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[FR Doc. 2011–28515 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting: 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On October 28, 2011, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a notice of open meeting announcing a 

meeting on November 14, 2011, of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho National 

Laboratory (76 FR 66917). This 

document makes a correction to that 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS– 

1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Phone 

(208) 526–6518; Fax (208) 526–8789 or 

email: pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the 

Board’s Internet home page at: http:// 

inlcab.energy.gov/. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of October 28, 

2011, in FR Doc. 2011–27921, on page 

66917, please make the following 

correction: 

In that notice under DATES, second 

column, second paragraph, the meeting 

date was incorrectly stated as Tuesday, 

November 14, 2011. The statement 

should be changed to Tuesday, 

November 15, 2011. 


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68180 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 213 / Thursday, November 3, 2011 / Notices 

1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

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

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 28, 

2011. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28503 Filed 11–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. VHE–001] 

Publication of the Petition for Waiver 

From Empire Comfort Systems From 

the Department of Energy Vented 

Home Heating Equipment Test 

Procedure 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Petition for Waiver 

and Request for Public Comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of and publishes the Empire Comfort 

Systems Inc. (Empire) petition for 

waiver (hereafter, ‘‘petition’’) from the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test 

procedure for determining the energy 

consumption of vented home heating 

equipment. The waiver request pertains 

to certain basic models of Empire’s 

condensing type direct heaters. In its 

petition, Empire provides an alternate 

test procedure, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 

103–1993,‘‘Method of Testing for AFUE 

of Residential Central Furnaces and 

Boilers.’’ The alternate procedure omits 

those sections of ANSI/ASHRAE 103– 

1993 that do not apply to condensing 

type direct heaters. DOE solicits 

comments, data, and information 

concerning Empire’s petition and the 

suggested alternate test procedure. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information with respect to the 

Empire Petition until, but no later than 

December 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by case number ‘‘VHE–001,’’ 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: 

AS_Waiver_Requests@ee.doe.gov. 

Include the case number [Case No. 

VHE–001] in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J/ 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please 

submit one signed original paper copy. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Please submit 

one signed original paper copy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

review the background documents 

relevant to this matter, you may visit the 

U.S. Department of Energy, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW., (Resource Room of the 

Building Technologies Program), 

Washington, DC, 20024; (202) 586–2945, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Available documents include the 

following items: (1) This notice; (2) 

public comments received; (3) the 

petition for waiver; and (4) prior DOE 

rulemakings regarding similar 

refrigerator-freezers. Please call Ms. 

Brenda Edwards at the above telephone 

number for additional information 

regarding visiting the Resource Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mail Stop EE–2J, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9611. Email: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7796. Email: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III, Part B of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Public Law 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 vented 

home heating equipment that is 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 the energy efficiency, 

energy use, or estimated annual 

operating costs of a covered product, 

and that are not unduly burdensome to 

conduct. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The test 

procedure for vented home heating 

equipment is contained in 10 CFR part 

430, subpart B, appendix O. 

DOE’s regulations for covered 

products contain provisions allowing a 

person to seek a waiver for a particular 

basic model from the test procedure 

requirements 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. 10 CFR 

430.27(b)(1)(iii). 

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). 

II. Petition for Waiver of Test Procedure 

On July 21, 2011, Empire filed a 

petition for waiver for new condensing 

type direct heater models from the test 

procedure applicable to vented home 

heating equipment set forth in 10 CFR 

part 430, Subpart B, Appendix O. 

Empire is designing direct heaters that 

incorporate condensing features. In its 

petition, Empire seeks a waiver from the 

existing DOE test procedure applicable 

to its Mantis vented gas fireplace 

systems under 10 CFR part 430 because 

the existing test procedure does not 

account for condensing type heating 

equipment. Therefore, Empire has asked 

to use an alternate test procedure, ANSI/ 

ASHRAE Standard 103–1993, ‘‘Method 

of Testing for AFUE of Residential 

Central Furnaces and Boilers,’’ omitting 

those sections that cover air temperature 

rise and static pressure, which cannot 

be applied to condensing type heating 

equipment. Empire did not request an 

interim waiver pursuant to 10 CFR 

430.27(a)(2). 

III. Summary and Request for 

Comments 

Through today’s notice, DOE 

announces receipt of Empire’s petition 

for waiver from the DOE test procedure. 

DOE publishes Empire’s petition for 

waiver pursuant to 10 CFR 


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