From: Petrolati, Victor 

Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:34 AM 

Subject: Public Meeting and Clearance for Foreign Nationals 

 

Dear Battery Charger and External Power Supply Stakeholders: 

Within the next week, the U.S. Department of Energy will issue a Federal Register notice 

that announces a Public Meeting and availability of a Framework document for battery 

chargers and external power supplies. This notice initiates 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. 

You are invited to participate in a public meeting at the Department of Energy in 

Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2009, to discuss 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 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 

20585 

Foreign nationals, including those with green cards, 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 email are two related documents: “Security 

Clearances for Foreign Nationals.doc” explains how foreign nationals may obtain 

security clearances and “Foreign Visitor Form .doc” is the form foreign nationals submit 

to the Department of Energy. The “Foreign 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 broadcast 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 rulemakings 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. 

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Best regards, 

Vic 

 

Victor Petrolati

General Engineer

Office of Building Technologies (EE-2J)

Department of Energy

202-586-4549

victor.petrolati@ee.doe.gov

 

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 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. 

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31. WILL SENSITIVE SUBJECTS BE DISCUSSED? No. 

32. WILL VISIT/ASSIGNMENT INCLUDE TRANSFER OF 

TECHNOLOGY? No. 

33. COST TO DOE: None. 

 

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To: Foreign National Stakeholders 

From: Victor Petrolati 

Date: May 19, 2009 

Subject: Security Clearances for the Battery Charger and External Power Supply 

Public Meeting 

Dear Battery Charger and External Power Supply Foreign National Stakeholders: 

The Department of Energy requires security clearances 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 citizens 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 convenience, questions #20-32 of the form 

relating to the public meeting have already been filled out (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, Korea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, 

Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. 

TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRIES: Cuba, 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 

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