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actuarial documents where the Coverage
Enhancement Option (CEO) is available
and selected by you. This percentage is
applicable under the combined MPCI/
CEO policy when losses under the MPCI
policy exceed the deductible and an
indemnity is owed.
CEO dollar amount of insurance—The
value of the additional insurance
coverage for each unit provided by the
CEO, which is determined by
multiplying the CEO coverage level by
the total value of the insured crop and
subtracting the MPCI dollar amount of
insurance.
MPCI—Multiple Peril Crop Insurance,
the plan of insurance offered by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation as
published at 7 CFR part 457.
MPCI coverage level—The coverage
level percentage you selected in the
underlying MPCI policy to which CEO
is attached.
MPCI dollar amount of insurance—
The value of the insurance coverage for
each unit provided under the MPCI
policy (the amount of insurance selected
by you for dollar or similar plans of
insurance, multiplied by the number of
acres in the unit if such amount of
insurance is on a per acre basis, or the
amount determined by multiplying your
production guarantee (per acre), times
the price election, times the number of
acres in the unit).
MPCI indemnity—The indemnity
determined for each unit under the
MPCI policy to which CEO is attached,
not including replant and prevented
planting payments or any indemnity
payable under CEO.
MPCI indemnity factor—A factor
determined by dividing the MPCI
indemnity by the MPCI dollar amount of
insurance for each unit. This factor is
used to ensure that the indemnity paid
under the CEO is proportional to the
amount of loss and indemnity paid
under the MPCI policy.
Total value of the insured crop—The
value of the crop that is determined by
dividing the MPCI dollar amount of
insurance for each unit by the MPCI
coverage level, and summing the total
for all units.
2. CEO is only available for insured
crops where the actuarial documents
contain a CEO coverage level. If there is
a conflict between the terms of CEO and
any other provision of your policy, the
terms of the CEO will control.
3. To be eligible for CEO coverage on
the insured crop, you must:
(a) Have an MPCI policy in force for
the insured crop (or for citrus fruit,
citrus trees, and stone fruit or other
crops, as applicable, the insured type)
and comply with all terms and
conditions of such policy.
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(b) Elect CEO in writing and choose
a CEO coverage level (at least 5 percent
higher than the MPCI coverage level), by
the sales closing date for the insured
crop.
(c) Elect a level of coverage greater
than the Catastrophic Risk Protection
(CAT) coverage level and a 100 percent
price election. CEO is not available for
the CAT level of coverage.
4. CEO is continuous and will remain
in effect for as long as you continue to
have a MPCI policy in effect for the
insured crop, the actuarial documents
contain a CEO coverage level, or until it
is canceled by you or terminated by us
on or before the cancellation or
termination date, as applicable.
5. The premium for your policy will
be determined by:
(a) Totaling the MPCI dollar amount
of insurance and the CEO dollar amount
of insurance; and
(b) Multiplying the result of section
5(a) by the premium rate for the insured
crop applicable to your MPCI coverage
level
6. With respect to the coverage
provided under CEO:
(a) All acreage of the insured crop
insured under your MPCI policy will be
covered under the CEO;
(b) The amount of any replant or
prevented planting payment that is
payable under the MPCI policy will not
be affected by the CEO;
(c) An indemnity will be payable
under the CEO only after the underlying
MPCI deductible is met and an MPCI
indemnity is paid; and
(d) The total indemnity for each unit
(MPCI coverage plus CEO) cannot
exceed the combination of both the
MPCI and CEO dollar amounts of
insurance.
7. If you elect CEO and a MPCI
indemnity is paid on any unit, CEO will
pay a portion of the loss not paid under
the deductible of the MPCI policy
depending on the CEO coverage level
you select (For example, if you selected
a 50 percent MPCI coverage level,
selected an 85 percent CEO coverage
level, and had 60 percent loss of the
insured crop, the total amount of
indemnity paid under both the MPCI
policy and the CEO would be equal to
approximately 51 percent of the total
value of the insured crop). See the
example in section 8.
