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regulations, instructions, and forms

included in the program information

package. However, the program

information package is only intended to

aid applicants in applying for assistance

under this program. Nothing in the

program information package is

intended to impose any paperwork,

application content, reporting, or grantee

performance requirements beyond those

specifically imposed under the statute

and regulations overning this program.

The Secretary strongly urges that the

narrative portion of the application not

exceed 25 pages in length. The Secretary

further urges that applicants not submit

information that is not requested.

Group Applications

(a) Eligible parties may apply as a

group for a grant.

(b) If a group of eligible parties applies

for a grant, the members of the group

shall either-

(1) Designate one member of the group

to apply for the grant; or

(2) Establish a separate, eligible legal

entity to apply for the grant.

(c) The members of the group shall

enter into an agreement thatDetails the activities that each

member of the group plans to perform;

and

(2) Binds each member of the group to

every statement and assurance by the

applicant in the application.

(d) The applicant shall submit the

agreement with its application.

(e) If the Secretary makes a grant to a

group of eligible applicants, the

applicant for the group is the grantee

and is legally responsible for-

(1) The use of all grant funds; and

(2) Ensuring that the project is carried

out by the group in accordance with

Federal requirements.

(f) Each member of the group is legally

responsible to-

(1) Carry out the activities it agrees to

perform; and

(2) Use the funds that it receives

under the agreement in accordance with

Federal requirements that apply to the

grant.

(20 U.S.C.1221e-3(a)(1); 34 CFR

75.127(a), 75.128, 75.129)

Special procedures: An applicant

shall submit a copy of the application

directly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs

and the State Board for Vocational

Education at the same time it submits an

application to the Department of

Education. The copy of the application

to be sent to the Bureau of Indian

Affairs should be sent to the following

address: Director of Indian Education

Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Main Interior Building, Room 3510, 1951

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20245. A directory of the State

Boards for Vocational Education in all

States is included with the application

package: - .

(Section 103(a)(1)(B)(iii); 20 U.S.C. 2303)

Applicable regulations: Regulations

applicable to this program include the

following:

(a) Regulations governing the Program

for Indian Tribes and Indian

Organizations 34 CFR Part 408,

$ § 408.201-408.214; and

(b) the following provisions of the

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34

CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, and 78 (except

§ 75.200-75.206).

Further information:.For further

information contact David Leavitt Or

Harvey Thiel, Program Specialists,

Special Programs Branch, Office of

Vocational and Adult Education,

Department of Education (Room 5052,

Regional Office Building 3), 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,

D.C. 20202. Telephone (202) 245-2774.

(20 U.S.C. 233)

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

84.101, Vocational Education-Programs for

Indian Tribes and Indian Organizations)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Conservation and Renewable

Energy

[Case No. F-0101

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Petition for

Waiver of Furnace Test Procedures

from Hell-Quaker Corporation

AGENCY: Conservation and Renewable

Energy Office, Energy.

SUMMARY: Today's notice publishes a

"Petition for Waiver" from Heil-Quaker

Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee,

requesting a waiver from the existing

Department of Energy (DOE) test

procedures for furnaces. Heil-Quaker

manufacturers residential and

commercial heating and cooling

appliances. The firm has developed a

line of high efficiency, gas-fired warm

air furnaces that will recover latent heat

by condensing water vapor in the

products of combustion before they exit

the furnace. The petition requests DOE

to grant relief from the test procedure

requirements relating to the annual fuel

utilization efficiency (AFUE)

improvement attributable to the

condensing of flue gases. Heil-Quaker

seeks to use a National Bureau of

Standards (NBS) condensate test

method for AFUE instead of the present

DOE test procedures which base

condensation calculations on the

average flue gas temperature. The firm

seeks to eliminate the one and one-half

minute delay DOE requires between

burner on and blower on during heat-up

tests. Heil-Quaker further seeks to

conduct in-house testing in its own test

facilities. DOE is soliciting comments,

data, and information respecting the

petition.

