10 CFR 429.28
§ 429.28 Faucets.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 429.28, § 429.28 Faucets, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/39265
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(a) Sampling plan for selection of units for testing.
(1) The requirements of § 429.11 are applicable to faucets; and
(2) For each basic model of faucet, a sample of sufficient size shall be randomly selected and tested to ensure that any represented value of water consumption of a basic model for which consumers favor lower values shall be no less than the higher of the higher of:
(i) The mean of the sample, where:
Or,
(ii) The upper 95 percent confidence limit (UCL) of the true mean divided by 1.05, where:
(b) Certification reports.
(1) The requirements of § 429.12 are applicable to faucets; and
(2) Pursuant to § 429.12(b)(13), a certification report shall include the following public product-specific information: For non-metering faucets, the maximum water use in gallons per minute (gpm) rounded to the nearest 0.1 gallon; for metering faucets, the maximum water use in gallons per cycle (gal/cycle) rounded to the nearest 0.01 gallon; and for all faucet types, the flow water pressure in pounds per square inch (psi).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.