53358 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 198 / Friday, October 13, 1995 / Notices

[Case No. F-081]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Granting of the

Application for Interim Waiver and

Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of

York International From the DOE

Furnace Test Procedures

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (EPCA), Public Law 94-163, 89 Stat.

917, as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act (NECPA),

Public Law 95-619, 92 Stat. 3266, the

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 on the

Petition for Waiver, whichever is

sooner, and may be extended for an

additional 180 days, if necessary.

On August 8, 1995, York filed an

Application for Interim Waiver and a

Petition for Waiver regarding blower

time delay. York's Application seeks an

Interim Waiver from the DOE test

provisions that require a 1.5-minute

time delay between the ignition of the

burner and starting of the circulating air

blower. Instead, York requests the

allowance to test using a 30-second

blower time delay when testing its

D1NA, DAYA, D1NH, and DAYH lines

of induced draft outdoor package units.

York states that the 30-second delay is

indicative of how these furnaces

actually operate. Such a delay results in

an overall furnace AFUE of

approximately 0.4 percent point

improvement. Since current DOE test

procedures do not address this variable

blower time delay, York asks that the

Interim Waiver be granted.

The Department has published a

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on

August 23, 1993, (58 FR 44583) to

amend the furnace test procedure,

which addresses the above issue.

Previous waivers for this type of time

blower delay control have been granted

by DOE to Coleman Company, 50 FR

2710, January 18, 1985; Magic Chef

Company, 50 FR 41553, October 11,

1985; Rheem Manufacturing Company,

53 FR 48574, December 1, 1988, 56 FR

2920, January 25, 1991, 57 FR 10166,

March 24, 1992, 57 FR 34560, August 5,

1992; 59 FR 30577, June 14, 1994, and

59 FR 55470, November 7, 1994; Trane

Company, 54 FR 19226, May 4, 1989, 56

FR 6021, February 14, 1991, 57 FR

10167, March 24, 1992, 57 FR 22222,

May 27, 1992, and 58 FR 68138,

December 23, 1993; Lennox Industries,

55 FR 50224, December 5, 1990, 57 FR

49700, November 3, 1992, 58 FR 68136,

December 23, 1993, and 58 FR 68137,

December 23, 1993; Inter-City Products

Corporation, 55 FR 51487, December 14,

1990, and 56 FR 63945, December 6,

1991; DMO Industries, 56 FR 4622,

February 5, 1991, and 59 FR 30579, June

14, 1994; Heil-Quaker Corporation, 56

FR 6019, February 14, 1991; Carrier

Corporation, 56 FR 6018, February 14,

1991, 57 FR 38830, August 27, 1992, 58

FR 68131, December 23, 1993, 58 FR

68133, December 23, 1993 and 59 FR

14394, March 28, 1994; Amana

Refrigeration Inc., 56 FR 27958, June 18,

1991, 56 FR 63940, December 6, 1991,

AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and National Appliance Energy

Renewable Energy, Department of Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA),

Energy. Public Law 100-12, the National

ACTION: Notice Appliance Energy Conservation

Amendments of 1988 (NAECA 1988),

SUMMARY : Today's notice publishes a

letter granting an Interim Waiver to

York International (York) from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) test procedure regarding

blower time delay for the company's

D1NA, DAYA, D1NH, and DAYH lines

of induced draft outdoor package units.

Today's notice also publishes a

"Petition for Waiver" from York. York's

Petition for Waiver requests DOE to

grant relief from the DOE furnace test

procedure relating to the blower time

delay specification. York seeks to test

using a blower delay time of 30 seconds

for its D 1 NA, DAYA, D 1 NH, and DAYH

lines of induced draft outdoor package

units instead of the specified 1.5-minute

delay between burner on-time and

blower on-time. The Department is

soliciting comments, data, and

information respecting the Petition for

Waiver.

Public Law 100-357, and the Energy

Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), Public Law

102-486, 106 Stat. 2776, which requires

DOE to prescribe standardized test

procedures to measure the energy

consumption of certain consumer

products, 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 procedures appear at 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B.

The Department amended the

prescribed test procedures by adding 10

CFR 430.27 on September 26, 1980,

creating the waiver process. 45 FR

64108. Thereafter, DOE further amended

the appliance test procedure waiver

process to allow the Assistant Secretary

for Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy (Assistant Secretary) to grant an

Interim Waiver from test procedure

requirements to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE for a waiver of such

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, prescribed test procedures. 51 FR 42823,

and information not later than November 26, 1986.

November 13, 1995. The waiver process allows the

ADDRESSES : Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Case No. F-081,

Mail Stop EE-43, Room 1J-108,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586-7140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station EE-431,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586-9138; Eugene Margolis, Esq.,

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of

General Counsel, Mail Station GC-72,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586-9507.

