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. Federal Register / Vol. 58, No. 245. / Thursday, December - 23, 1993 / Notices

4.e., major refiners

, other refiners, and resellers. C. The following new data series will be added to the publication tables: 1. Prices of domestic purchases of crude oil by selected crude streams within State. 2. Gasoline price and refiner volume data for conventional

, oxygenated, and reformulated gasoline. -- 3. Wholesale prices and volumes of gasoline separated by dealer tank wagon, rack

. and bulk sales. 4. Diesel fuel sales separated into low and high sulfur categories. 5. Expanded propane sales categories to include residential

, commercial/ institutional

. industrial

, company. operated outlets

, petrochemical, other retail

, and wholesale sales. A data continuity analysis will be conducted that will consider the deletion of leaded gasoline , the addition' of a supplemental propane sample to the EIA-782B survey

, and the breakout by types ofgasoline and detailed wholesale categories . The analysis will include backcasting to account for changes in the data series. III. Request for Comments Users of EIA's petroleum marketing information and other interested parties should comment on the proposals outlined above

. The following general guidelines are provided to assist in the preparation of responses. Please be specific In your comments with regard to the proposed modifications. A. Do you use the data proposed for elimination from the publications? (Be specific as to which data you use.) B. For what purpose (s) do you use the slats? Be specific. C. What effect would there be on you if the data were no longer published? D. Are there alternate sources of data? If so : ( 1) How do you use them ; (2) what are their deficiencies ; (3) what are their strengths ; and (4 ) what effect , if any, will the use of the alternative data have on you? E Will the data in the proposed new tables meet your uses for petroleum marketing information? F. Do you have alternative proposals for collecting or for publishing information to aid in the analysis of amended , Public Law 96 -511. which amended Chapter 35 of title 44 United States Code (See 44 U. S. C. 3506(a) and (c)(1). Issued in Washington , DC, December 16, 1993. Issued in Washin gton , DC, December 17, 1993. Christina A. Ervin, Assistant Secretary. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

petroleum marketing issues other than the information proposed in the new tables? Comments submitted in response to this notice will bezonsidered a matter of public record and will be used by EIA to determine whether to continue publishing the data indicated for eletioa. _.. . Statutory Authorities : Section 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as Jay E

. Hakes, Background Administrator

, Energylnformation The Energy Conservation Program for Administration

. Consumer Products (other than IFR Doc

. 93-31375 Filed 12-22

- 43; 8:45 am ). automobiles) was established pursuant aalala CODE 5410-ear to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), Public Law 94

- 163.89 Stat. 917, as amended by the National Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Renewable Energy Public Law 95- 619, 92 Stat . 3266, the

[Case No. 12-0601 Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Declilon and Order Granting a Waiver from the Furnace Test Procedure to Amana Refrigeration, Inc.

AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'. Department of 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 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 Energy. products , including furnaces . The intent of the test procedures is to provide a ACWN : Decision and order. comparable measure of energy consumption that will assist consumers SUMMARY : Notice is given of the in making purchasing decisions. These Decision and Order (Case No

. F-060 test procedures appear at 10 CFR part granting a Waiver to Amana 430, subpart B. Refrigeration, Inc. (Amana) from the The Department amended the existing Department of Energy (DOE) prescribed test procedures by adding 10 test procedure for furnaces . The CFR 430 .27 to create a waiver process. Department is granting Amana its 45 FR 64108 , September 26,1980. Petition for Waiver regarding blower Thereafter, DOE further amended its time delay in calculation of Annual Fuel appliance test procedure waiver process
Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) for its GBI to allow the Assistant Secretary for line of induced draft furnaces

. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Assistant Secretary) to grant an FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Interim Waiver from test procedure

H. Nasser"

, U.S. Department of requirements to manufacturers that have Cyrus peent petitioned D(X for a waiver of such Energy , Office of Energy Efficiency prescribed test procedures . 51 FR 42823, and Renewable Energy, Mail Station November 26, 1986. E13-431 i Forrestal Building .11)00 - The waiver process allcwvs the Independence Avenue

, SW., Assistant Secretary to waive temporarily Washington , DC 20585, (202) 586- test procedures for a particular basic 7140 . model when a petitioner shows that the Eugene Margolis , Esq. U. S. Department basic model contains one or more of Energy , Office of General Counsel , '• design

-characteristics which prevent
Mail Station GG-41, Forrestal testing accord ing to the prescribed test Building

, 1000 Independence Avenue

, procedures or when the prescribed test SW., Washington , DC 20585, (202) procedures may evaluate the basic

586-9507

. model in a manner so unrepresentative of its

-true energy consumption as to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : In provide materially inaccurate accordance with 10 CFR 430.27 (g), comparative data. Waivers generally notice is hereby given of the issuance of remain in effect until final test the Decision and Order as set out below

. procedure amendments become In the Decision and Order, Amana has effective , resolving the problem that is been granted a Waiver for its GBI line the subject of the waiver. ofinduced draft furnaces,-permitting the b th Me Interim e 986 amendment allow the added company touse an siternate

. testxiiethod t to an Interim in determining AFUE. ^' iit Waiver when ft is determined that the applicant will experience economic

