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requesting to use iii seconds instead of 1.5

minutes for Series 'FPAA" Gas Furnaces.

These models vatE employ an electric

blower brae control first starts the btowerar

approximately 32second& Our testing

indicates an incsesae of are percent is AFUE

using the 30 second time delay.

The Ducane Company seeks an interim

waiver because it's lithely that our waiver

will be granted. Similar waivers have been

granted to other mosiufacturers in the past.

A copy of this Petition liar Waiver and

Application for Interim Waiver will be seat to

other manufacturers of similar type products.

Respectfully yours,

THE DUCANE COMP-ANY, $lC.

Charles W. Adams,

V.P. Resea rt and Development,

Ducane Pleating Division.

[FR Doc. 91-21527 Filed 9-6-91. 8:45 am).

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Issued in Washington, Dr_ August 2t3, 1982.

1. Michael Davis,

AssrsfmU Secretary, Conserratiorr and

Renewable Energy.

Decision and Order

The Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) established pursuant to the

Energy Policy and Conservation Act

(EPCA), Public Law X34-163.89 Stat. 917,

as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Art (NECPA),

Public Law 95-619, 92 Stat 3256, the

National Appliance Energy

Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA),

Public Law 100-12, and the National

Appliance Energy Conservation

Amendments of 1988 (NAECA 1988),

Public Law 100-357, requires DOE to

prescribe standardized test procedures

[Case Na F-W91

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Decision and

Order Granting Waiver From Furnace

Test Procedures to Snyder Gerrerat

Corparatioii

AGENCY: Of'f'ice of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

AGT10H Decision and order.

suMMAar. Notice is given of the

Decision and Order (Case No. F-0291

granting Snyder General Corporation

(Snyder) a waiver for its GUI, GM,

GUH, GUA, GDA, and PGMA central

furnaces from existing Department of

Energy (DOE) test procedures regarding

blower time delay for determining the

model's energy efficiency.

FOR FURTHER tNFORMATIOR CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nasseri; U.S. Department of

Energy. Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station CE43, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 585-9127.

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel;,

Mail Station GC-.41, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202)

586-9507.

SUPPLEMENTAnr INFONMRTtOI In

accordance with 10 CFR 430.27 (g), notice

is hereby given of the issuance of the

Decision and Order as set out below. in

the Decision and Order, Snyder has

been granted a waiver for its GUI, GNI,

GUH. GUA. GDA, and PGMA central

furnaces, permitting the compaay to use

an alternate test method in determining

the Annual Fuel Utiiizat n Effiicimcy

(AFUE)-

to measure the energy consmrption of

certain consumer- product s, including

furnaces. The intent of the test

procedures is to provide a comparable

measure of energy consumption that will

assist consumers in making purchasing

decisions. These test pr=ocedures appear

at 10 CFR part 430, subpart R.

DOE amended the prescribed test

procedures by adding 10 CFR 430.27 to

create a waiver process. 45 FR 64108,

September 26, 1980. Thereafter, DOE

further amended its apance test

procedure waiver process to allow the

Assistant Secretary for Conservation

and Renewable Energy (Assistant

Secretary). to grant an scterca waiver

from test procedure requirments to

manufacturers that have petitioned DOE

for a waiver of such prescribed test

procedures. 51 FR 42823, November 26,

1986.

The waiver process allows the

Assistant Secretary to waive _

temporarily test procedures for a

particular basic model when a petitioner

shows that the basic model contains one

or more design characteristics which

prevent testing according to the

prescribed test procedures or when the

prescribed test procedures may evaluate

the basic- model in a manner so

unrepresentative of its true energy

consumption as to provide materially

inaccurate comparative data. Waivers

generally remain in effect tmtll Enal test

procedure amendments, become

effective, resolving the problem that is

the subject of the waiver.

The interim waiver provisions, added

by the 1986 amendment, allow the

Assistant Secretary to grant an interim

waiver when it is determined that the

applicant will experience economic

hardship if the Application for lrzrinni

Waiveris desie.A if it appears. likely

that Petition for Waiver wits be granted,

and/or the Assistant Secretary

determines that it would be desirable for

public policy reasons to grant immediate

relief pending a determination on the

Petition for Waiver. An interim waiver

remains in effect for a period of 180 days

or until DOE issues its determination an

the Petition for Waiver, whichever is

sooner, and may be extended for an

additional 180 days, if necessary.

