Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee: Notice of Open Meeting
This notice announces a meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act, requires that agencies publish ...
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION:
Notice of open meeting.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces a meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act, requires that agencies publish notice of an advisory committee meeting in the
Federal Register
.
DATES:
DOE will hold a webinar on December 14, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. See the Public Participation section of this notice for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. John Cymbalsky, ASRAC Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, Telephone: (202) 287-1692. Email:
asrac@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The primary focus of this meeting will be the discussion and prioritization of topic areas that ASRAC can assist the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program with. DOE plans to hold this meeting virtually via webinar to gather advice and recommendations to the Department on the development of standards and test procedures for residential appliances and commercial equipment. (The final agenda will be available for public viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2013-BT-NOC-0005.)
Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the webinar software. If you plan to attend the webinar, please notify the ASRAC staff at
asrac@ee.doe.gov.
Please note that foreign nationals participating in the webinar are subject to advance security screening procedures which require advance notice prior to attendance at the webinar. If a foreign national wishes to participate in the webinar, please inform DOE as soon as possible by contacting Ms. Regina Washington at (202) 586-1214 or by email:
Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov
so that the necessary procedures can be completed.
Conduct of Webinar
ASRAC's Designated Federal Officer will preside over the webinar and may also use a professional facilitator to aid discussion. The webinar will not be a judicial or evidentiary-type public hearing, but DOE will conduct it in accordance with section 336 of EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6306). A court reporter will be present to record the proceedings and prepare a transcript.
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on October 26, 2021, by Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency
( printed page 60021)
and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the
Federal Register
.
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
86 FR 60020
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“Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee: Notice of Open Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (October 29, 2021), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2021-23597/appliance-standards-and-rulemaking-federal-advisory-committee-notice-of-open-meeting.