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2 In DOE’s view, the current energy test procedure 

does not include test procedures for products with 

multiple defrost cycle types. For this reason, there 

is no basis for manufacturers’ claims that the 

amendment would impact energy use 

measurements. DOE has no documentation 

regarding the test procedures manufacturers are 

using to certify these products, and has received no 

petitions for waivers suggesting the need for any 

such test procedures. 

3Until these amendments are required in 

conjunction with the 2014 standards, manufacturers 

introducing products equipped with multiple 

defrost cycle types should, consistent with 10 CFR 

430.27, petition for a waiver since the modified 

version of Appendix A1 set out in today’s notice 

will not include a specified method for capturing 

this energy usage. 

DOE solicits comments from 

interested parties on all aspects of the 

petition, including the suggested 

alternate test procedure and calculation 

methodology. Pursuant to 10 CFR 

430.27(b)(1)(iv), any person submitting 

written comments to DOE must also 

send a copy of such comments to the 

petitioner. The contact information for 

the petitioner is: Michael Moss, Director 

of Corporate Environmental Affairs, 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 

18600 Broadwick St., Rancho 

Dominguez, CA 90220. All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and case number for this proceeding. 

Submit electronic comments in 

WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Portable 

Document Format (PDF), or text 

(American Standard Code for 

Information Interchange (ASCII)) file 

format and avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption. 

Wherever possible, include the 

electronic signature of the author. DOE 

does not accept telefacsimiles (faxes). 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies to DOE: one 

copy of the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document with the 

information believed to be confidential 

deleted. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 18, 

2011. 

Henry Kelly, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

January 27, 2011 

Catherine Zoi 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy 

Department of Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585 

Dear Assistant Secretary Zoi: 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 

(‘‘Samsung’’) respectfully submits this 

request Application for Interim Waiver 

and Petition for Waiver to the 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’ or ‘‘the 

Department’’) for Samsung’s single 

compressor refrigerator-freezers with 

multiple defrost cycles. 

Reasoning 

10 CFR Part 430.27(a)(1) allows a 

person to submit a petition to waive for 

a particular basic model any 

requirements of § 430.23 upon the 

grounds that the basic model contains 

one or more design characteristics 

which either prevent testing of the basic 

model according to the prescribed test 

procedures, or the prescribed test 

procedures may evaluate the basic 

model in a manner so unrepresentative 

of its true energy consumption 

characteristics as to provide materially 

inaccurate comparative data. 

Additionally, 10 CFR Part 430.27(b)(2) 

allows an applicant to request an 

Interim Waiver if economic hardship 

and/or competitive disadvantage is 

likely to result absent a favorable 

determination on the Application for 

Interim Waiver. 

Current test procedures as prescribed 

in Appendix A1 to Subpart B of Part 430 

(‘‘Appendix A1’’) inadequately addresses 

refrigerator-freezers with multiple 

defrost cycles, providing Samsung little 

ability to represent the energy data of its 

refrigerator-freezers with multiple 

defrost. DOE also recognized in 75 FR 

78837 2 that Appendix A1 to Subpart B 

of Part 430 does not address refrigeratorfreezers with multiple defrost cycles, 

which supports Samsung’s concerns 

about the ability to apply Appendix A1 

to Samsung manufactured refrigeratorfreezers. DOE also communicated that 

all manufacturers planning on 

marketing refrigerator-freezers with 

multiple defrost cycles must seek a 

waiver from the Department.3

Samsung expects that 0 of its new 

2011 refrigerator-freezer models will 

utilize the multiple defrost cycles. 

Without the Interim Waiver, Samsung 

will face economic hardship due to 

inability to accurately represent its 

refrigerator-freezer’s energy 

consumption, losing $00 in sales. For 

these reasons, Samsung believes that the 

granting of Interim Waiver and Waiver 

to Samsung is warranted. 