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 until final 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 Interim

Waiver is denied, if it appears likely

that the Petition for Waiver will be

granted, and/or the Assistant Secretary

determines that it would be desirable for

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57 FR 23392 , June 3 , 1992 , and 58 FR

68130, December 23, 1993 ; Snyder

General Corporation, 56 FR 54960,

September 9, 1991 ; Goodman

Manufacturing Corporation, 56 FR

51713 , October 15 , 1991 , 57 FR 27970,

June 23 , 1992 and 59 FR 12586, March

17, 1994 ; The Ducane Company Inc., 56

FR 63943, December 6, 1991, 57 FR

10163, March 24, 1992 , and 58 FR

68134 , December 23 , 1993 ; Armstrong

Air Conditioning, Inc., 57 FR 899,

January 9 , 1992, 57 FR 10160 , March 24,

1992 , 57 FR 10161 , March 24 , 1992, 57

FR 39193 , August 28 , 1992, 57 FR

54230, November 17 , 1992 , and 59 FR

30575 , June 14 , 1994; Thermo Products,

Inc., 57 FR 903 , January 9, 1992;

Consolidated Industries Corporation, 57

FR 22220, May 27, 1992; Evcon

Industries, Inc., 57 FR 47847 , October

20, 1992 , and 59 FR 46968 , September

13, 1994; Bard Manufacturing Company,

57 FR 53733 , November 12, 1992, and

59 FR 30578, June 14, 1994 ; and York

International Corporation, 59 FR 46969,

September 13, 1994 , and 60 FR 100,

January 3 , 1995. Thus, it appears likely

that the Petition for Waiver will be

granted for blower time delay.

In those instances where the likely

success of the Petition for Waiver has

been demonstrated based upon DOE

having granted a waiver for a similar

product design , it is in the public

interest to have similar products tested

and rated for energy consumption on a

comparable basis.

Therefore , based on the above, DOE is

granting York an Interim Waiver for its

D1NA, DAYA, D1NH, and DAYH lines

of induced draft outdoor package units.

Pursuant to paragraph (e) of Section

430.27 of the Code of Federal

Regulations Part 430 , the following

letter granting the Application for

Interim Waiver to York was issued.

York's Petition for Waiver requested

DOE to grant relief from the DOE

furnace test procedure relating to the

blower time delay specification. York

seeks to test using a blower delay time

of 30 seconds for its D1NA, DAYA,

D1NH, and DAYH lines of induced draft

outdoor package units instead of the

specified 1.5-minute delay between

burner on-time and blower on-time.

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of 10 CFR Part

430.27 , DOE is hereby publishing the

"Petition for Waiver " in its entirety. The

petition contains no confidential

information. The Department solicits

comments, data, and information

respecting the petition.

Issued in Washington, D.C., September 28,

1995.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

Department of Energy,

Washington, DC,

September 28, 1995.

Mr. Mark Diesch

Product Engineer, York International, 5005

Interstate Drive North, Norman,

Oklahoma 73069.

Dear Mr. Diesch: This is in response to

your August 8, 1995 Application for Interim

Waiver and Petition for Waiver from the

Department of Energy (DOE or Department)

test procedure regarding blower time delay

for York International (York) D1NA, DAYA,

D1NH, and DAYH lines of induced draft

outdoor package units.

Previous waivers for this type of timed

blower delay control have been granted by

DOE to Coleman Company, 50 FR 2710,

January 18, 1985; Magic Chef Company, 50

FR 41553, October 11, 1985; Rheem

Manufacturing Company, 53 FR 48574,

December 1, 1988, 56 FR 2920, January 25,

1991, 57 FR 10166, March 24, 1992, 57 FR

34560, August 5, 1992, 59 FR 30577, June 14,

1994, and 59 FR 55470, November 7, 1994;

Trane Company, 54 FR 19226, May 4, 1989,

56 FR 6021, February 14, 1991, 57 FR 10167,

March 24, 1992, 57 FR 22222, May 27, 1992,

and 58 FR 68138, December 23, 1993; Lennox

Industries, 55 FR 50224, December 5, 1990,

57 FR 49700, November 3, 1992, 58 FR

68136, December 23, 1993, and 58 FR 68137,

December 23, 1993; Inter-City Products

Corporation, 55 FR 51487, December 14,

1990, and 56 FR 63945, December 6, 1991;

DMO Industries, 56 FR 4622, February 5,

1991, and 59 FR 30579, June 14, 1994; HeilQuaker Corporation, 56 FR 6019, February

