Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps; Proposed Rule; Technical Correction and Reopening

59410 Federal RegisterProposed Rules Vol. 71, No. 195 Tuesday, October 10, 2006 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 3.1.4.1.1 Cooling Full-Load Air contains notices to the public of the proposed Volume Rate for Ducted Units. Background issuance of rules and regulations. The The manufacturer must specify the purpose of these notices is to give interested A notice of proposed rulemaking Cooling Full-load Air Volume Rate. Use persons an opportunity to participate in the (NOPR), to amend the DOE test this value as long as the following two rule making prior to the adoption of the final procedures for residential central air requirements are satisfied. First, when rules. conditioners and heat pumps, was conducting the A or A Test 2 published in the Federal Register on (exclusively), the measured air volume July 20, 2006. (71 FR 41320) DOE has rate, when divided by the measured DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY become aware that two corrections need indoor air-side total cooling capacity to be made: must not exceed 37.5 cubic feet per Office of Energy Efficiency and (1) An amendment to section 3.1.4.1.1 minute of standard air (scfm) per 1000 Renewable Energy of the regulatory language of the test Btu/h. If this ratio is exceeded, reduce procedure, which was omitted in the the air volume rate until this ratio is 10 CFR Part 430 NOPR. The NOPR amendments to equaled. Use this reduced air volume [Docket No. EE–RM/TP–02–002] section 3.1.4.1.1 of ...