[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR305.10]

[Page 257-258]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 305_RULE CONCERNING DISCLOSURES REGARDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION 
AND WATER USE OF CERTAIN HOME APPLIANCES AND OTHER PRODUCTS REQUIRED 
UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT (``APPLIANCE LABELING 
RULE'')--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 305.10  Ranges of estimated annual energy consumption and energy 
efficiency ratings.

    (a) The range of estimated annual energy consumption or energy 
efficiency ratings for each covered product (except fluorescent lamp 
ballasts, showerheads, faucets, water closets or urinals) shall be taken 
from the appropriate appendix to this rule in effect at the time the 
labels are affixed to the product. The Commission shall publish revised 
ranges annually in the Federal

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Register, if appropriate, or a statement that the specific prior ranges 
are still applicable for the new year. Ranges will be changed if the 
estimated annual energy consumption or energy efficiency ratings of the 
products within the range change in a way that would alter the upper or 
lower estimated annual energy consumption or energy efficiency rating 
limits of the range by 15% or more from that previously published. When 
a range is revised, all information disseminated after 90 days following 
the publication of the revision shall conform to the revised range. 
Products that have been labeled prior to the effective date of a 
modification under this section need not be relabeled.
    (b) When the estimated annual energy consumption or energy 
efficiency rating of a given model of a covered product falls outside 
the limits of the current range for that product, which could result 
from the introduction of a new or changed model, the manufacturer shall
    (1) Omit placement of such product on the scale, and
    (2) Add one of the two sentences below, as appropriate, in the space 
just below the scale, as follows:

    The estimated annual energy consumption of this model was not 
available at the time the range was published.

    The energy efficiency rating of this model was not available at the 
time the range was published.

[59 FR 34033, July 1, 1994, as amended at 67 FR 35008, May 17, 2002; 68 
FR 8449, Feb. 21, 2003]

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