8. In addition to the settlement of
claim section for the applicable Crop
Provisions, your indemnity will be
computed for each unit as follows:
(a) Determine the MPCI indemnity
factor;
(b) Determine the total value of the
insured crop;
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(c) Determine the CEO dollar amount
of insurance; and
(d) Multiply the MPCI indemnity
factor times the CEO dollar amount of
insurance to determine the indemnity
under the CEO.
Example:
Assume a policy with one unit; an
MPCI coverage level of 50 percent and
a CEO coverage level of 85 percent;
100% share; a $120,000 MPCI dollar
amount of insurance; and a $72,000
payable indemnity under the MPCI
portion of the policy.
Your indemnity would be calculated
as follows:
(a) $72,000 MPCI loss ÷ by $120,000
MPCI dollar amount of insurance = .60
MPCI indemnity factor;
(b) $120,000 MPCI dollar amount of
insurance, divided by the MPCI
coverage level of .50 results in $240,000
total value of the insured crop;
(c) $240,000 total value of the insured
crop multiplied by the CEO coverage
level .85, equals $204,000, and
subtracting $120,000 MPCI dollar
amount of insurance equals $84,000
CEO dollar amount of insurance;
(d) .60 MPCI indemnity factor ×
$84,000 CEO dollar amount of insurance
= $50,400 unit indemnity under the
CEO.
Note: The total unit indemnity is $122,400
($72,000 MPCI indemnity plus $50,400 CEO
indemnity).
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 22,
2008.
Eldon Gould,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EE–RM/STD–01–350]
RIN 1904–AA78
Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for
Residential Furnaces and Boilers
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; technical
amendment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This final rule clarifies the
standards that are applicable to
residential furnaces and boilers that
were not subject to a final rule
published by the Department of Energy
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on November 19, 2007. Additionally,
today’s final rule codifies in the
Department’s regulations the
requirements that are applicable to
residential boilers as established in the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007.
DATES: This technical amendment is
effective August 27, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building,
EE–2J, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)
586–7892, e-mail:
Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov; or
Christopher Calamita, U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
Forrestal Building, GC–72, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7432,
e-mail:
Christopher.Calamita@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 19, 2007, DOE published a
final rule in which it amended the
energy conservation standards for nonweatherized gas furnaces, weatherized
gas furnaces, mobile home gas furnaces,
oil-fired furnaces, gas-fired hot-water
boilers, and oil-fired hot-water boilers.
(72 FR 65136.) The November 19, 2007
final rule established a compliance date
of November 19, 2015, for the amended
standards.
In the notice of proposed rulemaking,
DOE noted that gas steam boilers, oilfired steam boilers, weatherized oil-fired
furnaces, and mobile home oil-fired
furnaces were not subject to the
rulemaking. (71 FR 59204, 59214;
October 6, 2006.) Standards applicable
to gas steam boilers, oil-fired steam
boilers, weatherized oil-fired furnaces,
and mobile home oil-fired furnaces in
effect prior to the November 19, 2007
final rule remained in effect following
the November 19, 2007 final rule.
In the November 19, 2007 final rule,
DOE amended the regulatory text that
specifies the energy conservation
standards for residential furnaces and
boilers (10 CFR 430.32(e)) by adding a
table containing amended standards
applicable to non-weatherized gas
furnaces, weatherized gas furnaces,
mobile home gas furnaces, nonweatherized oil-fired furnaces, gas-fired
hot-water boilers, and oil-fired hotwater boilers, manufactured on or after
November 19, 2015. The regulatory text
as amended by the November 19, 2007
final rule presented the required
standards for residential furnaces and
boilers in two tables. The first table
presented the standards for all subject
residential furnaces and boilers. The
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second table presented only the
standards amended by the November
19, 2007 final rule, which as
established, are applicable to the
specified products that are
manufactured on and after November
19, 2015. (72 FR 65169.)
Subsequently, on December 19, 2007,
the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) was signed into
law and included amended energy
conservation standards and design
requirements for residential boilers.
(Pub. L. 110–140) Specifically, section
303 of EISA 2007 amended section
325(f)(3)(A)–(B) of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA) to
establish energy conservation standards
and design requirements for gas-fired
hot water boilers, gas-fired steam
boilers, oil-fired hot water boilers, oilfired steam boilers, and electric hot
water boilers. (42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(3)(A)–
(B)) EISA 2007 includes minimum
annual fuel utilization efficiency
(AFUE) requirements for gas-fired hot
water and oil-fired hot water boilers,
which supersede those established in
the November 19, 2007, final rule. The
minimum AFUE requirements for gasfired hot water boilers are the same as
those in the November 19, 2007, final
rule.
