From: Vaidyanathan, Kavita

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 4:57 PM

To: Patty Plourde; Manufactured_Housing

Cc: Exparte Communications Subject: RE: Regulations.gov

- Proposed Rule Document manufactured

Dear Ms. Plourde,

In response to your phone call and e

- mail below the proposed rule that you reference below regarding energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing has not been issued yet by the Department of Energy (DOE) and therefore we are still in the process of drafting a proposed rule and any necessary definitions. Most recently DOE determined that development of proposed manufactured housing energy conservation standards would benefit from a negotiated rulemaking process. On July 16, 2014, the manufactured hou sing working group was established under the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Negotiated Rulemaking Act. The working group consisted of representatives of i nterested stakeholders with a directive to consult, as appropriate, with a range of external experts on technical issues in development of a term sheet with recommendations on the proposed rule. On October 31, 2014, the working group

reached consensus on energy conservation standards in manufactured housing and assembled its recommendations for DOE into a term sheet that was presented to ASRAC. ASRAC approved the term sheet during an open meeting on December 1, 2014, and sent it to the Secretary of Energy to develop a proposed rule. DOE is in the process of developing a proposed rule.

T he docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov and includes the working group term sheet recommendations, Federal Re gister notices, public comments, meeting transcript summaries, and other supporting documents and materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in the index may be publicly available, su ch as information that is exempt from public disclosure.

A link to the docket web page can be found

at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_st andards/rulemaking.aspx?ruleid=97

.

In addition, we consider this exchange of correspondence an ex parte communication. DOE will follow its policy for such communications. DOE guidance on ex parte communications was published on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 4685) and can be found

at: http://energy.gov/gc/downloads/guidance

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- parte

- communications . As described in the guidance, communications between individuals or entities and DO E or its contractors during the rulemaking process will be included in the public docket consistent with the ex parte guidance.

Thank you,

Kavita

Kavita K. Vaidyanathan Attorney

- Adviser

Office of the General Counsel U.S. Department of Energy1000 In dependence Ave S.W.

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From: Patty Plourde [ mailto:Patty@PattyPlourde.com ]

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 4:31 PM

To: Manufactured _Housing; Vaidyanathan, Kavita Subject: Regulations.gov

- Proposed Rule Document manufactured

Joe & Kavita,

Are you defining the different between pre

- manufactered(factory built with permanent

foundation) and manufactured (mobile home with HUD ID tag)?

W hen I read this its confusing to me, sometimes I think its discussing prefab, other

times I think its discussing mobile home. The ability to differentiate can be

confusing. HUD has a clear definition. It's important to get separation from these two

trac ks. Examples: Mobiles are not financeable with traditional methods, prefabs

are. Mobiles devalue over time, pre

- fabs do not. Building codes of prefab are

consistent with traditional single family homes, mobiles are not.

Resp ectfully,

Patty Plourde, Pres.

Real Estate Partners.MN

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