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3.8 cubic feet. Samsung expects that the
majority of Samsung clothes washers will be
greater than 3.8 cubic feet in capacity. The
current test procedure, Appendix J1 to
Subpart B of Part 430, leaves an open gap for
determining load sizes not covered by Table
5.1, preventing Samsung from appropriately
testing clothes washer models with capacity
greater than 3.8 cubic feet. The Department
recognized this test method deficiency in the
Interim Waiver granted to Whirlpool.1
Samsung expects that future clothes
washer capacities will expand beyond 3.8
cubic feet, and through extrapolating the
linear relationship between test load sizes
and container volume in Table 5.1, Samsung
Container volume
cu. ft.
≥<
(liter)
≥<
3.80–3.90
3.90–4.00
4.00–4.10
4.10–4.20
4.20–4.30
4.30–4.40
4.40–4.50
4.50–4.60
4.60–4.70
4.70–4.80
4.80–4.90
4.90–5.00
5.00–5.10
5.10–5.20
5.20–5.30
5.30–5.40
5.40–5.50
5.50–5.60
5.60–5.70
5.70–5.80
5.80–5.90
5.90–6.00
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Minimum load
lb
107.6–110.4
110.4–113.3
113.3–116.1
116.1–118.9
118.9–121.8
121.8–124.6
124.6–127.4
127.4–130.3
130.3–133.1
133.1–135.9
135.9–138.8
138.8–141.6
141.6–144.4
144.4–147.2
147.2–150.1
150.1–152.9
152.9–155.7
155.7–158.6
158.6–161.4
161.4–164.2
164.2–167.1
167.1–169.9
The extrapolation was performed on the
load weight in pounds (lb). The weight in
kilograms (kg) was converted from lb, where
1 lb = 0.45359237 kg. The results in kg were
rounded to two decimal places.
A similar test load size table was submitted
by the Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers (AHAM) to the Department
(AHAM Comments on the Framework
Document for Residential Clothes Washers;
EERE–2008–BT–STD–0019; RIN 1904–AB90,
October, 2, 2009).
Conclusion
Without the Interim Waiver, Samsung will
face economic hardship due to lost
opportunity for sales, and lost investments in
development and manufacturing.
On the grounds that current test methods
for clothes washers will prevent Samsung
from testing the majority of new clothes
washer models and likelihood of economic
hardship, Samsung requests that DOE grants
Samsung the Interim Waiver and Waiver, to
utilize the test load size table above for the
testing of all Samsung clothes washers with
capacity greater than 3.8 cubic feet.
Affected Persons
Primarily affected persons in the clothes
washers category include Alliance Laundry
Systems, LLC., BSH Home Appliances Corp.,
Electrolux Home Products, Equator, Fisher &
Paykel Appliances, Inc., GE Appliances,
Haier America Trading, L.L.C., LG
Electronics Inc., Miele Appliances, Inc., and
Whirlpool Corporation. Samsung will notify
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Maximum load
(kg)
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
proposes the following table for various
Samsung clothes washer models WF###***,
where ### designates model number and ***
designates design characteristics such as
color, or other clothes washer models
manufactured by Samsung that are greater
than 3.8 cubic feet:
lb
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
(kg)
15.80
16.20
16.60
17.00
17.40
17.80
18.20
18.70
19.10
19.50
19.90
20.30
20.70
21.10
21.50
21.90
22.30
22.80
23.20
23.60
24.00
24.40
all these entities as required by the
Department’s rules and provide them with a
version of this Petition. A copy was also
provided to the Association of Home
Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM).
Sincerely,
Michael Moss,
Director
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0947; FRL–9204–8;
EPA ICR No. 1857.05; OMB Control No.
2060–0445]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NOX Budget Trading Program
to Reduce the Regional Transport of
Ozone (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that an Information
SUMMARY:
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7.35
7.53
7.71
7.89
8.07
8.26
8.48
8.66
8.85
9.03
9.21
9.39
9.57
9.75
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9.60
9.80
10.00
10.20
10.40
10.60
10.85
11.05
11.25
11.45
11.65
11.85
12.05
12.25
12.45
12.65
12.90
13.10
13.30
13.50
13.70
4.26
4.35
4.45
4.54
4.63
4.72
4.81
4.92
5.01
5.10
5.19
5.28
5.38
5.47
5.56
5.65
5.74
5.85
5.94
6.03
6.12
6.21
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before October 25,
2010.
Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2006–0947 to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center,
Mailcode 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and
(2) OMB by mail to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Air and Radiation,
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Mailcode 6204J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343–9220; fax
number: (202) 343–2361; e-mail address:
vansickle.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On March 25, 2010 (75 FR 14439), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on
this ICR should be submitted to EPA
and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2006–0947, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the
telephone number for the Air and
Radiation Docket is 202–566–1742.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NOX Budget Trading Program to
Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1857.05,
OMB Control No. 2060–0445.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on September 30, 2010. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information, unless it
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register
when approved, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or
by other appropriate means, such as on
the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: The NOX Budget Trading
Program is a market-based cap and trade
program created to reduce emissions of
nitrogen oxides (NOX) from power
plants and other large combustion
sources in the eastern United States.
NOX is a prime ingredient in the
formation of ground-level ozone (smog),
a pervasive air pollution problem in
many areas of the eastern United States.
The NOX Budget Trading Program was
designed to reduce NOX emissions
during the warm summer months,
referred to as the ozone season, when
ground-level ozone concentrations are
highest. In 2009 the program was
replaced by the Clean Air Interstate Rule
Ozone Season Trading Program
(CAIROS). Although the trading
program was replaced after the 2008
compliance season, this information
collection is being renewed for two
reasons. First, some industrial sources
in certain States are still required to
monitor and report emissions data to
EPA under these rules, so we will
account for their burden. Second, the
Agency may at some future time,
reinstitute the NOX Budget Trading
Program. For example, this might
happen if both the Clean Air Interstate
Rule (CAIR) and CAIR replacement
rules were vacated by the Court. All
data received by EPA will be treated as
public information.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 136 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
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search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Electric utilities, industrial sources, and
other persons.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
122.
Frequency of Response: Yearly,
quarterly, occasionally.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
57,586.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$7,466,951, which includes $3,777,000
annualized capital and O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 414,148 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. Previous iterations of this ICR
included a larger number of affected
sources and burdens associated with
program implementation that are now
covered under several different ICR’s
including the Clean Air Interstate Rule
(CAIR) (OMB Control Number 2060–
0570) and the Air Emissions Reporting
Rule (AERR) (OMB Control Number
2060–0580).
Dated: September 17, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0012; FRL–8845–4]
Notice of Receipt of Several Pesticide
Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
Agency’s receipt of several initial filings
of pesticide petitions proposing the
establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number and the pesticide petition
number (PP) of interest as shown in the
body of this document, by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0947; FRL-9204-8; EPA ICR No. 1857.05; OMB Control No.
2060-0445]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOX Budget Trading
Program to Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 25,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0947 to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Air and Radiation,
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Mailcode 6204J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9220; fax
number: (202) 343-2361; e-mail address: vansickle.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 25, 2010 (75 FR 14439), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0947, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air and
Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NOX Budget Trading Program to Reduce the Regional
Transport of Ozone (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1857.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0445.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2010.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The NOX Budget Trading Program is a market-
based cap and trade program created to reduce emissions of nitrogen
oxides (NOX) from power plants and other large combustion
sources in the eastern United States. NOX is a prime
ingredient in the formation of ground-level ozone (smog), a pervasive
air pollution problem in many areas of the eastern United States. The
NOX Budget Trading Program was designed to reduce
NOX emissions during the warm summer months, referred to as
the ozone season, when ground-level ozone concentrations are highest.
In 2009 the program was replaced by the Clean Air Interstate Rule Ozone
Season Trading Program (CAIROS). Although the trading program was
replaced after the 2008 compliance season, this information collection
is being renewed for two reasons. First, some industrial sources in
certain States are still required to monitor and report emissions data
to EPA under these rules, so we will account for their burden. Second,
the Agency may at some future time, reinstitute the NOX
Budget Trading Program. For example, this might happen if both the
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and CAIR replacement rules were
vacated by the Court. All data received by EPA will be treated as
public information.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 136
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Electric utilities, industrial
sources, and other persons.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 122.
Frequency of Response: Yearly, quarterly, occasionally.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 57,586.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $7,466,951, which includes $3,777,000
annualized capital and O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 414,148 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. Previous iterations of this ICR included a larger
number of affected sources and burdens associated with program
implementation that are now covered under several different ICR's
including the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) (OMB Control Number
2060-0570) and the Air Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR) (OMB Control
Number 2060-0580).
Dated: September 17, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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