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Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, telephone 202-418-5277.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : Copies of the terms and conditions will be available for inspection at the Office of the Secretariat, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 2033 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the terms and conditions can be obtained through the Office of the Secretariat by mail at the above address or by phone at (202) 418-5097. Other materials submitted by the CBT may be available upon request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Commission's regulations thereunder (17 C.F.R. Part 145 (1987)), except to the extent they are entitled to confidential treatment as set forth in 17 C.F.R. 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for copies of such materials should be made to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the Office of the Secretariat at the Commission's headquarters in accordance with 17 C.F.R. 145.7 and 145.8. Any person interested in submitting written data, views, or arguments on the proposed terms and conditions, or with respect to other materials submitted by the CBT, should send such comments to Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581 by the specified date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 13, 1995.
Blake Imel, Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-97-A]


### Application To Amend Electricity Export Authorization

, Portland General Electric Company

AGENCY : Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION : Notice of application.

SUMMARY : Portland General Electric Company (PGE) has applied for renewal of its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests
to intervene must be submitted on or before December 22, 1995.

ADDRESSES : Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Electricity (FE-52), Office of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202- 586-4708 or Mike Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : Exports of electric energy from the United States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act. On April 29, 1994, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) authorized PGE to transmit electric energy from the United States to the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority on a non-firm basis at a maximum rate of transmission of 400 megawatts (FE Order No. EA-97). The term of the authorization was for a period of two years. On November 1, 1995, PGE filed an application with FE for renewal of this authority which expires on April 29, 1996. The exported energy would be delivered to Canada over transmission facilities owned by the Bonneville Power Administration. DOE notes that the circumstances described in this application are virtually identical to those for which export authority had previously been granted in FE Order No. EA-97. Consequently, DOE proposes to use the electric reliability review prepared in FE Docket EA-97 in satisfaction of the statutory requirements of section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act. Similarly, DOE believes that it has adequately satisfied its responsibility under the National Environment Policy Act of 1969 through the documentation of a categorical exclusion in the FE-Docket EA-97 proceeding.



### Procedural Matters
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this application should file a petition to intervene or protest at the address provided above in accordance with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or before the date listed above. Additional copies are to be filed directly with: Melinda J. Horgan, Portland General Electric Company Legal Department, 121 SW., Salmon Street, 1 WTC-13, Portland, Oregon 97204. Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, for public inspection and copying at the address provided above. Issued in Washington, DC on November 9, 1995. Anthony J. Como, Director, Office of Coal and Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 95-28492 Filed 11-21-95; 8:45 am]

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### Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products : Granting of the Application for Interim Waiver and Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of Consolidated Industries From the DOE Furnace Test Procedure (Case No. F082)

AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION : Notice.

SUMMARY : Today's notice grants an Interim Waiver to Consolidated Industries (Consolidated) from the existing Department of Energy (DOE or Department) test procedure regarding blower time delay for the company's USA and UCA series furnaces. Today's notice also publishes a "Petition for Waiver" from Consolidated. Consolidated Petition for Waiver requests DOE to grant relief from the DOE furnace test procedure relating to the blower time delay specification. Consolidated seeks to test using a blower delay time of 30 seconds for its USA and UCA 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 December 22, 1995.
ADDRESSES : Written comments and statements shall be sent to: Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Case No. F-082, Mail Stop EE-43, Room 1J-108, Forestall Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, (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-431, Forestall Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586- 9138 Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail Station GC-72, Forestall Building, 1000 Independence Avenue

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SW., Washington, DC 20585, (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 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B. The test procedure rules provide for a waiver process and 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. 10 CFR Part 430, § 430.27. 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 may be granted 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, 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. 10 CFR Part 430, § 430.27(e). 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 April 26, 1995, Consolidated filed an Application for Interim Waiver and a Petition for Waiver regarding blower time delay. Consolidated 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, Consolidated requests the allowance to test using a 30-second blower time delay when testing its USA and UCA series furnaces. Consolidated states that the 30-second delay is indicative of how these furnaces actually operate. Such a delay results in an average furnace AFUE improvement of 1.0 percent. Since current DOE test procedures do not address this variable blower time delay, Consolidated 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, and 58 FR 68138, December 23, 1993; 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, and 56 FR 63945, December 6, 1991; 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 and 59 FR 14394, March 28, 1994; 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 and 59 FR 12586, March 17, 1994; 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; 