14, 1991; Carrier Corporation, 56 FR 6018,

February 14, 1991, 57 FR 38830, August 27,

1992, 58 FR 68131, December 23, 1993, 58 FR

68133, December 23, 1993 and 59 FR 14394,

March 28, 1994; Amana Refrigeration Inc., 56

FR 27958, June 18, 1991, 56 FR 63940,

December 6, 1991, 57 FR 23392, June 3, 1992,

and 58 FR 68130, December 23, 1993; Snyder

General Corporation, 56 FR 54960,

September 9, 1991; Goodman Manufacturing

Corporation, 56 FR 51713, October 15, 1991,

57 FR 27970, June 23, 1992 and 59 FR 12586,

March 17, 1994; The Ducane Company Inc.,

56 FR 63943, December 6, 1991, 57 FR 10163,

March 24, 1992, and 58 FR 68134, December

23, 1993; Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc.,

57 FR 899, January 9, 1992, 57 FR 10160,

March 24, 1992, 57 FR 10161, March 24,

1992, 57 FR 39193, August 28, 1992, 57 FR

54230, November 17, 1992, and 59 FR 30575,

June 14, 1994; Thermo Products, Inc., 57 FR

903, January 9, 1992; Consolidated Industries

Corporation, 57 FR 22220, May 27, 1992;

Evcon Industries, Inc., 57 FR 47847, October

20, 1992, and 59 FR 46968, September 13,

1994; Bard Manufacturing Company, 57 FR

53733, November 12, 1992, and 59 FR 30578,

June 14, 1994; and York International

Corporation, 59 FR 46969, September 13,

1994, and 60 FR 100, January 3, 1995. Thus,

it appears likely that the Petition for Waiver

will be granted for blower time delay.

53359

York's Application for Interim Waiver does

not provide sufficient information to evaluate

what, if any, economic impact or competitive

disadvantage York will likely experience

absent a favorable determination on its

application.

However, in those instances where the

likely success of the Petition for Waiver has

been demonstrated, based upon DOE having

granted a waiver for a similar product design,

it is in the public interest to have similar

products tested and rated for energy

consumption on a comparable basis.

Therefore, York's Application for an

Interim Waiver from the DOE test procedure

for its D1NA, DAYA, D1NH, and DAYH lines

of induced draft outdoor package units

regarding blower time delay is granted.

York shall be permitted to test its D1NA,

DAYA, D1NH, and DAYH lines of induced

draft outdoor package units on the basis of

the test procedures specified in 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B, Appendix N, with the

modification set forth below:

(i) Section 3.0 in 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 in Appendix

N as follows:

3.10 Gas- and Oil-Fueled Central

Furnaces. After equilibrium conditions are

achieved following the cool-down test and

the required measurements performed, turn

on the furnace 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 circulation blower,

in which case the burner and blower 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.

This Interim Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements and all

allegations submitted by the company. This

Interim Waiver may be removed or modified

at any time upon a determination that the

factual basis underlying the application is

incorrect.

The Interim Waiver shall remain in effect

for a period of 180 days or until DOE acts on

the Petition for Waiver, whichever is sooner,

and may be extended for an additional 180-

day period, if necessary.

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The Department is publishing in the

Federal Register the Petition for Waiver in its

entirely. The Petition contains no

confidential information. The Department is

soliciting comments, data, and information

respecting the Petition.

Sincerely,

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

August 8, 1995.

Assistant Secretary, Conservation &

Renewable Energy,

United States Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,

D.C.

Subject: Petition for Waiver and Application

for Interim Waiver.

Dear Assistant Secretary: This is a Petition

for Waiver and Application for Interim

Waiver submitted pursuant to Title 10 CFR

430.27, as amended 14 November 1986.

Waiver is requested from the test procedures

for measuring the Energy Consumption of

Furnaces found in Appendix N of Subpart B

to Part 430, specifically the section requiring

a 1.5 minute delay between burner ignition

and start-up of the circulating air blower.

York International requests a waiver from

the specified 1.5 minute delay, and seeks

authorization in its furnace efficiency test

procedures and calculations to utilize a fixed

timing control that will energize the

circulating air blower 30 seconds after the gas

valve opens. A control of this type with a

fixed 30 second blower on-time will be

utilized in our DINA, DAYA, D1NH, and

DAYH lines of induced draft package gas/

electrics.

The current test procedure does not credit

York for additional energy savings that occur

when a shorter blower on-time is utilized.

Test data for these furnaces with a 30 second

delay indicate that the overall furnace AFUE

will increase approximately 0.4 percent

compared to the same furnace tested with the

1.5 minute delay. Copies of the confidential

test data confirming these energy savings will

be forwarded to you upon request.

