Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 59 / Thursday, March 27, 1997 / Notices 14675

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on March 12,

1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX—BLANKET IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order No. Date issued Importer/exporter FE Docket No.

Two-year maximum

Comments Import volume

Export

volume

836–B ...... 02/06/97 Energy Source, Inc.; 93–82–NG ................. Administrative change.

1248 ........ 02/12/97 Big Sky Gas Marketing Corporation; 97–

15–NG.

44 Bcf 44 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada.

1249 ........ 02/12/97 Stampeder Energy (U.S.); 97–12–NG ........

94–22–NG ...................................................

100 Bcf

10 Bcf LNG

100 Bcf Import/export from and to Canada and

Mexico.

1250 ........ 02/12/97 Sonat Marketing Company L.P.; 97–11–NG 100 Bcf Import from Canada.

940–A ...... 02/13/97 EPEM Marketing Company; 94–13–NG ..... Name change.

1159–A .... 02/13/97 EPEM Marketing Company; 96–16–NG ..... Name change.

1138–A .... 02/13/97 EPEM Marketing Company; 95–122–NG ... Name change.

1251 ........ 02/13/97 Cabot Oil & Gas Marketing Corporation;

97–18–NG.

10 Bcf Import from Canada.

1252 ........ 02/13/97 Petro-Canada HydroCarbons Inc.; 97–13–

NG.

300 Bcf Import from Canada.

1255 ........ 02/14/97 Eagle Gas Marketing LLC; 97–14–NG ....... 25 Bcf 25 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada.

1256 ........ 02/20/97 UMC Petroleum Corporation; 97–16–NG ... 44 Bcf 44 Bcf Import and export from ano Canada.

1257 ........ 02/21/97 Boundary Gas, Inc.; 97–21–NG .................. (1) 67.5 Bcf Import/export combined total from and to

Canada.

1258 ........ 02/21/97 Canwest Gas Supply U.S.A., Inc.; 97–19–

NG.

(1) 400 Bcf Import/export combined total from and to

Canada.

1259 ........ 02/26/97 Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited

Partnership; 93–81–NG.

Vacated Vacated.

97–17–NG ................................................... 200 Bcf Import/export combined total from and to

Canada.

[FR Doc. 97–7791 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

[FE Docket No. 97–20–NG]

Enron Capital & Trade Resources

Corp.; Order Granting Long-Term

Authorization to Import Natural Gas

From Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of order.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued an order granting

Enron Capitol & Trade Resources Corp.

(ECT) long-term authorization to import

up to 15,400 MMcf of natural gas per

day from Canada commencing

November 1, 1997, and terminating

November 1, 2007. The natural gas shall

be imported under a supply

arrangement with Enron Capital & Trade

Resources Canada Corp. This natural gas

may be imported at any point on the

border of the United States and Canada.

This order is available for inspection

and copying in the Office of Natural Gas

& Petroleum Import and Export

Activities docket room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The docket room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., March 20,

1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–7793 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

[FE Docket No. 97–23–NG]

Stone Consolidated Corporation;

Order Granting Long-Term

Authorization to Import and Export

Natural Gas From and to Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Order.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of

the Department of Energy gives notice

that it has issued an order granting

Stone Consolidated Corporation (Stone

Consolidated) long-term authorization

to import and export up to 1095 MMcf

of natural gas annually from Canada

commencing on the first day of the

month after approval of the

authorization and continuing through

October 31, 2002. The natural gas will

be imported and exported under a

supply arrangement with TransCanada

Gas Services Limited. This natural gas

may be imported at Warroad,

Minnesota/Sprague, Manitoba and

exported at Baudette, Minnesota/Rainy

River, Ontario, or any other points on

the border of the United States and

Canada.

This order is available for inspection

and copying in the Office of Natural Gas

& Petroleum Import and Export

Activities docket room, 3F–056,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The docket room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.
14676 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 59 / Thursday, March 27, 1997 / Notices

Issued in Washington, D.C., March 20,

1997.