DATE: DOE will accept comments, data,

and information not later than August 4,

1983.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Case No. F-010, Mail

Stop CE-113.1, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. McCabe, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station CE113.1, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 252-

9127.

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC-33, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, D.C. 20585, (202)

252-9513

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (EPCA), Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 917,

as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Pub.

L. 95-619, 92 Stat. 3266, 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.

DOE has amended the prescribed test

procedures by adding 10 CFR 430.2,

Petitions for Waiver, to allow the

Assistant Secretary for Conservation

and Renewable Energy temporarily to

waive test procedures for a particular

basic model. 45 FR 64108 (September 26,

1980.) Waivers may be granted when

one or more design characteristics of a

basic model either prevent testing of the

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basic model according to the prescribed

test procedures or lead to results so

unrepresentative of the model's true

energy consumption as to provide

materially inaccurate comparative data.

Heil-Quaker's petition seeks a waiver

from the DOE test method basing -

condensation calculations on the

average flue gas temperature. Instead,

Heil-Quaker requests the use of the

condensate measuring method as set

forth in Appendix C of National Bureau

of Standards' Interagency Report 80- -

2210, "Recommended Testing and

Calculation Procedures for Estimating

the Seasonal Performance of Residential

Condensing Furnaces and Boilers,"

dated April 1980, to determine the AFUE

of its condensing furnace. [Heil-Quaker

has informed DOE that it is referring to

NBS Rept. 80-2210, April 1980, although

the petition references this report as 80-

2100, April 1981.] The firm also is

requesting to eliminate DOE's

requirements of a one and one-hail

minute delay between burner on and

blower on during heat-up tests, and is

requesting permission to conduct inhouse testing at its own test facilities.

The petition states that the firm's high

efficiency furnaces, ranging in size from

50,000 BTUH to 125,000 BTUH input,

condense more water vapor than the

DOE test procedure predicts. The result

is a discrepancy of approximately two

and one-half percentage points of

efficiency, due to DOE's method of

basing the condensation calculation on

the average flue gas temperature. The

petition also states that DOE's test

procedure, which requires a one and

one-half minute delay of the furnace

blower after the gas burner goes on, can

damage some key components of the

Heil-Quaker furnaces; and for some

models, the flue gas temperature during

a heat-up cycle can exceed the steady

state flue gas temperature, preventing

calculation of the AFUE.

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of 10 CFR

430.27, DOE is hereby publishing the

"Petition for Waiver" in its entirety

including-the additional request. The

petition contains no confidential

information. DOE solicits comments,

data, and information respecting the

petition.

Issued in Washington, D.C., June 28, 1983.

Howard S. Coleman,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Conservation and Renewable Energy.

April 25, 1983.

Department of Energy,

Office of Conservation and Renewal.

Mal%stap CE-113.1, Forrestal Building.

1000, Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington. D.C.

Gentlemen:

1. Petition for Waiver-In accordance with

10 CFR 430.27, this is a petition for waiver

from the test procedure specified in 10 CFR

Part 430, Subpart B. Appendix N, as amended

August 12, 1980. Heil-Quaker Corporation has

developed and is planning to market a line of

gas-fired forced air condensing furnaces that

will be tested under the provisions of 10 CFR

Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix N. Appendix N

prohibits any manufacturer from declaring

any measure of energy consumption that is

not based on Appendix N tests. Inasmuch as

a furnace manufacturer may not make any

energy efficiency representations regarding

furnaces unless they are based on the results

of the Appendix N tests, and the Appendix N

tests do not give fail credit for the efficiency

increase due to latent heat recovery, we

submit this petition.

