Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 22, 1996 / Notices

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[Case No. F-088]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products : Granting of the

Application for Interim Waiver and

Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of

Nordyne From the DOE Furnace Test

Procedure

AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION : Notice.

SUMMARY : Today's notice grants an

Interim Waiver to Nordyne from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) test procedure regarding

blower time delay for the company's

G5RD and G5RL series furnaces.

Today's notice also publishes a

"Petition for Waiver" from Nordyne.

Nordyne's Petition for Waiver requests

DOE to grant relief from the DOE

furnace test procedure relating to the

blower time delay specification.

Nordyne seeks to test using a blower

delay time of 30 seconds for its G5RD

and G5RL series 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

November 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES : Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Codes and

Standards, Case No. F-088, Mail Stop

EE-43, Room 1J-018, Forrestal Building,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585-0121, (202)

586-7140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE-43, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585-0121, (202)

586-9138.

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC-72, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20585-0103,

(202) 586-9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, as amended (EPCA), 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 Title 10 CFR

Part 430, Subpart B.

The Department amended the test

procedure rules to provide for a waiver

process by adding Section 430.27 to

Title 10 CFR Part 430. 45 FR 64108,

September 26, 1980. Subsequently, DOE

amended the waiver process to allow

the Assistant Secretary for Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy

(Assistant Secretary) to grant an Interim

Waiver from test procedure

requirements to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE for a waiver of such

prescribed test procedures. Title 10 CFR

Part 430, Section 430.27(a)(2).

The waiver process allows the

Assistant Secretary 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 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 subject of the waiver.

An Interim Waiver will be granted if

it is determined that the applicant will

experience economic hardship if the

Application for Interim Waiver is

denied, if it appears likely that the

Petition for Waiver will be granted, and/

or the Assistant Secretary determines

that it would be desirable for public

policy reasons to grant immediate relief

pending a determination on the Petition

for Waiver. Title 10 CFR Part 430,

Section 430.27 (g). An Interim Waiver

remains in effect for a period of 180

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 necessary.

On September 6, 1996, Nordyne filed

an Application for Interim Waiver and

a Petition for Waiver regarding blower

time delay. Nordyne's Application seeks

an Interim Waiver from the DOE test

provisions that require a 1.5-minute

time delay between the ignition of the

burner and starting of the circulating air

blower. Instead, Nordyne requests the

allowance to test using a 30-second

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blower time delay when testing its

G5RD and G5RL series furnaces.

Nordyne states that the 30-second delay

is indicative of how these furnaces

actually operate. Such a delay results in

an approximately 2.0 percent increase

in AFUE. Since current DOE test

procedures do not address this variable

blower time delay, Nordyne asks that

the Interim Waiver be granted.

The Department has published a

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on

August 23, 1993, (58 FR 44583) to

amend the furnace test procedure,

which addresses the above issue.

Previous Petitions for Waiver for this

type of time 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; 59 FR 30577, June 14,

1994, and 59 FR 55470, November 7,

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, 58 FR 68138,

December 23, 1993, and 60 FR 62835,

December 7, 1995; 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; Inter-City Products

Corporation, 55 FR 51487, December 14,

1990, 56 FR 63945, December 6, 1991

and 61 FR 27057, May 30, 1996; 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 FR

38830, August 27, 1992, 58 FR 68131,

December 23, 1993, 58 FR 68133,

December 23, 1993, 59 FR 14394, March

28, 1994, and 60 FR 62832, December 7,

1995; 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, 59 FR 12586, March 17,

1994 and 61 FR 17289, April 19, 1996;

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, and 61 FR

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17887, April 23, 1996; Consolidated

Industries Corporation, 57 FR 22220,

May 27, 1992, and 61 FR 4262, February

5, 1996; 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, 59 FR 30578, June

14, 1994, and 61 FR 50812, September

27, 1996; and York International

Corporation, 59 FR 46969, September

13, 1994, 60 FR 100, January 3, 1995, 60

FR 62834, December 7, 1995, and 60 FR

62837, December 7, 1995.

Thus, it appears likely that this

Petition for Waiver for blower time

delay will be granted. 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, based on the above, DOE is

granting Nordyne an Interim Waiver for

its G5RD and G5RL series furnaces.

Nordyne shall be permitted to test its

G5RD and G5RL series furnaces on the

basis of the test procedures specified in

Title 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.

Nordyne's Petition for Waiver

requests DOE to grant relief from the

DOE furnace test procedure relating to

the blower time delay specification.

