## 59FR15722

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Program to Promote Energy El'lii:'aencyr in tio3uatary F ^, x

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. oMceequip ment anal Commercial Office uipment Efficiency In L un umues 

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., W o t commercia l office equipment will be enable ppurchasers of such equipz fis hold on Thursday, fAay 28 ,1994. assess the energy txmsumption acrd q# ADDRESSES ; Written cornrnrnts and potential cost s v ngsof alto va! requests to speak shou ld be labeled - P° u '. "V t P E

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### Q program win be bold on Tuesday, May procedures will provide inlormsti registration the day of the sleeting: The potential for significant energy savi public meeting for the Iuminaire as a result of such program& These

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### eres be submitted in advance before May 12, equipment and luminaires fiat 1Z, 2994. Requests to speak should also those types of commercial offhae quadruplicate must be received by May testing and inftirmaiion programs for, DATES : Written comments in - assistance to support vohratary ne? 

### meetings. provide technical and financial -' - comments and tci attend the public and other interested organlzatiooa;

, sar subriiitied to Iris. Ba Twigg. O ffice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Mail Station EE -4 31,i7.&

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### . Was ' oii, DC. achieve the objectives estairlfsh for Co office transcripts of the public- the sale and piachastie of commercial meetings and public comments received office equipment and luirsinab o If the , may tie read at the DOE Freedom of Secretary determ ses that either of dLe' Information Read ies: Room, U S.. *Gluetary is not rasss# s#csrzi 

### s ; volutttary prograrass are Posit 245 1000 indeninde ewe Avenue 

### SW f Ey Psl Bild deteraaiaatioa firs to whetberr rise ouergiorreiauing, room 1E-' and will be held at the US. Department 19951, the Secretary shall make t

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pllence and Equipment Energy . Department of Energy, Forrestal Efficiency Standards Public Mee tings Building; room 113-190, 1000 To 1setras EvaluaOon Criteria for the Independence Avenue, SW., Voluntary Programs to Provide Energy : Washington. DC, (202) 586-662b',. 

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-i.umhtalres between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Commercial Office Equipment - Monday through Friday , except Federal 

### holidays • . ,toE>sCx: :t:7fiice UfEUST Effici and & FU RTHt R INFORMATION CONTACT: Renewable Ere easy '0"

Department of Barbara Twsgg, U.S. Department of ' " Fcssrgy, f}ffa of

. AOTtOK : Notice of iabl ce Energy Efficiency aieetirs s 

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### BY. Forr estal Sttyr The Esargy Policy Act of 1992 requires the Department ofEergy (DOEor Department) to support . voluntarynational testing and information - programs for those types of luminaires and commercial office equipment that are widely used, and show potential for significant energy savings. Nat later than October 24,-i9Y95, DOE must determi ne whether the v iiluntarf_ programs thus created by members of those industries are consistent with the objectives set forth in the legislation, In order to determine what specific criteria will be used W evaluate The



## PaTtiqs for each p ogram to offer uggert icns c g methods of evaluation. All 

### persons are hereby given notice of the opportunity to submit written Building, Mail Station EE-431,1000 Independence Avenue, SW.. Washington, DC 20585, ( 202) 58&- 9127. Eugene Margolis,'! Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel,Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC7:200W Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 58&-- 9.507.

SUPPL E M ENTARY Rte ATlOH: 1. Authnritg_. - - Tire Energy Policy Act of 1032 t ACT ; Pub . L'102-4N ) identified • 

### cal new categories of products and equipment for i tlu ion in a range of required and voluntary testing and information programs to promote energy efficiency. Under sections 125 and 126 of EPACr the Secretary of Energy, after • consulting with industry associations huttinaires will be iveloped by -: separate organizations cttricp d of r.interested parties associated with eacindustry, and the efforts to develr> > -, these programs ion1l. be :monitorac tied' evaluated by the Se c retar y of E ..



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sicall,ylter crisrtltatiim wviih .Secretary the National institute of Standards and Technology, develop test procedures for : that set of products
, One year later, the Federal Trade Commission will prescribe labelin g rules. - - - 'The Department recognizes that tlhe: clerifts : aiion of evaluationnriteria is an 

### tguiding eleiri tas the tasting mat= programs-take shape. As .part of the Monitoring and evaluation proms, DOE would like to solicit comments on how the evaluation criteria should be determined within the context of the emerging programs . After. oral and written comments have been submitted
, DOB will analyze the suggestions
, determine the speck evaluation Criteria , and publish its findings in the Federal Register. 3, Discussion . The purpose of the public meeting is ,twofold (]) To provj de an opportunity to inform DOE on the progress of the voluntary programs, and (2J to request suggestions from all interested parties on the best means of evahaating the potential effectiveness of the programs. Some specific areas for comment are identified below. however, these areas are not intended to limit the content of submissions.

## 59FR15722

Federal Re r t Vol: 59. No, 64 1 Monday. April 4. 1994 1 Notices 15723

The type., u and standardization of test proceth s,. e abe extra simarket peueration represented by the pnxh2 is selected as ''widely used" and the exit of participation arses-the respective industr ies. 

### • The•di- sseminationofinformation to potential ezs.' :- .The amount of energy saved.. • Provisions to update the program in future years and incorporate new products. • Provisions for DOE to monitor the' m of the'pmgrarn. .

<, DOE will make a presentation at the .outset of each meeting to .background and explain the goaLs,for
, the meeting. DOE w ill then accept oral .comments limited toe time which will

'of &e number of persons :te set iii Ught •irhn request to spa T he- c ial `conducting a meeting wi 'accept ..

c omments and questions from the:. ' 'pttending to afford the DOE staff and 

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. opp ty to, discuss and explore issues sut m; the proposed esaicsstian critm a.
Issued In Washington. DC, on March 25,

Frank IK. Stewart. Ir .Altiirx ?'&.3're teciyand

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