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Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Taylor Electric Cooperative, Inc., executed under WTU's FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No.1. 

### WTU states that copies of the filing have been sent to the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the affected Docket No. ER91 179-000 the effective date is January 1, 1991.
Comment date. March 20, 1991, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice. 

### with the Commission and are available for public inspection.

Lois D. Ceshell. Secretary. [FR Doc. 91-5857 Filed 3-12-91-,8:45 am]
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### full-requirements wholesale customers. Comment date: March 20, 1991, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice,

14. Central Vermont Public Service Corp.

[Docket No. ER91-131-000j
March o, 1991. Take notice that Central Vermont Public Service Corporation on March 1, 1991 tendered for filing additional information in support of its proposed tariff providing for the sale of short term capacity at market based rates. Central Vermont states that it also has modified its proposed tariff to make affiliates of Central Vermont ineligible for service under that tariff. Central Vermont states that it has made this change in order to eliminate the possibility of abuse of an affiliate relationship. , Comment date: March 20, 1991, in accordance with Standard Paragraph E at the end of this notice.
15. PSI Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. ER91 127--000, ER91 17&-000, and ER91-179-000]
March 6. 1991. Take notice that PSI Energy, Inc., on February 27, 1991, tendered for filing amended Service Schedules to the FERC Filings in Docket Nos. ER91-127-000, ER91-17&400 and ER91-179-000. These amended Service Schedules change the cap language for Interchange Power and Interchange Energy. These Service Schedules are in the Interconnection Agreements with Indiana Michigan Power Company, Consumers Power Company and Louisville Gas and Electric Company. Such change is the result of a request by FERC Staff. Copies of the filing were served on Indiana Michigan Power Company, American Electric Power Service Corporation, the Michigan Public Service Commission, Consumers Power Company, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, the Public Service Commission of Kentucky and the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. PSI has requested that the effective dates, per the original filings, remain unchanged. Per Docket No. ER91-127- 000 the effective date is November 26, 1990, per Docket No. ER91 176-000 the effective date is May 1, 1991 and per Standard Paragraphs
E. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulation Commission. 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington. DC 20426, in accordance with rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). All such motions or protests should be filed on or before the comment date. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make Protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 91-5856 Filed 3-12-91; &45 am)
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[Docket No. 0F90

- 88-000]



### Bristol

- Myers Squibb Co., Inc.; Amendment to Filing

March 4. 1M. On February 20,1991, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Inc. tendered for filing an amendment to its filing in this docket.
The amendment clarifies certain aspects of the thermal energy uses of the proposed cogeneration facility. Any person desiring to be heard or objecting to the granting of qualifying status should, file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with rules 211 and 214 of the Commission' s Rules of Practice and Procedure, All such motions or protests must be filed within 21 days after the date of publication of this notice and must be served on the applicant. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to make Protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a petition to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file 

### Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy

[Case No. F-0281

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Application for Interim Waiver and Petition for Waiver of Furnace Test Procedures from Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc.

AGENCY : Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
SUMMARY : Today's notice publishes a letter granting an Interim Waiver to Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc. (Armstrong) from the existing Department of Energy (DOE) test procedures for furnaces regarding blower time delay for the company's. GRTC series induced draft rooftop furnaces. Today's notice also publishes a "Petition for Waiver" from Armstrong. Armstrong's Petition for Waiver requests DOE to. grant relief from the DOE test procedures relating to the blower time delay specification. Armstrong seeks to test using a blower delay time of 20 seconds for its GRTC induced draft rooftop furnaces instead of the specified 1.5-minutes delaybetween burner on-time and blower ontime. DOE is soliciting comments, data, and information respecting the Petition for Waiver. DATES : DOE will accept comments, data, and information not later than April 12, 1991.
ADDRESSES : Written comments (five copies) and statements shall be sent to: Department of Energy, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, Case No. F-028, Mail Stop CE-90, room 613-025, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW„ Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Conservation andRenewable Energy, Mail Station CE43. Forrestal Building. 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.. Washington. DC 20685, (202) 586-9127. Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail Station GC-41, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