Wayne E. Peters,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–7792 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[Case No. F–088]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Decision and

Order Granting a Waiver From the

Furnace Test Procedure to Nordyne

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Decision and Order.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the

Decision and Order (Case No. F–088)

granting a Waiver to Nordyne from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) test procedure for furnaces.

The Department is granting Nordyne’s

Petition for Waiver regarding blower

time delay in calculation of Annual Fuel

Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) for its

G5RD and G5RL series furnaces.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station EE–431,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–

0121, (202) 586–9138 or Mr. Eugene

Margolis, 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: In

accordance with 10 CFR 430.27(j),

notice is hereby given of the issuance of

the Decision and Order as set out below.

In the Decision and Order, Nordyne has

been granted a Waiver for its G5RD and

G5RL series furnaces permitting the

company to use an alternate test method

in determining AFUE.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 19,

1997.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

Decision and Order—Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

In the Matter of: Nordyne (Case No. F–088).

Background

The Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, Public Law 94–163, 89 Stat. 917, as

amended (EPCA), 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.

The Department amended the

prescribed test procedures by adding 10

CFR 430.27 to create a waiver process.

45 FR 64108, September 26, 1980.

Thereafter, DOE further amended its

appliance test procedure waiver process

to allow the Assistant Secretary for

Energy Efficiency 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.

Nordyne filed a ‘‘Petition for Waiver,’’

dated September 6, 1996, in accordance

with section 430.27 of 10 CFR Part 430.

The Department published in the

Federal Register on October 22, 1996,

Nordyne’s Petition and solicited

comments, data and information

respecting the Petition. 61 FR 54783,

October 22, 1996. Nordyne also filed an

‘‘Application for Interim Waiver’’ under

section 430.27(b)(2), which DOE granted

on October 15, 1996. 61 FR 54783,

October 22, 1996.

No comments were received

concerning either the ‘‘Petition for

Waiver’’ or the ‘‘Application for Interim

Waiver.’’ The Department consulted

with The Federal Trade Commission

(FTC) concerning the Nordyne Petition.

The FTC did not have any objections to

the issuance of the waiver to Nordyne.

Assertions and Determinations

Nordyne’s Petition seeks a waiver

from the DOE test provisions that

require a 1.5-minute time delay between

the ignition of the burner and the

starting of the circulating air blower.

Nordyne requests the allowance to test

using a 30-second blower time delay

when testing its G5RD and G5RL series

furnaces. Nordyne states that since the

30-second delay is indicative of how

these models actually operate, and since

such a delay results in an improvement

in AFUE of approximately 2.0 percent,

the Petition should be granted.

Under specific circumstances, the

DOE test procedure contains exceptions

which allow testing with blower delay

times of less than the prescribed 1.5-

minute delay. Nordyne indicates that it

is unable to take advantage of any of

these exceptions for its G5RD and G5RL

series furnaces.

Since the blower controls

incorporated on the Nordyne furnaces

are designed to impose a 30-second

blower delay in every instance of start

up, and since the current test procedure

provisions do not specifically address

this type of control, DOE agrees that a

waiver should be granted to allow the

30-second blower time delay when

testing the Nordyne G5RD and G5RL

series furnaces. Accordingly, with

regard to testing the G5RD and G5RL

series furnaces, today’s Decision and

Order exempts Nordyne from the

existing test procedure provisions

regarding blower controls and allows

testing with the 30-second delay.

It is, therefore, ordered That:

(1) The ‘‘Petition for Waiver’’ filed by

Nordyne (Case No. F–088) is hereby

granted as set forth in paragraph (2)

below, subject to the provisions of

paragraphs (3), (4), and (5).

(2) Notwithstanding any contrary

provisions of Appendix N of 10 CFR

Part 430, Subpart B, Nordyne shall be

permitted to test its G5RD and G5RL

series furnaces on the basis of the test

procedure specified in 10 CFR Part 430,

with modifications set forth below:

(I) Section 3.0 of 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 Standard

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 to

Appendix N as follows:

3.10 Gas-and Oil-Fueled Central

Furnaces. The following paragraph is in