95-14440. 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'')  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 31077-31081]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-14440]
    
    
    
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    FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
    
    16 CFR 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'')
    
    AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
    
    ACTION: Final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') issues final 
    amendments to the Appliance Labeling Rule (``Rule'') to allow 
    manufacturers of general service incandescent lamps (including 
    incandescent reflector lamps) with a design voltage other than 120 
    volts an option as to where on product labels specific disclosures must 
    be made, to clarify the light output measure that manufacturers of 
    incandescent reflector lamps must disclose on lamp labels, to delete 
    the requirement that the lumen disclosure for incandescent reflector 
    lamps be followed by the term ``at beam spread,'' and to allow 
    manufacturers of incandescent reflector lamps the option of adding a 
    reference to ``beam spread'' to the Advisory Statement about saving 
    energy costs.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 1995.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent C. Howerton, Attorney, Federal 
    Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of 
    Enforcement, Room S-4302, Washington, D.C. 20580, telephone 202/326-
    3013 (voice), 202/326-3259 (fax).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Introduction
    
        The Commission issues final amendments to the lamp labeling 
    requirements of the Appliance Labeling Rule (``Rule''), 16 CFR part 
    305. The Commission proposed these amendments and solicited comments on 
    them in a notice published on March 22, 1995, 60 FR 15200 (1995), in 
    response to a petition dated January 31, 1995 (``Petition'') and a 
    letter dated January 30, 1995 (``January 30 letter'') from the 
    [[Page 31078]] Lamp Section of The National Electrical Manufacturers 
    Association (``NEMA'').1
    
        \1\ NEMA is a trade association representing the nation's 
    largest manufacturers of lamp products. Its members produce more 
    than 90 percent of the lamp products subject to the lamp labeling 
    requirements of the Appliance Labeling Rule.
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        The Petition requested that the Commission allow manufacturers of 
    incandescent lamp products with a design voltage other than 120 volts 
    an option as to where on product labels the required disclosures must 
    be made under the lamp labeling requirements of the Appliance Labeling 
    Rule (``lamp labeling rules'').2 The January 30 letter requested 
    clarification of the light output disclosure required for incandescent 
    reflector lamp products (spot lights and flood lights) and acceptance 
    of minor changes to the disclosures required for incandescent reflector 
    lamps.
    
        \2\ The Petition also requested that the Commission stay, 
    through November 30, 1995, ``compliance against manufacturers who, 
    in good faith and despite the exercise of due diligence, are unable 
    to change all of their lamp packages prior to the May 15, 1995 
    effective date of the Lamp Labeling Rule.'' In response to the 
    Petition, the Commission, on March 22, 1995, exercised its 
    prosecutorial discretion and issued an Enforcement Policy Statement 
    (``Statement''), 60 FR 15198 (1995). The Statement explained that 
    the Commission had determined to avoid taking law enforcement 
    actions until December 1, 1995 against manufacturers of general 
    service incandescent lamp products for labeling not in compliance 
    with the disclosure requirements of the Appliance Labeling Rule. The 
    Statement remains in effect until December 1, 1995.
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        In response to the Petition and the January 30 letter, the 
    Commission proposed amending the Rule to: (a) Allow manufacturers of 
    incandescent lamps that have a design voltage of other than 120 volts 
    the option of making required disclosures at 120 volts on a label panel 
    other than the primary display panel under specific conditions; (b) 
    clarify the measure of light output that must be disclosed for 
    incandescent reflector lamps; (c) eliminate a required reference to 
    ``at beam spread'' in connection with the disclosure of light output 
    for incandescent reflector lamps; and (d) allow manufacturers of 
    incandescent reflector lamps the option of adding a reference to 
    selecting an incandescent reflector lamp with the ``beam spread'' the 
    purchaser needs to a required Advisory Statement that explains how 
    purchasers can save energy costs.
    
