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5.2.1.4 of appendix A1, with the 

following: 

5.2.1.4 Dual Compressor Systems 

with Automatic Defrost (i=1 is mono, 

i=2 is dual). The two-part test method in 

section 4.2.1 must be used, and the 

energy consumption in kilowatt-hours 

per day shall be calculated equivalent 

to: 

Where: 

1440 = number of minutes in a day 

ET is the test cycle energy (kWh/day); 

i is a variable that can equal to 1, 2 or more 

that identifies the distinct defrost cycle 

types applicable for the refrigerator or 

refrigerator-freezer; 

D is the total number of distinct defrost cycle 

types; 

EP1 is the dual compressor energy expended 

during the first part of the test (it is 

calculated for a whole number of freezer 

compressor cycles at least 24 hours in 

duration and may be the summation of 

several running periods that do not 

include any precool, defrost, or recovery 

periods); 

T1 is the length of time for EP1 (minutes); 

EP2i is the total energy consumed during the 

second (defrost) part of the test being 

conducted for compartment i. (kWh); 

T2i is the length of time (minutes) for the 

second (defrost) part of the test being 

conducted for compartment i. 

CTi is the freezer compressor run time 

between instances of defrost cycle type 

i. CTi for compartment i with long time 

automatic defrost system is calculated as 

per 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix 

A1 clause 5.2.1.2. CTi for compartment 

i with variable defrost system is 

calculated as per 10 CFR part 430 

subpart B appendix A1 clause 5.2.1.3. 

(hours rounded to the nearest tenth of an 

hour). 

Stabilization 

The test shall start after a minimum 

24 hours stabilization run for each 

temperature control setting. 

Steady State for EP1 

The temperature average for the first 

and last compressor cycle of the test 

period must be within 1.0 [degrees] F 

(0.6 [degrees] C) of the test period 

temperature average for each 

compartment. Make this determination 

for the fresh food compartment for the 

fresh food compressor cycles closest to 

the start and end of the test period. If 

multiple segments are used for test 

period 1, each segment must comply 

with above requirement. 

Steady State for EP2i 

The second (defrost) part of the test 

must be preceded and followed by 

regular compressor cycles. The 

temperature average for the first and last 

compressor cycle of the test period must 

be within 1.0 [degrees] F (0.6 [degrees] 

C) of the EP1 test period temperature 

average for each compartment. 

Test Period for EP2i, T2i 

EP2i includes precool, defrost, and 

recovery time for compartment i, as well 

as sufficient dual compressor steady 

state run cycles to allow T2i to be at 

least 24 hours. The test period shall start 

at the end of a regular freezer 

compressor on-cycle after the previous 

defrost occurrence (refrigerator or 

freezer). The test period also includes 

the target defrost and following regular 

freezer compressor cycles, ending at the 

end of a regular freezer compressor oncycle before the next defrost occurrence 

(refrigerator or freezer). If the previous 

condition does not meet 24 hours time, 

additional EP1 steady state segment data 

could be included. Steady state run 

cycle data can be utilized in EP1 and 

EP2i. 

Test Measurement Frequency 

Measurements shall be taken at regular 

interval not exceeding 1 minute. 

[End of 5.2.1.4] 

(4) Representations. Samsung may 

make representations about the energy 

use of its refrigerator-freezer products 

for compliance, marketing, or other 

purposes only to the extent that such 

products have been tested in accordance 

with the provisions outlined above and 

such representations fairly disclose the 

results of such testing. 

(5) This waiver shall remain in effect 

consistent with the provisions of 10 CFR 

430.27(m). 

(6) This waiver is issued on the 

condition that the statements, 

representations, and documentary 

materials provided by the petitioner are 

valid. DOE may revoke or modify this 

waiver at any time if it determines the 

factual basis underlying the petition for 

waiver is incorrect, or the results from 

the alternate test procedure are 

unrepresentative of the basic models’ 

true energy consumption characteristics. 

(7) This waiver applies only to those 

basic models set out in Samsung’s 

January 7, 2013 petition for waiver. 

Grant of this waiver does not release a 

petitioner from the certification 

requirements set forth at 10 CFR part 

429. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. RF–025] 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to Samsung From the Department of 

Energy Residential Refrigerator and 

Refrigerator-Freezer Test Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Decision and Order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) gives notice of its decision 

and order in Case No. RF–025 that 

grants to Samsung Electronics America, 

Inc. (Samsung) a waiver from the DOE 

electric refrigerator and refrigeratorfreezer test procedures for specific basic 

models set forth in its petition for 

waiver. In its petition, Samsung 

provides an alternate test procedure that 

is identical to the test procedure DOE 

published in a final rule dated January 

25, 2012 that manufacturers will be 

required to use starting in 2014. Under 

today’s decision and order, Samsung 

shall be required to test and rate these 

refrigerator-freezers using an alternate 

test procedure as adopted in that 

January 2012 final rule, which accounts 

for multiple defrost cycles when 

measuring energy consumption. 

