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EXHIBIT A: MODIFIED TABLE 5.1—TEST LOAD SIZES—10 CFR 430, SUBPART B, APPENDIX J2—Continued
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6.40–6.50
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203.9–206.7
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Exhibit B: Notice to Manufacturers
November 9, 2015
Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC
Attn: Andrew Huerth
PO Box 990
Shepard Street Ripon, WI 54971
Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers
Attn: Jennifer Cleary
1111 19th Street NW., Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
Arcelik A.S.
Attn: Salih Zeki Bugay
125 W Tremont Ave #1134
Charlotte, NC 28203
Asko Appliances AB
Attn: Jonas Lidberg
Socerbruksgatan 3SE–531 40
¨
Lidkoping, Sweden
Avanti Products
10880 NW 30th Street
Miami, FL 33172
Bosch Home Appliances Corporation
Attn: Michelle Buranday
1901 Main St
Irvine, CA 92614
Danby Products, Inc.
PO Box 669
Findlay, OH 45839–0669
Electrolux Home Products
Attn: George Hawranko
10200 David Taylor Dr Rm TKY435
Charlotte, NC 28262
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Inc.
Attn: Laurence Mawhinney
695 Town Center Dr Ste 180
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
General Electric Company
Attn: Earl F. Jones
4000 Buechel Bank Road AP2–225
Louisville, KY 40225
Haier America
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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
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
kg
26.00
26.40
26.90
27.30
27.70
28.10
28.50
28.90
29.30
29.70
30.10
30.50
31.00
31.40
31.80
32.20
32.60
Attn: Michelangelo Troisi
1800 Valley Rd
Wayne, NJ 07470
LG Electronics USA, Inc.
Attn: John I. Taylor
2000 Millbrook Dr
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Miele, Inc.
Attn: Steve Polinski
9 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ 08450
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Attn: Doug Czerwonka
85 Challenger Rd
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
Versonel
180 Earland Drive
Building #8
New Holland, PA 17557
Re: Petition for Waiver & Application
for Interim Waiver Regarding
Measurement of Energy Consumption of
Residential Clothes Washers, Using 10
CFR part 430, subpart B, Appendix J2
Dear Madam or Sir:
Whirlpool Corporation (‘‘Whirlpool’’)
is submitting the enclosed Petition for
Waiver and Application for Interim
Waiver (pursuant to 10 CFR 430.27) to
the US Department of Energy (‘‘DOE’’),
relating to the Test Procedures for
energy and water consumption of
clothes washers. This letter provides
notice to other known manufacturers of
similar products. The DOE Assistant
Secretary for Conservation and
Renewable Energy will receive and
consider timely written comments on
the Petition for Waiver and Application
for Interim Waiver. Any manufacturer
submitting written comments should
provide a copy to Whirlpool
Corporation at the address shown
below.
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lb
11.79
11.97
12.20
12.38
12.56
12.75
12.93
13.11
13.29
13.47
13.65
13.83
14.06
14.24
14.42
14.61
14.79
kg
14.50
14.70
15.10
15.30
15.50
15.70
15.90
16.10
16.30
16.50
16.70
16.90
17.30
17.50
17.70
17.90
18.10
6.58
6.67
6.85
6.94
7.03
7.12
7.21
7.30
7.39
7.48
7.57
7.67
7.85
7.94
8.03
8.12
8.21
Whirlpool Corporation
Attn: Sean Southard
Senior Analyst, Regulatory Affairs
2000 M–63 North, MD1604
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Fax: 269/923–7258
Email: sean_m_southard@
whirlpool.com
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Guidance and Application for
Hydroelectric Incentive Payments
Wind and Water Power
Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
guidance and open application period.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is publishing Guidance
for the Energy Policy Act of 2005
Section 242 Program. The guidance
describes the hydroelectric incentive
payment requirements and explains the
type of information that owners or
authorized operators of qualified
hydroelectric facilities can provide DOE
when applying for hydroelectric
incentive payments. This incentive is
available for electric energy generated
and sold for a specified 10-year period
as authorized under section 242 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005. In
Congressional appropriations for
Federal fiscal year 2015, DOE received
funds to support this hydroelectric
incentive program for the first time. At
SUMMARY:
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this time, DOE is only accepting
applications from owners and
authorized operators of qualified
hydroelectric facilities for
hydroelectricity generated and sold in
calendar year 2014.