    II. Background
    
        On May 13, 1994 the Commission published final labeling rules 
    (``lamp labeling rules'') for various types of lamp products (``light 
    bulbs''), including general service fluorescent lamps, general service 
    incandescent lamps (including reflector incandescent lamps), and medium 
    base compact fluorescent lamps,3 as mandated by Energy Policy Act 
    of 1992 (``EPA 92'') 4 amendments to the Energy Policy and 
    Conservation Act of 1975 (``EPCA'').5 The Commission issued the 
    lamp labeling rules as amendments to the Appliance Labeling Rule, 16 
    CFR part 305. The lamp labeling rules became effective on May 15, 
    1995.6
    
        \3\ Final rule (including Statement of Basis and Purpose 
    (``SBP'')), 59 FR 25176 (1994). On December 29, 1994, the Commission 
    published minor, technical amendments to resolve certain 
    inconsistencies in paragraph numbering and language that had arisen 
    during the course of four separate proceedings amending the Rule's 
    requirements concerning other products. 59 FR 67524 (1994). The 
    specific lamp products covered by the lamp labeling rules are 
    described in Sec. 305.3(k)-(m) of the Appliance Labeling Rule, 16 
    CFR 305.3(k)-(m) (1995).
        \4\ Pub. L. No. 102-486, 106 Stat. 2776, 2817-2832 (Oct. 24, 
    1992).
        \5\ 42 U.S.C. 6201, 6291-6309.
        \6\ The EPA amendments to EPCA required that the lamp labeling 
    rules become effective 12 months after the rules' publication in the 
    Federal Register. Because May 13, 1995, was a Saturday, the 
    effective date was Monday, May 15. 42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)(C)(i). But 
    see note 2, supra.
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        These rules require disclosures on the primary display panel of 
    package labels of light output (in lumens), energy used (in watts), and 
    life (in hours), plus an Advisory Statement that explains how 
    purchasers can save energy costs. For incandescent reflector lamps 
    (used to focus or spread light on a particular object or objects), the 
    rules additionally require that the disclosure of light output (in 
    lumens) be for the lamp's ``beam spread,'' and that the disclosure of 
    lumens be followed clearly and conspicuously by the phrase ``at beam 
    spread.'' Based on the statutory directive that the Commission 
    promulgate these labeling rules and that labeling information for 
    incandescent lamps be based on performance at 120 volts,7 the lamp 
    labeling rules require that the disclosures of light output, energy 
    used, and life for general service incandescent lamps (including 
    incandescent reflector lamps) appear on the primary display panel of 
    the package label based on operation at 120 volts, regardless of the 
    lamp's design voltage. The lamp labeling rules, however, allow 
    manufacturers the option of adding disclosures based on operation at a 
    different design voltage, either on the primary display panel or on a 
    separate panel on the package.
    
        \7\ Under section 324(a)(2)(C)(i) of EPCA, as amended by EPA 92: 
    ``Labeling information for incandescent lamps shall be based on 
    performance when operated at 120 volts input, regardless of the 
    rated lamp voltage.'' 42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)(C)(i).
        The lamp labeling rules in the Appliance Labeling Rule overlap 
    certain disclosures already required on packages of non-reflector 
    general service incandescent bulbs by the Commission's Light Bulb 
    Rule.8 The Light Bulb Rule, unlike the lamp labeling rules in the 
    Appliance Labeling Rule, requires that package labels clearly and 
    conspicuously disclose average initial wattage, light output expressed 
    in average initial lumens, and average laboratory life expressed in 
    hours, based on operation at the bulb's ``stated design voltage.'' 
    9 Under the Light Bulb Rule, the disclosures must appear on at 
    least two panels of the outer sleeve or container in which bulbs are 
    displayed and additionally on all panels of the inner and the outer 
    sleeve that contain any reference to wattage, lumens, life, or 
    voltage.10
    
        \8\ 16 CFR part 409. The Light Bulb Rule, issued in 1970, was 
    intended to prevent deceptive or unfair practices in the sale of 
    incandescent light bulbs. Other types of lamps covered by the 
    Appliance Labeling Rule amendments (including incandescent reflector 
    lamps) are not covered by the Light Bulb Rule. In this notice, 
    references to ``lamp labeling rules'' refer to the lamp labeling 
    requirements of the Appliance Labeling Rule, 16 CFR part 305, and 
    references to the ``Light Bulb Rule'' refer to the Light Bulb Rule, 
    16 CFR part 409.
        \9\ Id. at 409.1 n. 1.
        \10\ Id. at n. 4.
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        The Commission published a request for comments on the Light Bulb 
    Rule as part of its regulatory review program on April 6, 1995, 60 FR 
    17491 (1995). This notice specifically solicits comments on whether the 
    rule should be amended to reduce or eliminate any overlap it may have 
    with the lamp labeling rules under the Appliance Labeling Rule. In 
    addition, it seeks comments on several other questions, including 
    whether the Light Bulb Rule is still needed, the benefits and costs of 
    the Rule to consumers, the burdens and benefits to manufacturers, any 
    proposed changes to the Rule, and the effect of any recent changes in 
    technology or economic conditions. The comment period ends June 6, 
    1995.
    
