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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 7, 2021 / Proposed Rules models of belt-driven, single-speed furnace fans designed for heating-only applications in oil-fired warm air furnaces.7
The current DOE test procedure for furnace fans does not contain any provisions specific to heating-only units. In a notice of proposed rulemaking published on May 15, 2012, DOE initially determined that for heating-only furnaces, a reference system ESP of 0.50 in. w.c. would provide test results representative of an average use cycle. 77 FR 28674, 28686.
However, DOE withdrew the proposal for separate conditions for heating-only furnace fans in a subsequent supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, because DOE was unable to identify heating-only models on the market at that time that were within the scope of the rulemaking. 78 FR 19606, 19619 April 2, 2013. Therefore, in the January 2014 Final Rule, DOE did not adopt separate ESP requirements for heating-only furnace fans. See 79 FR
500, 505506.
In its petition for waiver, ECR asserted that the furnace fan basic models specified in its petition have design characteristics that prevent testing of the basic model according to the test procedure prescribed in Appendix AA.
Specifically, ECR claimed that testing such furnace fans at the ESP
requirements in Appendix AA reduces airflow and increases temperature rise to the point where the units shut off during testing due to high temperature limits, making it impossible to reach steady state for testing at the required conditions. On March 9, 2021, DOE
published a Decision and Order granting ECR a waiver from the applicable test procedure at 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix AA for specified basic models of furnace fans, which specifies an alternate test procedure specifically it specifies alternate ESP test conditions. 86 FR 13530. The Decision and Order provides that ECR must test and rate such products using the alternate test procedure set forth in the Decision and Order.8 Id. at 86 FR
1353413535.
The test procedure waiver for these furnace fans basic models provides alternate test provisions to measure energy that are representative of realworld use conditions for the basic models specified in the Order.
Issue 33: DOE requests feedback on whether the test procedure waiver approach is generally appropriate for 7 See: https www.regulations.gov/
document?D=EERE-2019-BT-WAV-0004-0001.
8 See: https www.regulations.gov/document/
EERE-2019-BT-WAV-0004-0015.

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testing all basic models of furnace fans designed for heating-only applications.
III. Submission of Comments DOE invites all interested parties to submit in writing by the date specified in the DATES heading, comments and information on matters addressed in this RFI and on other matters relevant to DOEs early assessment of whether an amended test procedure for furnace fans is warranted and if so, what such amendments should be.
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