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Carrier Petition. The FTC did not have 103--82 with the exception of sections September 17, FR 50910,

any objections to the issuarCe of the 9.2.2, 9.3.1; and 9:3.2; and. the inclusion September 29,!t993 (Case No. F-062).

waiver to Carrier. of the following additional procedures

. (itd Add&

new aragraph 3.10 to Issued in LVashfngtoYS, W, December 15,

Assertions and Deterrminatio 1993.

4g

Carrier's Petition seeks a waiver from 3.10 Gas- and.0i1 Fueled Central Christine A' > the DOE test provisions that require a' Furnaces. The following paragraph is in ' Assistant secretary.. Energy Efficiency and

1.5-minute time delay between the lieu of the requirement specified in Renewable Energy.

ignition of the burner and the starting of section 9.3.1 of ANSIJASHRAE (FR Doc. 93-31372 Filed 12-22A1,&.45 amt

the circulating air blower, Carrier Standard 103-82. Afterequilllbrium - ew.sae coat ease-CY-P

requests the allowance to test using ,a conditions are achieved following the

60-second blower time delay when cool-down test and the required'

testing its 58MXA/35OMAV, 58MCA/ measurements performed, turn on the -

nwnilAlr ..--1fnnA ft Y,-._-..l :.-..i........1 r`F

draft 11Fitaces Carrier states that since _ tempera ture, using th

e e Er uv gas

he thermocouple

the 60-second delay is indicative of how grid described above, at 0.5 and 2.5

these models actually operate and since minutes after the main burner(s) comes

such a May results in an improve€nent on. After the burner start-up, delay the

in efficiency of approximately=1.1) blower start-up by 1.5 minutes (t - ),

percent; the petition should be granted. unless: (1) the furnace employs a single

Under specific circumstances, the motor to chive the,power burner and the

DOE test procedure contains exceptions indoor air circulating blower, in which .

which allow testing with blower delay case the burner and blower shall be

times of less than the prescribed 1.5- - started together, or (2) tihe furnace is

minute delay. Carrier indicates that R is, designed to operate using an unvarying

unable to take advantage of any of these delay time that is other than 1.5

exceptions for its 58MXA/35OMAV. . :,minutes, in which case-601M Cantrell 58MCA/34OMAV, and 490AAV-Iiries of shall be permitted to start the blower; or

Induced draft furnaces. h d 1 It ' t h

Since the blower control

s activation of a temperature safety device incorporated on the Carrier furnaces are which shuts off the burner , in wWch

designed to impose a 60-second blower case the fan control shall be permitted delay in every instance of start up, and to start the blower

. In the latter case, if since the current provisions do not the fan control is adjustable

, set it to specifically address this type of control,

start the blower at the highest

DOE agrees that a waiver should be temperature. If the fan control is granted to allow the 60-second blower permitted to start the blower

, measure time"delay when testing the Carrier

35 time delay, (t-), using a stopwatch. i , 5

I Record the measured temperatures. d 490 l f I d d fr ft

d 490AAi f i d d d ft

an ne n uce

an nes o n uce ra During the heat-up test for oil-fueled furnaces. Ac

cordingly, with regard to furnaces, maintain the draft in the flue testing the 49O SSMXA/350MAV,

58MCA/ pipe within' ± 0.01 inch of water column 340MAV,

and

nd 490AAV lines of induced of the manufacturer 's recommended on- draft furnaces, today s Decision and period draft.

Order exempts Carrier from the existing P (iii) With the exception of the

provisions regarding blower controls modifications set forth above, Carrier and allows testing with the 60-

second Corporation shall comply in all respects de ir. t

)s with the test procedures specified in (

1)

,

The "

therefore, ordered

for Waiver"

r

( Pfled by a N of 10 CFR part 430, subpart

Carrier Corporation (Case No. F-062) is

hereby granted as set forth in paragraph (3) The Waiver shall remain in effect

(2) below, subject to the provisions of from the date of issuance of this Order

paragraphs (3). (4), and (5).- until DOE prescribes final test

.(2) Notwithstanding any contrary procedures appropriate to the S8M'XA/

provisions of appendix N of 10 CFR part 350MAV, 58MCA/340MAV, and

430, subpart B, Carrier Corporation, 490AAV lines of induced draft furnaces

shall be permitted to test its 58MXA/ manufactured by Carrier Corporation.

350MAV, 58MCA/340MAV. and (4) This Waiver is based upon the

490AAV lines of induced draft furnaces`

presumed validity of statements,

on the basis of the test procedure allegations, and documentary materials

specified In 10 CFR part 430, with submitted by the petitioner. This Waiver

modifications s etforth below- , may be revoked or modified at any time

.fi) Section 3.0 of appendix N is upon a determination that the factual

deleted and replaced with the following basis underlying the petition is

.paragraph: Incorrect.