DATES: This Decision and Order is 

effective June 14, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–0371, Email: 

Bryan.Berringer@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 


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1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was re-designated Part A. 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR 430.27(l)), 

DOE gives notice of the issuance of its 

decision and order as set forth below. 

The decision and order grants Samsung 

a waiver from the applicable residential 

refrigerator and refrigerator-freezer test 

procedures in 10 CFR part 430, subpart 

B, appendix A1 for certain basic models 

of refrigerator-freezers with multiple 

defrost cycles, provided that Samsung 

tests and rates such products using the 

alternate test procedure described in 

this notice. Today’s decision prohibits 

Samsung from making representations 

concerning the energy efficiency of 

these products unless the product has 

been tested in a manner consistent with 

the provisions and restrictions in the 

alternate test procedure set forth in the 

decision and order below, and the 

representations fairly disclose the test 

results. 

Distributors, retailers, and private 

labelers are held to the same standard 

when making representations regarding 

the energy efficiency of these products. 

42 U.S.C. 6293(c). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

Decision and Order 

In the Matter of: Samsung Electronics 

America, Inc. (Case No. RF–025) 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III, Part B of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Pub. L. 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309, as 

codified) established the Energy 

Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles, a 

program covering most major household 

appliances, which includes the 

residential electric refrigerators and 

refrigerator-freezers that are the focus of 

this notice.1 Part B includes definitions, 

test procedures, labeling provisions, 

energy conservation standards, and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers. Further, 

Part B authorizes the Secretary of 

Energy to prescribe test procedures that 

are reasonably designed to produce 

results which measure energy 

efficiency, energy use, or estimated 

operating costs, and that are not unduly 

burdensome to conduct. (42 U.S.C. 

6293(b)(3)) The test procedure for 

residential electric refrigerators and 

refrigerator-freezers is set forth in 10 

CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix A1. 

DOE’s regulations for covered 

products contain provisions allowing a 

person to seek a waiver from the test 

procedure requirements for a particular 

basic model for covered consumer 

products when (1) the petitioner’s basic 

model for which the petition for waiver 

was submitted contains one or more 

design characteristics that prevent 

testing according to the prescribed test 

procedure, or (2) when prescribed test 

procedures may evaluate the basic 

model in a manner so unrepresentative 

of its true energy consumption 

characteristics as to provide materially 

inaccurate comparative data. 10 CFR 

430.27(a)(1). Petitioners must include in 

their petition any alternate test 

procedures known to the petitioner to 

evaluate the basic model in a manner 

representative of its energy 

consumption characteristics. 

The Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy (the 

Assistant Secretary) may grant a waiver 

subject to conditions, including 

adherence to alternate test procedures. 

10 CFR 430.27(l). Waivers remain in 

effect pursuant to the provisions of 10 

CFR 430.27(m). 

Any interested person who has 

submitted a petition for waiver may also 

file an application for interim waiver of 

the applicable test procedure 

requirements. 10 CFR 430.27(a)(2). The 

Assistant Secretary will grant an interim 

waiver request if it is determined that 

the applicant will experience economic 

hardship if the 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. 10 CFR 430.27(g). 

II. Samsung’s Petition for Waiver: 

Assertions and Determinations 

On December 11, 2012, Samsung 

submitted a petition for waiver from the 

test procedure applicable to residential 

electric refrigerators and refrigeratorfreezers set forth in 10 CFR part 430, 

subpart B, appendix A1. Samsung is 

designing new refrigerator-freezers that 

incorporate multiple defrost cycles. In 

its petition, Samsung seeks a waiver 

from the existing DOE test procedure 

applicable to refrigerators and 

refrigerator-freezers under 10 CFR part 

430 because the existing test procedure 

does not account for multiple defrost 

cycles. Therefore, Samsung has asked to 

use an alternate test procedure that is 

the same as the test procedure 

provisions for products with long time 

or variable defrost DOE published in a 

final rule (77 FR 3559 (Jan. 25, 2012)). 

On January 27, July 19, and December 

14, 2011, Samsung had submitted 

similar petitions for waiver and requests 

for interim waiver for other basic 

models of refrigerator-freezers that 

incorporate multiple defrost cycles. 

DOE subsequently granted a waiver for 

the products specified in these 

petitions. 77 FR 1474 (Jan. 10, 2012) and 

77 FR 75428 (Dec. 20, 2012). 

Samsung’s petition included an 

alternate test procedure to account for 

the energy consumption of its 

refrigerator-freezer models with 

multiple defrost cycles. The alternate 

test procedure specified by Samsung is 

the same as the test procedure that DOE 

finalized in January 2012. See 77 FR 

3359. Among other things, the notice to 

that final rule addressed comments 

received on the Samsung petitions that 

were the subject of the previous waiver, 

as well as the interim final rule that had 

previously been issued. See 75 FR 

78810 (Dec. 16, 2010). The alternate test 

procedure that Samsung has requested 

permission to use as part of its waiver 

petition is, as with its prior waiver 

petitions noted above, identical to the 

test procedure provisions for products 

with long time or variable defrost DOE 

adopted in the final test procedure rule 

that manufacturers will be required to 

use starting in 2014. 