The design requirements added by
EISA 2007 prohibit constant burning
pilot lights for gas-fired hot water
boilers and gas-fired steam boilers and
require an automatic means for
adjusting the water temperature for gasfired hot water boilers, oil-fired hot
water boilers, and electric hot water
boilers. Both the energy conservation
standards and the design requirements
for these five classes of residential
boilers are applicable to residential
boilers manufacturers on or after
September 1, 2012. DOE notes this
effective date supersedes the later
effective date specified by the November
19, 2007 final rule.
In order to clarify the applicability of
standards for residential furnaces and
boilers following the November 19, 2007
final rule and EISA 2007, DOE is
amending the regulatory text. Today’s
final rule presents the standards
grouped by product (i.e., furnaces or
boilers), and by compliance date.
Today’s final rule will allow
manufacturers to reference an
applicable standard by product and
compliance date, and should make it
easier for a manufacturer to determine
the appropriate standard for a product.
Today’s final rule does not amend the
standards applicable to residential
furnaces and boilers as established in
the November 19, 2007 final rule, except
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to the extent that standards were
amended by EISA 2007.
Additionally, DOE notes that in the
preamble of the November 19, 2007,
final rule, DOE indicated that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is mandating a phase-out of
hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants
and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)
refrigerants. (72 FR 65149) This
statement was in error. The EPA is
mandating a phase-out of HCFC
refrigerants, but not HFC refrigerants.
(58 FR 65018; December 10, 1993) DOE
realizes this inadvertent statement may
have caused confusion within the
industry. DOE notes that HFC
refrigerants are the choice of the
residential air conditioning industry to
replace HCFC refrigerants that will be
phased out.1 This error did not impact
the final analyses relied on in
establishing the standards for the final
rule.
DOE has determined, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), that prior notice and
an opportunity for public comment on
this final rule are unnecessary. The
reorganization of the tables in the CFR
is not a substantive change, and the
public would have no particular interest
in providing comments. In addition,
codification of standards for certain
residential boilers established in law by
EISA involves no exercise of discretion
or interpretation by DOE for the public
to comment upon. DOE, therefore, finds
that good cause exists to waive prior
notice and an opportunity to comment
for this rulemaking. In addition, because
there is no requirement for publication
of a notice of proposed rulemaking, the
analytical provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., do
not apply to this rulemaking.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
Administrative practice and
procedure, Energy conservation,
Household appliances.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 15,
2008.
Alexander A. Karsner,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, part 430 of Title 10, Code of
Federal Regulations, is amended to read
as follows:
I
1 See, Acceptable Substitutes in Household and
Light Commercial Air Conditioning, The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. https://
www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/refrigerants/lists/
homeac.html.
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PART 430—ENERGY CONSERVATION
PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
1. The authority citation for part 430
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291–6309; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note.
2. Section 430.32 is amended by
revising paragraph (e) to read as follows:
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§ 430.32 Energy and water conservation
standards and their effective dates.
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(e) Furnaces and boilers. (1) Furnaces.
(i) The Annual Fuel Utilization
Efficiency (AFUE) of residential
furnaces manufactured before November
19, 2015, shall not be less than the
following:
AFUE 1
Product class
(percent)
(A) Furnaces (excluding classes
noted below) ...........................
(B) Mobile Home furnaces .........
78
75
(C) Small furnaces (other than
those designed solely for installation in mobile homes)
having an input rate of less
than 45,000 Btu/hr
(1) Weatherized (outdoor) .......
(2) Non-weatherized (indoor) ..
78
78
(2) Boilers. (i) The AFUE of residential
boilers manufactured before September
1, 2012, shall not be less than the
following:
Product class
AFUE 1
(percent)
(A) Boilers (excluding gas
steam) .....................................
(B) Gas steam boilers ................
80
75
1 Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in § 430.22(n)(2) of this part.
