Consumer products; energy conservation program: Dishwashers; correction,

[Federal Register: May 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 84)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 21566-21567]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Number EE-RM/TP-99-500]

RIN 1904-AB04

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for Dishwashers; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rulemaking amending its test procedure for dishwashers on December 18, 2001. This document corrects the test procedure in the amendatory language of that rulemaking and makes revisions to a reference to an appendix section and to the equations for determining the water energy consumption per cycle using gas-heated or oil-heated water.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Twigg, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-41, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-8714, email: barbara.twigg@ee.doe.gov, or Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202)

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586-7432, email: francine.pinto@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects the test procedure in a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2001 (66 FR 65091), regarding Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for Dishwashers. This correction revises a reference to an appendix section and revises the equations for determining the water energy consumption per cycle using gas-heated or oil-heated water.

In rule document FR Doc. 01-18429, appearing on page 65091, in the issue of Tuesday, December 18, 2001, the following corrections are made:

PART 430--[CORRECTED]

Sec. 430.23 [Corrected]

1. On page 65096 in the first column, Sec. 430.23(c)(1)(ii)(B) is corrected to read as follows:

   (B) For dishwashers not having a truncated normal cycle,

   EAOC = N x Dex En

   where, N and Deare defined in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section,

   En= the total electrical energy consumption per cycle for the normal cycle as defined in section 1.5 of appendix C, in kilowatt- hours and determined according to section 5.4 of appendix C to this subpart, Et= the total electrical energy consumption per cycle for the truncated normal cycle, in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5.4 of appendix C to this subpart.''

2. On page 65097 in the second column, in Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 430, Sections 5.3, 5.3.1, and 5.3.2 are corrected to read as follows:

   ``5.3 Water energy consumption per cycle using gas-heated or oil- heated water. Determine the water energy consumption for dishwashers according to sections 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 of this Appendix. Use the notation Wnfor a test of the normal cycle or Wt for a test of the truncated normal cycle. Note that gas-heated or oil- heated water was used.

   5.3.1 Dishwashers that operate with a nominal 140 deg. F inlet water temperature, only. For each test cycle, calculate the water energy consumption using gas-heated or oil-heated water, W, expressed in btu's per cycle and defined as:

   W = V x T x C/e

   where,

   V = reported water consumption in gallons per cycle, as measured in section 4.3 of this Appendix, T = nominal water heater temperature rise = 90 deg. F, C = specific heat of water in btu's per gallon per degree Fahrenheit = 8.2, e = nominal gas or oil water heater recovery efficiency = 0.75.

   5.3.2 Dishwashers that operate with a nominal inlet water temperature of 120 deg. F. For each test cycle, calculate the water energy consumption using gas heated or oil heated water, W, expressed in btu's per cycle and defined as:

   W = V x T x C/e

   where,

   V = reported water consumption in gallons per cycle, as measured in section 4.3 of this Appendix, T = nominal water heater temperature rise = 70 deg. F, C = specific heat of water in btu's per gallon per degree Fahrenheit = 8.2, e = nominal gas or oil water heater recovery efficiency = 0.75. ``

   Issued in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2002. David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

   [FR Doc. 02-10695Filed4-30-02; 8:45 am]

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