York International is confident that this

waiver will be granted as similar waivers

have been granted to York International in

the past along with Inter-City Products

Corporation, Rheem Manufacturing, the

Trane Company, and others.

Sincerely,

Mark Diesch,

Product Engineer.

[FR Doc. 95-25351 Filed 10-12-95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Record of Decision; Southeast

Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

Facilities Improvements Project and

Geysers Effluent Pipeline Project

AGENCY : Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Office of Utility

Technologies, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.

SUMMARY: Today's notice is issuing the

United States Department of Energy (the

Department) Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy's Record of

Decision on the Southeast Regional

Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities

Improvements Project and Geysers

Effluent Pipeline Project Environmental

Impact Statement/Environmental

Impact Report prepared by the United

States Department of Interior, Bureau of

Land Management (the Bureau) and the

Lake County California Sanitation

District. The Department, as a

cooperating agency, adopted the

Environmental Impact Statement as

DOE/EIS-0224 on January 11, 1995 after

independent review. This Record of

Decision is pursuant to the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations (40

Code of Federal Regulations Parts 1500-

1508), which implement the procedural

provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act, and the

Department's National Environmental

Policy Act regulations (10 Code of

Federal Regulations Part 1021). The

document was also prepared to comply

with the California Environmental

Quality Act, hence the impacts; the

proposed project will be beneficial to

the public by extending the life of the

Southeast Geysers Geothermal Field

providing more electricity for

consumption, and the proposed project

will be beneficial to the public by

bringing the Southeast Regional

Wastewater Treatment Plant into

compliance with California Regional

Water Quality Control Board Waste

Discharge Requirements and enable

lifting of the Board's 1991 Cease and

Desist Order and associated

moratorium. The final Environmental

Impact Statement was published August

25, 1994.

ADDRESSES : The Final Environmental

Impact Statement is available for public

review at the following locations:

Bureau of Land Management - 2550 N. State

St., Ukiah, California

Lake County Sanitation District - 230A Main

St., Lakeport, California

Lake County Planning Department - 255 N.

Forbes St., Lakeport, California

Lakeport Public Library - 1425 N. High St.,

Lakeport, California

Redbud Public Library - 4700 Golf Ave.,

Lakeport, California

City of Clearlake Offices - 14360 Lakeshore

Dr., Clearlake, California

Lower Lake Water District - 16175 Main St.,

Lower Lake, California

South Lake Water District - 21095 State Hwy.

175, Middletown, California

Sonoma County Public Library - 3rd & E Sts.,

Santa Rosa, California

Sonoma County Planning Dept. - 575

Administration Dr., Santa Rosa, California

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Office

- 575 Administration Dr., Santa Rosa,

California

Yolo County Flood Control and Water

Conservation District - 34274 State Hwy.

16, Woodland, California

U. S. Department of Energy Public Reading

Room, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information regarding the

Department's involvement in this

project and for copies of this Record of

Decision please contact the Southeast

Geysers Environmental Impact

Statement Document Manager, U.S.

Department of Energy, 850 Energy

Drive, Mail Stop-1146, Idaho Falls,

Idaho 83401-1563, (208) 526-1483.

For information regarding the

National Environmental Policy Act

process, contact Ms. Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of National

Environmental Policy Act Policy and

Assistance, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600

or (800) 472-2756. To receive a copy of

the final Environmental Impact

Statement and the Bureau Record of

Decision please contact Mr. Richard

Estabrook, Project Manager, U.S. Bureau

of Land Management, Ukiah District,

2550 North State Street, Ukiah, CA,

95482, (707) 468-4052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Since early 1992, the Lake County

Sanitation District has pursued a joint

venture with the geothermal industry,

specifically the Northern California

Power Agency, Calpine Corporation

(Calpine), and Pacific Gas and Electric

Company, to develop a plan for disposal

of secondary-treated effluent from the

Southeast Regional Wastewater

Treatment Plant (the Plant) near the City

of Clearlake, California, in the Southeast

Geysers Geothermal Steam Field. In

early 1994, Union Oil Company also

became a partner in the joint venture.

That plan includes upgrades to

treatment facilities at the Plant,

construction of a pipeline to divert raw

lake water from Clear Lake to be added

to the effluent, construction of a 26-mile

24-inch diameter pipeline to the

Southeast Geysers, addition of effluent

from the Middletown Wastewater

Treatment Plant, pump stations,

secondary distribution lines for

conveying the effluent to injection wells

in the steam field, and construction of

storage regulating tanks. The project is

located primarily in Lake County,

California, and also in part of Sonoma

County, California.

The project is intended to alleviate

two circumstances. (1) It would resolve

treatment and disposal deficiencies and

would provide additional capacity at

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