    III. Proposed Amendments
    
    A. Disclosures at Design Voltage Other Than 120 Volts
    
        In response to NEMA's Petition, the Commission proposed amending 
    the lamp labeling rules in the Appliance Labeling Rule, as NEMA 
    requested, to approve an optional labeling scheme for manufacturers of 
    incandescent lamp products with a design voltage other than 120 volts. 
    Under the proposed amendments, manufacturers could choose to limit 
    disclosures of light output, energy used, and life on the primary 
    display panel of the package to operation of the lamp at the lamp's 
    design voltage if: [[Page 31079]] 
         The disclosures of light output, energy used, and life 
    when operated at 120 volts appeared elsewhere on the package.
         The following explanatory statement appeared clearly and 
    conspicuously on the primary display panel:
        This product is designed for (125/130) volts. When used on the 
    normal line voltage of 120 volts, the light output and efficiency are 
    noticeably reduced. See (side/back) panel for 120 volt ratings.11
    
        \11\ NEMA proposed the use of a shorter explanatory statement: 
    ``(125/130) volt design. At 120 v., light output and efficiency are 
    noticeably reduced. See (side/back) panel for data at 120 v.'' 
    Petition at 6. NEMA stated that it would accept a more detailed 
    version of the explanatory statement. Id. at note 6. The Commission 
    proposed requiring the more detailed explanatory statement that NEMA 
    suggested.
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         All panels of the package that contained a claim about 
    light output, energy used, or life clearly and conspicuously identified 
    the lamp as ``(125 volt/130 volt).''
    
    B. Light Output Disclosures for Reflector Lamps
    
        In response to NEMA's January 30 letter, the Commission proposed 
    amending the Appliance Labeling Rule to clarify that the required light 
    output disclosure for incandescent reflector lamps is of ``total 
    forward lumens'' instead of lumens ``at beam spread.'' 12 The 
    Commission also proposed amending the Rule to delete the requirement 
    that the lumen light output disclosure be followed by the phrase ``at 
    beam spread.'' Lastly, the Commission proposed amending the Rule to 
    allow manufacturers, at their option, to insert in the required 
    Advisory Statement a reference to selecting a lamp with the ``beam 
    spread,'' as well as the light output, purchasers need.
    
        \12\ The proposed amendments would clarify that the lumen 
    disclosure for incandescent reflector lamps is consistent with the 
    light output measurement used by the Department of Energy (``DOE'') 
    in determining the efficiency of these products under the minimum 
    efficiency standards set by the EPA 92 amendments to EPCA. See 
    Interim final rule, 59 FR 49468 (1994). DOE published its interim 
    final rule for testing to comply with the minimum efficiency 
    standards on September 28, 1994, after the Commission published the 
    lamp labeling rule amendments to the Appliance Labeling Rule.
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    IV. Comments and Final Amendments
    
    A. Comments Received
    
        The Commission received eight comments in response to the notice 
    soliciting comments on the proposed amendments.13 Four comments 
    specifically support both sets of proposed amendments.14 None of 
    the comments object to the proposed amendments. Six comments pertain to 
    issues the Commission addressed in the original rulemaking proceeding 
    and do not contain new evidence to support their positions.15 One 
    comment requests that the Commission exempt small producers and 
    suppliers from the labeling requirements.16 The Commission does 
    not have the authority under EPCA to grant such relief. Two comments 
    address the definition of incandescent reflector lamps ``designed for 
    rough or vibration service applications.'' These lamps are exempted by 
    EPCA from the Commission's labeling rules and the minimum efficiency 
    standards.17 DOE currently is addressing the issue of what lamps 
    qualify for that exemption.18
    
