32792 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices

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 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

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 within 0.01 inch of water

column 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 be removed 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.

Bard’s Petition for Waiver requests

DOE to grant relief from the DOE

furnace test procedure relating to the

blower time delay specification. Bard

seeks to test using a blower delay time

of 30 seconds for its TU and TDH series

furnaces instead of the specified 1.5-

minute delay between burner on-time

and blower on-time. Pursuant to

paragraph (b) of Title 10 CFR Part

430.27, DOE is hereby publishing the

‘‘Petition for Waiver’’ in its entirety. The

Petition contains no confidential

information. The Department solicits

comments, data, and information

respecting the Petition.

Issued in Washington, D.C. June 13, 1996.

Christine A. Ervin,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

April 4, 1996.

Ms. Christine A. Ervin

Assistant Secretary for Conservation and

Renewable Energy

U.S. Department of Energy

Forrestal Building

1000 Independence Ave, SW

Washington, DC 20585

Subject: Petition for Waiver and Application

for Interim Waiver

Dear Assistant Secretary: Petition for

Waiver and Application for Interim Waiver

are requested pursuant to Title 10 CFR Part

430.27.

Waiver is requested from test procedures

for measuring the energy consumption of

furnaces that are found in Appendix N of

Subpart B to 10 CFR Part 430. Presently the

test procedure requires a 1.5 minute delay

between burner ignition and the start of the

circulating air blower.

Bard Manufacturing Company is requesting

to use a 30 second delay instead of the

specified 1.5 minutes. Furnace Series TU and

TDH use an electronic fixed time blower

control set at 30 seconds. Test results for

these furnaces indicate an average .4-.6

percent increase in AFUE.

We are confident that this Waiver will be

granted, and request Interim Waiver until a

final ruling is made. Bard has been granted

previous waivers 57 FR 53733 and 59 FR

30578, and many other manufacturers have

been granted similar waivers.

Copies of confidential test data will be

provided to you at your request. Please

contact the undersigned if you have any

questions or require additional information.

Sincerely,

Richard Hanna,

Manager, Heating and Application

Engineering.

[FR Doc. 96–16121 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG96–76–000]

AYP Energy, Inc.; Notice of Application

for Commission Determination of

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status

June 19, 1996.

On June 7, 1996, AYP Energy, Inc.

(‘‘Applicant’’) filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

application for determination of exempt

wholesale generator status pursuant to

Part 365 of the Commission’s

Regulations.

Applicant is a corporation organized

under the laws of the state of Delaware.

Applicant is a wholly owned subsidiary

of AYP Capital, Inc. (‘‘AYP’’), which

itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Allegheny Power System, Inc. (‘‘APS’’),

a registered electric utility holding

company. Applicant’s business address

is c/o Allegheny Power Service

Corporation, 800 Cabin Hill Drive,

Greensburg, PA 15601 (Attn: Theresa

Colecchia).

The eligible facility consists primarily

of a 50 percent undivided interest in

Unit No. 1 of the Fort Martin Power

Station, an operating steam-electric

generating unit, and associated portion

of Ft. Martin Unit 1’s main transformers.

Ft. Martin Unit 1 is located in West

Virginia on the Monongahela River

between Morgantown, West Virginia

and Point Marion, Pennsylvania. The

portion of Ft. Martin Unit 1 that is the

eligible facility is currently owned by

Duquesne Light Company

(‘‘Duquesne’’), a Pennsylvania public

utility not affiliated with APS; however,

Duquesne has entered into an Asset

Purchase Agreement (dated November

28, 1995) with AYP, pursuant to which

Duquesne will sell on or before

December 31, 1996 its undivided

ownership interest in Ft. Martin Unit 1

(including its interest in the

transformers) to AYP, which will assign

the Asset Purchase Agreement to AYP

Energy, Inc. The remainder of the

facility of which the eligible facility is

a portion is owned by Monogahela

Power Company (‘‘MPC’’) and The

Potomac Edison Company (‘‘PEC’’), two

of the three wholly owned electric

operating subsidiaries of APS.

