[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19902-19903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8572]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0020]
RIN 1904-AB89


Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Decision and 
Order Granting 180-Day Extension of Compliance Date for Residential 
Furnaces and Boilers Test Procedure Amendments; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Decision and order; correction

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SUMMARY: On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a Decision and Order in the Federal Register which granted 27 
companies submitting petitions before the required date (i.e., by 
February 17, 2011), a 180-day extension of the compliance date for 
recent amendments to the DOE test procedure for residential furnaces 
and boilers related to the standby mode and off mode energy consumption 
of these products. Recently, DOE received a petition dated February 17, 
2011 from a 28th manufacturer, Viessmann Manufacturing Company, Inc., 
in which the manufacturer also requested the above-referenced 180-day 
extension. Although DOE received this petition well after February 17, 
2011, the Department believes a number of factors, including 
international postal handling and Federal mail security screening, 
contributed to the delay in receipt of this petition. After review, DOE 
has decided to grant the petition. However, DOE was not able to include 
its determination regarding this petition in its March 31, 2011 
Decision and Order, because publication was already underway. Through 
this correction notice, DOE is modifying its Decision and Order to add 
Viessmann Manufacturing Company, Inc., to the list of companies to whom 
the extension of the compliance date has been granted.

DATES: This correction to the above-referenced Decision and Order is 
effective April 11, 2011. For representation purposes, petitioners must 
comply with all applicable provisions of the amended DOE test procedure 
for residential furnaces and boilers starting on October 15, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mail Stop EE-2J, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 
(202) 586-9611. E-mail: [email protected].
    Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General 
Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9507. E-mail: [email protected].
    For information on how to access the docket or to view hard copies 
of the docket in the Resource Room, contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    On March 31, 2011, DOE published a notice in the Federal Register 
(76 FR 17755) which announced receipt of petitions requesting a 180-day 
extension of the April 18, 2011 compliance date for representations 
associated with amendments to the DOE test procedure for residential 
furnaces and boilers in the October 20, 2010 final rule (75 FR 64621) 
from the following 27 companies: (1) Adams Manufacturing Company; (2) 
Allied Air Enterprises; (3) Bard Manufacturing Co. Inc.; (4) Boyertown 
Furnace; (5) Carrier Corporation; (6) Crown Boiler; (7) De Dietrich 
Boilers; (8) ECR International Inc.; (9) Goodman Manufacturing Company; 
(10) HTP Inc.; (11) Johnson Controls Inc.; (12) Laars Heating Systems 
Company; (13) Lennox International Inc.; (14) Lochinvar; (15) Newmac 
Furnace Company; (16) New Yorker Residential Heating Boilers; (17) 
Nordyne; (18) NY Thermal Inc.; (19) Peerless Boilers Heat LLC; (20) 
Raypak Inc.; (21) Rheem Manufacturing Company; (22) Slant/Fin; (23) 
Thermo Products LLC; (24) Trane; (25) Triangle Tube; (26) US Boiler 
Company; and (27) Weil-McLain.
    In the same March 31, 2011 Federal Register notice, DOE published a

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Decision and Order which granted to the above 27 petitioners the 
requested 180-day extension of the compliance date for recent 
amendments to the DOE test procedure for residential furnaces and 
boilers related to the standby mode and off mode energy consumption of 
these products.
    Recently, DOE received a petition dated February 17, 2011 from a 
28th manufacturer, Viessmann Manufacturing Company, Inc., in which the 
manufacturer also requested the above-referenced 180-day extension. 
Viessmann Manufacturing Company's petition recited many of the same 
arguments as the earlier petitioners regarding the undue hardship which 
the petitioner would face if the requested extension of the compliance 
date were not granted. DOE has determined that the petitioner has made 
its case and that the extension should be granted for the reasons 
stated in the March 31, 2011 Decision and Order.

II. Conclusion

    Although DOE received this petition well after February 17, 2011, 
the Department believes a number of factors, including international 
postal handling and Federal mail security screening, contributed to 
this delay in receipt of the petition from this 28th manufacturer. 
After review, DOE has decided to grant the petition. Through this 
correction notice, DOE is modifying its Decision and Order to add 
Viessmann Manufacturing Company, Inc., to the list of companies to whom 
the extension of the compliance date has been granted.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2011.
Kathleen Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Office of Technology 
Development, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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