        \13\ Arkalite Manufacturing Co., Inc. (``Arkalite''), General 
    Electric Company (``GE''), Hytron Electric Products (``Hytron''), 
    Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (``LBL''), Maintenance Engineering 
    (``ME''), Marvel Lighting Corporation (``Marvel''), the National 
    Electrical Manufacturers Association (``NEMA''), and Rensselaer 
    Polytechnic Institute (``Rensselaer'').
        \14\ LBL (agrees with proposed amendments for lamps with a 
    design voltage other than 120 volts; concurs with proposed 
    clarification of incandescent reflector lamp lumens and labeling 
    changes); Marvel (supports greater flexibility in disclosures and 
    any changes that would clarify labeling requirements proposed by 
    NEMA); NEMA (supports proposed amendments); Rensselaer (supports 
    NEMA's proposal for alternative disclosure format for lamps with a 
    design voltage other than 120 volts and FTC's proposal to require 
    the more detailed explanatory statement; agrees with use of total 
    forward lumens for reflector lamps, consistent with light output 
    definition in EPA 92).
        \15\ Arkalite (comparison 120 volt/130 volt information on 
    packages of 130 volt A-bulbs sold as long life is confusing and 
    consumers do not know how many lumens to look for); Hytron (long-
    life lamps may be more efficient for fixtures not readily accessible 
    when comparing lumen-per-watt cost to lamp replacement cost); LBL 
    (preferable to use term ``power'' to describe wattage because term 
    ``energy used'' is technically incorrect and misleading); Marvel 
    (new labeling requirements will be confusing and meaningless to 
    consumers); ME (laboratory-measured life ratings under ideal 
    conditions are misleading because lab conditions have little 
    correlation to actual use); Rensselaer (marketing ``long life'' 130 
    volt lamps for use on 120 volt circuits will mislead consumers if 
    long-life claims are on package with data at 130 volts).
        \16\ Marvel (exempt small producers and suppliers from labeling 
    requirements to alleviate tremendous cost imposed and allow them to 
    survive financially; cumulative sales of small distributors and 
    manufacturers with probably less than 2% of total lamp sales will 
    not have much effect on energy consumption for country as a whole).
        \17\ Hytron (multiple support filament, long-life incandescent 
    lamps should be considered to be rough/vibration service lamps); ME 
    (lamps with multiple supports designed for rough service last much 
    longer under actual operating conditions than those with no filament 
    supports; exclude lamps with four or more filament supports from 
    labeling requirements to keep consumers from comparing lab life 
    ratings of lamps that may have different actual ratings).
        \18\ Notice of Proposed Rule and Public Hearing, 59 FR 49478 
    (1994).
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        Lastly, one comment requests that the Commission require the first 
    annual report from lamp manufacturers no earlier than March 1, 1997 
    because imposing a new reporting requirement immediately after changing 
    the substantial number of labels affected would be unfair and unduly 
    burdensome.19 This reporting requirement is mandated directly by 
    EPCA, although the Commission has authority to specify the date on 
    which the annual reports are required. The Commission has stayed this 
    reporting requirement under the lamp labeling rules until DOE adopts 
    final test procedures for lamp products under the EPA 92 amendments to 
    EPCA.20 Although DOE has published interim final testing rules, 
    DOE has not yet issued its final rules. The Commission will address the 
    issue of when the first annual report will be due under the Rule after 
    DOE takes final action on its testing rules.
    
        \19\ GE.
        \20\ 59 FR at 25176, 25201-02.
    B. Final Amendments
    
        Based on NEMA's Petition, NEMA's January 30 letter, and the 
    comments the Commission received in response to the March 22 notice, 
    the Commission has determined to adopt the amendments to the Appliance 
    Labeling Rule it proposed in the notice.21 The amended Rule will 
    give manufacturers of incandescent lamp products with a design voltage 
    other than 120 volts greater flexibility in designing packages to make 
    the required labeling disclosures and will clarify that the light 
    output disclosure for incandescent reflector lamps is total forward 
    lumens, which is the lumen measurement used to determine whether those 
    lamps meet EPCA's minimum efficiency standards. The amended Rule thus 
    will reduce the regulatory burden imposed by the Rule. At the same 
    time, the amended Rule will ensure that purchasers are provided with 
    accurate information they need to select the most energy efficient 
    lamps that meet their requirements, and it will meet the statutory 
    standard that required disclosures for incandescent lamps be based on 
    operation at 120 volts.
    
