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Additionally, Whirlpool will suffer 

significant economic hardship and 

competitive disadvantage if this Interim 

Waiver Application is not granted and 

there are strong public policy 

justifications to issue an Interim Waiver 

to help promote uniform interpretation 

and application of the Test Procedure to 

dishwashers with water softeners. As 

discussed above, if this Interim Waiver 

is not granted, there will be significant 

uncertainty in how to measure water 

consumption for dishwashers with 

water softeners. This will cause 

economic hardship and competitive 

disadvantage for Whirlpool. There are 

long lead times and significant expenses 

associated with the design and 

manufacture of dishwashers. 

Compliance with federally mandated 

energy consumption standards and 

ENERGY STAR criteria is a critical 

design factor for dishwashers. Any 

delay in obtaining clarity on this issue 

will cause Whirlpool economic 

hardship and competitive disadvantage. 

7. Manufacturers of Similar Products 

and Affected Manufacturers. 

We believe that at least two 

dishwasher manufacturers, BSH Home 

Appliances Corp. (Bosch-Siemens 

Hausgerate GmbH) and Miele Inc., are 

currently selling in the U.S. 

dishwashers with an integrated water 

softener. 

The manufacturers that sell 

dishwashers in the United States 

include ASKO Appliances, Inc., BSH 

Home Appliances Corp. (Bosch-Siemens 

Hausgerate GmbH), Electrolux North 

America, Inc., Fisher & Paykel 

Appliances, GE Appliances and 

Lighting, Haier America, Indesit 

Company Sa, LG Electronics USA, 

Miele, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., 

and Viking Range Corporation. The 

Association of Home Appliances 

Manufacturers is also generally 

interested in energy efficiency 

requirements for appliances, including 

dishwashers. Whirlpool will notify all 

these entities as set forth in the 

Department’s rules and provide them 

with a version of this Amended Petition 

and Application. 

8. Conclusion. 

Whirlpool respectfully submits that 

by granting this Amended Waiver 

Petition and Application for Interim 

Waiver, the Department will ensure that 

advancements in technology and 

consumer beneficial innovations are not 

hindered by regulations, and that 

similar products are tested and rated for 

energy consumption on a comparable 

basis. This waiver should continue until 

the Test Procedure can be formally 

amended to exclude the water and 

energy consumed during a water 

softener regeneration operation. 

Whirlpool certifies that all 

manufacturers of domestically marketed 

dishwashers identified above have been 

notified by letter of this Amended 

Petition and application. Copies of such 

letter and related certification are 

attached hereto. 

Sincerely, 

/s/J.B. Hoyt 

lllllllllllllllllll

J.B. Hoyt 

Director, Government Relations 

Whirlpool Corporation 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0911; FRL–9176–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Mobile Air Conditioner 

Retrofitting Program (Renewal); EPA 

ICR No. 1774.05, OMB Control No. 

2060–0350 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0911 to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yaidi Cancel, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Mail Code 6205J, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9512; fax 

number: (202) 343–2338; e-mail address: 

Cancel.Yaidi@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On February 22, 2010 (75 FR 7584), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2009–0911, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Air Docket is 202–566– 

1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Mobile Air Conditioner 

Retrofitting Program (Renewal) 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1774.05, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0350. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on July 31, 2010. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. An Agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

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currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and are displayed either by publication 

in the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: EPA’s Significant New 

Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program 

implements Section 612 of the 1990 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments 

which authorized the Agency to 

establish regulatory requirements to 

ensure that ozone-depleting substances 

(ODS) are replaced by alternatives that 

reduce overall risks to human health 

and the environment, and to promote an 

expedited transition to safe substitutes. 

To promote this transition, CAA 

specified that EPA establish an 

information clearinghouse of available 

alternatives, and coordinate with other 

Federal agencies and the public on 

research, procurement practices, and 

information and technology transfers. 

Since the program’s inception in 

1994, SNAP has reviewed over 400 new 

chemicals and alternative 

manufacturing processes for a wide 

range of consumer, industrial, space 

exploration, and national security 

applications. Roughly 90% of 

alternatives submitted to EPA for review 

have been listed as acceptable for a 

specific use, typically with some 

condition or limit to minimize risks to 

human health and the environment. 

Regulations promulgated under SNAP 

require that Motor Vehicle Air 

Conditioners (MVACs) retrofitted to use 

a SNAP substitute refrigerant include 

basic information on a label to be 

affixed to the MVAC. The label includes 

the name of the substitute refrigerant, 

when and by whom the retrofit was 

performed, environmental and safety 

information about the substitute 

refrigerant, and other information. This 

information is needed so that 

subsequent technicians working on the 

MVAC will be able to service the 

equipment properly, decreasing the 

likelihood of significant refrigerant 

cross-contamination and potential 

failure of air conditioning systems and 

recovery/recycling equipment. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5 minutes per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: new 

and used car dealers, gas service 

stations, top and body repair shops, 

general automotive repair shops, 

automotive repair shops not elsewhere 

classified, including air conditioning 

and radiator specialty shops. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,500. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$106,833, includes $105,000 in labor 

costs and $1,833 in annualized capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 26,278 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is because the 

number of cars that could be retrofitted 

to use a SNAP substitute refrigerant is 

decreasing significantly. New cars sold 

before 1994 contain CFC–12 air 

conditioning systems and the number of 

those cars in operation has decreased 

since this last ICR renewal. (New cars 

sold after 1994 contain a SNAP 

substitute refrigerant and do not need to 

be retrofitted.) With fewer CFC–12 

MVACs on the road (pre-1994 cars), 

there will be fewer retrofits to new 

SNAP approved refrigerants and subject 

to this ICR. 

Dated: July 9, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0544; FRL–9176–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Stationary 

Combustion Turbines (Renewal), EPA 

ICR Number 1967.04, OMB Control 

Number 2060–0540 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2009–0544, to: (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by e-mail to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code: 2223A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–7021; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

marshall.robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38005), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 


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