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hardship if the Application for Interim GBI line of induced draft furnaces, Waiver is denied, If It appears likely today's Decision and Order exempts that the Petition for Waiver will be Amana from the.existing provisions granted, and/or the Assistant Secretary regarding blower controls and allows determines that it would be desirable for testing with the 30-second delay. public policy reasons to grant immediate relief pending a determination on the Petition for Waiver. An Interim Waiver remains in 060 ) is hereby granted as set forth in effect fora period of 180 days or until paragraph (2) below, subject to the It is, therefore, ordered that: (1) The " Petition for Waiver " filed byAmana Refrigeration, Inc. (Case No. FDOE issues its determination on the. provisions of paragraphs (3), (4), and (5). Petition for Waiver, whichever is (2) Notwithstanding any contrary sooner, and may be extended for an provisions of Appendix N of 10 CFR additional 180 days, if necessary, - part 430, subpart B, Amana Amana filed a "Petition for Waiver," Refrigeration, Inc., shall be permitted to ..dated July 9, 1993, in accordance with test its GBI line of induced draft § 430.27 of 10 CFR part 430, The furnaces on the basis of the test Department published in the Federal procedure specified in 10 CFR part 430, Register on September 29, 1993, with modifications set forth below: Amana's petition and solicited (i) Section 3.0 of Appendix N is comments, data and information deleted and replaced with the following respecting the petition. 58 FR 50906. paragraph: Amana also filed an "Application for 3.0 Test Procedure. Testing and Interim Waiver" under § 430.27(8) measurements shall be as specified in which DOE granted on September 17, section 9 in ANSVASHRAE Standard 1993. 58 FR 50906, September 29, 1993. 103-82 with the exception of sections No comments were received 9.2.2, 9.3.1, and 9.3.2, and the inclusion concerning either the "Petition for of the following additional procedures: Waiver" or the "Interim Waiver." The (ii) Add anew paragraph 3.10 to Department consulted with the Federal Appendix N as follows: Trade Commission (FTC) concerning the 3.10 Gas- and Oil-Fueled Central Amara Petition. The FTC did not have Furnaces. The following paragraph is in any objections to the issuance of the lieu of the requirement specified in waiver to Arcane. section 9.3.1 of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 103-82. After equilibrium Assertions and Determinations conditions are achieved following the Arnana's Petition seeks a waiver from cool-down test and the required the DOE test provisions that require a measurements performed, turn on the 1.5-minute time delay between the furnace and measure the flue gas ignition of the burner and the starting of temperature, using the thermocouple the circulating air blower. Amana grid described above, at 0.5 and 2.5 requests the allowance to test using a 30-second blower time delay when testing its GBI line of induced draft furnaces. Amatia states that since the 30-second delay Is indicative of how 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 these models actually operate. and since indoor air circulating blower, in which such a delay results in an improvement case the burner and blower shall be in efficiency of approximately 0.8 started together; or (2) the furnace is percent, the petition should be granted

, designed to operate using an unvarying Under specific circumstances

, the delay time that is other than 1.5 DOE test procedure contains exceptions minutes, in which case the fan control which allow testin g with blower delay shall be permitted to start the blower; or times of less than the prescribed 1.5- (3) the delay time results in the minute delay. Amana Indicates that it is activation of a temperature safety device unable to take advantage of any of these which shuts off the burner

, in which exceptions for its GBI line of induced case the fan control shall be permitted draft furnaces

. to start the blower. In the latter case, if Since the blower controls the fan control is adjustable

, set it to incorporated on the Amana furnaces are start the blower at the highest designed to impose a 30-second blower temperature

. If the fan control is delay In every instance of start up

, and permitted to start the blower, measure since the current provisions do not time delay , ( t-), using

. a stopwatch. specifically address this type of control

, Record the measured temperatures. DOE agrees that a waiver should be During the heat-up test for oil-fueled granted to allow the 30^second blower furnaces, maintain the draft in the flue time delay when testing the Amana GBI pipe within ±0

, 01 Inch of water column line of induced draft furnaces

, of the manufacturer' s recommended onAccordingly

, with regard to testing the period draft. 68131

(iii) With the exception of the modifications set forth above, Amana Refrigeration, Inc. 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 of this Order until DOE prescribes final test procedures appropriate to the GBI line of induced draft furnaces manufactured by Amara Refrigeration, 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 Amana Refrigeration, inc. on September 17,1993. 58 FR 50906, September 29, 1993 (Case No. F-060).
Issued in Washington, DC, December 17, 1993. Christine A. Ervin, Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 93-31376 Filed 12-22-93; 8:45 am] BILUNC CODE s -a1-'

[Case No

. F-.o61]
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products : Decision and Order Granting a Waiver From the Furnace Test Procedure to Carrier Corp.

AGENCY : Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE.
ACTION : Decision and order.

SUMMARY : Notice is given of the Decision and Order (Case No. F-061) granting a Waiver to Carrier Corporation (Carrier) from the existing Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure for furnaces. The Department is granting Carrier its Petition for Waiver regarding blower time delay in calculation of Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) for its 58TUA/330AAV and 58TMA/331AAV lines of induced draft furnaces.

FOR FUP.THE i 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,