Any person desiring to be heard

concerning the application for exempt

wholesale generator status should file a

motion to intervene or comments with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance

with §§ 385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. The Commission will limit

its consideration of comments to those

that concern the adequacy or accuracy

of the application. All such motions or

comments should be filed on or before

June 28, 1996, and must be served on

the applicant. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices 32793

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16073 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–570–000]

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of

Request under Blanket Authorization

June 19, 1996.

Take notice that on June 13, 1996,

Questar Pipeline Company (Questar), 79

South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

84111 filed in the above docket, a

request pursuant to Sections 157.205 of

the Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act for authorization to

construct and operate a new delivery

point located adjacent to Questar’s

jurisdictional Lateral (J.L.) No. 4 in

Uinta County, Wyoming. Questar states

that its request was made under its

blanket certificate authorization issued

in Docket No. CP82–491–000 pursuant

to Section 7(c) of the NGA, all as more

fully set forth in the request that is on

file with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

Specifically, Questar states that the

facilities proposed to be constructed

will be utilized to initiate interruptible

natural gas transportation service to

Universal Resources Corporation (URC),

and affiliate of Questar. The additional

delivery point, it is stated, is required to

effectuate the transportation of natural

gas to URC under Questar’s interruptible

transportation Rate Schedule T–2 which

is included in First Revised Volume No.

1 of Questar’s currently effective FERC

Gas Tariff.

Questar proposes to construct and

operate a new delivery point to be

designated the Clear Creek District

Regulator Station (DRS). Questar states

that the Clear Creek DRS will comprise

approximately two feet of four-inch

piping, two four-inch valves, one fourinch meter run and appurtenant

facilities. It is explained that the total

investment associated with the facilities

propose to be constructed is $33000 and

that all construction activities will take

place above ground and within

Questar’s existing authorized 100 by

150-foot graveled and graded Clear

Creek receipt-point site.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to

intervene or notice of intervention and

pursuant to Section 157.205 of the

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request.

If no protest is filed within the time

allowed therefor, the proposed activity

is deemed to be authorized effective on

the day after the time allowed for filing

a protest. If a protest is filed and not

withdrawn within 30 days after the time

allowed for filing a protest, the instant

request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16072 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–277–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

June 19, 1996.

Take notice that on June 14, 1996,

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets

to become effective July 15, 1996:

First Revised Sheet No. 164

Second Revised Sheet No. 169

Third Revised Sheet No. 275

First Revised Sheet No. 276–279

Southern proposes to make the

following revisions to the capacity

release procedures of its tariff to

respond to shippers’ requests: (1) To

allow releasing shippers to release

segments of their capacity to themselves

instead of only to third parties; (2) to

allow releasing shippers to post for

competitive bid those offers currently

not required by the Commission’s

regulations to be posted (i.e.,

prearranged deals for a month or less);

(3) to provide for one business day to

process prearranged, permanent releases

of capacity; and (4) to change its posting

deadlines from business days to

calendar days for those offers that do

not require manual intervention by

Southern, at the releasing shipper’s

option. Southern proposes to make

these changes effective on July 15, 1996.

Southern states that copies of the

filing have been served on all shippers

and interested state commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make protest to this filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

Section 385.211 and 385.214). All such

motions or protests must be filed as

provided in Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16076 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP96–278–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Tariff Filing

June 19, 1996.

Take notice that on June 14, 1996,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), tendered for filing the Firm

Natural Gas Transportation Agreement

(Revised) between Tennessee and

Commonwealth Gas Company

(ComGas), dated November 1, 1995, for

service under Tennessee’s Rate

Schedule NET, and the following

revisions to its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth

Revised Volume No. 1:

Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 181

Tennessee states that the filing is

intended to conform the Fuel and Use

Quantity for ComGas to the fuel

retention methodology under Rate

Schedule NET, and that the filing does

not affect service to any shipper other

than ComGas. Tennessee requests that

its submission be accepted for filing

effective November 1, 1995, and in that

connection, seeks waiver of the 30-day

notice requirement pursuant to 18 CFR

154.207.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

filing should file a petition to intervene

or protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in

accordance with Sections 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214. All such petitions or protests

must be filed as provided in Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

this proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a petition to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on