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Residential Clothes Dryers and

Room Air Conditioners Test

Procedures SNOPR Public

Meeting

Here you will find information on the U.S.

Department of Energy's (DOE) activities for

test procedures for residential clothes dryers

and room air conditioners, including meeting

materials and information for requesting to

speak at the public meeting, and how to

submit comments.

On December 9, 2008, DOE published a notice

of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in which it

proposed amendments to its test procedures

for residential clothes dryers and room air

conditioners to provide for measurement of

standby mode and off mode power use by

these products in order to implement recent

amendments under the Energy Independence

and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) to the

Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). In

response to comments on the NOPR, DOE

conducted additional investigations to address

certain issues raised in these comments. In

this supplemental notice of proposed

rulemaking (SNOPR), DOE is continuing to

propose amendments to incorporate into its

test procedures relevant provisions from the

International Electrotechnical Commission

(IEC) Standard 62301, "Household electrical

appliances–Measurement of standby power,"

First Edition 2005-06, including language to

clarify application of these provisions for

measuring standby mode and off mode power

consumption in clothes dryers and room air

conditioners. In addition, DOE is proposing to

adopt definitions of modes based on the

relevant provisions from IEC Standard 62301

Second Edition Committee Draft for Vote.

DATE: July 14, 2010

TIME: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM EST

LOCATION:

U.S. Department of Energy

Forrestal Building

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 1E-245

Washington, DC 20585

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DOE is also proposing to amend its test

procedures for clothes dryers and room air

conditioners to address active mode energy

use. Specifically, the proposal in the SNOPR

addresses testing methods for clothes dryer

automatic cycle termination, vent-less clothes

dryers, test cloth preconditioning for clothes

dryer energy tests, test conditions for gas

clothes dryers, and current clothes dryer

usage patterns and capabilities as well as the

references in the current room air conditioner

and clothes dryer test procedure. DOE will

hold a public meeting to discuss and receive

comments on the issues presented in this

notice.

The following documents are available as

Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Meeting Materials

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Test Procedures for

Clothes Dryers and Room Air

Conditioners, Supplemental Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of

Public Meeting, Federal Register, June

29, 2010 (PDF 492 KB)

Agenda (PDF 99 KB)

Presentation (PDF 967 KB)

Transcript (PDF 544 KB)

Request to Speak

DOE must receive requests to speak at the

public meeting before 4 PM EST on July 7,

2010. DOE must receive a signed original and

an electronic copy of statements to be given at

the public meeting before 4 PM EST on July

7, 2010.

How to Submit Comments

You may submit comments electronically, by

mail, or by courier. Wherever possible,

comments in the electronic format should

carry the electronic signature of the author.

Absent an electronic signature, comments

submitted electronically must be followed and

authenticated by submitting the signed

original paper document.

All comments submitted must identify Clothes

Dryers and Room Air Conditioners

Rulemaking, the Docket Number, and

Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN).

Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers and

Room Air Conditioners SNOPR: Docket

Number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010 and

Regulatory Identification Number (RIN)

1904-AC02.

Comments may be submitted using any of the

following methods:

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:

http://www.regulations.gov/search

/Regs/home.html

Follow the instructions for submitting

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comments.

E-mail:

AHAM2-2008-TP-0010@hq.doe.gov.

Please be sure to include Docket

Number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010

and/or RIN 1904-AC02 in the subject

line of the message.

Postal Mail:

Ms. Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Mailstop EE-2J

Washington, DC 20585

Please include one signed original paper

copy.

Hand Delivery or Courier:

Ms. Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor

Washington, DC 20024.

Telephone: (202) 586-2945

Please include one signed original paper

copy.

Comments should clearly identify docket

number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010. The

deadline for submitting comments is August

30, 2010.

Contact Information

Subid Wagley

Project Manager

202-287-1414

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