Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 20 / Tuesday, January 30, 1996 / Notices 3023

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1697 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation Policy

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent Arrangement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 2160) notice is hereby given

of a proposed ‘‘subsequent

arrangement’’ to be carried out in the

Republic of Korea under the Agreement

for Cooperation between the

Government of the United States of

America and the Government of the

Republic of Korea Concerning Civil

Uses of Atomic Energy, signed

November 24, 1972, as amended.

The subsequent arrangement to be

carried out under the above-mentioned

agreement involves the joint

determination, pursuant to Article VIII

(c) of that Agreement, that the

provisions of Article XI may be

effectively applied for the alteration in

form or content of U.S.-origin nuclear

material contained in pressurized water

reactor fuels, CANDU fuels, and

research reactor fuels at the Post

Irradiation Examination Facility and the

Irradiated Materials Examination

Facility at the Headquarters of the Korea

Atomic Energy Research Institute in

accordance with the plan contained in

KAERI/AR–417/95, Rev-1, dated May,

1995. The aforementioned

determination will be made, and the

approval for the post-irradiation

examination for the agreed upon

program will be granted, for the period

ending December 31, 2001.

In accordance with section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

it has been determined that this

subsequent arrangement will not be

inimical to the common defense and

security.

This subsequent arrangement will

take effect no sooner than fifteen days

after the date of publication of this

notice.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

For the Department of Energy.

Edward T. Fei,

Deputy Director, International Policy and

Analysis Division, Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation.

[FR Doc. 96–1610 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Granting of the

Application for Interim Waiver and

Publishing of the Petition for Waiver of

Thermo Products Inc. From the DOE

Furnace Test Procedure. (Case No. F–

083)

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Today’s notice grants an

Interim Waiver to Thermo Products Inc.

(Thermo Products) from the existing

Department of Energy (DOE or

Department) test procedure regarding

blower time delay for the company’s

CHA-upflow and CCA-downflow

condensing gas furnaces.

Today’s notice also publishes a

‘‘Petition for Waiver’’ from Thermo

Products. Thermo Products Petition for

Waiver requests DOE to grant relief from

the DOE furnace test procedure relating

to the blower time delay specification.

Thermo Products seeks to test using a

blower delay time of 45 seconds for its

CHA-upflow and CCA-downflow

condensing gas furnaces instead of the

specified 1.5-minute delay between

burner on-time and blower on-time. The

Department is soliciting comments,

data, and information respecting the

Petition for Waiver.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data,

and information not later than February

29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Case No. F–083,

Mail Stop EE–43, Room 1J–108,

Forestall Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586–7140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy, Mail Station

EE–431, Forestall Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585–0121, (202)

586–9138

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

Mail Station GC–72, Forestall

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, D.C. 20585–0103,

(202) 586–9507

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act, 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 Title 10 CFR

Part 430, Subpart B.

The Department amended the test

procedure rules to provide for a waiver

process by adding Section 430.27 to

Title 10 CFR Part 430. 45 FR 64108,

September 26, 1980. Subsequently, DOE

amended the 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. Title 10 CFR

Part 430, Section 430.27(a)(2).

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.

An Interim Waiver will be granted if

it is determined that the applicant will

experience economic hardship if the

Application for Interim Waiver is

denied, if it appears likely that the

Petition for Waiver will be granted, and/

or the Assistant Secretary determines

that it would be desirable for public

policy reasons to grant immediate relief

pending a determination on the Petition

for Waiver. Title 10 CFR Part 430,

Section 430.27(g). An Interim Waiver

remains in effect for a period of 180

days or until DOE issues its

determination on the Petition for