(ii) Except as provided in paragraph
(e)(2)(iv) of this section, the AFUE of
residential boilers, manufactured on or
75 after September 1, 2012, shall not be
80 less than the following and must
comply with the design requirements as
82 follows:
80
81
Design requirements
(A) Gas-fired hot water boiler ...................
82
(B) Gas-fired steam boiler ........................
(C) Oil-fired hot water boiler .....................
80
84
(D) Oil-fired steam boiler ..........................
(E) Electric hot water boiler ......................
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Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in § 430.23(n)(2) of this part.
AFUE 1
(percent)
(A) Non-weatherized gas furnaces .......................................
(B) Weatherized gas furnaces ....
(C) Mobile home oil-fired furnaces .......................................
(D) Mobile home gas furnaces ...
(E) Non-weatherized oil-fired furnaces .......................................
AFUE 1
(percent)
1 Annual
(ii) The AFUE of residential furnaces
manufactured on or after November 19,
2015, shall not be less than the
following:
Product class
Product class
(F) Weatherized oil-fired furnaces .......................................
1 Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in § 430.23(n)(2) of this part.
AFUE 1
(percent)
Product class
82
None
1 Annual
AFUE 1
(percent)
Product class
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Constant burning pilot not permitted.
Automatic means for adjusting water temperature required (except for boilers
equipped with tankless domestic water heating coils).
Constant burning pilot not permitted.
Automatic means for adjusting temperature required (except for boilers equipped
with tankless domestic water heating coils).
None.
Automatic means for adjusting temperature required (except for boilers equipped
with tankless domestic water heating coils).
Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in § 430.22(n)(2) of this part.
(iii) Automatic means for adjusting
water temperature. (A) The automatic
means for adjusting water temperature
as required under paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of
this section must automatically adjust
the temperature of the water supplied
by the boiler to ensure that an
incremental change in inferred heat load
produces a corresponding incremental
change in the temperature of water
supplied.
(B) For boilers that fire at a single
input rate, the automatic means for
adjusting water temperature
requirement may be satisfied by
providing an automatic means that
allows the burner or heating element to
fire only when the means has
determined that the inferred heat load
cannot be met by the residual heat of the
water in the system.
(C) When there is no inferred heat
load with respect to a hot water boiler,
the automatic means described in this
paragraph shall limit the temperature of
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the water in the boiler to not more than
140 degrees Fahrenheit.
(D) A boiler for which an automatic
means for adjusting water temperature
is required shall be operable only when
the automatic means is installed.
(iv) A boiler that is manufactured to
operate without any need for electricity
or any electric connection, electric
gauges, electric pumps, electric wires, or
electric devices is not required to meet
the AFUE or design requirements
applicable to the boiler requirements of
paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of this section, but
must meet the requirements of
paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section, as
applicable.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
18 CFR Part 40
[Docket No. RM08–7–000; Order No. 713]
Modification of Interchange and
Transmission Loading Relief Reliability
Standards; and Electric Reliability
Organization Interpretation of Specific
Requirements of Four Reliability
Standards
Issued July 21, 2008.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 215 of the
Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
approves five of six modified Reliability
Standards submitted to the Commission
for approval by the North American
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket No. EE-RM/STD-01-350]
RIN 1904-AA78
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy
Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Boilers
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This final rule clarifies the standards that are applicable to
residential furnaces and boilers that were not subject to a final rule
published by the Department of Energy
[[Page 43612]]
on November 19, 2007. Additionally, today's final rule codifies in the
Department's regulations the requirements that are applicable to
residential boilers as established in the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007.
DATES: This technical amendment is effective August 27, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal
Building, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121, (202) 586-7892, e-mail: Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov; or Christopher
Calamita, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
Forrestal Building, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20585, (202) 586-7432, e-mail: Christopher.Calamita@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 19, 2007, DOE published a final
rule in which it amended the energy conservation standards for non-
weatherized gas furnaces, weatherized gas furnaces, mobile home gas
furnaces, oil-fired furnaces, gas-fired hot-water boilers, and oil-
fired hot-water boilers. (72 FR 65136.) The November 19, 2007 final
rule established a compliance date of November 19, 2015, for the
amended standards.