Snyder filed a "Petition for Waiver"

dated January 4, 1991, in accordance

with. § 43(L27 of 10 CFR part 430. DOE

published in the Federal Register on

April 10, 1991, Snyder's petition and

solicited comments, data and

information respecting the petition. 56

FR 14511. Snyder also filed an

"Application for Interim Waiver" under

§ 430.27(g) which DOE granted on April

4,199L 56 FR 14511, April 10,1991.

No comments were received

concerning either the "Petition for

Waiver" or the "Irbterian Waiver". DOE

consulted with Federal Trade

Commission JFTC), concerning the

Snyder petition. The FTC did not have

any objections to the issnaace of the

waiver to Snyder.

Assertions and Determinations

Snyder's petition seeks a waiver from

the DOE test provisions that require a

1.5-mrinute time delay between the

ignition of the burner and the starting of

the circulating air blower. Snyder

requests the allowance to test using a

60-second blower time delay when

testing its GUI, GNd, GUH, GUA, GDA

and PGMA central furnaces. Snyder

states that since the 60-second delay is

indicative of how these models actually

operate and since such a delay results in

an improvement in efficiency of

approximately 1.0 percent, the waiver

should be granted.

Under specific circumstances, the

DOE test procedures contain exceptions

which allow testing with blower delay

times of less than the prescribed 1.5-

minute delay. Snyder indicates that it is

unable'to, take advantage of any of these

exceptions of its GUI, GNI, GUH, GUA,

GDA and PGMA central furnaces.

Since the blower controls

incorporated on the Snyder furnaces are

designed to impose a 60-second blower

delay in every instance of start up, and

since the current provisions do not

specifically address this type of control,

DOE agrees that a waiver should be

granted to allow the 60-second blower

time delay when testing the Snyder GUI,

GNI, GUH, GLFA, GDA and PGMA

central furnaces. Accordirrg)y, with

regard to testing the GUT, GNi, GUM,

GUA, GDA and PGMA central furnaces,

today's Decision and Order exempts

Snyder from the existing provisions

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regarding blower controls and allows

testing with the 60-second delay.

It is therefore, ordered that;

(1) The "Petition for Waiver" filed by

the.Snyder General Corporation (Case

No. F--029) is hereby granted as set forth

in paragraph (2) below, subject to the

provisions of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5).

(2) Not withstanding any contrary

provisions of appendix N of 10 CFR part

430, subpart B, the Snyder General

Corporation shall be permitted to test its

GUI, GNI, GUH, GUA, GDA and PGMA

central furnaces on the basis of the test

procedure specified in 10 CFR part 430,

with modifications set forth below:

(i) Section 3.0 of appendix N is deleted

and replaced with the following

paragraph:

3.0 Test Procedure. Testing and

measurements shall be as specified in

section 9 in ANSI/ASHRAE 103-82 with

the exception of sections 9.2.2, 9.3.1, and

9.3.2, and the inclusion of the following

additional procedures:

(ii) Add a new paragraph 3.10 to

Appendix N as follows:

3.10 Gas- and Oil-Fueled Central

Furnaces. The following paragraph is in

lieu of the requirement specified in

section 9.3.1 of ANSI/ASHRAE 103-82.

After equilibrium conditions are

achieved following the cool-down test

and the required measurements

performed, turn on the furnaces and

measure the flue gas temperature, using

the thermocouple grid described above,

at 0.5 and 2.5 minutes after the main

burner(s) comes on. After the burner

start-up, delay the blower start-up by 1.5

minutes (t-), unless: (1) The furnace

employs a single motor to drive the

power burner and the indoor air

circulating blower, in which case the

burner shall be started together, or (2)

the furnace is designed to operate using

an unvarying delay time that is other

than 1.5 minutes, in which case the fan

control shall be permitted to start the

blower or (3) the delay time results in

the activation of a temperature safety

device which shuts off the burner, in

which case the fan control shall be

permitted to start the blower. In the

latter case, if the fan control is

adjustable, set it to start the blower at

the highest temperature. If the fan

control is permitted to start the blower,

measure time delay, (t-), using a stop

watch. Record the measured

temperatures. During the heat-up test for

oil-fueled furnaces, maintain the draft in

the flue pipe within ±0.01 inch. of water

column of the manufacturer's

recommended on-period draft.

