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Order Accepting and Suspending

Certain Tariff Sheets Subject to

Conditions, and Rejecting Certain Other

Tariff Sheets issued September 30, 1992,

in Docket No. RP92-225-000.

The proposed effective date of these

tariff sheets is October 1, 1992.

Texas Eastern states that copies of

the filing were served upon Texas

Eastern's jurisdictional customers,

interested state commissions, and all

parties on the service list in Docket No.

RP92-225-000.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules

of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR

385.211. All such protests should be filed

on or before November 13, 1992. 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. _

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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State Commissions and other interested

parties to Docket No. RP92-137. In

accordance with the provisions of

Section 154.16 of the Commission's

Regulations, copies of this filing are

available for public inspection, during

regular business hours, in a convenient

form and place at TGPL's main offices at

2800 Post Oak Boulevard in Houston,

Texas.

An person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules

of Practice and Procedure 18 CFR

385.211. All such protests should be filed

on or before November 13, 1992. 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 areon file with the

Commission and are ava ilable for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202)

586-9507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, Bard has been

granted a Waiver for its DCH series of

condensing furnaces, permitting the

company to use an. alternate test method

in determining AFUE.

Issued in Washington, DC, Noveinber 5,

1992.

J- Michael Davis,

Assistant Secretary Conservation and

Renewable Energy.

Decision and Order

In the Matter of. The. Bard:

Manufacturing Company; (Case No. F052).:1

Background,

The Energy Conservation;Program..

Consumer Products (other,thanautomobiles) was established . pursuant

to the Energy Policy and: Conservation

Act (SPCA), Public Law 94-163, 89 Stat.

917, as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act (NECPA),

'Office of Conservation a

Renewable, Energy

[Docket No. RP92-137-0091

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.;

Notice of Tariff Filing

November 5, 1992

Take notice that Transcontinental Gas

Pipe Line Corporation (TGPL) tendered

for filing on October 30,1992 certain

revised tariff sheets to Third Revised

Volume No.1 and Original Volume No. 2

of its FERC Gas Tariff, which tariff

sheets are listed in Appendix A

attached hereto. The proposed effective

date of the revised tariff sheets is

September 1, 1992.

TPGL states that the purpose of the

filing is to comply with the

Commission's "Order on Technical

Conference" issued on:October 5,1992

(October 5 Order) in Docket No. RP92-

137-000. Specifically, TGPL is filing to

comply with ordering paragraphs (C),

(d), and (F) of the October 5 Order. Such

order addressed, among other issues, (i)

tariff provisions regarding

creditworthiness, security standards

and suspension of service for

nonpayment, (ii) TGPL's electric power

tracker, and (iii) working capital

treatment of TGPL's historical

imbalances.

TGPL states that copies of the instant

filing are being mailed to customers,

[Case No. F-0521

d ,

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Decision and

Order Granting a Waiver from -the

Furnace Test Procedure to Bard

Manufacturing Company

AGENCY: Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Departmmritof

Energy.

ACTION: Decision and order.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the

Decision and Order (Case No. F-052)

granting a Waiver to Bard

Manufacturing Company (Bard) from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE)

test procedure for furnaces. The

Department is granting Bard its Petition

for Waiver regarding blower time delay

in calculation of Annual Fuel Utilization

Efficiency (AFUE) for its DCH series of

condensing furnaces.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:.

Cyrus H..Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Conservation. and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station CE431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

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

National Appliance .Energy

Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA),'

Public Law 100-42, and the National

Appliance Energy Conservation

Amendments of 1968 (NAECA 1988),

Public Law 100-357, 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.

DOE amended, the prescribed test ..<

procedures by adding 10 CFR 430.27 to

create a waiver-process. 45 FR 64108,

September 26,1980. Thereafter, DOE

further amended its. appliance test

procedure waiver process to allow the

Assistant Secretary for Conse"vation

and Renewable Energy'(Assistact

Secretary) to grant an.fnterim'Waiver

from test-procedure requirements to ,

manufacturers that,have petitioned DOE

fora waiver of such prescribed test

procedures. 51 FR 42823, November 26,

1986.

. The waiver process allows.tbe!.

Assistant Secretary ta.waiye

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9127,

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office: of General Counsel,.

Mail Station GC-41, Forrestal

temporarily test procedures for a

particular basic model when a petitioner

shows.that the basic model contains one

or more design characteristics which

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prevent testing according to the

prescribed test procedures or when the

prescribed test procedures. may evaluate

the basic model in d manner so

unrepresentative of its trite energy

consumption as toprovide materially

inaccurate comparative data. Waivers

generally remain in effect until final test

procedure amendments become '

effective, resolving the problem that is

the subjbctof thewaiver.