2. General Description of Petitioner's

Business-Heil-Quaker Corporation, a

Subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation, is a

manufacturer of residential and commercial

heating and cooling appliances and has now

developed is line of high efficiency, gas-fired

warm air furnaces which will recover latent

heat by condensing water vapor in the

products of combustion before they exit the

.furnace. These furnaces.will be manufactured

in four sizes from 50,000 BTUH to 125,000

BTUH input. The base models will be

designated as NUGK, NULK, NDGK and

NDLK series furnaces

3. NUGK, MAX NDGK and NDLK Model

Furnace Design PrinciplesThese model

furnaces utilize a primary and secondary heat

exchanger in conjunction with an induced

draft blower for combustion air and the

products of combustion to achieve high

efficiency. Condensation of water vapor in

the products of combustion takes place in the

secondary heat exchanger;

4. DOE Test does not adequately measure

condensate-10 CFR Part 430 as amended on

August 12, 1980 does account for

condensation of water vapor in the flue gas of

a furnace, however, Heil-Quaker can

demonstrate that NUGK, NULK, NDGK and

NDLK gas furnaces condense more of the

water vapor than the DOE test method

predicts. This discrepancy is on the order of

2% percentage points of efficiency and is due

to the DOE test method basing condensation

calculation of on the average flue gas

temperature. Further, the DOE test method

requires a one and one-half minute delay of

the furnace blower after the gas burner goes

on. This one and one-half minute delay can

be damaging to key components of the

NUGK, NULK, NDGK and NDLK furnaces

and, further, in some models the flue gas

temperature during a heat-up cycle can

exceed the Steady state flue gas temperature

which prevents calculation of the AFUE.

5. DOE Test is unfair to the general public

and petitioner-In order to persuade

consumers to spend additional dollars for a

more efficient furnace rather than a less

expensive, less efficient model. Heil-Quaker

believes that it is vital to be able to

accurately represent the full energy efficiency

of NUGK, NULK, NDGK and NDLK furnaces.

The energy efficiency of high-efficiency

furnaces will have a major impact on fuel

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usage, operating costs and economic

justification of the purchase of a furnace of

this type. If Heil-Quaker is not allowed to

accurately represent the energy efficiency of

NUGK, NULK, NDGK and NDLK furnaces,

we will be placed at a competitive

disadvantage and suffer economic hardship

in recovering the substantial cost incurred in

development of these furnace models. Failure

to grant this petition would also tend to

discourage the future development of high

efficiency models by all manufacturers of

furnaces. ----

e. Proposed Alternate Test Method-The

procedure outlined in Appendix C of National

Bureau of Standards publication NBSIR80-

2100, April 1961, will more truly measure the

efficiency of condensing furnaces and this

petitioner requests that Heil-Quaker

Corporation be granted the option to use the

method as outlined in NBSIR80-2100.

Petitioner further requests that Heil-Quaker

be permitted to eliminate the one and onehalf minute delay between burner on and

blower on during the heat-up tests as outlined

in Section C3-Cyclic Test Method for

Condensate Collection.

- Petitioner further requests that, as in the

case of the Lennox and Arkla petitions, inhouse testing by manufacturers be permitted

when those manufacturers have their own

test facilities.

7. Public Policy-The granting of this

waiver will serve to further the nation's

Energy Conservation Policy by encouraging

the consumer to buy and use more efficicent

appliances and by encouraging

manufacturers to develop high efficiency

heating appliances.

8. Other Manufacturers-It is our belief

that four other manufacturers market basic

models of furnaces or boilers in the United

States that operate in condensing mode.

These manufacturers are:

a. Hydrotherm Inc., Rockland Avenue,

Northville, New Jersey 07647; boiler

manufacturer,

b. Amana Refrigeration, Inc., Main Street,

Amana, Iowa 52204; furnace manufacturer,

c. Lennox Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas;

furnace manufacturer.,

d. Arkla Industries. Inc., Evansville,

Indiana; furnace manufacturer.

If additional information is required,

contact Bill Dalton, Heil-Quaker Corporation.

Respectfully.

Heil-Quaker Corporation.

William E. Dalton,

Vice President.

IFR Doc. 83-17561 Filed 7-1-83: a+5 am)

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Economic Regulatory Administration

[ERA Docket No. 83-CERT-024 et al.]

Certification of Eligible Use of Natural

Gas to Displace Fuel 011; Union Camp

Corp. at al.

The Economic regulatory

Administration (ERA) of the Department

of Energy (DOE) has received the

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