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[FR Doc. 2020–29112 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case Number 2020–002; EERE–2020–BT– 

WAV–0009] 

Energy Conservation Program: 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to Senneca Holdings From the 

Department of Energy Walk-in Cooler 

and Walk-in Freezer Test Procedure 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of decision and 

order. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(‘‘DOE’’) gives notification of a Decision 

and Order (Case Number 2020–002) that 

grants to Senneca Holdings (‘‘Senneca’’) 

a waiver from specified portions of the 

DOE test procedure for determining the 

energy consumption of specified walkin cooler and walk-in freezer door 

(‘‘walk-in door’’) basic models. Under 

the Decision and Order, Senneca is 

required to test and rate the specified 

basic models of its walk-in doors in 

accordance with the alternate test 

procedure specified in the Decision and 

Order. 

DATES: The Decision and Order is 

effective on January 4, 2021. The 

Decision and Order will terminate upon 

the compliance date of any future 

amendment to the test procedure for 

walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer doors 

located at title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (‘‘CFR’’), part 431, subpart 

R, appendix A that addresses the issues 

presented in this waiver. At such time, 

Senneca must use the relevant test 

procedure for this equipment for any 

testing to demonstrate compliance with 

the applicable standards, and any other 

representations of energy use. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Email: AS_Waiver_

Requests@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

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1All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through America’s Water 

Infrastructure Act of 2018, Public Law 115–270 

(Oct. 23, 2018). 

2For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part C was redesignated as Part A–1. 

3A notation in the form ‘‘Senneca, No. 1’’ 

identifies a written submission: (1) Made by 

Senneca Holdings; and (2) recorded in document 

number 1 that is filed in the docket of this petition 

for waiver (Docket No. EERE–2020–BT–WAV–0009) 

and available for review at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

4 Due to the lengthy list of walk-in door basic 

models listed in Senneca’s July 21, 2020 petition, 

DOE is making the complete list publicly available 

in the relevant regulatory docket. The specific basic 

models identified in Appendix I of the petition can 

be found in the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2020-BTWAV-0009. 

Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In accordance with Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

431.401(f)(2)), DOE gives notification of 

the issuance of its Decision and Order 

as set forth below. The Decision and 

Order grants Senneca a waiver from the 

applicable test procedure at 10 CFR part 

431, subpart R, appendix A for specified 

basic models of walk-in doors, and 

provides that Senneca must test and rate 

such equipment using the alternate test 

procedure specified in the Decision and 

Order. Senneca’s representations 

concerning the energy consumption of 

the specified basic models must be 

based on testing according to the 

provisions and restrictions in the 

alternate test procedure set forth in the 

Decision and Order, and the 

representations must fairly disclose the 

test results. Distributors, retailers, and 

private labelers are held to the same 

requirements when making 

representations regarding the energy 

consumption of this equipment. (42 

U.S.C. 6314(d)) 

Consistent with 10 CFR 431.401(j), 

not later than March 5, 2021, any 

manufacturer not currently distributing 

in commerce in the United States 

equipment employing a technology or 

characteristic that results in the same 

need for a waiver from the applicable 

test procedure must submit a petition 

for waiver. Manufacturers not currently 

distributing such equipment in 

commerce in the United States must 

petition for and be granted a waiver 

prior to the distribution in commerce of 

that equipment in the United States. 

Manufacturers may also submit a 

request for interim waiver pursuant to 

the requirements of 10 CFR 431.401. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 28, 

2020, by Daniel R. Simmons, Assistant 

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

29, 2020. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

Case #2020–002 Decision and Order 

I. Background and Authority 

The Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act, as amended (‘‘EPCA’’),1 among 

other things, authorizes the U.S. 

Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’) to 

regulate the energy efficiency of a 

number of consumer products and 

certain industrial equipment. (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6317) Title III, Part C 2 of EPCA 

established the Energy Conservation 

Program for Certain Industrial 

Equipment, which sets forth a variety of 

provisions designed to improve energy 

efficiency for certain types of industrial 

equipment. These types of equipment 

include walk-in coolers and walk-in 

freezers, the focus of this document. (42 

U.S.C. 6311(1)(G)) 

Under EPCA, DOE’s energy 

conservation program consists 

essentially of four parts: (1) Testing, (2) 

labeling, (3) Federal energy conservation 

standards, and (4) certification and 

enforcement procedures. Relevant 

provisions of EPCA include definitions 

(42 U.S.C. 6311), test procedures (42 

U.S.C. 6314), labeling provisions (42 

U.S.C. 6315), energy conservation 

standards (42 U.S.C. 6313), and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers (42 U.S.C. 

6316). 

The Federal testing requirements 

consist of test procedures that 

manufacturers of covered equipment 

must use as the basis for: (1) Certifying 

to DOE that their equipment complies 

with the applicable energy conservation 

standards adopted pursuant to EPCA (42 

U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6295(s)), and 

(2) making representations about the 

efficiency of that equipment (42 U.S.C. 

6314(d)). Similarly, DOE must use these 

test procedures to determine whether 

the equipment complies with relevant 

standards promulgated under EPCA. (42 

U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6295(s)) 

Under 42 U.S.C. 6314, EPCA sets forth 

the criteria and procedures DOE is 

required to follow when prescribing or 

amending test procedures for covered 

equipment. EPCA requires that any test 

procedures prescribed or amended 

under this section must be reasonably 

designed to produce test results which 

reflect energy efficiency, energy use or 

estimated annual operating cost of 

covered equipment during a 

representative average use cycle and 

requires that test procedures not be 

unduly burdensome to conduct. (42 

U.S.C.6314(a)(2)) The test procedure for 

walk-in doors is contained at 10 CFR 

part 431, subpart R, appendix A, 

‘‘Uniform Test Method for the 

Measurement of Energy Consumption of 

the Components of Envelopes of WalkIn Coolers and Walk-In Freezers’’ 

(‘‘Appendix A’’). 

Under 10 CFR 431.401, any interested 

person may submit a petition for waiver 

from DOE’s test procedure 

requirements. DOE will grant a waiver 

from the test procedure requirements if 

DOE determines either that the basic 

model for which the waiver was 

requested contains a design 

characteristic that prevents testing of the 

basic model according to the prescribed 

test procedures, or that the prescribed 

test procedures evaluate the basic model 

in a manner so unrepresentative of its 

true energy consumption characteristics 

as to provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data. 10 CFR 431.401(f)(2). 

DOE may grant the waiver subject to 

conditions, including adherence to 

alternate test procedures. Id. 

II. Senneca’s Petition for Waiver: 

Assertions and Determinations 

By letter dated March 13, 2020, 

Senneca Holdings (‘‘Senneca’’) filed a 

petition for waiver and a petition for 

interim waiver from the DOE test 

procedure applicable to walk-in doors 

set forth in Appendix A. (Senneca, No. 

1) 3 In response to questions from DOE, 

Senneca provided subsequent petitions 

for waiver and interim waiver on June 

12, 2020 (Senneca, No. 2) and on July 

21, 2020 (Senneca, No. 3).4 Appendix A 

accounts for the power consumption of 

all electrical components associated 

with each door and discounts the power 

consumption of electrical components 

based on their operating time by an 

assigned percent time off (‘‘PTO’’) value. 

Appendix A, section 4.5.2. Section 4.5.2 

of Appendix A specifies a PTO of 25 

percent for ‘‘other electricity-consuming 

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5 DOE received an additional comment from an 

anonymous submitter opposing waivers in general. 

6Hussmann’s comment can be accessed at: 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE-2020- 

BT-WAV-0009. 

