Brenda Edwards-Jones 04/28/99 11:06 AM To: dan_barzel, IIbO, tim_feldman, charlfcs, earevalo, melhc, jhardin, hcarter, don.m.dasher, glakpe, mhewett, bhig Subject: NOTICE OF BALLASTS WORKSHOP The Department is in the process of publishing a Federal Register Notice of Public Workshops, which will announce a workshop for fluorescent lamp ballasts on June 1, 1999. At the workshop the Department plans to obtain public comment on the analyses being prepared for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on revised energy efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. In addition to providing interested parties the opportunity to comment on the analyses, the workshop will also provide interested parties with the opportunity to comment on what levels of revised energy efficiency standards proposals they could support from the analyses. Prior to the public workshop, the Department will make publicly available the analytical results that it presently plans to use in its formal decision process. The material to be presented will be the bases for the Technical Support Document for the Notice of Proposed Rulemakings. DOE staff and contractors are preparing the material. We have begun posting the analyses for fluorescent lamp ballasts at http:// . eren.doe.gov/buildings/codes_standards/applbrf/ballast.html . Please continue to check this site for additional postings. The June 1 workshop format will be a summary of the analytical results that will have been publicly available prior to the workshop, followed by a summary discussion of the comments received prior to the workshop. A senior DOE official also will facilitate a discussion on which standard levels participants at the workshop believe can be supported by the analyses. The Department will conduct this workshop prior to our selection of proposed revisions to the energy efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts and the Department will consider output from the workshop in the development of its proposal. Following the workshop, the Department will provide an additional comment period, during which interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on the proceedings at the workshop, as well as on any aspect of the rulemaking proceedings, including what policy implications the commenters might draw from the analyses. The following table lists the relevant dates.
Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts Comments Due on web materials I May 18, 1999

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To: dan_barzel, IIbO, tim_feldman, charlfcs, earevalo, melhc, jhardin, hcarter, don.m.dasher, glakpe, mhewett, bhig Subject: NOTICE OF BALLASTS WORKSHOP The Department is in the process ofpublishing a Federal RegisterNotice ofPublic Workshops, which will announce a workshop for fluorescent lamp ballasts on June 1, 1999. At the workshop the Department plans to obtainpublic comment onthe analyses being prepared for theNotice of Proposed Rulemaking onrevised energy efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. In addition to providing interested parties the opportunity to comment onthe analyses, the workshop will also provide interested parties with the opportunity to comment onwhat levels ofrevised energy efficiency standards proposals they could support from the analyses. Priorto the public workshop, the Department will make publicly available the analytical results that it presently plans to use in its formal decision process. The material to be presented will be the bases for the Technical Support Document for the Notice ofProposed Rulemakings. DOE staffand contractors are preparing the material. We have begun posting the analyses for fluorescent lamp ballasts at http://www.eren.doe.govlbuildings/codes_standards/applbrf/ballast.html. Please continue to check this site for additional postings. The June 1 workshop format will be a summary ofthe analytical results that will have been publicly available priorto the workshop, followed by a summary discussion ofthe comments received priorto the workshop. A senior DOE official also will facilitate a discussion onwhich standard levels participants at the workshop believe can be supported bythe analyses. The Department will conduct this workshop priorto our selection ofproposed revisions to the energy efficiency standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts and the Department will consider output from the workshop in the development ofits proposal. Following the workshop, the Department will provide an additional comment period, during which interested parties will have an opportunityto comment on the proceedings at the workshop, as well as on any aspect ofthe rulemaking proceedings, including what policy implications the commenters might draw from the analyses. The following table lists the relevant dates.

Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts Comments Due onweb materials May 18,1999Workshop June 1, 1999 Comments Due on workshop June 15, 1999

Written comments (10 copies) should be submitted to: U. S. Department of Energy, Attn: Brenda Edwards-Jones, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202)586-2945, 

### e-mail:Brenda.Edwards-Jones@ee.doe.gov. 

### Workshop June 1, 1999 

### Comments Due on workshop June 15, 1999

Written comments (10 copies) should be submitted to: 

# u.s. Department ofEnergy, Attn: Brenda Edwards-Jones, Office ofEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-43, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202)586-2945, e-mail:Brenda.Edwards-Jones@ee.doe.gov.