81 FR 15426 - Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Pumps; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 56 (March 23, 2016)

On January 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule amending the test procedures for pumps. This correction addresses a technical error in that final rule.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15426-15427]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06580]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Parts 429 and 431

[Docket No. EERE-2013-BT-TP-0055]
RIN 1905-AD50


Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Pumps; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On January 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a final rule amending the test procedures for pumps. This 
correction addresses a technical error in that final rule.

DATES:  Effective: March 23, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Ms. Ashley Armstrong, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE-5B, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 
(202) 586-6590. Email: [email protected].
    Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 
General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a final rule in the Federal Register on January 25, 2016 
(``the January 2016 final rule'') amending the test procedure for 
pumps. (81 FR 4085.) As part of that final rule, DOE amended 10 CFR 
429.134 to add a paragraph (h), which addresses product-specific 
enforcement provisions related to pumps. This correction addresses the 
placement of those provisions under 10 CFR 429.134 at paragraph (h). At 
the time of publication of the January 2015 final rule, 10 CFR 
429.134(h) already existed. In order to remedy this error, DOE is 
issuing this final rule correction to move these provisions, verbatim, 
to 10 CFR 429.134(i).

Correction

    In final rule FR Doc. 2016-00039, published in the issue of Monday, 
January 25, 2016 (81 FR 4085), on page 4145, in the second and third 
columns, amendatory instruction 10 is corrected to read as follows:

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10. Section 429.134 is amended by adding paragraph (i) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  429.134  Product-specific enforcement provisions.

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    (i) Pumps. (1) The volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and 
nominal speed of rotation of each tested unit of the basic model will 
be measured pursuant to the test requirements of Sec.  431.464 of this 
chapter, where the value of volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and 
nominal speed of rotation certified by the manufacturer will be treated 
as the expected BEP flow rate. The results of the measurement(s) will 
be compared to the value of volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and 
nominal speed of rotation certified by the manufacturer. The certified 
volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and nominal speed of rotation 
will be considered valid only if the measurement(s) (either the 
measured volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and nominal speed of 
rotation for a single unit sample or the average of the measured flow 
rates for a multiple unit sample) is within five percent of the 
certified volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and nominal speed of 
rotation.
    (i) If the representative value of volume rate of flow (flow rate) 
at BEP and nominal speed of rotation is found to be valid, the measured 
volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and nominal speed of rotation 
will be used in subsequent calculations of constant load pump energy 
rating (PERCL) and constant load pump energy index (PEICL) or variable 
load pump energy rating (PERVL) and variable load pump energy index 
(PEIVL) for that basic model.
    (ii) If the representative value of volume rate of flow (flow rate) 
at BEP and nominal speed of rotation is found to be invalid, the mean 
of all the measured volume rate of flow (flow rate) at BEP and nominal 
speed of rotation values determined from the tested

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unit(s) will serve as the new expected BEP flow rate and the unit(s) 
will be retested until such time as the measured rate of flow (flow 
rate) at BEP and nominal speed of rotation is within 5 percent of the 
expected BEP flow rate.
    (2) DOE will test each pump unit according to the test method 
specified by the manufacturer in the certification report submitted 
pursuant to Sec.  429.59(b).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2016.
Kathleen Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-06580 Filed 3-22-16; 8:45 am]
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