. 3.A Test Procedure. Testing and (5) Effective December 23, .2993, this

measurements shall be as specified in Waiversupersedes the Interim Waiver

Mien 9 in ANSI/ASkgtM Sundaird, granted the Carrier Corporation an

. u jmiau rr as nnuswa:

(3) t e e ay ime resu sin t e

Energy Cdnservatton Program for

Consumer Products: Decision and

Order Granting a Waiver From the

Furnace Test Procedure to The Ducane

Co. Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

.Energy.

ACTION: Decision and order.

SUMMARY:-Notice is given of the

'Decision and. Order (Case No. F-C59)

granting a Waiver to The Ducane

Company Inc. (Ducane) from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE)

-test procedure for furnaces. The

Department is granting Ducane Petition

for Waiver regarding blower time delay

in calculation of Annual Fuel

Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) for its

UHC, ULB, and UH series of oil

furnaces.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE-431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-

7140.

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC-41. Forrestal

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, Ducane has

been granted a Waiver for its UHC, ULB,

and Uri series of oil furnaces, permitting

the company to use an alternate test

.-method in determining AFUE.

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Issued in Washingtr , DC, Deoamber 17,

1993.

Christine A. Bevis,

Assistant Secretory;Energy Effkiency end

Renewable Energy

DECISION AND ORDER

Background

The Energy Conservation Program far

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (SPCA), Public Law 94-183,89 Stat.

917, as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act. (NECPA),

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 (EPAct), Public Law'

102-486, 106 Stat. 27Th, 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, subpartB.

The Department of Energy 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 Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy (Assistant Secretary) to grant an

L:terim Waiver from test procedure

requirements to manufacturers that have

petitioned DOE for a waiver of such .

prescribed test procedures. 51 FR 42823,

November 26, 1986.

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 testprocedures 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.

The Interim Waiver provisions added

by the 1986 amendment allow the

Assistant Secretary to grant an Interim

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Waiver when it is determined that the UHC, ULB, and UH series of oit

applicant will experience economic furnaces. Accordingly, with regard to

hardship if theApption,for Interim testing the UlC, ULB. and UI3 series of

Waiver isdaied, lilt appears likely oil furnaces, today's Deczsiim and Order

that the Petition kw Waiver will bs exempts Duo a from the existing

granted, and/er the Assistant Secretary provisions regarding blower controls

determines that it would be desirable for and allows testing with the 30-secamd.

public policy reasons to grant delay.

immediate relief pending a It is, therefore, ordered that: (1) The

determination on the Petition for "Petition for Waiver" by The

Waiver. An Interim Waiver remains is . Ducane Company Inc. (Case No. F-059)

effect for a period of 180 days or until is hereby granted as set fua&ia

DUE issues its determination on the paragraph (2) below, subject to the

Petition for Waiver, whichever is provisions of paragraphs (3), (4), and (5).

sooner, and may be extended for an (2) Notwithstanding any contrary

additional 180 days. if necessary, provisions of appendix N of 10 CFR part

Ducane filed a' Petition for Waiver," 430, subpart B, The Ducane Company

dated July 8, 1993, in accordance with Inc., shall be permitted to test its UHC,

§ 430.27 of 10 CFR pert 430. The ULB, and UH series of oil furnaces on

Department of Energy published in the the basis ofthe test procedure specified

Federal Register on September 1.1993, In 10 CFR part 430, with modifications

Ducane's petition lad solicited set fart below:

comments, data and information (i) Section 3.0 of appendix N is

respecting the petition. 58 FR 46179, dehjted and replaced with the following

Ducane also filed an "Application for paragraph:

Interim Waiver" under section 430.27(

g) 3.0 Ted 1?rrcedma Testing e which DOE granted on August 25, 1993. measurements shall be as specified in section

58 FR. 46170, September 1, 1993. 9 is ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 103-82 with

No comments were received the exception of sections 9.2.2, 9 .3.1, and

concerning either the "Petition facer 9.3.2, and the inclusion of the following

Waiver" or the "Interim Waiver." The additional procedures:

Department consulted with The Federal (ii) Add a new paragraph 3.10 to Trade Commission (FTC) concerning the appendix N as. follows: - Ducane Petition. The FTC did not have

3.10 Gas- and Oil Fueled Central any objections to the issuance of the

waiver to Ducane. Furnaces. The following paragraph is In lieu

of the requirement specified in section 9.3.1

Assertions and Determinations of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 103-82. After

equilibrium are achieved Ducane's Petition seeks a waiver from fol lowing the ocool-down test and the

the DOE test provisions that require a required measurements performed, turn on

1.5-minute time delay between the the furnaces and measure the flue gas

ignition of the burner aid the starting of temperature, using the thermocouple grid

the circulating air blower. Ducane described above, at e5 and 2.5 minutes after

requests the allowance to test using a the main burner(s) comes on. After the

30-second blower time delay when burner start-up, delay the blower start-up by

testing its UHC. ULB, and till series of 1.5 minutes (t-), unless: (1) The furnace

oil furnaces.