The Interim Waiver provisions, added

by the 1986 ainendmertallowthe,

Assistant 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, 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 polioyreasons to grant immediate

relief pending .a determination on the

Petition for Waiver An.Interim Waiver

remains in effect for a! period of 180 days

er unti-DOE -issues its determination on'

thePetition-fors.Waiver, " whichever is

sooner; and maybe extended for an "

additional 280.days, ifiecessary.

. Bard fileda"Petition for Waiver,"

dated )uly:29;1992, in accordance with',

§ 43Q.27 of 10 CFR part=430. DOE

published in'the-Federal Register on.

August. 27,1992, Bard's. petition andsolicited comments, data and

information" respecting the petition. 57

FR 38829. Bard also filed an

"Application for Interim Waiver" under

§ 43027(g) which DOE: granted on . ' 1

August 24, 1992:: 57 FR 38829, August 27.,--

No comments werexeceived

concerning either the :`Petition for 01

Waiver"' or tl; ,"Jnterini Waiver.' DOE

consulted wt ttte Federal:Trade

Commission (FTC) ;concerningthe Bard

Petition. The C didot,liav-any , FT

objections to the issuance of the,waiver

to Bard.

Assertions andDetermiiiahons'

Bard's Petitionseeks 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. Bard requests

the allowance to test using a 60-second

blower time delay when testing its DCH

series of condensing furnaces. Bard

states that since the 60-second delay is

indicative orhow.these models actually,,, t° . operate and since such a delay results in

an improvement in efficiency of

approximately 1.0 percent the petition'

should be granted

Under 'specific circumstances, the

DOE test procedure con in exceptions:

which allow ` testing with blower delay

times'of less than the prescribed 1.5-

minute delay. Bard indicates that it is

unable to take.advantage of any of these

exceptions for its DCH series of

condensing furnaces.

Since the blower controls

incorporated on the Bard furnaces are

designed to impose a 60-second blower

delay in every instance 6f 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 60-second blower.,

time delay when testing the Bard DCH

series of condensing furnaces.

Accordingly, with regard to testing the

DCH series of gas furnaces, today's

Decision and Order exempts Bard from

the existing provisions regarding blower

controls and allows testing with the 60-

second delay.

It is therefore bider ed.that

(1) The "Petition for Waiver filed by

Bard Manufacturing Company (Case No.

F-052) ishereby'granted asset forth in

paragraph (2) below, subject to the

provisions of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5)

' (2) Notwithstanding any contrary

provisions. of appendix N'of"10 CFR--part

430, subpart B, Bard Manufacturing

Company shall be permitted to test its

DCH series of condensing furnaces on

the basis of the test procedure specified

in 10 CFR part 430, with modifications

set forth below:

(1) Section 3.0 of 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/ASHPAE03-82 with

the exception of sectiotis 92.2 9.3.1, and

9.3.2, ;.and the inclusion of the following . -

additional `procediire s

(ii) Adda new paragraph 310 to'

Appendix N as follow s

3.10 Gas- and Oil=Fueled Central

Furnaces. The following paragraph is in

lieu of the requirement specified in,

section 9.3.1' of'ANSI/ASHRA.E 103-82.

Afterequil iirium conditions are ' ' ''

achieved following the cool-down "test

and the required measurements

performed; turn oil the furnaces and

measure the flue gas temperature, using

the thermocouple grid described above,

and 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. indgbr air;

circulating 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. otler.than 15 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 shutsoff 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 j, using a

stopwatch. 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.

(iii) With the exception of the

modifications set forth above, Bard

Manufacturing Company shall comply in

all respects with the test procedures

specified in appendix N of 10 CFR part

430, subpart B.

(3) The Waiver shall remain-in effect ,

from the date-of issuance of4his Order s

until DOE prescribes final test

procedures approu"iate to t?te DCH

series of condensing. fiirziaces ..

manufactured by Bard. Manufacturing

Company. -

(4) This Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements,'

allegations, and docuinentary_

in ater.,areulsti-ig 1s submitted by the

petitioner. This Waiver. may be. revoked

or modified at any time upon a

determination that the factual basis

underlying the petition is incorrect.

(5) Effective November 5, 1992, this

Waiver supersedes the Interim Waiver

granted the Bard Manufacturing

Company.on August 24,1992. 57 FR

38829, August 27.1992..(Case No. F-052).

Issued -in- Washington; DC, November 5,

1992.., . •

1.-.Michael Davis:

Assistant Secretary Coiiseivation o d `

RenewableEnergy. .-. -

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[Case NO. CAC-006]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products, Decision and

Order Granting Waivers From Central

Air Conditioner Test Procedure to

Enviro Master International

AGENCY: Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Department .of

Energy. .

ACTION: Decision and order.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the .

Decision and Order (.Case No, CAC-0061

granting two Waivers to Enviro-MasterInternational (EMI) from the. existing -

Department. of Energy. (DOE) central air

conditioning test procedure relating to. ..

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