From: Petrolati, Victor Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 4:26 PM Subject: DOE Federal Register Notice and Public Meeting

Dear Battery Charger and Extern al Power Supply Stakeholders:

Within the next week, the U.S. Department of Energy will publish a Federal Regi ster notice that proposes amendments to the Department’s test procedures for battery chargers and external power supplies . The primary intention of these amendments is to ensure th at the Department’s test pr ocedures comply with the standby and off mode requirements in section 310 of the Energy Inde pendence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Additionally, the proposed amendments include test procedures for multiple-voltage and switchselectable single-voltage extern al power supplies as well as reporting requirements that manufacturers will have to follow to ensure compliance with the Class A ex ternal power supply standards also contained in EISA, which came into effect on July 1 of this year.

You are invited to participate in a public meeting at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., on September 12, 2008 at 9:00AM to discuss your views and/or comments during a briefing on this proposal. The meeting will be held at the U.S. Departme nt 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. Attached to this em ail are two related documents: “Security Clearances for Foreign Nationals.doc” explains how fo reign nationals may obtain security clearances and “Foreign Visitor Form .doc” is the form foreign nationals submit to the Department of Energy.

You are also invited to submit written comments before the close of the comment period (75 days after publication of the Federal Register no tice). If you are planning to submit comments electronicall y, please send them to BC&EPS_Test_Proc@ee.doe.gov. Please in clude the docket number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0004 and/or RIN 1904-AB75 in the subject line of the message.

Further information on this and other rulemakings concer ning battery chargers and external power supplies can be found at our homepage ( http://www.eere.energy .gov/buildings/appliance_standards/re sidential/battery_external.html ). The Federal Register notice will also be poste d on the web page after publication.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Depart ment's work on battery chargers and external power supplies.

Best regards,

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

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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 proposed amendments to the Department of Energy’s test procedures for battery chargers and external power supplies. The meeting will be held September 12, 2008 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 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

### 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: September 12, 2008, 9:00 AM to 4:00 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: Revisions to test procedures 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.