7 DOE notes that Hussmann has previously 

expressed general support for similar petitions for 

waiver, specifically in response to waiver petitions 

from Jamison Door, in which Jamison Door 

requested a PTO value of 93.5 percent (Docket No. 

EERE–2017–BT–WAV–0040–0005 at p. 1), and from 

HH Technologies, in which HH Technologies 

requested a PTO value of 96 percent (Docket No. 

EERE–2018–BT–WAV–0001–0013 at p. 1). 

devices’’ (i.e., electrical devices other 

than lighting or anti-sweat heaters) that 

have demand-based controls, and a PTO 

of 0 percent for other electricityconsuming devices without demandbased controls. Id. In its petition for 

waiver, Senneca suggested applying a 

PTO value of 97 percent to the door 

motors associated with the basic models 

specified in its petition. Senneca stated 

that the test procedure’s assumption 

that the door motor operates for 75 

percent of the day significantly 

overstates normal motor usage on their 

ColdGuard and Eco-Cold powered door 

models, causing the prescribed test 

procedure to inaccurately evaluate the 

true energy consumption characteristics 

as to provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data (Senneca, No. 3 at 

p. 1). 

On September 28, 2020, DOE 

published a notification that announced 

its receipt of the petition for waiver and 

granted Senneca an interim waiver. 85 

FR 60771 (‘‘Notification of Petition for 

Waiver’’). In the Notification of Petition 

for Waiver, DOE presented Senneca’s 

claim that results from testing the 

specified basic models according to 

Appendix A are unrepresentative of 

actual energy usage because of the 

assigned PTO value. DOE also 

summarized Senneca’s requested 

alternate test procedure, which would 

require testing the specified basic 

models according to Appendix A, 

except the PTO value for door motors 

would be modified from 25 percent to 

97 percent for the specified freight and 

passage doors. 

As explained in the Notification of 

Petition for Waiver, DOE considered the 

potential range of parameters affecting 

door motor operating time and 

evaluated the PTO based on the most 

energy consumptive scenarios for both 

the horizontally and vertically opening 

door basic models specified by Senneca. 

85 FR 60771, 60774. In its calculations, 

DOE used the largest door opening at 

the slowest speed and standard duty 

cycle specified in the product literature 

of the door motors associated with 

Senneca’s specified basic models. Id. 

Assuming the most energy consumptive 

scenarios, DOE initially determined that 

the suggested PTO value of 97 percent 

was more representative of actual 

energy use than the currently required 

PTO value of 25 percent. 85 FR 60771, 

60775. 

In the Notification of Petition for 

Waiver, DOE also solicited comments 

from interested parties on all aspects of 

the petition and the specified alternate 

test procedure. 85 FR 60771. In 

response, DOE received one substantive 

comment 5 from Hussmann Corporation 

(‘‘Hussmann’’).6 Hussmann objected to 

Senneca’s request for an alternate test 

procedure, asserting that Senneca’s 

waiver request does not meet the criteria 

for DOE to grant a waiver, specifically: 

(1) The basic model(s) for which the 

waiver was requested must contain a 

design characteristic that prevents 

testing of the basic model according to 

the prescribed test procedures, or (2) the 

prescribed test procedure must evaluate 

the basic model(s) in a manner so 

unrepresentative of its true energy 

consumption as to provide materially 

inaccurate comparative data. 

(Hussmann, No. 5 at p. 1) Further, 

Hussmann stated that Senneca’s petition 

should be denied because investment 

and redesign can be used to achieve 

compliance with the current Federal 

standards. (Hussmann, No. 5 at p. 2) 

As discussed previously, DOE may 

grant a waiver if either (1) the basic 

model for which the waiver was 

requested contains a design 

characteristic that prevents testing of the 

basic model according to the prescribed 

test procedures, or (2) the prescribed 

test procedures evaluate the basic model 

in a manner so unrepresentative of its 

true energy consumption characteristics 

as to provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data. 10 CFR 431.401(f)(2). 

