Dear Stakeholder,

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers 

and Freezers Preliminary Analysis public meeting 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 meeting is to discuss and receive comments on 

issues to be addressed in the Preliminary Analysis for establishing energy conservation 

standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers. The details of the 

meeting were published in the Federal Register on November 16, 2009. In anticipation 

of this meeting DOE has included a link to the Preliminary Technical Support Document 

and meeting announcement for your review. Please 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 Technical Support Document: 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/residential/pdfs/ref_frz_pre

nopr_prelim_tsd.pdf

Public Meeting Notification and Materials: 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/residential/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 Energy."Foreign Visitor 

Form .doc" 

To obtain security clearances, foreign nationals are required to submit a Foreign Visitors 

form to the Department of Energy, included in the original email as "Foreign Visitors 

Form.doc". Please complete the form and send it to Brenda Edwards 

(Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov). For your convenience, questions #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.

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SENSITIVE COUNTRIES: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Cuba, Hong 

Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, 

Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, 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 

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 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

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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. 

 

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