From: Petrolati, Victor 

Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 4:26 PM 

Subject: DOE Federal Register Notice and Public Meeting

Dear Battery Charger and External Power Supply Stakeholders: 

Within the next week, the U.S. Department of Energy will publish a Federal Register 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 that the Department’s test procedures comply with the 

standby and off mode requirements in section 310 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

(EISA). Additionally, the proposed amendments include test procedures for multiple-voltage and switchselectable single-voltage external power supplies as well as reporting requirements that manufacturers will 

have to follow to ensure compliance with the Class A external 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. 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. 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. 

You are also invited to submit written comments before the close of the comment period (75 days after 

publication of the Federal Register notice). If you are planning to submit comments electronically, please send 

them to BC&EPS_Test_Proc@ee.doe.gov. Please include 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 concerning battery chargers and external power supplies can 

be found at our homepage 

(http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/residential/battery_external.html). The Federal 

Register notice will also be posted on the web page after publication. 

 

Thank you for your continued participation in the Department'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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EERE-2008-BT-TP-0004 COMMENT 02
To: Foreign National Stakeholders 

From: Victor Petrolati 

Date: July 30, 2008 

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 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 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 

EERE-2008-BT-TP-0004 COMMENT 02
 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. 

EERE-2008-BT-TP-0004 COMMENT 02
31. WILL SENSITIVE SUBJECTS BE DISCUSSED? No. 

32. WILL VISIT/ASSIGNMENT INCLUDE TRANSFER OF 

TECHNOLOGY? No. 

33. COST TO DOE: None. 

 

EERE-2008-BT-TP-0004 COMMENT 02