        \21\ Although the amendments are effective today, the 
    Commission's Enforcement Policy Statement published on March 22, 
    1995, applies to the amendments. See note 2, supra.
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    1. Disclosures at Design Voltage Other Than 120 Volts
        The EPA 92 amendments to EPCA and its legislative history are 
    silent about the specific purpose and meaning of the mandate that 
    labeling information shall be based on operation at 120 volts. The 
    Commission, therefore, has analyzed the record evidence 
    [[Page 31080]] concerning the methods of sales distribution and the 
    uses of these lamp products, as well as the manner in which purchasers 
    could best be provided with accurate and important information to 
    enable them ``to select the most energy efficient lamps which meet 
    their requirements.''
        According to the original rulemaking record, the majority of the 
    electric service voltage supplied by local utilities in the United 
    States for lighting is 120 volts. The rest is supplied at 125 volts, 
    primarily in the Pacific Northwest and the Tennessee Valley. No 
    evidence was presented that any local utility supplies electricity at 
    130 volts, or at service voltage other than 120 or 125 volts. The lamp 
    manufacturers who participated in the proceeding stated that they 
    distribute incandescent lamps with a design voltage of 120 volts for 
    sale in 120 voltage service regions. They also stated, however, that 
    they cannot guarantee that lamps with a design voltage of 125 volts are 
    only offered for sale in 125 voltage service regions. Manufacturers 
    that distribute incandescent lamps with a design voltage of 130 volts 
    stated that they distribute these lamps, which are marketed as long-
    life lamps, in both 120 and 125 voltage service regions.
        In light of the statutory standard and the rulemaking record, the 
    Commission originally determined to require the disclosure on the 
    primary display panel of specific lamp performance information based on 
    operation of lamps at 120 volts. Otherwise, purchasers in most parts of 
    the country who purchase lamps with a design voltage of 125 or 130 
    volts might be misled by exaggerated light output claims. Although the 
    EPA 92 amendments to EPCA state that labeling information for 
    incandescent lamps shall be based on operation at 120 volts, regardless 
    of the rated (or design) lamp voltage, the statute does not prohibit 
    the Commission from allowing additional disclosures based on operation 
    of the lamp at a different design voltage. EPCA also leaves to the 
    Commission's discretion both the specific disclosures that should be 
    required and the manner and format in which the disclosures should be 
    made. Thus, in order to ensure that purchasers in 125-volt service 
    regions are provided accurate performance information, and to allow 
    manufacturers flexibility in marketing longer-life, 130-volt design 
    voltage lamps, the Commission determined to allow manufacturers, at 
    their option, to disclose performance information at an additional 
    design voltage. This information could be included on the primary 
    display panel, or on a different panel on the package.
        NEMA, however, asserted in its Petition that marketing 
    considerations may lead manufacturers to put design voltage information 
    on the primary display panel (along with the required data at 120 
    volts). A review of sample labels with dual 120 volt and 125 volt/130 
    volt disclosures on the primary display panel indicates that this 
    disclosure format may be confusing to consumers. The Commission, 
    therefore, is amending the Rule to allow manufacturers the option of 
    limiting disclosures of light output, energy used, and life on the 
    primary display panel of the package to operation of the lamp at its 
    design voltage if: (a) The disclosures of light output, energy used, 
    and life when operated at 120 volts appear elsewhere on the package; 
    (b) a specific explanatory statement about the effect of the lamp's 
    design voltage on light output and efficiency when the lamp is operated 
    at 120 volts and the location of performance information for operation 
    at 120 volts appears clearly and conspicuously on the primary display 
    panel; and (c) all panels of the package that contain a claim about 
    light output, energy used, or life clearly and conspicuously identify 
    the lamp as ``(125 volt/130 volt).''
        The amendments adopted today comply with the statutory mandate 
    because they require clear and conspicuous disclosures on labels of 
    specific performance information for the lamps when they are operated 
    at 120 volts. In addition, the amendments ensure that purchasers are 
    provided with accurate information they need when they make purchase 
    decisions.
    2. Light Output Disclosures for Reflector Lamps
        Not all light produced by an incandescent reflector lamp is 
    reflected forward as useable light.22 Some light output may escape 
    around the base of the lamp and be lost into the lamp fixture. Some 
    light may be reflected back and forth inside the cone of the lamp and 
    not be emitted as useable light output. Thus, in an attempt to ensure 
    that only useable light output would be disclosed, the original lamp 
    labeling amendments to the Appliance Labeling Rule required that the 
    labeled light output for incandescent reflector lamps be for the lamp's 
    ``beam spread,'' and be followed clearly and conspicuously by the 
    phrase ``at beam spread.''
    
