56064 Federal Register J Vol. 59, No. 217 1 Thursday, November 10, 1994 / Notices

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Granting of the

Application for Interim Waiver and

Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of

DOE Furnace Test Procedures From

York International; Case No. F-077

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy,

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY' Today's notice publishes a

letter granting an Interim Waiver to

York International (York) from the

existing Department .of Energy (DOE)

test procedure regarding blower time

delay for the company's P2LN,and

PI3NL lines of condensing furnaces.

Today's notice also publishes a

"Petition for Waiver" from York. York's

Petition for Waiver requests DOE to

grant relief from.the DOE furnace test

procedure relating to the blower time

delay specification. York seeks to test

using a blower delay time of 30 seconds

for its P2LN, and PBNL lines of

condensing furnaces instead of the

specified 1.5-minute delay between

burner on-time and blower on-time. The

Department is soliciting comments,

data, and information respecting the

Petition for Waiver.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data,

and information not later than

December 12, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Case No. F-077

Mail Stop EE-43, Room 5E-066,,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586-7574.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nassen, U.S. Department of

Energy Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE-431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,.

Waslungton, DC 20585, (202) 586-

9138

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GG-72, Forrestal

Building, 1000 : Independence Avenue,

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SUPPLEMENTARY -INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation 'Program for

Consumer Products-(other Than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (EPCA). Public law B4--163,, 89. Stat.

917„ as amended by .the National Energy

Conservation. Policy Act (NECP.A),

Public Law 95-:619, ^92.Stat. 3266, the

National Appliance Energy

Conservation Act of 1987'(NAECA),

Public Law 100-12, the National

Appliance Energy Conservation

Amendments of 1988 (NAECA -1988.),

Public Law 100-357 and the Energy

Policy Act of 1992 (EBAct), Public Law

102 486,106 Stat. 2776, 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.

The Department amended the

prescribed' lestprocedures by -adding 10

CFR 430.27 on September 26, 1980,

creating'.the-waiver process. 45 FR

64108. Thereafter, DOE further amended

the appliance test :procedure waiver

process to allow the Assistant Secretary

for Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy (Assistant.Secretar. i to grantan

Interim Waiver from test procedure

requirements-to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE fora-waiver of such

prescribed test procedures. 51 FR 42823,

November26.1986..

The waiver -process allows the

Assistant Secretary to waive

temporarily, test procedures for a

particular basic model when •a petitioner

shows that tli'e basic.model -contains one

or more-design characteristics which

prevent testing 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 as to provide materially

inaccurate comparative data. 'Waivers

generally -remain in effect until final test

procedure amendments become

effective, resolving the -problem that is

the subjectuf'the waiver.

The Interim Waiver provisions added

by the 1986•amendnient allow the

Secretary 'to grant an'Interim Waiver

when it is determined that.the applicant

will experience -economic hardship if

the Application 'for 'Interim Waiver is

denied, ifit t-appears likely thattlfe

Petition -for IFaiverwillbegranted,and/

orthe Assistant.Secretary determines

that it would ,be desirable for public

policy reasons to grant immediate relief

pending a:deterzmnation.on the Petition

for Waiver. An Interim Waiverremains

in effect 'for a period of 160 days or until

DOE issues its•determination.on'the

Petition for Waiver, -whichever is

sooner., -and may be extended for an

additional 180 days, if:necessaiy!

On September 22,1994, Ynrk filed an

Application for -Interim Waiver

regarding:blowertime delay. Yom's

Application seeks an .interim Waiver

from theDOE test provisions-that

require a1.5-minute time delay between

the ignition of the burner and starting of

the circulating air blower. Instead, York

requests the allowance to test using a

3D-second 1 lower'time delay when

testing its P2LN, and PBNL lines of

condensing furnaces. Yorkstates that

the 30-second delay as indicative of how

these furnaces : actually operate. Such a

delay results an.an -overall -furnace AFUE

improvement 'of -approximately 1.5

percent points. Since current-DOE test

procedures do not'address-this variable

blower time delay York asks that the

Interim Waiver be granted.

The Department .haspublished .a

Notice of.Proposed Rulemaking on

August 23,1993,-(58 ER 44583) to

amend the furnace test procedure„

which addresses-the above issue.

Previous waivers bar this type of time

blower delay control 'have been granted

by DOEto ColemanCompany 50 FR

2710, January '48. 1.985; Magic Chef

Company, 50 FR 41653, October.11,

1985; RheemManufacturing•Company,

53 FR 48574,December.l, 1988. 56 FR

2920, January 25, 1991, 57 FR 10166,

March24,1992, 57 FR34560, August 5,

1992, and 59 FR 30577 June 14, 1994;

