EE-RM-93-501 COMMENT 117

Tuesday 

February 24, 1998 

Part IV 

Department of 

Energy 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

10 CFR Part 430 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Test Procedures for 

Furnaces and Boilers; Final Rule 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

10 CFR Part 430 

[Docket No. EE-RM-93-501] 

RIN No. 1904-AA45 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Test Procedures 

for Furnaces and Boilers 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(the Department or DOE) adopts as a 

Final Rule an Interim Final rule. 

published on October 14. 1997. in 

which DOE amended a provision of its 

recently promulgated final rule that 

prescribed revised test procedures to 

determine the energy efficiency of 

furnaces and boilers. Under the 

amendment. the test procedures will 

provide that the flue collector box on a 

furnace or boiler with a power burner or 

draft inducer need not be insulated 

before the start of the cool-down test. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: This rule was effective 

November 10. 1997. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cyrus H. Nasseri. U.S. Department of 

Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. Mail Station EE-43. 

Forrestal Building. 1000 Independence 

Avenue. SW. Washington. DC 20585-

0121, (202) 586-9138. or Edward Levy. 

Esq .. U.S. Department of Energy. Office 

of General Counsel. Mail Station GC-72. 

Forrestal Building. 1000 Independence 

Avenue. SW. Washington. DC 20585-

0103. (202) 586-9507. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On August 23.1993. DOE published 

in the Federal Register a proposal to 

amend the DOE test procedures for 

furnaces and boilers (58 FR 44538). On 

May 12. 1997. after review and 

evaluation of the comments received. 

DOE published in the Federal Register 

a final rule amending the furnace test 

procedure (62 FR 26140). 

After the publication of the 1997 final 

rule. the Gas Appliance Manufacturers 

Association (GAMA) contacted the 

Department and asserted that the 

adoption in the DOE test procedures of 

a requirement to insulate the flue gas 

collector box of a power burner unit 

before the cool-down and heat-up tests 

will reduce the Annual Fuel Utilization 

Efficiency (AFUE) of many furnaces and 

boilers. GAMA stated that for some 

units the reduced AFUE would be 

below the minimum standard. while for 

others it would be below the qualifying 

levels for many utility rebate programs. 

The Department published an Interim 

Final Rule on October 14. 1997 (62 FR 

53507) deleting from its recently 

adopted test procedure for furnaces and 

boilers the insulation reqUirement for 

power burner units. Since no comments 

were received following publication of 

the Interim Final Rule. this rule is 

adopted as final without change. 

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430 

Administrative practice and 

procedure. Energy conservation. 

Household appliances. Incorporation by 

reference. 

Issued in Washington. DC. on January 22. 

1998. 

Dan W. Reicher, 

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

PART 43O-ENERGY CONSERVATION 

PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER 

PRODUCTS 

Accordingly. the interim final rule 

amending 10 CFR part 430 which was 

published at 62 FR 53507 on October 

14. 1997. is adopted as a final rule 

without change. 

[FR Doc. 98-4646 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 amI 

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