### Federal Ragister / Vol. 54. No. 148 / Tuesday, August 1, 1989_ / Notices

The Mirage
, as described in the application is a "public display purpose" for which permits may be issued under the MMPA and implementing regulations.
Date : July 27. 16. Nsaey F.sLae, Director

, Cf jicx e f ProtsetadRaama+as and Habisat AtcMraars

, National Marine F7idmries 

### SaWC& JFR Dec . 00.4 Fdad 7--W-ft 

### assala Dose Its Gregory D. Hulcher Jordan E. Riser

Members
Alan J. Andreoni Walter B. Bergmann, II James W

. Brooks. Jr. William F. Coakley Richard E. Donnelly Nelson W. Eaton Anthony R. Grieco Sally K. Horn

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Membership of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Performance Review Board

SuMmIARY•. This notice anndtmces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD Field Activities, the Joint Staff, the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, U.S. Mission to NATO, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Investigative Service, and the Defense Security Assistance Agency. The publication of PRB membership is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The Performance Review Board provides fair and impartial review of Seniro Executive Service performance appraisals and makes recommendations regarding performance and performance awards to the Secretary of Defense. EFFECTIVE DATE : August 1, 1989. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Ms. Sharon Bobb, Assistant Director for Executive Personnel and Classification, Directorate for Personnel and Security. WHS, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, the Pentagon, (202) 697-8304. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the following executives are appointed to the OSD PRB; specific PRB panel assignments will be made from thisgroup. Executive listed will serve a oneyear renewable term, effective August 1, 1989.


### Office of the Secretary of Defense Chairman
Robert L Gilliat
Modsratora John V. Bolino Geoffrey A. Cratch Jeanne B. Fifes Henry H. Gaffney, Jr. Richard G. Howe David R. Israel Belkis W. Leong-Hong Ray W. Pollen Ronnie H. Register William J

. Sharkey, Jr. Nicholas A. Toomer
Alternates

Albert V. Conte Thomas F

. Granahan Thomas E. Huggard Fredric L Menz William M. McDonald Robert R. Soule
Llri. 

## Byaum. Alternate OSD Federal RegisterLiaison Officer, Department of Defense. July z6. 1989.

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### Department of the Navy

Board of Visitors to the [fitted States Naval Academy

, Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given that the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy will meet 11 September 1989, at the U.S. Naval Academy. Annapolis, Maryland. The session , which is open to the public, will commence at 8:30 a

.m. and terminate at 12:00 p.m.. 11 September 1989 , in Room 301, Rickover Hall. 

### The purpose of the meeting is to make inquiry as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline , the curriculum. instruction. physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic method of the Naval Academy. For further information concerning this meeting contact : Captain John W. Renard, U.S. Navy, Retired. Secretary to the Board of Visitors , Dean of Admissions, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402- 5017. 

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Date: July z7.1969. Seeks M. Kay. DWartanot of the Navy. Alternote Federal RegistarLraiwn Officer. 

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### DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Oft* of Conservation and Renowebls Energy

[Cass No

. F-017J 

### Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products ; Decision and Order Granting Waiver From Furnace Test Procedures to the Trans Company

AGENCY : Department of Energy. ACTION : Decision and order.

SUMMARY : Notice is given of the Decision and Order ( Case No . F-017) granting The Trane Company

. Inc.. a waiver for its TUC(-) series and TDC(-) series condensing furnaces from existing DOE test procedures. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Carl E. Adams, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy. Forrestal Building. Mail Station, CE-132, 1000 Independence Avenue. SIV., Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586--9127 Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel,Forrestal Building, Mail Station. GC12,1000 Independence Avenue. SW., Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586-9507 SUPPLEMENTARY SFORMATION: in accordance with 10 CFR 430.27(g), notice is hereby given of the issuance of the Decision and Order as set out below. In the Decision and Order, The Trane Company has been granted a waiver for its TUC(-) series and TDC(-) series condensing furnaces permitting the
company to use an alternate test method. Issued in Washington . DC, July 26. 19W John R Berg, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy.
In the Matter of. The Trane Company (Case No. F-017) The Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products was established pursuant to the Energ y Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). Pub. L 94- 163, 86 Stat. 017. as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Pub. L 95-619, 92 Slat. 3,266 , the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA). Pub.