(iii) With the exception of the

modification set forth above, Snyder

General Corporation shall comply in all

respects with the test procedures

specified in appendix N of 10 CFR part

430, subpart B.

(3) The waiver shall remain in effect

from the date of issuance of this Order

until DOE prescribes final test

procedures appropriate to the GUI, GNI,

GUI-I, GUA. GDA and PGMA central

furnaces manufactured by Snyder

General Corporation.

(4) This waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements,

allegations, and documentary materials

submitted by the petitioner. This waiver

may be revoked or modified at any time

upon a determination that the factual

basis underlying the petition is

incorrect.

(5) Effective (Insert Date of Issuance),

this Waiver supersedes the Interim

Waiver Granted Snyder General

Corporation on April 4, 1991, 55 FR

14511, April 10, 1991, (Case No. F-029).

1. Michael Davis,

Assistant Secretary. Conservation and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 91-21528 Filed 9-6-91; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450-01-M

Office of Fossil Energy

[ERA Docket No. 81-62-NG]

Tarpon Gas Marketing Ltd. Application

To Export Natural Gas to Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application for

blanket authorization to export natural

gas to Canada.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)

gives notice of receipt on August 9, 1991,

of an application filed by Tarpon Gas

Marketing Ltd. (TGM) requesting

blanket authorization to export up to 100

Bcf of natural gas from the United States

to Canada for short-term and spot

market sales over a two-year period

beginning October 1, 1991. TGM intends

to utilize existing pipeline facilities for

transportation of the volumes to be

exported.

The application is filed pursuant to

section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and

DOE Delegation Order Nos. 0204-111

and 0204-127. Protests, motions to

intervene, notices of intervention, and

written comments are invited.

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or

notices of intervention, as applicable,

requests for additional procedures and

written comments are to be filed no later

than 4:30, eastern time, October 9, 1991.

ADDRESSES: Office of Fuels Programs

Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of

Energy, Forrestal Building, room 3F-056,

FE-50, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20565.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas W. Dukes, Office of Fuels

Programs, Office of Fossil Energy. U.S.

Department of Energy, Forrestal

Building, room 3F-056, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9590.

Lot Cooke, Office of Assistant General

Counsel for Fossil Energy, U.S.

Department of Energy, Forrestal

Building, room 6E-042, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-0503.

SUPPLEMt3NTARY INFORMATION: TGM, a

Canadian corporation with its principal

place of business in Calgary, Alberta,

currently holds a blanket authorization

to export natural gas to Canada, issued

in DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 315

on June 5, 1989 (1 FE Para. 70,224).

Commencement of the requested

authorization would coincide with the

expiration of TGM's current

authorization, on October 1, 1991.

Under the authorization sought, TGM

would export natural gas to Canada on

a best efforts basis for spot and shortterm markets under contracts of twoyears or less. TGM states that its monthto-month export sales would generally

be priced in response to changes in

prices posted in gas trade press

periodicals and, for longer term blanket

arrangements, indexed to the weighted

average price for a "basket of fuels."

TGM anticipates that the majority of the

short term sales would be on an

interruptible basis and determined by

market conditions.

In support of its application, TGM

asserts there is an excess supply of

marketable domestic gas, and the

requested export authorization would

serve to improve U.S. trade balances

while furthering the goal of increasing

greater two-way trade emphasized by

the 1988 U.S.-Canada Free Trade

Agreement. In addition, TGM states the

export proposal would have no adverse

environmental impacts because only

existing U.S. pipelines and export

facilities would be utilized.

This export application will be

reviewed under section 3 of the Natural

Gas Act and the authority contained in

DOE Delegation Order Nos. 0204-111

and 0204-127. In deciding whether the

proposed export of natural gas is in the

public interest, domestic need for the

gas will be considered, and any other

issue determined to be appropriate,

including whether the arrangement is

consistent with the DOE policy of

promoting competition in the natural gas

marketplace by allowing commercial

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