[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 28517-28518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13904]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Public 
Workshop on the Rulemaking Priority Setting for the Appliance Standards 
Rulemaking Process

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) will hold a 
public workshop to discuss rulemaking priority setting for the 
appliance standards rulemaking process. The Department is developing a 
straw man list prioritizing the appliance standards rulemakings for 
stakeholder review and comment. The Department will discuss issues that 
should be considered in determining the rulemaking priority and the 
order of priority proposed in the straw man listing. In addition, there 
may be other issues the participants will want to address. All persons 
are hereby given notice of the opportunity to attend the public 
workshop.

DATES: The public workshop will be held on Friday, June 14, 1996, from 
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington DC 20036, (202) 265-1600.
    Copies of the straw man listing of appliance standards rulemakings 
and this notice may be viewed at the DOE Freedom of Information Reading 
Room, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-6020 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-43, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-0371
Douglas W. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, 
Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-70, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0103, (202) 586-3410
Deborah E. Miller, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-1, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-
8888.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has initiated a comprehensive 
process improvement effort to examine, through a series of stakeholder 
meetings and interviews, issues surrounding the appliance standards 
program. A workshop was held on March 19-20, 1996, to discuss the 
initial findings from these meetings and interviews. Discussion topics 
included the planning and prioritization process, data collection and 
analysis, and decision making criteria. A preliminary draft report of 
the ``Interim Results of the Appliance Rulemaking Process Improvement 
Effort'' dated April 26, 1996, was circulated for review.
    Based on the criteria discussed in the March workshop and addressed 
in the preliminary draft report, the Department has developed a straw 
man list prioritizing the appliance standards rulemakings for 
stakeholder review and comment.
    The Department will be holding a workshop on June 14, 1996, at the 
Embassy Row Hotel in Washington D.C. to discuss issues that should be 
considered in determining the rulemaking priority and the order of 
priority proposed in the straw man listing. The finalized priority 
listing will be published in the Department's Regulatory Agenda which 
will be issued in October 1996.
    The workshop will be professionally facilitated to encourage 
discussion and comments on the topics.
    Copies of the straw man listing and this notice are available in 
the DOE Freedom of Information Reading Room. A copy of the workshop 
transcript will be available in the DOE public reading room 
approximately 10 days after the workshop.
    The straw man listing will be sent to all participants that notify 
the Department in advance that they will attend and to other interested 
parties

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requesting this listing. The Department welcomes written comments on 
the proposed priority list. Written comments on the proposed priority 
list must be received by July 26, 1996. Please notify Bryan Berringer 
at the above listed address of your intention to attend the workshop or 
if you expect to provide written comments.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 28, 1996.
Christine A. Ervin,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-13904 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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