Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures for Showerheads,
Faucets, Water Closets, Urinals, and Commercial Prerinse Spray Valves
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, Department of Energy.ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed
rulemaking. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes
amendments to its May 2012 notice of proposed rulemaking related to
DOE test procedures for showerheads, faucets, water closets, urinals,
and commercial prerinse spray valves. The amendments proposed in this
supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking include revisions to the
definitions of showerhead and hand-held showerhead; removal of body
sprays from the proposed showerhead definition; requirements
pertaining to testing of showerheads that are components of shower
towers; a standardized test method to be used when verifying the
mechanical retention of a showerhead flow control insert when
subjected to 8 pounds force; clarification of permissible trim 2
adjustments for tank-type water closets; and amendments to the
required static test pressures to be used when testing flushometer
valve siphonic and blowout water closets. DOE also proposes further
clarification of the definition of basic model with respect to
flushometer valve water closets and urinals, as well as associated
changes to certification reporting requirements for these products.
Read full at Federal Register link:
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/04/08/2013-08073/test-procedures-for-showerheads-faucets-water-closets-urinals-and-commercial-prerinse-spray-valves