In response to Hussmann’s assertion 

that the criteria for granting a waiver to 

Senneca has not been met, DOE notes 

that while Senneca is not prevented 

from testing the basic models specified 

in its waiver petition, the performance 

data demonstrate that the current test 

procedure evaluates the energy 

consumption of its basic models with 

motorized door openers in a manner so 

unrepresentative of its true energy 

consumption as to provide materially 

inaccurate comparative data. In 

response to Hussmann’s comment that 

compliance with current Federal 

standards could be achieved, DOE notes 

that the criteria which allow DOE to 

grant a waiver do not depend on 

whether investment or redesign could 

make the basic models compliant with 

the standard. EPCA does not require 

that a manufacturer design a particular 

type of equipment to enable it to be 

tested under a given test procedure. 

Instead, a test procedure must, among 

other things, be reasonably designed to 

produce test results reflecting the energy 

efficiency of a given type of industrial 

equipment. See generally 42 U.S.C. 

6314(a)(2). Additionally, the required 

use of 97 percent is consistent with 

waivers previously granted in response 

to petitions that presented the same 

issue as in Senneca’s petition. See 

Notice of Decision and Order granting a 

waiver to Jamison Door (Case No. 2017– 

009), 83 FR 53460 (Oct. 23, 2018); 

Notice of Decision and Order granting a 

waiver to HH Technologies (Case No. 

2018–001), 83 FR 53457 (Oct. 23, 2018); 

and Extension of Waiver to HH 

Technologies (Case No. 2018–011), 84 

FR 1434 (Feb. 4, 2019).7

For the reasons explained here and in 

the Notification of Petition for Waiver, 

absent a waiver the basic models 

identified by Senneca in its petition 

cannot be tested and rated for energy 

consumption on a basis representative 

of their true energy consumption 

characteristics. DOE has reviewed the 

recommended procedure suggested by 

Senneca and concludes that it will 

allow for the accurate measurement of 

the energy use of the equipment, while 

alleviating the testing issues associated 

with Senneca’s implementation of 

DOE’s applicable walk-in door test 

procedure for the specified basic 

models. Thus, DOE is requiring that 

Senneca test and rate walk-in door basic 

models according to the alternate test 

procedure specified in this Decision and 

Order, which is identical to the 

procedure provided in the interim 

waiver. 

This Decision and Order is applicable 

only to the basic models listed and does 

not extend to any other basic models. 

DOE evaluates and grants waivers for 

only those basic models specifically set 

out in the petition, not future models 

that may be manufactured by the 

petitioner. 

Senneca may request that DOE extend 

the scope of this waiver to include 

additional basic models that employ the 

same technology as those listed in this 

waiver. 10 CFR 431.401(g). Senneca may 

also submit another petition for waiver 

from the test procedure for additional 

basic models that employ a different 

technology and meet the criteria for test 

procedure waivers. 10 CFR 

431.401(a)(1). 

DOE notes that it may modify or 

rescind the waiver at any time upon 

DOE’s determination that the factual 

basis underlying the petition for waiver 

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is incorrect, or upon a determination 

that the results from the alternate test 

procedure are unrepresentative of the 

basic models’ true energy consumption 

characteristics. 10 CFR 431.401(k)(1). 

Likewise, Senneca may request that 

DOE rescind or modify the waiver if the 

company discovers an error in the 

information provided to DOE as part of 

its petition, determines that the waiver 

is no longer needed, or for other 

appropriate reasons. 10 CFR 

431.401(k)(2). 

