Public Meeting Notification and Materials: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/bui ldings/appliance_standards/res idential/refrigerators_fre ezers_prelim_tsd_mtg.html

Foreign nationals , including those with green cards, wishing to attend the public meeting must inform the Department as soon as possible. Attached to this email is the form for foreign nationals to submit to the Department of E nergy."Foreign Visitor Form .doc"

To obtain security clearances, foreign nationals are required to submit a Foreign Visitors form to the Department of Ener gy, included in the original email as "Foreign Visitors Form.doc". Please complete the fo rm and send it to Brenda Edwards ( Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov ). For your convenience, qu estions #20-32 of the form relating to the public meeting have already been filled out (please answer #1-19).

The Department requires the Foreign Visitors form with different amounts of advanced notice based on your country of citizenship:

- For non-sensitive countries: A 3-day notice is required.

- For sensitive countries: A 30-day notice is required.

- For terrorist-supporting countries: A 30-day notice and approval from the Secretary of Energy is required.SENSITIVE COUNTRIES: Al geria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea (North ), Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Ta jikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRIES: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria

Sincerely,

Lucas M. Adin

Project Manager, Appliance Standards

Building Technologies Program

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

U. S. Department of Energy

1000 Independence Ave., SW

Washington, DC 20585

Tel: (202) 287-1317

Fax: (202) 586-4617

### FOREIGN VISITORS FORM

1. FULL NAME OF VISITOR: 2. GENDER: 3. BIRTH DATE: 4. ARE YOU A PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN? 5. IS VISITOR CURRENTLY IN THE U.S.? 6. COUNTRY OF BIRTH: 7. CITY OF BIRTH: 8. PRESENT CITIZENSHIP (name all countries if dual citizenship): 9. VISA NUMBER: 10. VISA TYPE: 11. EXPIRATION DATE: 12. PASSPORT NUMBER: 13. COUNTRY OF ISSUE: 14. EXPIRATION DATE: 15. NAME OF EMPLOYER/INSTITUTION: 16. COUNTRY OF EMPLOYER: 17. VISITOR ’ S TITLE OR POSITION & DUTIES: 18. JUSTIFICATION OF VISIT/ASSIGNMENT INCLUDING SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES OR INVOLVEMENT: 19. WILL VISITOR/ASSIGNEE HAVE ACCESS TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER: 20. DATE & TIME OF VISIT: December 10, 2009, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 21. WILL YOU BE MEETING IN A SECURITY AREA ?: No 22. PURPOSE OF VISIT: To attend Appliance Standards Public Meeting for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers Preliminary Analysis. 23. SUBJECT OF MEETING: Discuss and receive comments on issues to be addressed in the Preliminary Analysis for establishing energy conservation standards for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers. 24. BUILDING & ROOM NUMBER : Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089. 25. FULL NAME & ROUTING SYMBOL OF HOST: Lucas M. Adin , EE2J. 26. HOST ’ S TITLE: Project Manager 27. HOST ’ S CITIZENSHIP: USA. 28. PHONE NUMBER OF HOST: 202-287-1317

### 29. WHICH DOE MISSION WILL BE ADVANCED BY THIS VISIT/ASSIGNMENT? Appliance Standards Program will be advanced. 30. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS TO DOE PROGRAMS: Input from important stakeholders. 31. WILL SENSITIVE SUBJECTS BE DISCUSSED? No. 32. WILL VISIT/ASSIGNMENT INCLUDE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY? No.

33. COST TO DOE: None.