In the notice of proposed rulemaking, DOE noted that gas steam
boilers, oil-fired steam boilers, weatherized oil-fired furnaces, and
mobile home oil-fired furnaces were not subject to the rulemaking. (71
FR 59204, 59214; October 6, 2006.) Standards applicable to gas steam
boilers, oil-fired steam boilers, weatherized oil-fired furnaces, and
mobile home oil-fired furnaces in effect prior to the November 19, 2007
final rule remained in effect following the November 19, 2007 final
rule.
In the November 19, 2007 final rule, DOE amended the regulatory
text that specifies the energy conservation standards for residential
furnaces and boilers (10 CFR 430.32(e)) by adding a table containing
amended standards applicable to non-weatherized gas furnaces,
weatherized gas furnaces, mobile home gas furnaces, non-weatherized
oil-fired furnaces, gas-fired hot-water boilers, and oil-fired hot-
water boilers, manufactured on or after November 19, 2015. The
regulatory text as amended by the November 19, 2007 final rule
presented the required standards for residential furnaces and boilers
in two tables. The first table presented the standards for all subject
residential furnaces and boilers. The second table presented only the
standards amended by the November 19, 2007 final rule, which as
established, are applicable to the specified products that are
manufactured on and after November 19, 2015. (72 FR 65169.)
Subsequently, on December 19, 2007, the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) was signed into law and included
amended energy conservation standards and design requirements for
residential boilers. (Pub. L. 110-140) Specifically, section 303 of
EISA 2007 amended section 325(f)(3)(A)-(B) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (EPCA) to establish energy conservation standards and
design requirements for gas-fired hot water boilers, gas-fired steam
boilers, oil-fired hot water boilers, oil-fired steam boilers, and
electric hot water boilers. (42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(3)(A)-(B)) EISA 2007
includes minimum annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) requirements
for gas-fired hot water and oil-fired hot water boilers, which
supersede those established in the November 19, 2007, final rule. The
minimum AFUE requirements for gas-fired hot water boilers are the same
as those in the November 19, 2007, final rule.
The design requirements added by EISA 2007 prohibit constant
burning pilot lights for gas-fired hot water boilers and gas-fired
steam boilers and require an automatic means for adjusting the water
temperature for gas-fired hot water boilers, oil-fired hot water
boilers, and electric hot water boilers. Both the energy conservation
standards and the design requirements for these five classes of
residential boilers are applicable to residential boilers manufacturers
on or after September 1, 2012. DOE notes this effective date supersedes
the later effective date specified by the November 19, 2007 final rule.
In order to clarify the applicability of standards for residential
furnaces and boilers following the November 19, 2007 final rule and
EISA 2007, DOE is amending the regulatory text. Today's final rule
presents the standards grouped by product (i.e., furnaces or boilers),
and by compliance date. Today's final rule will allow manufacturers to
reference an applicable standard by product and compliance date, and
should make it easier for a manufacturer to determine the appropriate
standard for a product. Today's final rule does not amend the standards
applicable to residential furnaces and boilers as established in the
November 19, 2007 final rule, except to the extent that standards were
amended by EISA 2007.
Additionally, DOE notes that in the preamble of the November 19,
2007, final rule, DOE indicated that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is mandating a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)
refrigerants and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants. (72 FR
65149) This statement was in error. The EPA is mandating a phase-out of
HCFC refrigerants, but not HFC refrigerants. (58 FR 65018; December 10,
1993) DOE realizes this inadvertent statement may have caused confusion
within the industry. DOE notes that HFC refrigerants are the choice of
the residential air conditioning industry to replace HCFC refrigerants
that will be phased out.\1\ This error did not impact the final
analyses relied on in establishing the standards for the final rule.
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\1\ See, Acceptable Substitutes in Household and Light
Commercial Air Conditioning, The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. https://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/refrigerants/lists/
homeac.html.
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DOE has determined, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), that prior
notice and an opportunity for public comment on this final rule are
unnecessary. The reorganization of the tables in the CFR is not a
substantive change, and the public would have no particular interest in
providing comments. In addition, codification of standards for certain
residential boilers established in law by EISA involves no exercise of
discretion or interpretation by DOE for the public to comment upon.