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SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 588-9507.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products (other than automobiles) was established pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), Public Law 94-183, 89 stat. 917, as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Public Law 95-619, 92 stat. 3266, the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA), Public Law 100-12, and the National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 (NAECA 1988), Public Law 100-357, 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. DOE amended the prescribed test procedures by adding 10 CFR 430.27 on September 28, 1980, creating the waiver process (45 FR 84108). Thereafter DOE further amended the appliance test procedure waiver process to allow the Assistant Secretary for Conservation 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. 51 FR 42823, November 26, 1986. 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. The interim waiver provisions, added by the 1986 amendment, allow the Assistant Secretary to grant an interim waiver 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, 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. 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 December 14, 1990, Armstrong filed an Application for an Interim Waiver regarding blower time delay. Armstrong's Application seeks an interim waiver from the DOE test provisions that require a 1.5-minutes time delay between the ignition of the burner and starting of the circulating air blower. Instead, Armstrong requests the allowance to test using a 20-second blower time delay when testing its GRTC induced draft rooftop furnace. Armstrong states that the 20

-second delay is indicative of how these . furnaces actually operate. Such a delay results in an energy savings of approximately 0.6 percent, according to Armstrong. Since current DOE test procedures do not address this variable blower time delay, Armstrong asks that the interim waiver be granted. Previous waivers for this type of timed blower delay control have been granted by DOE to the 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 , and 55 FR 3253, January 31,1990; Trane Company, 54 FR 19226, May 4, 1989, and 55 FR 41589, October 12,1990; Lennox Industries, 54 FR 50525, December 7, 1989; DMO Industries, 55 FR 4004, February 6,1990; Heil-Quaker Corporation, 55 FR 13184, April 9, 1990; Carrier Corporation, 55 FR 13182, April 9,1990; and Amana Refrigeration, Inc., 56 FR 853, January 9, 1991. Thus, it appears likely that the Petition for Waiver will be granted for blower time delay. 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 Armstrong an Interim Waiver for its GRTC series induced draft rooftop furnaces. Pursuant to paragraph (e) of J 430.27 of the Code of Federal Regulations

, the following letter granting the Application for Interim Waiver to Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc. was issued. 

### 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. DOE solicits comments, data, and information respecting the petition. Issued in Washington

, DC, March 4,1991. J. Michael Davis, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy.

March 4,1991.
Mr. Bruce R. Maike Vice President Product Engineering, Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc., 421 Monroe Street, Bellevue, OH 44811
Dear Mr

. Maike: This is in response to your December 14,1990, Application for Interim Waiver and Petition for Waiver from the Department of Energy (DOE) test procedures for furnaces regarding blower time delay for the Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc. (Armstrong ) GRTC series induced draft rooftop furnaces. Previous waivers for timed 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, and 55 FR 3253, January 31,1990; Trane Company, 54 FR 19226, May 4, 1989, and 55 FR 41589, October 12,1990; Lennox Industries, 54 FR 50525

, December 7,1989 ; DMO Industries, 55 FR 4004, February 6,1990; Heil-Quaker Corporation, 55 FR 13184, April 9,1990; Carrier Corporation, 55 FR 13182, April 9, 1990 ; and Amana Refrigeration, Inc., 56 FR 853, January 9, 1991. Armstrong's Application for Interim Waiver does not provide sufficient information to evaluate what if any, economic impact or competitive disadvantage Armstrong will likely experience absent a favorable determination on its application. However, 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, Armstrong's Application for an Interim Waiver from the DOE test procedures for its GRTC series induced draft rooftop furnaces regarding blower time delay is granted. Armstrong shall be permitted to test its line of GRTC series induced draft rooftop 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

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following the cool

- down teat 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 stop watch. Record the measured temperatures. During the heat

-up test for oil-fueled furnaces

, maintain the draft in the flue pipe with ± 0. 01 inch of water guage 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 bar revoked 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. Sincerely, J. Michael Davis, P.E., Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy.
December 14,1990 United States Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585
Gentlemen: This is a petition for waiver and petition for interim waiver submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 430