III. Order 

After careful consideration of all the 

material that was submitted by Senneca, 

the various public-facing materials (e.g., 

product literature, installation manuals) 

for the units listed in the petition, and 

comment(s) received, in this matter, it is 

ordered that: 

(1) Senneca must, as of the date of 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register, test and rate the basic models 

listed in Appendix I of its July 21, 2020 

petition as provided in Docket Number 

EERE–2020–BT–WAV–0009–0003 with 

the alternate test procedure as set forth 

in paragraph (2): 

(2) The alternate test procedure for the 

Senneca basic models identified in 

paragraph (1) of this Order is the test 

procedure for walk-in doors prescribed 

by DOE at 10 CFR part 431, subpart R, 

appendix A, except that the PTO value 

specified in section 4.5.2 ‘‘Direct Energy 

Consumption of Electrical Components 

of Non-Display Doors’’ shall be 97 

percent for door motors. All other 

requirements of 10 CFR part 431, 

subpart R, appendix A and DOE’s 

regulations remain applicable. 

(3) Representations. Senneca may not 

make representations about the energy 

use of a basic model identified in 

paragraph (1) of this Order for 

compliance or marketing, unless the 

basic model has been tested in 

accordance with the provisions set forth 

above and such representations fairly 

disclose the results of such testing. 

(4) This waiver shall remain in effect 

according to the provisions of 10 CFR 

431.401. 

(5) DOE issues this waiver on the 

condition that the door performance 

characteristics, statements, 

representations, test data, and 

documentary materials provided by 

Senneca are valid. If Senneca makes any 

modifications to the controls or 

configurations of these basic models, 

such modifications will render the 

waiver invalid with respect to that basic 

model, and Senneca will either be 

required to use the current Federal test 

method or submit a new application for 

a test procedure waiver. DOE may 

rescind or modify this waiver at any 

time if it determines the factual basis 

underlying the petition for waiver is 

incorrect, or the results from the 

alternate test procedure are 

unrepresentative of a basic model’s true 

energy consumption characteristics. 10 

CFR 431.401(k)(1). Likewise, Senneca 

may request that DOE rescind or modify 

the waiver if Senneca discovers an error 

in the information provided to DOE as 

part of its petition, determines that the 

waiver is no longer needed, or for other 

appropriate reasons. 10 CFR 

431.401(k)(2). 

(6) Senneca remains obligated to 

fulfill all applicable requirements set 

forth at 10 CFR part 429. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

28, 2020. 

Daniel R. Simmons, 

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29099 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Environment, Health, 

Safety and Security, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend for three years, an information 

collection request with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

information continues to be necessary to 

provide DOE with the information 

needed to reduce the number of workers 

currently exposed to beryllium in the 

course of their work at sites managed by 

DOE or its contractors; minimize the 

levels of and potential for exposure to 

beryllium; and provide medical 

surveillance to ensure early detection of 

chronic beryllium disease. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before March 5, 2021. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to James Dillard, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Health, Safety and 

Security, AU–11/Germantown Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, or by email at: 

james.dillard@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to James Dillard, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Health, 

Safety and Security, AU–11/ 

Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, or by email at james.dillard@

hq.doe.gov or by telephone at (301) 903– 

1165. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the extended collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: (1) OMB Control No.: 1910– 

5112; (2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Final Rule: Chronic Beryllium 

Disease Prevention Program; (3) Type of 

Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: This 

collection provides the Department with 

the information needed to continue 

reducing the number of workers 

currently exposed to beryllium in the 

course of their work at DOE facilities 

managed by DOE or its contractors; 

minimize the levels and potential 

exposure to beryllium; to provide 

information to employees, to provide 

medical surveillance to ensure early 

detection of disease; and to permit 

oversight of the programs by DOE 

management. DOE issued a final rule on 

December 8, 1999 (64 FR 68854), 

Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention 

Program, which includes provisions that 

impose collections of information; (5) 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 6,650 (26 DOE sites and 

6,624 workers affected by the rule); (6) 

Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 16,613; (7) Annual 

Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 

29,290; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 

$1,867,465; (9) Response Obligation: 

Mandatory. 

Statutory Authority: Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2201, and the 

Department of Energy Organization Act, 

42 U.S.C. 7191 and 42 U.S.C. 7254.