        \22\ Incandescent reflector lamps (also known as reflectorized 
    incandescent lamps) are cone-shaped with a reflectorized coating 
    applied to the cone-shaped part of the bulb. Incandescent reflector 
    lamps thus allow light output to be directed and focused forward 
    through the face of the lamp. They may be used, for example, to 
    provide lighting from recessed ceiling fixtures or as spotlights or 
    floodlights.
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        The Commission now concludes that there has been confusion about 
    the use of terms such as ``beam spread,'' ``beam angle,'' ``total 
    lumens,'' and ``total forward lumens'' for incandescent reflector 
    lamps. Accordingly, the Commission amends the Appliance Labeling Rule 
    to state that the required light output disclosure for incandescent 
    reflector lamps is of ``total forward lumens,'' instead of lumens ``at 
    beam spread.'' With this amendment, the Commission believes the Rule 
    will state more clearly that the light output disclosure required by 
    the Appliance Labeling Rule is for the useable light output reflected 
    forward, and not merely of forward light focused within the more narrow 
    ``beam spread'' of the particular lamp. By use of the term ``total 
    forward lumens,'' the amended Rule also will more clearly state that 
    the light output disclosure required by the Appliance Labeling Rule for 
    incandescent reflector lamps is the same as the light output 
    measurement used by DOE in determining whether these products meet the 
    minimum efficiency standards under EPCA.23
    
        \23\ See note 12, supra.
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        Because of the confusion that has resulted from the reference to 
    ``beam spread,'' the Commission also amends the Rule to delete the 
    requirement that the lumen disclosure for incandescent reflector lamps 
    be followed by the phrase ``at beam spread.'' Further, because the 
    amended Rule clarifies that the measurement method for determining 
    light output for all reflector lamps is the same, regardless of the 
    particular lamp's beam spread or beam angle, it is unnecessary for the 
    Rule to require a disclosure that the measurement is of ``total forward 
    lumens.''
        Lastly, the Commission amends the Rule to allow manufacturers of 
    incandescent reflector lamps, at their option, to insert in the 
    Advisory Statement the reference to selecting a lamp with the ``beam 
    spread,'' as well as the light output, that purchasers need. The 
    amended Advisory Statement thus will better assist purchasers in 
    selecting the most efficient lamp that meets their needs, after they 
    first select the type of reflector lamp (e.g., spotlight or floodlight) 
    that they desire.
    
    List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 305
    
        Advertising, Consumer protection, Energy conservation, Household 
    applicanes, Labeling, Lamp products, [[Page 31081]] Penalties, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
    V. Text of Final Amendments
    
        Accordingly, the Commission amends 16 CFR part 305 as follows:
    
    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'')
    
        1. The authority citation for part 305 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6294.
    
        2. Section 305.11 is amended by revising paragraphs (e)(1)(iii), 
    (e)(1)(iv), and (e)(1)(vi) to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 305.11  Labeling for covered products.
    
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        (e) Lamps--
        (1)(i) * * *
        (iii) The light output, energy usage and life ratings of any 
    covered product that is a medium base compact fluorescent lamp or 
    general service incandescent lamp (including an incandescent reflector 
    lamp), shall be measured at 120 volts, regardless of the lamp's design 
    voltage. If a lamp's design voltage is 125 volts or 130 volts, the 
    disclosures of the wattage, light output and life ratings shall in each 
    instance be:
        (A) At 120 volts and followed by the phrase ``at 120 volts.'' In 
    such case, the labels for such lamps also may disclose the lamp's 
    wattage, light output and life at the design voltage (e.g., ``Light 
    Output 1710 Lumens at 125 volts''); or
        (B) At the design voltage and followed by the phrase ``at (125 
    volts/130 volts)'' if the ratings at 120 volts are disclosed clearly 
    and conspicuously on another panel of the package, and if all panels of 
    the package that contain a claimed light output, wattage or life 
    clearly and conspicuously identify the lamp as ``(125 volt/130 volt),'' 
    and if the principal display panel clearly and conspicuously discloses 
    the following statement:
    
        This product is designed for (125/130) volts. When used on the 
    normal line voltage of 120 volts, the light output and energy 
    efficiency are noticeably reduced. See (side/back) panel for 120 
    volt ratings.
    
        (iv) For any covered product that is an incandescent reflector 
    lamp, the required disclosure of light output shall be given for the 
    lamp's total forward lumens.
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        (vi) For any covered product that is a compact fluorescent lamp or 
    a general service incandescent lamp (including an incandescent 
    reflector lamp), there shall be clearly and conspicuously disclosed on 
    the principal display panel the following statement:
    
        To save energy costs, find the bulbs with the (beam spread and) 
    light output you need, then choose the one with the lowest watts.''
    * * * * *
        By direction of the Commission.
    Benjamin I. Berman,
    Acting Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 95-14440 Filed 6-12-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
6/13/1995
Published:
06/13/1995
Department:
Federal Trade Commission
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
95-14440
Dates:
June 13, 1995.
Pages:
31077-31081 (5 pages)
PDF File:
95-14440.pdf
CFR: (1)
16 CFR 305.11