PUBLIC LAW 100-12—MAR. 17, 1987
101 STAT. 107
"(A) in writing (including a representation on a label); or "(B) in any broadcast advertisement, with respect to energy use or efficiency of such product or cost of energy consumed by such product, unless such product has been tested in accordance with such amended or new test procedures and such representation fairly discloses the results of such testing. "(3) On the petition of any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler, filed not later than the 60th day before the expiration of the period involved, the 180-day period referred to in paragraph (2) may be extended by the Secretary with respect to the petitioner (but in no event for more than an additional 180 days) if the Secretary determines that the requirements of paragraph (2) would impose an undue hardship on such petitioner, "(d) CASE IN WHICH TEST PROCEDURE IS NOT REQUIRED.—(1)
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Secretary is not required to publish and prescribe test procedures for a covered product (or class thereof) if the Secretary determines, by rule, that test procedures cannot be developed which meet the requirements of subsection 0))(3) and publishes such determination in the Federal Register, together with the reasons therefor. "(2) For purposes of section 327, a determination under paragraph Post, p. 117. (1) with respect to any covered product or class shall have the same effect as would a standard prescribed for a covered product (or class). "(e) AMENDMENT OF STANDARD.—(1) In the case of any amended test procedure which is prescribed pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall determine, in the rulemaking carried out with respect to prescribing such procedure, to what extent, if any, the proposed test procedure would alter the measured energy efficiency or measured energy use of any covered product as determined under the existing test procedure. " "(2) If the Secretary determines that the amended test procedure will alter the measured efficiency or measured use, the Secretary shall amend the applicable energy conservation standard during the rulemaking carried out with respect to such test procedure. In determining the amended energy conservation standard, the Secretary shall measure, pursuant to the amended test procedure, the energy efficiency or energy use of a representative sample of covered products that minimally comply with the existing standard. The average of such energy efficiency or energy use levels determined under the amended test procedure shall constitute the amended energy conservation standard for the applicable covered products. "(3) Models of covered products in use before the date on which the amended energy conservation standard becomes effective (or revisions of such models that come into use after such date and have the same energy efficiency or energy use characteristics) that comply with the energy conservation standard applicable to such covered products on the day before such date shall be deemed to comply with the amended energy conservation standard. "(4) The Secretary's authority to amend energy conservation standards under this subsection shall not affect the Secretary's obligation to issue final rules as described in section 325." infra. SEC. 5. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS.
Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended to read as follows:
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