DATES: DOE is currently accepting
applications from December 16, 2015
through February 1, 2016. Applications
must be sent to hydroincentive@
ee.doe.gov by midnight EDT, February
1, 2016, or they will not be considered
timely filed for calendar year 2014
incentive payments.
ADDRESSES: DOE’s guidance is available
at: https://energy.gov/eere/water/waterpower-program.
Written correspondence may be sent
to the Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EE–4), by email at
hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Steven
Lindenberg, Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy (EE–4), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585–0121, (202) 586–2783,
hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov. Electronic
communications are recommended for
correspondence and required for
submission of application information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005;
Pub. L. 109–58), Congress established a
new program to support the expansion
of hydropower energy development at
existing dams and impoundments
through an incentive payment
procedure. Under section 242 of EPAct
2005, the Secretary of Energy is directed
to provide incentive payments to the
owner or authorized operator of
qualified hydroelectric facilities for
electric energy generated and sold by a
qualified hydroelectric facility for a
specified 10-year period (See 42 U.S.C.
15881). The conference report to the law
that made appropriations for Fiscal Year
2015 includes $3,960,000 for
conventional hydropower under section
242 of EPAct 2005.
DOE developed and announced
guidance in January 2015 describing the
application process and the information
necessary for DOE to make a
determination of eligibility under
section 242. See 80 FR 2685 (January 20,
2015). The guidance announced today
includes certain minor modifications to
the January 2015 guidance based on
DOE’s experience with the January 2015
application process. Specifically, DOE is
amending some portions of the guidance
document to more precisely describe
what types of production are considered
‘‘new’’ production and the information
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necessary to demonstrate adequate
metering. The final guidance is available
at: https://energy.gov/eere/water/waterpower-program. Each application will
be reviewed based on the guidance.
DOE notes that applicants that received
payments for calendar year 2013 and
that are eligible for calendar year 2014
payments must still submit a full
calendar year 2014 application.
When submitting information to DOE
for the Section 242 program, it is
recommended that applicants carefully
read and review the complete content of
the Guidance for this process. When
reviewing applications, DOE may
corroborate the information provided
with information that DOE finds
through FERC e-filings, contact with
power off-taker, and other due diligence
measures carried out by reviewing
officials. DOE may require the applicant
to conduct and submit an independent
audit at its own expense, or DOE may
conduct an audit to verify the number
of kilowatt-hours claimed to have been
generated and sold by the qualified
hydroelectric facility and for which an
incentive payment has been requested
or made.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
10, 2015.
Douglas Hollett,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable
Power, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC ;
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review of the Proposed Line WB2VA
Integrity Project
On April 2, 2015, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC (Columbia) filed an
application in Docket No. CP15–150–
000, requesting authorization and a
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity pursuant to section 7(b) and
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, to abandon,
modify, and install certain natural gas
pipeline facilities. The proposed project
is known as the Line WB2VA Integrity
Project. The purpose of the project is to
allow the use of modern inline
inspection devices and upgrade pipeline
segments in compliance with U.S.
Department of Transportation safety
standards.
On April 15, 2015, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
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Issuance of EA—January 28, 2016.
90-day Federal Authorization Decision
Deadline—April 27, 2016.
If a schedule change becomes
necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies
are kept informed of the project’s
progress.
Project Description
The Line WB2VA Integrity Project
would include modifications to
Columbia’s existing facilities at 17 sites
in Hardy County, West Virginia, and
Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, and
Greene Counties, Virginia. Proposed
modifications include installation of pig
launchers and receivers; replacement of
short sections of existing pipeline,
mainline valves, and other appurtenant
facilities; and abandonment of two
existing 20-inch-diameter pipelines
beneath the South Fork of the
Shenandoah River that would be
replaced with a new 24-inch-diameter
pipeline.
