### t8,.,.,erlca,,~ WATER HEATER COMpANY
JIlly 20, 

### 2003
Mr. David Garman Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency 

### and RCI1cw3ble Energy OnitlXl**Stall;:'~** Departmellt of 

### Energy ] 000 !ndcpr;:ndencl; Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585
Rc: Polili(>n f()T 

### Waiver and 

### Application for Interim 

### Waiver 

### Dear Sir: AmeriCan 

### Water Heater Company rcspcct(ully 

### submlls this Petition for 

### Waiver 

### and Application for Interim 

### Waiver pmsuant to 

### Title 10 

### CFR Part 431.29. Waiver 

### is requesled from the unifonll 

### federal test procedures for measuring efHcicncy of commercial 

### water llCators**rc[~nmced** 

### in 42 U.S.C. Section 6314(a)(4)(A). This petition 1.1rrccts 

### the following wata**h(:)at~r** 

### models: American**W~ltcr** Heater Company G*2
...75T75-4NV;**CG~'2-75T75-4NV;****PVG*2~75T75~3NV;****PVCG\~2-7ST7S-3NV; C'A'2~lOOT77-4NV;**  

### C(:**"~2N** JOOT77-4NV G·).-2-75T75-4 PV;**CG*2-75T75~4PV;** I'VG*2-7ST7S-3PV;**PVCG*2~75T75-3PV;** G*2-100T77-4'PV; CG*2-100T77-4PV IlIld U.S.**Craflnl~.stu** Water Heaters

- G2*7575T4NV; CG2*7575T4NV; PVG2·.l:7575T3NV; PVCnZ'J:757ST3NV; G2'kl 

### 0077T4NV; CG2'1.·] 0077T4NV; G2,J.'7575T4PV; CG2*7575T4PV; PVG2*7575T3PV; PVCG2*7575T3PV; G2·,t·10077T4PV; CG2"'·l0077T4PV. Notl'; Asterisk is**rephlcl~d** with warranty period. 

### hI the Jnnuary 12,2001 Federal Register) DOB published a final rule adopting ASH RAE 

### Standard**90.1-199~)** 

### energy efficiency standards for 18 prodllct 

### categories of corn merci 

### a1; hCiltillc 

### and air c(')llditionillg equipment 

### as uniform national standards 

### pursllanl to the Energy Po!ic,y and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended by lhe Energy 

### Policy Act of 

### 1992 (EPACT), 

### These new l'rlandatory national 

### 11linimum standal'l.1s are applicable 

### (0 commercial WaleI' hC:.lting proUllcls manufactured afler October 29,2003 (i.e. two year's nih.'" 

### the Octobor 29, 

### 2001 erfcctivc date 

### specified in ASHI<AE Standard 90.1-1999). The Notices ofProposed Rulus (NOPRs) to adoplncw test procedures corresponding with tilL: 

### new eftlciclIcy si;'lndards related lo 

### boilers and waler heaters were issued August 9,2000, bllt 

### the final rilles have still not beon 

### issued. This delay in implemenlation 

### ofthc

'1100 

### E. Fairview Ave" P. O. Box 1378, 

### Johnson City. 

### TN 37605-1378, 

### Tel: (423) 434-1500. 

### Fax: (423) 434-1632

- .....--........ .. A SubsidiClry of SOUTHC.RP USA HOLDINGS, INC.new tust pn)ccdllrcs forces watcr hcater 111<lnufacturers to continue to test products to the ClIl'lcnt federal 

### test procedures in order to meet the new fedoral efficiency stalldards. Due lo the incompatibility of the currenl test procedLlres with the new federal cIficiency**i:i(and~lrds,** 

### we nrc unable 

### to meet the new efficiency requirements 

### using the eurrcnt 

### test 

### proc.:edurc for those products. 

### Exhibit A demonstrales the differences 

### between the cun-ent fccknd test procednres, i:lnd those contained in ASHRAE 90.1-1999, and our propos{)\1 alternate 

### tost melhod, ASHRAE**118.1~2003.** Pursuant 

### to 42 U.S.C. Section G314(a)(4)(B), 

### DOH is required 

### by 

### law to adopt 

### ASHRAE Standflrd 118.1-2003, Method 

# or Testing for**R~ting** 

### Comlllcreial Gel;;, Electric, and Oil Service Water Heating Equipment, as the federal test procedure 

### for commercial 

### water heaters 

### unless DOE can ju&tify by clear 

### and convincing evidence adoption of an 

### alternative test procedure [or these 

### products. We respoctfully reql1est that 

### DOE allow lise ofASHRAE Standard 1] 

### 8.1- 2003 to test COl11rn erchd Water heaters. 

### Mmmfacturers who mmkd 

### similar prodttcts are being sent a copy of this petition (see Exhibit B for list ofmanulbcturers). 

### Ifany furiher information is required, 

### please C011ttlet me or 

### Jerry Miller at (423) 434··1511.



### AUat:;,hmcllt: Exhibit A Exhibit 13YX!!!!HT A
.. "**C()mpll.·i~.morThcrmal** Erfiehmcy and Shnldby Loss Measurements gyfcl'cnccdJn:
...J!:PACT, 

## -1..:.'i!IRAE:**90"~1999\** And**ASIII~AE** 118.1
...2003

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## nnrr B ._- List ofManuf,lc(urcrs Copy or 

### Petition Submitted To Ms. Patricia H. Apperson Dus i gn/.C**~l1gf** 11 ceri ng 

### HCL'll Tr::1I1s[er Products, Inc. 120 Braley Road 

### p.o. 

### Box 429 BasI. Frtx:tow)1, MA 02717-0429 Mr. 

### Willi,1Il1 T. Hnrrigill V.P. Prod. Dov. & Res. Eng. 

### I<..hccm W<llcr Hoater 

### Division Rhccm Manufacturing Compnny 

### 10 1 

### B ell Road MOlltgomc:ry, 1\T 136117-4305 Mr. Drew Smith Director, 

### Engineering A.O. Smith WaleI' Products Company 25731 Highway 1**M(;Fh!~,** SC 29101-9304 

### Mr. Michael W. Gordon VY. Engineering 

### Bradford White Coqlonltioll 200 LlIfayotto 

### Street Middloville, MT 4 1 

### )333-9492 Mr. Ooorgc Kustct'cr Teclmical Field Rcprcscntal.ivc Bock Water 

### Hcntcrs 220 Ch8stnut Slreet 

### Kutztown, PA 19530-1504 Me Jim Smolcer 

### V.P. En.gineering**LOl~h** 

### i 

### nvnr Corporati on .100 Maddox Simpson Parkway IA;b,tnon, TN 37090-5349 

### Mr. 

### JDhn Paisley I)j redor 

# or Engineering 

### GSW W,llcr Heating Compnny 50') fJill**Str~ct** 

### West Fergus, Onl:trio NIM 2Y4 Cannd<l