Enclosures

Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

PROPOSED RULEMAKING WORKSHOP

FOR THE DISHWASHER TEST PROCEDURE

October 6, 1999

The Department ofEnergy published a Notice ofProposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in the Federal

Register regarding the dishwasher test procedure on September 28, 1999. We are holding a

public workshop on Tuesday, November 2, 1999, here in Washington, D.C., to receive public

comments on the proposed changes to the test procedure. We requested in the notice that

potential workshop participants submit to our office copies of any statements to be given or new

data to be discussed by October 20, 1999, if possible. The enclosed draft agenda contains some

suggested topics but it will be revised based on your comments and suggestions.

The workshop will be begin at 9:00 a.m. in Room 1E-245 ofthe Forrestal Building here at the

Department ofEnergy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, in Washington, D.C. We have scheduled

the meeting to last until 4:00 p.m., depending on the length of discussion.

We have enclosed a copy of the NOPR. Copies of preliminary materials for the workshop, as

they become available, will be available on our web site at the following address:

http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/codes standards/notices/notc0024/index.htm

If you plan to attend the workshop, please contact Mrs. Brenda Edwards-Jones of my staff at

(202) 586-2945 or by fax at (202) 586-4617. If you have any topics you wish to discuss on

November 2, please contact Barbara Twigg at (202) 586-8714 by October 22, 1999.

I look forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

Edward Pollock, Jr., Director

Building Research and Standards

Office of Building Technology, Sta

And Community Programs

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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Department of Energy 

Washington, DC 20585 

October 6, 1999 

PROPOSED RULEMAKING WORKSHOP 

FOR THE DISHWASHER TEST PROCEDURE 

The Department of Energy published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in the Federal 

Register regarding the dishwasher test procedure on September 28, 1999. We are holding a 

public workshop on Tuesday, November 2, 1999, here in Washington, D.C., to receive public 

comments on the proposed changes to the test procedure. We requested in the notice that 

potential workshop participants submit to our office copies of any statements to be given or new 

data to be discussed by October 20, 1999, if possible. The enclosed draft agenda contains some 

suggested topics but it will be revised based on your comments and suggestions. 

The workshop will be begin at 9:00 a.m. in Room lE-245 of the Forrestal Building here at the 

Department of Energy, toOO Independence Ave., SW, in Washington, D.C. We have scheduled 

the meeting to last until 4:00 p.m., depending on the length of discussion. 

We have enclosed a copy of the NOPR. Copies of preliminary materials for the workshop, as 

they become available, will be available on our web site at the following address: 

http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/codes_standards/notices/notc0024/index.htm 

If you plan to attend the workshop, please contact Mrs. Brenda Edwards-Jones of my staff at 

(202) 586-2945 or by fax at (202) 586-4617. If you have any topics you wish to discuss on 

November 2, please contact Barbara Twigg at (202) 586-8714 by October 22, 1999. 

I look forward to seeing you. 

Enclosures 

Sincerely, 

Edward Pollock, Jr., Director 

Building Research and Standards 

Office of Building Technology, Sta 

And Community Programs 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy