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Advance Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (ANOPR)

Following the Framework Document, the Department of Energy is

now publishing its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(ANOPR). The ANOPR is the first stage of the overall standards

rulemaking process. This will be followed by a Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NOPR) and a final rule. At the ANOPR stage, the

Department carries out several analyses, including the

Engineering Analysis, the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, and the

National Impact Analysis. Stakeholders are invited to review the

ANOPR documents and the analytical tools, participate in

webcasts, attend the public meetings, and submit comments on

the Department's analysis.

Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat

PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader.

• ANOPR Internet Webcast

• ANOPR Public Meeting

• ANOPR Federal Register Notice (PDF 270 KB)

• ANOPR Technical Support Document

• ANOPR Analytical Tools

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.

Email: Residential FBANOPRCommentsCcbee.doe. oov

Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy,

Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121

Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy,

Building Technologies Program, Room 11-018, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.

Telephone: 202-586-2945

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Advance Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (ANOPR) Public

Meeting

DATE : September 29, 2004

TIME : 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT

LOCATION : Ronald Reagan Building and

International Trade Center

Polaris Room

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Purpose : This public meeting gave the Department of Energy an

opportunity to present its methodology and the results of the

ANOPR analyses, and to answer questions to help participants

prepare their written comments. This meeting also allowed the

Department to explain its plans for the remaining analyses-the

analyses supporting the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking -and to

seek input from stakeholders on its planned methodologies,

assumptions, and data sources.

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Public Meeting Materials:

Meeting Agenda (PDF 115 KB)

Presentations:

• Furnaces and Boilers Rulemaking Overview (PDF 644 KB)

To see the transcript from this meeting, you can visit the Building

Technologies Program's Reading Room, between 9:00am and

4:00pm, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, at:

U.S. Department of Energy

Forrestal Building

Room 1J-018

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC

Phone: (202) 586-9127

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