Because the currently applicable test 

procedure cannot be used to test the 

basic models at issue or would 

otherwise lead to materially inaccurate 

results, DOE previously granted a 

waiver to Samsung for other basic 

models incorporating multiple defrost 

technology. See 77 FR 1474 and 77 FR 

75428. DOE has determined that it is 

desirable to have similar basic models, 

such as those addressed by the Samsung 

petition addressed in this notice, tested 

in a consistent manner and is adopting 

the same approach laid out in its prior 

decision by permitting Samsung to use 

the alternate test procedure specified in 

this Decision and Order. 

III. Consultations with Other Agencies 

DOE consulted with the Federal Trade 

Commission (FTC) staff concerning the 

Samsung petition for waiver. The FTC 

staff did not have any objections to 

granting a waiver to Samsung. 

IV. Conclusion 

After careful consideration of all the 

material that was submitted by Samsung 

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and consultation with the FTC staff, it 

is ordered that: 

(1) The petitions for waiver submitted 

by the Samsung Electronics America, 

Inc. (Case No. RF–025) are hereby 

granted as set forth in the paragraphs in 

this section. 

(2) Samsung shall be required to test 

and rate the following Samsung models 

according to the alternate test procedure 

set forth in paragraph (3) of this section. 

RF31FM*SB** 

RF31FM*DB** 

RF24FS*DB** 

(3) Samsung shall be required to test 

the products listed in paragraph (2) of 

this section according to appendix A1 to 

subpart B of 10 CFR part 430 except that 

the test cycle shall be identical to the 

test procedure provisions for products 

with long-time or variable defrost 

located in section 4.2.1 of appendix A 

to subpart B of 10 CFR part 430, as 

adopted in DOE’s final rule dated 

January 25, 2012 (77 FR 3559). 

(4) Representations. Samsung may 

make representations about the energy 

use of its refrigerator-freezer products 

for compliance, marketing, or other 

purposes only to the extent that such 

products have been tested in accordance 

with the provisions outlined above and 

such representations fairly disclose the 

results of such testing. 

(5) This waiver shall remain in effect 

consistent with the provisions of 10 CFR 

430.27(m). 

(6) This waiver is issued on the 

condition that the statements, 

representations, and documentary 

materials provided by the petitioner are 

valid. DOE may revoke or modify this 

waiver at any time if it determines the 

factual basis underlying the petition for 

waiver is incorrect, or the results from 

the alternate test procedure are 

unrepresentative of the basic models’ 

true energy consumption characteristics. 

(7) This waiver applies only to those 

basic models set out in Samsung’s 

December 11, 2012 petition for waiver. 

Grant of this waiver does not release a 

petitioner from the certification 

requirements set forth at 10 CFR part 

429. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2013. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0275; FRL–9529–9] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; ICR 

Addendum for the Second List of 

Chemicals; Tier 1 Screening of Certain 

Chemicals Under the Endocrine 

Disruptor Screening Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.): ‘‘ICR Addendum for the 

Second List of Chemicals; Tier 1 

Screening of Certain Chemicals Under 

the Endocrine Disruptor Screening 

Program (EDSP)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2488.01, 

OMB Control No. 2070—[new]). This is 

a new ICR that will amend an ICR that 

is currently approved under OMB 

Control No. 2070–0176 (EPA ICR No. 

2249) and that covers the first list of 

chemicals. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection activity and its 

expected burden and costs. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

July 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2013–0275, to (1) EPA 

online using http://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method) or by mail to: 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (28221T), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov (address 

your comments to the OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA). 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

West, (7203M), Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (OSCP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–1656; fax number: (202) 564– 

8482; email address: west.pat@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

EPA received several comments in 

response to its solicitation of comments 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d) in the 

Federal Register issue of November 17, 

2010 (75 FR 70569). The ICR submitted 

to OMB includes EPA’s responses, and 

reflects revisions made in response to 

those comments. Please note that when 

comments were sought in 2010, the 

draft ICR was identified under EPA ICR 

No. 2249.02 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0176, and comments were 

directed to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2007–1081, which had been 

established for the initial ICR related to 

List 1 chemicals. Given the resulting 

confusion in finding documents in that 

docket, EPA has established a new 

docket, which is linked to the old 

docket. 

ICR Status: This is an addendum to an 

existing ICR that is currently approved 

under OMB Control No. 2070–0176 

(EPA ICR No. 2249), covering the first 

list of chemicals screened under the 

EDSP. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor an approved collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. In this case, this 

applies to the activities associated with 

the chemicals on List 1, but not those 

associated with the chemicals on List 2. 

Under the PRA, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

information collection activities 

associated with Tier 1 screening of the 

List 2 Chemicals under EPA’s EDSP. 

List 2 consists of 109 identified 

chemicals, 41 of which are pesticide 

active ingredients (PAIs) and 68 are 

chemicals identified under the Safe 

Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The EDSP 

is established under section 408(p) of 

the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic 

Act (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 346a(p)), which 

requires EPA to develop a chemical 

screening program using appropriate 

validated test systems and other 

scientifically relevant information to 

determine whether certain substances 

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