Duane states that since the employs a single motor to drive the power

30-second delay is indicative of how burner and the indoor air circulating blower,

these models actually since s which case the burner and plower shall

By operate and started together, or (Z) the furnace is designed

such a delay results is as improvement to operate using an unvarying delay time that

in efficiency of approximately 0.7 to 0.9 is other than 1.5 minutes, in which case the

percent, the petition should be granted: fan control shall be permitted to start the

Under specific crrumetances, the blower, or (3) the delay time results iu the

DOE test procedure contains exceptions activation of a temperature safety device

which allow testing with blower delay which shuts off the burner, in which case the

times. of less than tine prescribed 1.5 fan control shall be permitted.to starttbs

minute delay. Duca#le indicates that it is blower. In the latter case, if the fan- control

adj unable to take advantage of any of these,hustable, set it If art

the the fns watrn

blower I the.

highest temp erature. R' l Is

exceptions for its UHC, ULB, and UH permitted to start the blower, measure time

series of oil furnaces.. delay, (1-), using a stopwatch. Recoad she

Since the blower controls measured temperatures. During the heat sp

incorporated on the Du cane furnaces are test for oil-fueled furnaces, maintain the dreg

designed to impose a 30-second blower In the flue pipe within ±0.01 inch of water

'delay in every instance of start up, and column of the manufacturer's recommended

since the current provisions do not on-period draf1

specifically a4dress this type of control,. (iii) With the exception of the

DOE agrees that a waiver should be. modifications set forth above, The

granted to allow the 30-second blower Ducane Company Inc. shall comply in

time'delay when testing he Ducane all respects with the test procedures

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specified in appendix N of 10 CFR part

430, subpart B.

(3) The Waiver shall remain in effect

from the date of Issuance of this Order

until DOE prescribes final test

procedures appropriate to the UHC,

ULB, and UH series of oil furnaces

manufactured by The Ducane Company

Inc.

(4) This Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements,

allegations, and documentary materials

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 December 17, 1993, this

Waiver supersedes the Interim Waiver

granted the The Ducarte Company Inc.

on August 25, 1993. 58 FR 46170, .

September 1. 1993 (Case No. F-059).

Issued in Washington, DC, December 17,

1993. a+'

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 93-31379 Filed 12-22-93 ; 8:45 am]

SILUNG CODE 64W-ot-P

(Cas. No. F-0581

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products : Decision and

Order Granting a Waiver From the

Furnace Test Procedure to Lennox

Industries Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Decision and order.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the

Decision and Order (Case No. F-058)

granting a Waiver to Lennox Industries

Inc. (Lennox) from the existing

Department of Energy (DOE) test

procedure for furnaces. The Department

is granting Lennox its Petition for

Waiver regarding blower time delay in

calculation of Annual Fuel Utilization

Efficiency (AFUE) for its G23 and G26

series of furnaces.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H: Nasser!, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE-431, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-

7140

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC-41, Forrestal

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, Lennox has

been granted a Waiver for Its G23 and

G26 series of furnaces, permitting the

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.

The Interim Waiver provisions added

company to use an alternate test method - by the 1986 amendment allow the

in determiningAFUE. -

Issued in Washington , DC, December 17,

1993.

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 policy reasons to grant

immediate relief pending a

determination on the Petition for

Waiver. 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.

Lennox filed a "Petition for Waiver,"

dated June 16, 1993, in accordance with

§ 430.27 of 10 CFR part 430. The

Department of Energy published in the

Federal Register on September 1, 1993,

Lennox's petition and solicited

comments, data and information

respecting the petition. 58 FR 46172.

Lennox also filed an "Application for

Interim Waiver" under § 430.27(g)

which DOE granted on August 25, 1993.

58 FR 46172, September 1, 1993.

No comments were received

concerning either the "Petition for

Waiver" or the "Interim Waiver." The

Department of Energy consulted with

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

concerning the Lennox Petition. The

FTC did not have any objections to the

issuance of the waiver to Lennox.

Assertions and Determinations

Christine A. Ervin, .

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

DECISION AND ORDER

Background

The Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

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

917, as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act (NECPA),

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

National Appliance. Energy .

Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA),

Public Law 100-12, and the National

Appliance Energy Conservation

Amendments of 1988 (NAECA 1988),

Public Law 100-357, and the Energy

Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), 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 of Energy 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 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. 51 FR 42823,

November 26, 1986.

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

Lennox'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. Lennox

requests the allowance to test using a

45-second blower time delay when

testing its G23 and G26 series of

furnaces. Lennox states that since the

45-second delay is indicative of how

these models actually operate and since

such a delay results in an improvement

in efficiency of approximately 0.7

percent, the petition should be granted.

Under specific circumstances, the

DOE test procedure contains exceptions

which allow testing with blower delay

times of less than the prescribed 1.5-

minute delay. Lennox indicates that it is

unable to take advantage of any of these

exceptions for its G23 and G26 series of

furnaces.

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