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Feb ru a ry 5 , 2013

Dr. David Danielson E n e r gy Effic ie n cy a nd Re newa bl e E n er gy Department of E n ergy 1000 Ind epe nd e n ce Ave nu e , SW. Wa s hin gto n , DC 2 0585

D ea r Assista nt Sec reta ry Dani e l so n : Sa m s un g E lec troni cs A m e ric a , Inc
. ("Sam s un g") r es p ec tfull y s ubmit s thi s Ap pli cat ion for Int er im Waiver a nd Petition for W a iv e r to the D e p a rtm e nt of E n e r gy ("DOE" o r " the Department ") for Sa m s un g's co mpresso r r ef ri ge r a tor-fr eeze r s with multipl e defrost cycles.


### Rea s onin g 1 0 CFR Part 430. 27(a)( I ) a llo ws a per so n to s ubmit a petition to wa i ve fo r a p articular ba s ic model a n y requirement s of § 430.23 upon th e gro und s th at th e ba s ic model co nt a in s one or m ore d es i g n c h a racter i s tic s w hi c h e ith e r prevent te s ting of the b as ic m ode l acco rdin g to the presc ribed test procedure s, or the prescribed test procedures ma y eva lu ate the ba s ic model in a m a nn e r so unr ep rese nt at i ve of it s tru e e n ergy co n s umpti o n characteristic s as to provide m ate ri a ll y in acc ur ate co mp arat ive d a ta
. C urre nt te s t proc e dures as pre sc ribed in Appe ndi x A 1 to S ubp a rt B of Part 430 ( " Appe ndi x A I ") do n ot adeq u ate ly provide a way for Sam s un g to acc ur ate ly repre se nt th e e ner gy co n s umpti o n of it s ref ri gera to r- fr eezers w ith multipl e d efrost cycles. DO E co n curred w ith Sams un g's und e r s tandin g in th e int eri m wa iver gra nt ed to Sam s un g in 76 FR 16760 1 a nd s ub se quentl y g ranted the wa i ver o n J anu ary 10 ,2 012 (77 F R 1474 ). Add it io n a ll y, DO E co mmuni cated that a ll m an u facturers planning o n marketing refr ige rator-freezers w ith multipl e d ef rost cyc les mu s t see k a wa i ve r fro m the Department. 2 Fo r th e reasons that DOE d escr ib ed in it s g ra ntin g of waiver (77 FR 1474 ) fo r Sa m s un g ref ri ge rator free ze r s wit h multiple d efrost cycles , Sam s un g believes that the gra ntin g of Inter im Waiver a nd Waiv e r for th e m ode l s li s te d be lo w a re warra nt e d.

1 DO E und c r s t an d s , how e vcr, that ab scnt an inter im waiver. Sam sun g's product s wou l d not b e accuratc l y t est cd and r a tcd for e ncr gy co n s umpti o n bccau sc th c c urrcnt e ncr gy te s t procedurc d oes not in c lud e te s t procedure s for product s with multip le defro st cyc l c t y pc s. 2 U ntilth csc a m c ndm c nt s a r c rcq uir ed in conjunc ti on with the 20 1 4 stand a rd s, m anuf act ur er s int roduc in g produ ct s equipp ed with multipl e d e fro st cyc le t y pe s sh ould , co n s i stent with 1 0 CFR 430.2 7, petition f o r a waiv e r s in ce the modifi c d vc r s ion of I\ppendix 1\ I set out i n today' s n ot i ce w ill not i nc l ude a specifiecimethoci for captur i n g thi s energy u sage .

### Request Sa m s un g re qu es t s th a t th e a lte rn a te tes t proc e dur e for re fri ge ra to r s w ith mUltipl e d ef ros t cy cl es , as pr esc rib e d in th e wa ive r ( 77 F R 1 4 74 ) a nd in th e inte rim wa ive r ( 77 F R 1 3 10 9) g r a nte d to Sa m s un g, b e g ra nte d f o r th e foll ow in g b as ic Sam s un g ref ri ge r a to r- f reeze rs w ith multi p le d e fr os t cy cl es mo d e l s: RS27FD *****

Pl ease fee l f ree to c ont ac t m e if yo u h ave a n y qu es tion s regardin g thi s P e titi o n fo r Wa ive r a nd Ap pli ca ti o n fo r Inte rim W a i ve r. I w ill b e h app y to di sc u ss s ho uld a n y qu es ti o n s a ri se.

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