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 jicxe 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 this

group. 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 Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

July z6. 1989.

(FR Doc. 89-17883 Filed 7-31 8:45 am)

,SLUNG CODE 3/10-011

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.

31723

Date: July z7.1969.

Seeks M. Kay.

DWartanotof 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 Energy 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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31724 Federal Register / Vol. 54, No. 146 / Tuesday, August 1, 1989 / Notices

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 allow 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

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