. 27. Waiver is requested from the Furnace test procedure found at appendix N to subpart B of part 430. The test procedure requires a 1.5 minute delay between burner on and blower on. Armstrong is requesting authorization to use a 20 second delay instead of 1.5 minutes. Armstrong is manufacturing a series of induced draft furnaces which includes the GRTC Series rooftop furnaces used for residential

, commercial

, and industrial installations. Maximum energy efficiency is achieved by fixed timing controls installed in the GRTC aeries that activate the circulating air blower 20 seconds after the burner is on. Under the appendix N procedures , the vent gas temperature climbs at a faster rate than it would with a 20 second blower on time, allowing energy to be lost out the vent system

. This waste of energy would not occur in actual operation

. If this petition is granted, the true blower on time delay would be used in the calculations

. Proposed ASHRAE Standard 103-1988 paragraph 9.5.1.2.2 specifically addresses the use of timed blower operation. The current test procedures do not give Armstrong credit for the energy savings which average approximately 0.6 percentage points on our A

.F.U.E. test results. Current

. prescribed test procedures prohibit Armstrong from taking credit for the saved energy, thus providing inaccurate comparative data. Armstrong has been granted a waiver permitting the 20 second blower on time to be used in efficiency calculations for our Ultra series furnaces ( Case Number

-F-014) dated October 1985. Several other manufacturers of furnaces have been granted a waiver to permit calculations based on timed blower operation. Confidential comparative test data is available to you upon your request. Sincerely, Armstrong Air Conditioning Inc. Bruce R . Maike, Vice President Product Engineering.

[FR Doc. 91-5903 Filed 3-12-91 ; 8:45 am]

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### ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50718 ; FRL-3881-11

Receipt of Notification of Intent to Conduct Small-Scale Field Testing; Genetically Altered Microbial Pesticide

AGENCY : Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION : Notice.


### SUMMARY : This notice announces EPA's receipt of a notification of intent to conduct small-scale field testing of a genetically engineered microbial pesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis strain EG7818, from Ecogen, Inc. of Longhorne, Pennsylvania. EPA has determined that the application may be of regional and national significance. Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), EPA is soliciting public comments on this application.
DATES : Written comments must be received on or before April 12, 1991. ADDRESSES : Comments in triplicate, should bear the docket control number OPP-50718 and be submitted: Public Docket and Freedom of Information Section, Field Operations Division (H7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person bring comments to: Rm. 246, CM #2,1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington. VA. Information submitted in any comment(s) concerning this Notice may 

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be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as "Confidential Business Information" (CBI). Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice to the submitter. Information on the proposed test and all written comments will be available for public inspection in Rm. 246 at the Virginia address given above from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Phil Hutton, Product Manager (PM) 17, Registration Division (H7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone numberRm. 207, CM #2,1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703-557-2690).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Anotification of intent to conduct smallscale field testing pursuant to the EPA's "Statement of Policy; Microbial Products Subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act" of June 26, 1986 (51 FR 23313), has been received from Ecogen, Inc, of Longhorne, PA. The purpose of the proposed testing is to evaluate the efficacy of the Bacillus thuringiensis strain EG7618 at two concentrations of coleopterous toxin protein against Ecogen's Foils bioinsecticide (EPA Reg. No. 55638-10) for the control of the Colorado potato beetle on spring-planted potatoes in Pennsylvania and Virginia. A total of 0.178 acres will be treated. Strain EG7618 is a recombinant Bacillus thuringiensis strain derived using the Bacillus thuringiensis strain EG2424, the active ingredient in Ecogen's Foils bioinsecticide product. Following the review of the Ecogen, Inc. application and any comments received in response to this Notice, EPA will decide whether or not an experimental use permit is required.

Dated: March 4, IM,
Anne E. Lindsay,
Director , Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc

. 91-5872 Filed 3-12-91; 8:45 am]

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