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Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Furnaces/Boilers, Vented Home Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters; Final Rule

[Federal Register: May 12, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 91)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 26139-26165]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr12my97-23]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EE-RM-93-501]
RIN 1904-AA45

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Furnaces/Boilers, Vented Home Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters

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

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, requires the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) to administer an energy conservation program for certain major household appliances and commercial equipment. Among other program elements, the Act requires that standard methods of testing be prescribed for each covered product. Today's final rule amends the test procedures for furnaces and boilers, vented home heating equipment, and pool heaters.

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