DOE, therefore, finds that good cause exists to waive prior notice and
an opportunity to comment for this rulemaking. In addition, because
there is no requirement for publication of a notice of proposed
rulemaking, the analytical provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., do not apply to this rulemaking.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 430
Administrative practice and procedure, Energy conservation,
Household appliances.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2008.
Alexander A. Karsner,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
0
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 430 of Title 10, Code
of Federal Regulations, is amended to read as follows:
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PART 430--ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS
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1. The authority citation for part 430 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6309; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.
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2. Section 430.32 is amended by revising paragraph (e) to read as
follows:
Sec. 430.32 Energy and water conservation standards and their
effective dates.
* * * * *
(e) Furnaces and boilers. (1) Furnaces. (i) The Annual Fuel
Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) of residential furnaces manufactured
before November 19, 2015, shall not be less than the following:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AFUE \1\
Product class (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Furnaces (excluding classes noted below)................ 78
(B) Mobile Home furnaces.................................... 75
(C) Small furnaces (other than those designed solely for
installation in mobile homes) having an input rate of less
than 45,000 Btu/hr
(1) Weatherized (outdoor)................................. 78
(2) Non-weatherized (indoor).............................. 78
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\1\ Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in Sec.
430.23(n)(2) of this part.
(ii) The AFUE of residential furnaces manufactured on or after
November 19, 2015, shall not be less than the following:
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AFUE \1\
Product class (percent)
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(A) Non-weatherized gas furnaces............................ 80
(B) Weatherized gas furnaces................................ 81
(C) Mobile home oil-fired furnaces.......................... 75
(D) Mobile home gas furnaces................................ 80
(E) Non-weatherized oil-fired furnaces...................... 82
(F) Weatherized oil-fired furnaces.......................... 78
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\1\ Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in Sec.
430.23(n)(2) of this part.
(2) Boilers. (i) The AFUE of residential boilers manufactured
before September 1, 2012, shall not be less than the following:
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AFUE \1\
Product class (percent)
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(A) Boilers (excluding gas steam)........................... 80
(B) Gas steam boilers....................................... 75
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\1\ Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in Sec.
430.22(n)(2) of this part.
(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2)(iv) of this section,
the AFUE of residential boilers, manufactured on or after September 1,
2012, shall not be less than the following and must comply with the
design requirements as follows:
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AFUE \1\
Product class (percent) Design requirements
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(A) Gas-fired hot water boiler. 82 Constant burning pilot
not permitted.
Automatic means for
adjusting water
temperature required
(except for boilers
equipped with tankless
domestic water heating
coils).
(B) Gas-fired steam boiler..... 80 Constant burning pilot
not permitted.
(C) Oil-fired hot water boiler. 84 Automatic means for
adjusting temperature
required (except for
boilers equipped with
tankless domestic
water heating coils).
(D) Oil-fired steam boiler..... 82 None.
(E) Electric hot water boiler.. None Automatic means for
adjusting temperature
required (except for
boilers equipped with
tankless domestic
water heating coils).
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\1\ Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, as determined in Sec.
430.22(n)(2) of this part.
(iii) Automatic means for adjusting water temperature. (A) The
automatic means for adjusting water temperature as required under
paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of this section must automatically adjust the
temperature of the water supplied by the boiler to ensure that an
incremental change in inferred heat load produces a corresponding
incremental change in the temperature of water supplied.
(B) For boilers that fire at a single input rate, the automatic
means for adjusting water temperature requirement may be satisfied by
providing an automatic means that allows the burner or heating element
to fire only when the means has determined that the inferred heat load
cannot be met by the residual heat of the water in the system.
(C) When there is no inferred heat load with respect to a hot water
boiler, the automatic means described in this paragraph shall limit the
temperature of the water in the boiler to not more than 140 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(D) A boiler for which an automatic means for adjusting water
temperature is required shall be operable only when the automatic means
is installed.
(iv) A boiler that is manufactured to operate without any need for
electricity or any electric connection, electric gauges, electric
pumps, electric wires, or electric devices is not required to meet the
AFUE or design requirements applicable to the boiler requirements of
paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of this section, but must meet the requirements of
paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section, as applicable.
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[FR Doc. E8-17222 Filed 7-25-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