Request 

In 75 FR 78810 (December 16, 2010), 

DOE issued an interim final rule for 

Appendix A (‘‘Appendix A’’), effective 

April 15, 2011, that effectively 

addresses test methodologies for 

refrigerator-freezers with multiple 

defrost cycles. Samsung requests that 

the April 15, 2011 Appendix A test 

methodology be expeditiously granted 

for Samsung refrigerator-freezers with 

multiple defrost cycles. 

The new test methodology of 

Appendix A, effective on April 15, 

2011, is appropriate and necessary for 

our refrigerator-freezers with multiple 

defrost cycles. Meanwhile, Samsung 

believes for the time being that the 

existing energy efficiency limits are 

adequate. Samsung therefore does not 

seek an alternate energy efficiency limit 

for these models at this time. 

Samsung requests that the efficient 

limits under § 430.32(a) are applied to 

the following Samsung manufactured 

basic models: 

RS26*T*** RF266  GFSF6KEX** ** 

RSG257  RF267** ** GFSF6KKY  

RF428** *** RF268  GFSL6KEX** ** 

RFG293  RF26X** ** GFSL6KKY  

RFG295** ** RB194  GFSS6KEX** ** 

RFG296  RB195** ** GFSS6KIX  

RFG297** ** RB196  GFSS6KKY** ** 

RFG298  RB197** ** 592 6570* 

RFG299**** RB214**** 592 6571* 

RFG237**** RB215  401.4100** ** 

RFG238  RB216** ** 401.40483800 

RF4267  RB217** ** PFSF6PKX  

RFG267** ** RF215  PFSS6PKX** ** 

RFG263  RF217** ** PFSS6SKX  

RSG309** ** RF195  PFSS9PKY** ** 

RSG307  RF197** ** PFSS9SKY  

RF263** ** 

Please feel free to contact me if you 

have any questions regarding Petition 

for Waiver and Application for Interim 

Waiver. I will be happy to discuss 

should any questions arise. 

Sincerely, 

Michael Moss, 

Director of Corporate Environmental Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:30 to 

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2402235515. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Senior Management Technical 

Advisor, Intergovernmental Projects, 

Golden Field Office, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 

CO 80401. Telephone: (303) 275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 

(Pub. L. 101–440). 

Tentative Agenda: Review and update 

of task force accomplishments, review 

of March meeting of the Energy 

Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant 

(EECBG) sub-committee, begin planning 

for the June live Board meeting in 

Washington, DC, and provide an update 

to the Board on routine business matters 

and other topics of interest. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gary Burch at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site, http://www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 21, 

2011. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7086 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13583–001] 

Crane & Company; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Exemption 

From Licensing 

b. Project No.: 13583–001 

c. Date filed: March 9, 2011 

d. Applicant: Crane & Company 

e. Name of Project: Byron Weston 

Hydroelectric Project 

f. Location: On the East Branch of the 

Housatonic River, in the Town of 

Dalton, Berkshire County, 

Massachusetts. The project would not 

occupy lands of the United States. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Chad Cox, GZA 

GeoEnvironmental, Inc., One Edgewater 

Drive, Norwood, MA 02062, (781) 278– 

5787. 

i. FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, 

(202) 502–8328 or 

brandon.cherry@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: May 9, 2011. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp). Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The Byron Weston Hydroelectric 

Project would consist of: (1) The 

existing 90-foot-long, 30-foot-high Byron 

Weston Dam No. 2; (2) an existing 0.94- 

acre impoundment with a normal water 

surface elevation of 1,116.7 feet NAVD 

(1988); (3) an existing intake structure, 

trashrack, and headgate; (4) an existing 

6.5-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock 

that conveys flow to an existing 50-footlong, 9.5-foot-wide headrace canal 

connected to a new 5-foot-long, 4.4-footdiameter penstock; (5) an existing 

powerhouse containing one new 250- 

kilowatt turbine generating unit; (6) a 

new steel draft tube placed within the 

existing tailrace; and (7) a new 100-footlong, 600-volt transmission line 

connected to the Crane & Company mill 

complex. The proposed project is 

estimated to generate an average of 

938,000 kilowatt-hours annually. 

o. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

p. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Massachusetts 

State Historic Preservation Officer 

(SHPO), as required by 106, National 


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