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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 shallenter 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 andRenewable 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 isrequesting 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-Quakerbe 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 thecase 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.

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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