Trane Company,.'54 FR 19226, May 4,

1989, 56 FR'6021, February 14, 1991, 57

FR 10167 March 24,'1992,'57 FR 72222,

May 27 1992, and 56 FR 681'38,

December 23, 1993; Lennox Industries„

55 FR 50224, December'5, 1990,57 FR

49700, 'Novem'ber3, 1992,58.FR.68136,

December 23, 1993,-and 58 FR 6813.7

December 23, 1993.; inter,City•Products

Cor-poration, 55 FR.51487,December 14,

1990, and 36 FR 63945, December 6,

1991, DMO Industries, 56 FR 4622,

February *5, 1991, and 59 FR 30579, June

14, 1994; Heil-Quaker Cor-poration,'56

FR 6019, February 11, 1.991,'Carrier

Corporation, ' 56' FR-6D2'8,, February 14,

1991, 57 FR.38831t, August.27 1992, 58

FR 6813 1. D-ecember,-23, 1993,,.58 FR

68133, December 23, 1993.and •59 FR

14394,1V airnh 28,1994; Amana

Refrigeration'inc., 56 FR 27958, June 18,

1991,:56'FR'63940,December_6, 11991,

57 FR 23392, June 3 , 1992, and 58 FR

68130, December 23,1993; Snyder

-56065

General Corporation, .56 ERS 4960,,

September 9, 1991, Goodman

ManufacturingCorporatioi, 56 FR

51713, October 15, 1991,57 FR 27970,

June 23,'1992.and.59 FR 12586, March

17 1994; The Ducane -Company Inc., 56

FR 63943, December 6,1991, 57 FR

10163, March 24,1992, and 58 FR

68134, December 23,190;,Arnistrarig

Air Conditioning, Inc.,.57FR 899,

January 9, 1992, 57 FR 10160, March 24,

1992., 5 7 .FR .10161, March 2A,.1%2,;57

FR39193, August.28, 2992, 57 FR

54230, November 17 -199.2,-and 59 FR

30575, =June'14,'1994;'Thermo Products,

Inc.,'57 FR 903, January 9, 1992;

Consolidated Industries Corporation, 57

FR 22220., May 27 .1992; E.vcon

Industries, Inc., 57FR 47847 October

2Q, 1992, and 59 FR 46968, September

13, 1994; Bard Manufacturing Company,

57 FR53733,.November 112,1992,tand

59 FR 30578, June 14, 1994; and York

International Corporation, 59F.R46969,

September 13, 1994. Thus, it appears

likely that the Petition for Waiver-will

be granted for, blower.time delay.

In those instances where the likely

success of the Petition for Waiver-has

been ifemonstrated based upon DOE

having granted a waiver for a similar

product design, it is in the public

interest to have similar products: tested

and rated for energy consumption -on a

comparablebasis.

Therefore, based on .the above, DOE is

granting York an:Interun Waiver for-its

P2LN, and PBNL lines of condensing

furnaces. Pursuant to 3raragraph-(e) of

Section 430:27 of the Code of Federal

Regulations Part 430,-he following

letter granting the Application -for

Interim Waiver to York was issued.

Pursuant'toparagraph=(b) of 10QFR

Part 430.27 DOE is -herebypub'lishing

the "Petition for Waiver" in its entirety.

The petition contains no confidential

information. The Department solicits

comments, data, and Information

respecting the petition.

Issued in Washington, DC.-November 2.

1994.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable. Energy..

September 22, 1994.

Assistant Secretary, Conservation &

Renewable Energy, U.S.'Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,.

SW., Washington, DC 20585

Subject: Petition for Waiver and Application

for Interim Waiver.

Gentlemen: This.is.a Petition for Waiver

and Applicationiorinterim Waiver

submitted pursuant .to Title 10.CFR430.27.,

as amended 34 November1986. Waiver:is

requested 'from the test procedures lor

measuring the Energy Consmptionof

Furnaces found-in Appendix •N of-SubpartB

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to Part 430, specifically the section requiring

a 1.5 minute delay between burner ignition

and start-up of the circulating air blower.

York International requests a waiver from

the specified 1.5 minute delay , and seeks

authorization in its'furnace efficiency test

procedures and calculations to utilize a fixed

timing control that will energize the

circulating air blower 30 seconds after the gas

valve opens. A control of this type with a

fixed 30 second blower on-time will be

utilized in our P2LN and PBNL lines of

condensing furnaces.

The current test procedure does not credit

York for additional .energy savings that occur

when a shorter blower on-time is utilized.

Test data for these furnaces with a 30 second

delay indicate that the overall furnace AFUE

will increase approximately 1.5 percentage

points compared to the same furnace when

tested with the 1.5 minute delay . Copies of

the confidential test data conforming these

energy savings will be forwarded to you upon

request.

York International is confident that this

waiver will be granted , as similar waivers

have been granted in the past to Coleman

Company, Magic Chef Company, Rheem

Manufacturing, the Trane Company, Carrier

Corporation , Lennox Industries, Amana

Refrigeration , Goodman Manufacturing

Company and others.

Manufacturers that domestically market

similar products are being sent a copy of this

Petition for Waiver and Application for

Interim Waiver.

Sincerely,

Michael B. Eberlein, P.E.,

Engineering Manager-Furnace Products,

Unitary Products Group , York® Central

Environmental Systems, York International.

Mr. Michael B. Eberlein, P.E., Engineering

Manager-Furnace Products, Unitary

Products Group, York International, P.O.

