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Clothes Dryers 

Energy Conservation 

Standard Rulemaking 

Clothes Dryers and Room Air 

Conditioners Test Procedures 

NOPR

Framework Document

Previous Rules and 

Documents 

Final Rule — Energy Conservation 

Program for Consumer Products: 

Test Procedure for Clothes Washers 

and Reporting Requirements for 

Clothes Washers, Clothes Dryers, 

and Dishwashers; August 27, 1997 

Contact Information 

Stephen Witkowski, P.E. 

Project Manager 

(202) 586-7436 

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Residential Clothes Dryers 

and Room Air Conditioners 

Test Procedures NOPR 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. 

In order to implement recent amendments to 

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

(EPCA), DOE proposes to amend 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. The 

amendments would incorporate into the DOE 

test procedures relevant provisions from the 

International Electrotechnical Commission's 

(IEC) Standard 62301, "Household electrical 

appliances – Measurement of standby 

power" (First Edition, 005-06), as well as 

language to clarify application of these 

provisions specifically for measuring standby 

mode and off mode power consumption in 

clothes dryers and room air conditioners. 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. 

EERE Information Center 

Date: December 17, 2008 

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST 

Location:

U.S. Department of Energy 

Forrestal Building 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW 

Room 8E-089 

Washington, DC 20585 

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Meeting Materials 

z Energy Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products: Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers 

and Room Air Conditioners, Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public 

Meeting, Federal Register, December 9, 

2008 (PDF 176 KB) 

z Agenda (PDF 21 KB) 

z Presentation (PDF 295 KB) 

Request to Speak 

DOE must receive requests to speak at the public 

meeting before 4 PM EST on December 10, 

2008. Please submit a signed original and an 

electronic copy of statements to be given no later 

than 4 PM EST on December 10, 2008. 

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). 

z Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers and 

Room Air Conditioners NOPR: Docket 

Number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010 and 

Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) 

1904-AB76. 

Comments may be submitted using any of the 

following methods: 

z Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

z 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-AB76 in the subject line of the 

message. 

z Postal Mail: 

Ms. Brenda Edwards 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Building Technologies Program 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW 

Mailstop EE-2J 

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Please include one signed original 

paper copy. 

z 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 

February 23, 2009. 

Contact Information 

Stephen Witkowski, P.E. 

Project Manager 

(202) 586-7436 

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