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Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate, (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Gun-Free Schools Act Report’.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs and LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 57.

Burden Hours: 456.

Abstract: The Gun-Free Schools Act

(GFSA) requires each State to provide

annual reports to the Secretary

concerning implementation of the Act’s

requirements regarding expulsions from

schools resulting from weapons

violations. The GFSA requires the

Secretary to report to Congress if any

State is not in compliance with the

GFSA, and requires the Secretary to

collect data on the incidence of children

with disabilities and violent behaviors.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[Case No. F–085]

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Decision and

Order Granting a Waiver From the

Furnace Test Procedure to Inter-City

Products Corporation

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–085)

granting a Waiver to Inter-City Products

Corporation (Inter-City) from the

existing Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) test procedure for furnaces.

The Department is granting Inter-City’s

Petition for Waiver regarding blower

time delay in calculation of Annual Fuel

Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) for its

NUGM, NUG9, NCGM, GUK, GUM and

GCK series furnaces.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

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, Inter-City has

been granted a Waiver for its NUGM,

NUG9, NCGM, GUK, GUM and GCK

series furnaces permitting the company

to use an alternate test method in

determining AFUE.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23,

1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

Decision and Order

In the matter of: Inter-City Products

Corporation.

[Case No. F–085]

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.

Inter-City filed a ‘‘Petition for

Waiver,’’ dated January 8, 1996, in

accordance with section 430.27 of 10

CFR Part 430. The Department

published in the Federal Register on

March 19, 1996, Inter-City’s Petition and

solicited comments, data and

information respecting the Petition. 61

FR 11199, March 19, 1996. Inter-City

also filed an ‘‘Application for Interim

Waiver’’ under section 430.27(b)(2),

which DOE granted on March 7, 1996.

61 FR 11199, March 19, 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 Inter-City Petition.

The FTC did not have any objections to

the issuance of the waiver to Inter-City.

Assertions and Determinations

Inter-City’s Petition seeks a waiver

from the DOE test provisions that
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require a 1.5-minute time delay between

the ignition of the burner and the

starting of the circulating air blower.

Inter-City requests the allowance to test

using a 30-second blower time delay

when testing its NUGM, NUG9, NCGM,

GUK, GUM and GCK series furnaces.

Inter-City 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

an average 0.4 to 0.6 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. Inter-City indicates that it

is unable to take advantage of any of

these exceptions for its NUGM, NUG9,

NCGM, GUK, GUM and GCK series

furnaces.

Since the blower controls

incorporated on the Inter-City 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 Inter-City NUGM, NUG9,

NCGM, GUK, GUM and GCK series

furnaces. Accordingly, with regard to

testing the NUGM, NUG9, NCGM, GUK,

GUM and GCK series furnaces, today’s

Decision and Order exempts Inter-City

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

Inter-City Products Corporation (Case

No. F–085) 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, Inter-City Products

Corporation, shall be permitted to test

its NUGM, NUG9, NCGM, GUK, GUM

and GCK 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

lieu of the requirement specified in

section 9.3.1 of ANSI/ASHRAE

Standard 103–82. After equilibrium

conditions are achieved following the

cool-down test 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 circulating 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 stopwatch.

Record the measured temperatures.

During the heat-up test for oil-fueled

furnaces, maintain the draft in the flue

pipe within ±0.01 inch of water column

of the manufacturer’s recommended onperiod draft.

(iii) With the exception of the

modifications set forth above, Inter-City

Products Corporation shall comply in

all respects with the test procedures

specified in Appendix N of 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B.

(3) The Waiver shall remain in effect

from the date of issuance of this Order

until DOE prescribes final test

procedures appropriate to the NUGM,

NUG9, NCGM, GUK, GUM and GCK

series furnaces manufactured by InterCity Products Corporation.

(4) This Waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements,

allegations, and documentary materials

submitted by the petitioner. This Waiver

may be revoked or modified at any time

upon a determination that the factual

basis underlying the Petition is

incorrect.

(5) Effective May 23, 1996, this

Waiver supersedes the Interim Waiver

granted Inter-City Products Corporation

on March 7, 1996. 61 FR 11199, March

19, 1996 (Case No. F–085).

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23,

1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

State Energy Program Special Projects

Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: As part of the new

consolidated State Energy Program

(SEP) being implemented for fiscal year

1996, the Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy is announcing

the availability of financial assistance to

States for a group of special project

activities. Funding is being provided by

a number of end-use sector programs in

the Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, such as Climate

Wise, Clean Cities, Rebuild America,

Motor Challenge, Building Codes and

Standards, and State Alternative Fuel

Transportation efforts. States may apply

to undertake any of the projects being

offered by these programs. States will

carry out their selected projects in

conjunction with their efforts under

SEP.

The projects must meet the relevant

requirements of the programs providing

the funding, as well as of SEP, as

specified in the program guidance/

solicitation. Among the goals of the

special project activities are to assist

States to: accelerate deployment of

energy efficiency and renewable energy

technologies; facilitate the acceptance of

emerging and underutilized energy

efficiency and renewable energy

technologies; and increase the

responsiveness of Federally funded

technology development efforts to

private sector needs.

DATES: The program guidance/

solicitation will be available June 3,

1996. Applications must be received by

June 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES AND FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest Chabot at

the U. S. Department of Energy

Headquarters, 1000 Independence

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

(202) 586–8128, for referral to the

appropriate DOE Regional Support

Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fiscal year

1996 is the first year special project

activities will be funded in conjunction

with the new consolidated State Energy

Program. Most of these special projects

are related to or based on similar efforts

that have been funded separately by the