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### Re: Samsung's Petition for Waiver and Application for Interim Waive.', Clothes Washe.' s D ea r Assi s tant S e cr e tary Kelly : Samsun g E lec tronic s Am e rica , on b e ha lf of Samsung E lectro nic s Co

. (Sam s un g ) , res p ec tfull y s ubmit s thi s p e tition for Int e rim Waiver a nd Application for Waiver to the D e partm e nt of E ne rgy (DO E ) [or it s m a nuf ac tur e d cloth es wash e rs. Samsung manufactur es for it s own brand a nd for O E M br a nd , Ke nm ore. Th e 10 C FR 4 3 1.401(a)(1) a llow s a person to s ubmit a p e tition to waiv e for a p a rti c ul a r basic mod e l a n y re quirem e nt s of §430.23 upon th e gro und s th a t the basic mod e l co nt ai ns on e or mor e d es ig n c ha rac te ristics which e ith e r prevent testing of the basic mod e l accor din g to the presc ribe d test proc e dur es, o r th e pr esc rib e d test procedur es m ay e valuate the b as ic mod e l in a mann e r so unr e prese nt a tiv e of it s tru e e ne rg y consumption c har acter i st ics as to provid e m aterially in acc ur ate co mp arat ive data. Additionally , 10 CF R Part 430.27(b)(2) a llow s a n app li cant to re qu es t an In ter im W a iv e r if eco n o mi c hards hip and / o r co mp e titive di sa dv a nt age is lik e ly to re s ult absent a f avorab l e d e te rmin a tion o n th e Application for Inte rim Waiver. 

### Reasoning In ord e r to m ee t curre nt market d e m a nd s , Samsung d es i g n ed and will b e m arket in g cloth es wash e rs with ca p ac iti es g rea ter than 3.8 c ubi c fe e t. Samsung ex p ects th at th e m a jorit y of Sa m s un g clothes was he rs will b e g rea te r th a n 3

. 8 c ubi c fee t in capacit y. The current tes t proce dure, App e ndi x 11 to Subpart B o f Part 430 , T abl e 5. 1 , doe s not contain load s izes for capacities grea ter th a n 3.8 c ubi c fe e t, pr eve ntin g Sa m s un g from appropr i ate l y testing clothes washer mod e ls with ca pacit y g rea te r th a n 3.8 c ubi c f ee t. Th e D e partm e nt rec ogniz e d thi s tes t m et hod defici e ncy in th e Int e rim Wai ve rs g rant e d to E lec trolux ( 76 FR 11440) , LG ( 7 6 FR 11 233) , Whirlpool (75 FR 69653), General E lec tric (75 FR 76968 ) , a nd Samsung (76 FR 21881)

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### Conclusion

a m s un g res p ec tfull y re qu es ts that DO E gra nt S a m s un g a W a iv e r and Inte rim W a ive r , a ll ow in g Sam s un g to u se th e a lt e rn a te ex pand e d T ab le 5.1 of Appendix] 1 th a t a pp ea r s in DO E ' s c lot hes w as he r tes t proc e dure NOPR (75 FR 57556 , S e pte mb e r 2 1 ,2 010). In s umm a ry, thi s re qu e t for W a iv e r a nd Int e rim W a ive r a pprov a ls i s for m ode ls noted b e low a nd is b ase d up o n th e g round s t ha t: 1. C urr e nt tes t m e thod for clothes was he rs do not a ll ow tes ting of cloth es wa s he rs w ith g reate r than 3.8 c ubi c fee t ca p ac ity . 2. DOE h as a lr ea dy g ra nt ed Samsung a n Int e rim W a ive r in 75 F R 57937, p e r th e a lt e rn ate Tabl e 5. 1 , for s imil ar m ode ls. Br a nd M ode l N a m e Sam s un g WA456D * HD ** Sam s ung WA4 22 P * HD ** Samsung WA 400 P * HD ** Samsung WF457A * GS ** Sam s un g W F455A * GS ** Sa m s un g W F4 0 5A* PA ** K e nm ore 592

-4919* K e nm ore 592-49 00 * 

### Affected Pers on s Prim a ril y affecte d p e rso ns in th e cloth es was he rs catego ry includ e A lli a nce L a undr y Sys te m s, LLC , Arce lik A.S

. , ASL P App li a nces, In c., BSH H o m e Appliances Co rp ., E lec trolux H o m e Produ cts , Fagor America , F is h e r & Payk e l App li a n ces, In c. , GE Appliances , H a ie r Am e rica Tr a din g , LLC. , Ind es it , LG E lec tronic s USA, In c . , Mi e le Appliances , In c . , P a naso ni c Co rp o rat io n , a nd Whirlpool Co rp o rat io n. Sams un g w ill not if y a ll these e ntiti es as req uire d by th e Dep a rtm e n t's rul e a nd provid e th e m w ith a ve rs io n of thi s Pe titi o n . A copy was a lso provid e d to the As soc iat io n of H o me App li a nce M a nu fact ur e rs (A HAM ). Pl ease fee l free to co nt ac t m e if yo u have a n y qu es tions rega rdin g this Pe titi o n for W a i ver a nd App li cat io n for In ter im W a iv e r. I wi ll b e h appy to di sc u ss s ho uld a n y qu es tion s ar ise. S in ce re l y,

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