From: Petrolati, Victor Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:34 AM Subject: Public Meeting and Clearance for Foreign Nationals

Dear Battery Charger and Extern al Power Supply Stakeholders:

Within the next week, the U.S. Department of Energy will issue a Fe deral Register notice that announces a Public Meeting and av ailability of a Framework document for battery chargers and external power supplies . This notice initiates a rulemaking to evaluate energy conservation standards for battery char gers and to review and consider amending the current standards for Class A external power supplies.

You are invited to participat e in a public meeting at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2009, to discu ss your views and/or comments during a briefing on this proposal. The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-245, 1000 Inde pendence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585

Foreign nationals , including those with green card s, wishing to attend the public meeting must inform the Department as soon as possible. Clearance for foreign nationals from sensitive countries require up to 30 days to process and must be received by DOE by June 16, 2009. Attached to this ema il are two related documents: “Security Clearances for Foreign Nationals.doc” expl ains how foreign nationals may obtain security clearances and “Foreign Visitor Form .doc” is the form foreign nationals submit to the Department of Energy. The “For eign Visitor Form .doc” has questions #20-33 already filled out and only requires answers for questions #1-19.

In order to accommodate stakeholders that are unable to attend the public meeting, the Department will broadcast the meeting live over the Internet. The web broadcast will allow stakeholders to listen in and view the slides of the presentations, however stakeholders will be unable to submit comments or questions during the web broadcast . In order to ask questions during the public meeting, stakeholders must attend the meeting in person.

Details on how to register for the web broa dcast will be provided the week of July 16, 2009. I hope that many of you that can not attend the public meeting will be able to join us for the web broadcast.

Further information on this and other rule makings concerning battery chargers and external power supplies can be found at our homepage ( http://www.eere.energy .gov/buildings/appliance_standards/ residential/battery_external.h tml ). The Federal Register notice, Framework document and Technical Draft Report will also be posted on the web page after issuance.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Department's work on battery chargers and external power supplies.Best regards,

Vic

Victor Petrolati General Engineer Office of Building Technologies (EE-2J) Department of Energy 202-586-4549 victor.petrolati@ee.doe.gov

### FOREIGN VISITORS FORM

1. FULL NAME OF VISITOR: 2. GENDER: 3. BIRTH DATE: 4. ARE YOU A PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN? 5. IS VISITOR CURRENTLY IN THE U.S.? 6. COUNTRY OF BIRTH: 7. CITY OF BIRTH: 8. PRESENT CITIZENSHIP (name all countries if dual citizenship): 9. VISA NUMBER: 10. VISA TYPE: 11. EXPIRATION DATE: 12. PASSPORT NUMBER: 13. COUNTRY OF ISSUE: 14. EXPIRATION DATE: 15. NAME OF EMPLOYER/INSTITUTION: 16. COUNTRY OF EMPLOYER: 17. VISITOR

= s TITLE OR POSITION & DUTIES: 18. JUSTIFICATION OF VISIT/ASSIGNMENT INCLUDING SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES OR INVOLVEMENT: 19. WILL VISITOR/ASSIGNEE HAVE ACCESS TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER: 20. DATE & TIME OF VISIT: July 16, 2009, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 21. WILL YOU BE MEETING IN A SECURITY AREA ?: No 22. PURPOSE OF VISIT: To attend Appliance Standards Public Meeting for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies. 23. SUBJECT OF MEETING: Initiation of rulemaking for standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies. 24. BUILDING & ROOM NUMBER : Forrestal Building, Room 1E-245. 25. FULL NAME & ROUTING SYMBOL OF HOST: Victor P. Petrolati, EE-2J. 26. HOST

= S TITLE: General Engineer. 27. HOST

= S CITIZENSHIP: USA. 28. PHONE NUMBER OF HOST: 202-586-4549. 29. WHICH DOE MISSION WILL BE ADVANCED BY THIS VISIT/ASSIGNMENT? Appliance Standards Program will be advanced. 30. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS TO DOE PROGRAMS: Input from important stakeholders.

### 31. WILL SENSITIVE SUBJECTS BE DISCUSSED? No. 32. WILL VISIT/ASSIGNMENT INCLUDE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY? No.

33. COST TO DOE: None.To: Foreign National Stakeholders From: Victor Petrolati Date: May 19, 2009 Subject: Security Clearances for the Ba ttery Charger and External Power Supply Public Meeting

Dear Battery Charger and External Powe r Supply Foreign National Stakeholders:

The Department of Energy requires security cl earances for all foreign nationals wishing to attend the meeting on the initiation of a rulemaking to evaluate energy conservation standards for battery chargers and to review and consider amending the current standards for Class A external power supplies. The meeting will be held on July 16, 2009 in the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-245 located at 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585. Please note that permanent resident aliens with green cards are not US citizen s and require a security clearance.

To obtain security clearances, foreign nationals are required to submit a Foreign Visitors form to the Department of Energy, included in the original email as “Foreign Visitors Form.doc”. Please complete the form and send it to Brenda Edwards (Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov). For your conve nience, questions #20-32 of the form relating to the public meeting have already been filled ou t (please answer #1-19).

The Department requires the Foreign Visitors form with different amounts of advanced notice based on your country of citizenship: - For non-sensitive countries: A 3-day notice is required. - For sensitive countries: A 30-day notice is required. - For terrorist-supporting countries: A 30-day notice and approval from the Secretary of Energy is required.

SENSITIVE COUNTRIES: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Ko rea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajik istan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRIES: C uba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria

Thank you for your interest and participation in the public meeting. Best regards,

Victor Petrolati Project Manager Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies Department of Energy +1 (202) 586-4549 victor.petrolati@ee.doe.gov