Nordyne seeks to test using a blower

delay time of 30 seconds for its G5RD

and G5RL series furnaces instead of the

specified 1.5-minute delay between

burner on-time and blower on-time.

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of Title 10

CFR Part 430.27, DOE is hereby

publishing 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, October 15,

1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

NORDYNE

September 6, 1996.

Ms. Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

Subject: Petition for Waiver and Application

for Interim Waiver.

Dear Assistant Secretary Ervin: This is to

submit a Petition for Waiver and an

Application for Interim Waiver from

requirements of the Department of Energy

test procedure, prescribed in 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B, Appendix N for home

heating furnaces. The waiver concerns

operation of the circulating blower in gasfired furnaces manufactured by NORDYNE.

Waiver is requested for NORDYNE model

G5RD and G5RL furnaces, which incorporate

a control with a fixed circulating blower-on

delay of 30 seconds. The DOE procedure

requires that in testing these furnaces, the

circulating blower be started 11/2 minutes

after burner ignition, ignoring the benefit of

this control. Operation with the 11/2 minute

delay decreases the Annual Fuel Utilization

Efficiency of these furnaces by approximately

two percentage points. NORDYNE has data

supporting this fact and will forward it if

required.

Since the requested waiver is essentially

identical to those granted to many other

manufacturers, NORDYNE believes that DOE

is fully aware of the competitive

disadvantage NORDYNE will experience if

the waiver is not granted. In view of the

waivers already granted, NORDYNE is also

confident that DOE will grant its petition. In

anticipation of that action, NORDYNE

requests an interim waiver until DOE acts on

the Petition for Waiver.

Manufacturers who sell furnaces similar to

those for which the waiver is requested are

being sent a copy of this Petition for Waiver

and Application for Interim Waiver. A list of

these manufacturers is attached.

Your early action on this request would be

appreciated. Production of these furnaces is

scheduled for the very near future.

Sincerely,

Bradley J. Campbell,

Vice President, Engineering.

List of Manufacturers

Mr. Marty Schonberger, The Adams

Manufacturing Co., 9790 Midwest

Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44125-2425.

Mr. Stan McGill, Amana Refrigeration,

Inc., 1810 Wilson Parkway,

Fayetteville, TN 37334-3547.

Mr. Ed French, Armstrong Air

Conditioning Inc., 421 Monroe Street,

Bellevue, OH 44811-1730.

Mr. David Swanson, Atwood Mobile

Products, 4750 Hiawatha Drive,

Rockford, IL 61103-1232.

Mr. Richard O. Bard, Bard

Manufacturing Co., P.O. Box 607,

1914 Randolph Drive, Bryan, Ohio

43506-0607.

Mr. John J. Meade, Jr., Boyertown

Furnace Company, 156 Holly Road,

Boyertown, PA 19512.

Mr. Matthew J. Chadderdon, Carrier

Corporation, Carrier Parkway, P.O.

Box 4808, Syracuse, New York

13221-4808.

Mr. Richard Hutchinson, Jr.,

Consolidated Ind. Corp., P.O. Box

7800, Lafayette, IN 47903-7800.

Mr. Jerry Ward, DMD Industries, 41

Fisher Avenue, Bradford, PA 16701-

1649.

Mr. Johnny Johnson, Duncan Heating

Division, Suite 200, Dutch Plaza, 800

Dutch Square Blvd., Columbia, SC

29210-7317.

Mr. Alan Zimmerman, Evcon Industries,

Inc., 3110 N. Mead, P.O. Box 19014,

Wichita, KS 67219-4057.

Mr. Alberto da Rosa, Goettl Air

Conditioning Inc., 3830 E. Wier

Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85040-2936.

Mr. Peter H. Alexander, Goodman

Manufacturing Corp., 1501 Seamist,

Houston, TX 77008-5031.

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Mr. W. Michael Clevy, Inter City

Products Corp., 1136 Heil Quaker

Blvd., P.O. Box 3005, LaVergne, TN

37086.

Mr. David Lewis, Lennox Industries

Inc., P.O. Box 799900, Dallas, TX

75379.

Mr. Tom Koepke, Metzher Machine

Corp., 8155 No. 76th Street,

Milwaukee, WI 53223-3203.

Mr. Dick R. McCullogh, Reznor, A

Thomas and Betts Co., 150 McKinley

Avenue, Mercer, PA 16137-1326.