Background
[Docket No. CP15–150–000]
PO 00000
FERC) issued its Notice of Application
for the project. Among other things, that
notice alerted agencies issuing federal
authorizations of the requirement to
complete all necessary reviews and to
reach a final decision on a request for
a federal authorization within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA)
for the project. This instant notice
identifies the FERC staff’s planned
schedule for the completion of the EA
for the project.
On May 14, 2015, we issued a Notice
of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed WB2VA
Integrity Project and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
(NOI). The NOI was published in the
Federal Register and was mailed to 163
interested parties, including federal,
state, and local government
representatives and agencies; elected
officials; affected landowners;
environmental and public interest
groups; potentially interested Native
American tribes; other interested
parties; and local libraries and
newspapers.
In response to the NOI, the
Commission received comments from
non-government organizations, and
federal and state agencies. The primary
environmental issues raised by the
commentors include: air quality, steep
slopes and slope-prone soils, recreation,
public lands, karst topography,
threatened and endangered species,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Guidance and Application for Hydroelectric Incentive Payments
AGENCY: Wind and Water Power Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of guidance and open application period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing Guidance for
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 242 Program. The guidance
describes the hydroelectric incentive payment requirements and explains
the type of information that owners or authorized operators of
qualified hydroelectric facilities can provide DOE when applying for
hydroelectric incentive payments. This incentive is available for
electric energy generated and sold for a specified 10-year period as
authorized under section 242 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In
Congressional appropriations for Federal fiscal year 2015, DOE received
funds to support this hydroelectric incentive program for the first
time. At
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this time, DOE is only accepting applications from owners and
authorized operators of qualified hydroelectric facilities for
hydroelectricity generated and sold in calendar year 2014.
DATES: DOE is currently accepting applications from December 16, 2015
through February 1, 2016. Applications must be sent to
hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov by midnight EDT, February 1, 2016, or they
will not be considered timely filed for calendar year 2014 incentive
payments.
ADDRESSES: DOE's guidance is available at: https://energy.gov/eere/water/water-power-program.
Written correspondence may be sent to the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE-4), by email at
hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Steven Lindenberg, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE-4), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-2783,
hydroincentive@ee.doe.gov. Electronic communications are recommended
for correspondence and required for submission of application
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005; Pub. L. 109-58), Congress established a new program to support
the expansion of hydropower energy development at existing dams and
impoundments through an incentive payment procedure. Under section 242
of EPAct 2005, the Secretary of Energy is directed to provide incentive
payments to the owner or authorized operator of qualified hydroelectric
facilities for electric energy generated and sold by a qualified
hydroelectric facility for a specified 10-year period (See 42 U.S.C.
15881). The conference report to the law that made appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2015 includes $3,960,000 for conventional hydropower under
section 242 of EPAct 2005.
DOE developed and announced guidance in January 2015 describing the
application process and the information necessary for DOE to make a
determination of eligibility under section 242. See 80 FR 2685 (January
20, 2015). The guidance announced today includes certain minor
modifications to the January 2015 guidance based on DOE's experience
with the January 2015 application process. Specifically, DOE is
amending some portions of the guidance document to more precisely
describe what types of production are considered ``new'' production and
the information necessary to demonstrate adequate metering. The final
guidance is available at: https://energy.gov/eere/water/water-power-program. Each application will be reviewed based on the guidance. DOE
notes that applicants that received payments for calendar year 2013 and
that are eligible for calendar year 2014 payments must still submit a
full calendar year 2014 application.
When submitting information to DOE for the Section 242 program, it
is recommended that applicants carefully read and review the complete
content of the Guidance for this process. When reviewing applications,
DOE may corroborate the information provided with information that DOE
finds through FERC e-filings, contact with power off-taker, and other
due diligence measures carried out by reviewing officials. DOE may
require the applicant to conduct and submit an independent audit at its
own expense, or DOE may conduct an audit to verify the number of
kilowatt-hours claimed to have been generated and sold by the qualified
hydroelectric facility and for which an incentive payment has been
requested or made.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2015.
Douglas Hollett,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Power, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
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