Box 4022, Elyria, OH 44036

Dear Mr. Eberlein : This is in response to

your September 22,1994 , Application for

Interim Waiver and Petition for Waiver from

the Department of Energy (DOE) test

procedure regarding blower time delay for

York International (York) P2LN, and PBNL

lines of condensing furnaces.

Previous waivers for this type of timed

blower delay control have been granted by

DOE to Coleman Company, 50 FR 2710,

January 18, 1985; Magic Chef Company, 50

FR 41553, October 11, 1985; Rheem

Manufacturing Company, 53 FR 48574,

December 1, 1988, 56 FR 2920, January 25,

1991, 57 FR 10166, March 24, 1992.57 FR

34560, August 5, 1992, and 59 FR 30577

June 14 , 1994 ; Trane Company, 54 FR 19226,

May 4 , 1989, 56 FR 6021 , February 14, 1991,

57 FR 10167 March 24 , 1992, 57 FR 22222,

May 27 1992 , and 58 FR 68138 , December

23, 1993; Lennox Industries, 55 FR 50224,

December 5, 1990, 57 FR 49700, November

3, 1992, 58 FR 68136, December 23, 1993,

and 58 FR 68137 December 23, 1993 ; InterCity Products Corporation , 55 FR 51487

December 14 , 1990, and 56 FR 63945,

December 6,1991 ; DMO Industries, 56 FR

4622 , February 5, 1991 , and 59 FR 30579,

June 14 , 1994 ; Heil-Quaker Corporation, 56

FR 6019, February 14, 1991; Carrier

Corporation , 56 FR 6018, February 14, 1991,

57 PR 38830,. August 27 1992 , 58 FR 68131,

December 23, 1993 , 58 FR 68133, December

23, 1993 and 59 FR 14394 , March 28, 1994;

Amana Refrigeration Inc., 56 FR 27958, June

18, 1991 , 56 FR 63940, December 6, 1991, 57

FR 23392, June 3, 1992 , and 58 FR 68130,

December 23, 1993; Snyder General

Corporation, 56 FR 54960, September 9,

1991; Goodman Manufacturing Corporation,

56 FR 51713 , October 15, 1991 , 57 FR 27970,

June 23 , 1992 and 59 FR 12586 , March 17

1994; The Ducane Company Inc., 56 FR

63943, December 6, 1991 , 57 FR 10163,

March 24, 1992, and 58 FR 68134, December

23, 1993; Armstrong Air Conditioning. Inc.,

57 FR 899, January 9, 1992, 57 FR 10160,

March 24, 1992 , 57 FR 10161 , March 24,

1992, 57 FR 39193 , August 28, 1992, 57 FR

54230, November 17 1992 , and 59 FR 30575,

June 14 , 1994; Thermo Products, Inc., 57 FR

903, January 9, 1992; Consolidated Industries

Corporation, 57 FR 22220, May 27 1992;

Evcon Industries, Inc., 57 FR 47847 October

20, 1992, and 59 FR 46968 , September 13,

1994 ; Bard Manufacturing Company, 57 FR

53733, November 12, 1992 , and 59 FR 30578,

June 14, 1994; and York International

Corporation , 59 FR 46969, September 13,

1994 . Thus, it appears likely that the Petition

for Waiver will be granted for blower time

delay.

York's Application for Interim Waiver does

not provide sufficient information to evaluate

what, if any, economic impact or competitive

disadvantage York will likely experience

absent a favorable determination on its

application.

However, in those instances where the

likely success of the Petition for Waiver has

been demonstrated, based upon DOE having

granted a waiver for a similar product design,

it is in the public interest to have similar

products tested and rated for energy

consumption on a comparable basis.

Therefore, York's Application for an

Interim Waiver from the DOE test procedure

for its P2LN, and PBNL lines of condensing

furnaces regarding blower time delay is

granted.

York shall be permitted to test its P2LN,

and PBNL lines of condensing furnaces on

the basis of the test procedures specified in

10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix N,

with the modification set forth below:

(i) Section 3.0 in Appendix N is deleted

and replaced with the following paragraph:

3.0 Test Procedure . Testing and

measurements shall be as specified in

Section 9 in ANSI/ASHRAE 103-82 with the

exception of Sections 9.2.2, 9 . 3.1, and 9.3.2,

and the inclusion of the following additional

procedures:

(ii) Add a new paragraph 3.10 in Appendix

N as follows:

3.10 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) comes 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 circulation blower,

in which case the burner and blower shall be

started together; or (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 inch of water

column of the manufacturer 's recommended

on-period draft.

This Interim Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements and all

allegations submitted by the company. This

Interim Waiver may be removed or modified

at any time upon a determination that the

factual basis underlying the application is

incorrect.

The Interim Waiver shall remain in effect

for a period of 180 days or until DOE acts on

the Petition for Waiver, whichever is sooner,

and may be extended for an additional 180-

day period , if necessary.

Sincerely,

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

(FR Doc. 94-27782 ; Filed 11-9-94; 8:45 am)

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