Mr. Ross W. Willis, Rheem Air

Conditioning Division, 5600 Old

Greenwood Road, P.O. Box 17010,

Fort Smith, AR 72903-6586.

Mr. Walter J. Markowski, Sterling Gas

Products, Division of Mestek, Inc.,

260 North Elm Street, Westfield, MA,

01085-1614.

Mr. Bobby Vincent, Suburban Mfg. Co.,

676 Broadway Street, P.O. Box 399,

Dayton, TN 37321-1120.

Mr. Everett James, Thermo-Products

Inc., 5235 West Street Road 10, P.O.

Box 217, No. Judson, IN 46366-885 1.

Mr. James T. VerShaw, The Trane

Company, 6200 Troup Highway,

Tyler, TX 75711.

Mr. Theron C. Stroke, Victa Hytemp

Industrial Inc., 5540 Route 362, Bliss,

NY, 14024-9775.

Mr. Gerald W. Sank, Welbilt Corp., 225

High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT

06905-3000.

Mr. Dennis Aughenbaugh, York

International Corp., P.O. Box 1592,

York, PA 17405-1592.

[FR Doc. 96-27029 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97-24-000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

October 16, 1996.

Take notice that on October 10, 1996,

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas

79978, filed in Docket No. CP97-24-000

a request pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.212 of the Commission's

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for

authorization to install and operate a

new delivery point to accommodate

deliveries of gas to El Paso Fuel

Development Company (EPFD), in

Mojave County, Arizona, under El

Paso's blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82-435-000, 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 public inspection.

El Paso proposes to construct and

operate the new delivery point, to be

known as the Needle Mountain LNG

Meter Station, in order to deliver up to

12,000 Mcf natural gas on a peak day to

EPFD, which is a subsidiary of El Paso,

on a peak day and up to 4,380,000 Mcf

on an annual basis. It is stated that

EPFD has requested the delivery point

in order to be able to receive gas for

conversion to LNG at a liquefaction

plant being constructed near Topock,

Arizona. It is stated that the facilities

would consist of a 4-inch tap and valve

assembly, a 3-inch meter run and

appurtenant facilities, as well as

approximately 400 feet of 4-inch

pipeline connecting the meter station to

the LNG plant.

El Paso proposes to make the

deliveries by transporting the gas on an

interruptible basis under a

transportation service agreement with El

Paso Gas Marketing Company, also a

subsidiary of El Paso. The cost of the

facilities is estimated at $89,800, and it

is stated that El Paso will be reimbursed

by EPFD for such costs. It is asserted

that the total volumes to be delivered to

EPFD after the addition of the requested

delivery point would not exceed those

presently authorized. It is further

asserted that El Paso has sufficient

capacity to accomplish the deliveries

without detriment or disadvantage to its

other customers. It is further explained

that El Paso's tariff does not prohibit the

addition of delivery points.

Any person or the Commission's staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefore,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-26979 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-M

[Docket No. CP85-221-069]

Frontier Gas Storage Company ; Notice

of Sale Pursuant to Settlement

Agreement

October 16, 1996.

Take notice that on October 10, 1996,

Frontier Gas Storage Company

(Frontier), c/o Reid & Priest, Market

Square, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,

Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20004, in

compliance with provisions of the

Commission's February 13, 1985, Order

in Docket No. CP82-487-000, et al.,

submitted an executed Service

Agreement under Rate Schedule LVS-1

providing for the possible sale of up to

a daily quantity of 50,000 MMBtu, not

to exceed 5 Bcf of Frontier's gas storage

inventory on an "as metered" basis to

Prairielands Energy Marketing, Inc., for

term ending October 31, 1997.

Under Subpart (b) of Ordering

Paragraph (F) of the Commission's

February 13, 1985, Order, Frontier is

"authorized to commence the sale of its

inventory under such an executed

service agreement fourteen days after

filing the agreement with the

Commission, and may continue making

such sale unless the Commission issues

an order either requiring Frontier to stop

selling and setting the matter for hearing

or permitting the sale to continue and

establishing other procedures for

resolving the matter."

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make a protest with reference to said

filing should, within 10 days of the

publication of such notice in the

Federal Register, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (888 1st

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426) a

motion to intervene or protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission's Rules of Practice and

Procedures, 18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211.

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-26977 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-M

[Docket No. RP96-386-001]

Honeoye Storage Corporation; Notice

of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas

Tariff

October 16, 1996.

Take notice that on October 10, 1996

Honeoye Storage Corporation (Honeoye)

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