### Dr. Uwe Mette 

### Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 March 30, 2011

Direc t o r , Eng ineering L a undry Product s BSH Home A ppliances Corpo ration 5551 McFadden A ve nu e Huntin gton Beach , CA 926 4 9
Dear Dr. Mette:
This lett er is in re spo n se to yo ur De cember 28, 2009, p e titi on for waiver and app licati o n for interim waiver o n behalf o f BSH Ho m e Ap p lianc es Corpor ati o n (BSH) from th e test procedure applicab l e to res idential cl othes dryers und er Title 1 0 of the Co d e of Federa l Regu l ation s (10 CFR), Part 430. For the reaso ns di scussed b elow, the U

. S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant s an int eri m waiver to 

### B SH from the te s t pro ced ure set forth in 1 0 CFR Part 4 30, Subpart B, Appendix D for BSH's condensing cl o the s dry e rs, model s Bo sc h WTC82100US and Bosch WTE86 30 0US.
Unde r 1 0 CFR Part 4 3 0 , the Ass istant Secretary for Energ y Effic i ency and Renewab le Energy (the Assi st ant Secretary) will grant an interim waiver from te s t procedure requirements i f it is determin ed th at the applicant will experienc e economic hard s hip s hould th e app li cation for interim wa i ve r be denied

. An interim waiver will a l so b e granted if it appear s li ke ly that the petition for waiver will be granted an d/o r the Ass i s tant Secretary determine s that it would b e de s irab l e for public polic y reasons to grant immediat e re li e f pending a d etermi nat io n o n the petiti o n fo r wai ver. 10 CFR 430.27(g)

. DOE ha s determined th at BSH's appli cation for interim waiver does not prov ide s ufficient market , equipment price , shipm e nts , and ot her manufacturer impact inform ati o n to e nabl e DOE to evaluate the economic hardship that BSH might e xperie nce absent a favorable determination
o n its ap pli cation for interim waiver. DOE und ers tand s, h owever , th at ab se nt an i nterim waiver , B SH 's pr oduc t s could no t be te sted and rated for energy cons umption on a co mparabl e b asis wit h eq ui val e nt General El ec tri c (GE), 

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. M i ele and Whirlpool products for which DOE h as previou s ly g ranted waivers. In 1995 , DOE granted Miele a s imilar waiver be ca u se the cloth es dryer te s t procedure s were not applicable to Miele co nde n ser clothes dryers g i ven the lac k of an exhaust port for mounting th e requ ired e x hau s t restric tor

. DO E gran ted M i e le an interim waiver f or s imi l ar additional p roducts in 20 II

. DOE grant ed 

### L G a wa iv er for co ndensing cl o th es d ryers in 2008 an d s imilar wa ivers to Wh irlp ool an d GE in 2009 and 2010, re sp ect i vely. DO E believe s th at the afore m entioned BSH condenser cl oth es dryer s will e nco unter the s ame testing problem s that prompted DOE to grant wa ivers for s imilar product design s, and thu s, it is likely that BSH' s petiti o n for wai ver will be g ranted. In additi o n , DO E belie ves it is in the public interest to h ave simi lar products tested and rate d for energ y effic ienc y o n a co mparabl e ba s i s. DOE h as determi ned th at it i s de s irab le for publi c p olicy reasons to gra nt BSH immedi ate rel i e f p en din g a determ in ati on o f the petition for waiver.

### Therefore, BSH s hall not be required t o test its condenser clothes dryer models Bosch WTC82100US and Bosch WTE86300US according to the applicable DO E test procedure , wh ich i s found in 10 CFR 43 0, Subpart B, Appendix D.
Thi s interim waiver is conditioned upon the pre s umed valid ity of statement s, representations, and docume nt s pro vide d by the petitioner. DOE may re vo ke or modify this interim waiver at any time up on a determination that the factual basis underlying the petition for waiver i s incorrect. The interim waiver s ha ll remain in effect for a period of 1 80 days or until DOE i ss ues it s determination on the petition for waiver, whichever occurs first, and may be extended by DOE for an additional 180-day period , if necessary
. If yo u have any questions concerning this interim waiver , please contact Dr. Michael Raymond of my staff, at (202) 586-96 1 1.

Sincerely,

# Otl2f7J~~ Kathleen Hogan Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency Office of Technology Development Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy