Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards

The Charter of the Advisory Committee has been renewed for two years to December 2000, and new members have been appointed to the Committee. This is the second meeting of the Committee since the charter was renewed. The Committee will review and deliberate on DOE's activities and provide comments and recommendations to the Department.

Purpose of the Meeting

• Update members on DOE rulemaking: schedule, priorities, and plans for fiscal year 2000. • Discuss how changes to the rulemaking process are working. • Update members on commercial equipment standards. • Discuss consumer pricing and marketing anomalies, identify appliance

market trends and predictions, and make recommendations as to how DOE should perform pricing analyses. • Discuss DOE's perspective on standards enforcement issues; recommend improvements. • Establish subcommittees to advise DOE as rulemakings are published.

Preliminary Agenda

9 am-9:20 am Introductions, agenda review, and meeting ground rules 9:20 am-9:30 am Chairman's Opening Remarks 9:30 am-10 am Update members on status of DOE rulemaking 10 am-11:30 am Discuss how changes to the rulemaking process are working 11:30 am-11:45 am Break 11:45 am-12:30 pm Commercial equipment standards 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Discuss consumer pricing and marketing anomalies, market trends, and alternative approaches for DOE pricing analyses 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Present DOE standards enforcement issues 3:30 pm-3:45 pm Break 3:45 pm-4:15 pm Action Items and Next Meeting; organize subcommittees 4:15 pm-4:30 pm Public Comment 4:30 pm-4:45 pm Chairman's Closing Remarks 4:45 pm Adjourn

Please note that this draft agenda is preliminary. The times and agenda items listed are guidelines and are subject to change. A final agenda will be available at the meeting on Thursday, October 21, 1999. Consumer Issues: The Department is interested in addressing consumer issues in its rulemakings. If you have any issues which you would like to be addressed by the Committee, please contact Linda Graves at the address and phone number listed above in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. Please provide ten copies of your statement to Brenda Edwards-Jones at the address listed above in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Brenda Edwards-Jones at 202-586-2945. You must make your request for an oral statement at least seven days before the meeting. Presentations will be limited to five minutes. We will try to include the statement in the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Minutes: We will make the minutes of this meeting available for public review and copying within 30 days at the DOE's Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 23, 1999. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 99-25283 Filed 9-28-99; 8:35 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P