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L 100

-12. and the National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendment of 1988 (NAECA 1988). Pub. L 100357. The Act requires DOE to prescribe standardised 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 staking purchasing decisions. These tiest,procedures appear at 10 CFR Part 4JQ, Subpart B. DOE has amended the prescribed test procedure regulations, by adding 1430.27

, to all ow the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy 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 of the basic model 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 characteristics as to provide materially inadequate comparative data

. 45 FR 64108 (September 26. 19W). Pursuant to 5 430 .27(g). the Assistant Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of each waiver granted and any limiting conditions of each waiver. The Trane Company (Trane) filed a "Petition for Waiver" in accordance with 1430 .27 of 30 CFR Part 430. DOE published in the Federal Register the Trane petition and solicited comments, data, and information respecting the petition. 54 FR 19226 (May 4,1989). One comment was received from the Goodman Manufacturing Corporation which supported the waiver. DOE consulted with the Federal Trade Commission on May 25,1989, concerning The Trane petition.

Assertions and Determinations
Trane' s petition seeks a waiver from the DOE test provisions that require a 1.5 minute time delay between the ignition of the burner and the starting of the circulating air blower . Instead, Trane requests the allowance to test using a 30 second blower time delay when testing its TUC(-) series and TDC(-) series gas furnaces. Trane states that since the 30 second delay is indicative of how these models actually operate and since such a delay results in an improvement in efficiency of approximately 1.8 percent . the waiver should be granted. Under specific circumstances. the DOE test procedures contain exceptions which allow testing with blower delay 

### times of less than the prescribed 1.5 minute dela . Tirane indicates that it is amble to take advantage of any of these exceptions for the TUC(-) series and TDC(-) series. % Since the blower controls incorporated on the Trane furnace are designed to Impose a 30 second blower delay in every instance of start up, and since the current provisions do not specifically address this type of control. DOE agrees that a waiver should be granted to allow the 30 second blower time delay when testing the Trane series furnace

. Accordingly

, with regard to testing the TUC (-) series and TDC(-) series furnaces only, today's Decision and Order exempts Trane from the existing provisions regarding blower controls and allows testing with the 30 second delay. It is therefore ordered that: (1) The " Petition for Waiver" filed by The Trane Company , (F-017) is hereby granted as set forth in paragraph (2) below, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4). (2) Not withstanding any contrary provisions of Appendix N of 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, The Trane Company shall be permitted to test its TUC(-) series and TDC(-) series gas furnaces on the basis of the test procedure specified in 10 CFR Part 430, with the modifications set forth below: (i) Section 9.3.1 of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 103-1982 is deleted and replaced with the following paragraph: "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) come 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 circulating blower, in which case the burner and blower shall be started together; (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 in

. of water gauge of the manufacturer's recommended on-period draft." (ii) With the exception of the modification set forth in subparagraphs (I) above

, The Trane Company shall comply in all respects with the test procedures specified in Appendix N of 10 CFR Pan 430, Subpart B. (3) The waiver shall remain in effect from the date of issuance of this Order until the Department of Energy prescribes final test procedures appropriate to the TUC(-) series and TDC(-) series condensing furnace manufactured by The Trane Company (4) This waiver is based upon the presumed validity of statements, allegations , and documentary materials submitted by the applicant. This waiver may be revoked or modified at any time upon a determination that the factual basis underlying the application is incorrect. Issued in Washington , DC, July 26, 1987 John R. Berg. Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 89-17934 Filed 7-31-89: 8:45ar i s"M coos aso-ol-W



### Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Dockets Nos. CP99 -t719-000 at at.]
Valley Gas Transmission
, Inc., et at.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings

July 24, 1989. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. Valley Gas Transmission, Inc. (Docket No. CP89-1719-000)
Take notice that on June 29, 1989, Valley Gas Transmission, Inc. (Valley). 1301 McKinney, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77010, filed in Docket No. CPe9- 1719- 000 a request pursuant to g 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) fo-

- authorization to provide an interruptibl,• transportation service for Gulf Energy Marketing Company (Gulf). under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No CP86-171-000, pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and open to pub:i inspection. Valley states that pursuant to a transportation agreement dated M;i. 1 1989, under its Rate Schedule T-2. it proposes to transport up to 18.000 Nkf per day of natural gas for Gulf. VaIIPN