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## • The- Honorable Federico Pena Secretary, Department of Energy 1000 independen e Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585



## I have written you previously on behalf of NRDC and the Green Group to request that DOE adopt refrigerator standards at the Option 1 level.. We are profoundly grateful to you for supporting our recommendation.. We believe that your steadfast adherence to the levels originally negotiated placed DOE in the.position of being able to obtain stakeholder agreement on the standards promulgated on April 23rd
NRDC is fully supportive of the standards adopted by DOE. We wish to thank you personally for supporting economically justified levels of energy efficiency, which enabled' DOE and the Administration to. gain support from all parties for the standards

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## May 1,1997'

'The Honorable,Federico 

## Pefia

. Secretary, Department ofEnergy

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Dear Secretary Pefia:

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Ihave written

## you previously on

## behalf**ofNRD~** 

## and the Green Group to request that DOE adopt refrigerator standards atthe 

## Option 1 

## level.. 

## We are profoundly grateful to you for supporting our recommendation

.. We believe that your steadfast adherence to the ltwels originally**n~gotiated** 

## placed DOE in the.position 

## ofbeing able to obtain stakeholder agreement on the standards promulgated On

## April 23 fd ;


## NRDC

## is fully supportive ofthe standards adopted by DOE.' We wish'to thank you personally for supporting economicallyjustified levels ofenergy efficiency, which enabled DOE and the Administration to: 

## gain support from all parties for the standards that were finally adopted.
Sincerely,

# 'k~~**(jJ~** H. 

## Adams

. Executive Director

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