To all Residential Furnaces and Boilers Stakeholders:

The Department of Energy is writing to inform you that the Technical Support Document (TSD) and

associated analytical tools for the residential furnaces and boilers energy conservation standards

rulemaking are now available for your review at the following website:

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance standard s/res idential/furna ces boilers html

Stakeholder participation and comment on these documents and the analytical tools are an integral part of

the rulemaking process. Stakeholders are invited to provide comment on all the methodologies, inputs,

and assumptions presented in the Department's ANOPR analysis. More specifically, in the document

attached below, the Department identifies several issues about which it is especially interested in receiving

stakeholder comment.

In order to present and clarify the technical information published today, the Department is organizing two

events. Both are open to the public, and we invite you to inform other stakeholders who may be interested

in these events.

1. Live Internet "webcast" on the rulemaking process and spreadsheet tools, 1:00-4:00 p.m., August

17, 2004 (prior registration required, see below); and

2. Public Meeting on the ANOPR at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center,

Polaris Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 2004, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., September

29, 2004

The webcast will be a live, on-line training presentation intended to familiarize interested stakeholders with

the approach and interactive tools used in the ANOPR analyses. This training presentation is scheduled

before the public meeting to assist stakeholder review of the documents and spreadsheets. By explaining

how to use the spreadsheets prior to the public meeting, the Department hopes to free up more time at

the meeting for stakeholder input and discussion on the ANOPR material.

At the public meeting, all statements will be recorded and transcribed, and will become part of the official

record of the standards rulemaking. However, because the webcast will be a training activity, focused on

familiarizing stakeholders with the spreadsheet tools, it will not be recorded and stakeholders will be asked

to save any comments for either the public meeting or a written submission.

If you would like to participate in the webcast please contact Mr. Mohammed Khan at

mohammed.khan(@ee.doe.gov or (202) 586-7892, no later than 4 p.m., August 10, 2004.

If you would like to speak at the public meeting, please contact Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at

Brend a.edwards-iones(o)ee.doe.gov or (202) 586-2945, no later than 4 p.m., September 15, 2004.

The deadline for submitting written comments on the ANOPR and TSD is Wednesday, November 10,

2004. You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or by courier. Wherever possible, comments in

the electronic format should carry the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature,

comments submitted electronically must be followed and authenticated by submitting a signed original

paper document. All comments (electronic and paper) should clearly identify the Docket number EERM/STD-01-350 and/or RIN number 1904-AA78.

E-mail: ResidentialFBANOPRComments(cDeedoe gov

Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mail stop

EE-2J, ANOPR for Residential Furnaces and Boilers, docket number EE- RM/STD-01-350 and/or RIN

EE-RM/STD-01-350 COMMENT 56.2
number 1904 -AA78, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW , Washington , DC, 20585-0121. Telephone: (202)

586-2945. Please submit one signed original paper copy.

Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Room

1J-018, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20585.

We appreciate your thorough review of the materials and look forward to your participation in the events

and your comments on the analysis.

(See attached file: Issues for Public Comment.doc)

EE-RM/STD-01-350 COMMENT 56.2