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Consolidated Industries Corporation, 57 FR 22220, May 27, 1992; 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, and 59 FR 30578, June 14, 1994; and York International Corporation, 59 FR 46969, September 13, 1994, and 60 FR 100, January 3, 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 Consolidated an Interim Waiver for its USA and UCA series furnaces. Consolidated shall be permitted to test its USA and UCA series furnaces on the basis of the test procedures specified in 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

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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. Consolidated's Petition for Waiver requested DOE to grant relief from the DOE furnace test procedure relating to the blower time delay specification. Consolidated seeks to test using a blower delay time of 30 seconds for its USA and UCA series furnaces instead of the specified 1.5-minute delay between burner on-time and blower on-time. Pursuant to paragraph (b) of 10 CFR 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, November 13, 1995. Christine A. Ervin,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. April 26, 1995. Assistant Secretary of Conservation and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
D. C. 20585. Gentlemen: This Petition for Waiver and Application for Interim Waiver is submitted in compliance with Title 10 CFR 430.27. This request is for modification to the Test Procedures for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Furnaces found in Appendix N to Subpart B of Part 430. The current test procedure uses a 1.5minute time delay between the burner startup and the blower start-up. Consolidated Industries' USA series and UCA series furnaces utilize a 30 second nonadjustable fixed time delay between the burner ignition and blower start-up. For the USA series and UCA series furnaces, Consolidated Industries is requesting that the fixed time delay be substituted for the current test procedures' 1.5 minute time delay. We submit that the test procedure using 1.5 minute blower start-up time delay requires a bypass of the furnace safety limit switch and does not represent the true product performance and efficiency. The USA and UCA series furnaces have lightweight, compact heat exchangers that were designed to heat up very quickly with an ensuing blower start-up time optimized at 30 seconds. The advanced heat exchanger design along with improved operating controls has improved the efficiency of this furnace in such a way that the current standard does not
credit Consolidated Industries for the true efficiency improvements to this furnace. The product performance will be more accurately depicted using the proposed ASHRAE
Standard 103-1993 that accounts for the design flexibility and improvement without the penalty incurred by using the current test procedure. The test results show an average of 1.0% improvement in AFUE using the 30 second fixed time delay. Other manufacturers have been granted
similar waivers for similar reasons. Data and documentation can be supplied at your request. This waiver request letter has been sent to GAMA and gas furnace manufacturers that market similar products. Sincerely,
Gerald K. Gable, Vice President of Engineering.

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### Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No. 95

-85-NG]

Altresco Pittsfield

, L.P.; Order Granting Blanket Authorization To Import and Export Natural Gas From and to Canada

AGENCY : Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION : Notice of order.

SUMMARY : The Office of Fossil Energy of the Department of Energy gives notice that it has issued an order granting Altresco Pittsfield, L.P. authorization to import up to 25.5 Bcf of natural gas and export up to 25.5 Bcf of natural gas from and to Canada over a two-year term beginning the date of first import or export delivery after October 31, 1995. This order is available for inspection and copying in the Office of Fuels Programs Docket Room, 3F-056, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9478. The docket room is open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., October 31,
1995.
Clifford P. Tomaszewski,
Director, Office of Natural Gas, Office of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

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. 87-49-NG]

Associated Gas Services

, Inc. and Associated Natural Gas, Inc.; Order Granting Blanket Authorization To Import and Export Natural Gas, Including Liquefied Natural Gas, From and to Canada and Mexico, and Vacating Authorizations

AGENCY : Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION : Notice of order.

SUMMARY : The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that it has issued an order in FE Docket No. 95-76-NG granting blanket authorization to Associated Gas Services, Inc. (AGSI) to import and export natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), from and to Canada and Mexico. The volume imported
would not exceed a combined total of 311 Bcf and the volume exported would not exceed a combined total of 400 Bcf.
The term of the authorization is for a period of two years beginning on the date of the initial import or export delivery, whichever occurs first. In addition, FE vacated an import and an export authorization which were held by an affiliate of AGSI, Associated Natural Gas, Inc. (ANGI). As a result of a corporate reorganization and acquisition of AGSI's parent company, Associated Natural Gas Corporation, by Panhandle Eastern Corporation, this import and export authority was no longer needed by ANGI. The two vacated orders are DOE/ERA Opinion and Order No. 210 (ERA Docket No. 87- 49-NG), issued December 11, 1987 (1 ERA 4 70,741) and DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 842 (FE Docket No. 93-64- NG), issued September 24, 1993 (1 FE 70,844). This order is available for inspection and copying in the Office of Fuels Programs Docket Room, 3F-056, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9478. The docket room is open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 31,
1995.
Clifford P. Tomaszewski,
Director, Office of Natural Gas, Office of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

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