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RIN: 3084-AB15

Publication ID: Spring 2016

Title: Rule Concerning Energy And Water Use Labeling For Consumer Products
Abstract: On November 2, 2015, the Commission published proposed amendments to the Rule to create requirements related to a new label database on the DOE’s website, redesign ceiling fan labels, improve and update the comparability ranges for refrigerator labels, revise central air conditioner labels in response to new DOE enforcement requirements, improve water heater labels, and update current plumbing disclosures (80 FR 67351). The comment period closed on January 11, 2016. Staff anticipates that the Commission will take further action by August 2016. Separately, on February 11, 2016, the Commission amended the Rule by publishing new ranges of comparability for required EnergyGuide labels on clothes washers (81 FR 7201). The amendments will take effect on May 11, 2016.
Agency: Federal Trade Commission(FTC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 16 CFR 305
Legal Authority: sec 321 and 325 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	07/17/2008	73 FR 40988
Public Meeting	09/15/2008
ANPRM Comment Period End	09/29/2008
ANPRM (Consumer Electronics)	03/16/2009	74 FR 11045
ANPRM (Consumer Electronics) Comment Period End	05/14/2009
NPRM (Light Bulbs)	11/10/2009	74 FR 57950
NPRM Comment Period End (Light Bulbs)	12/28/2009
NPRM (TVs and Other Consumer Electronics)	03/11/2010	75 FR 11483
Public Meeting (TVs and Other Consumer Electronics)	04/16/2010
NPRM (TVs and Other Consumer Electronics) Comment Period End	05/14/2010
Final Rule (Light Bulbs)	07/19/2010	75 FR 41696
Technical Correction to Final Rule (Light Bulbs)	08/16/2010	75 FR 49818
Comment Period End (Light Bulb: Other Issues)	09/20/2010
NPRM (Light Bulbs)	12/29/2010	75 FR 81943
Final Rule (TVs)	01/06/2011	76 FR 1038
Final Rule (Light Bulb)	04/12/2011	76 FR 20233
NPRM (Light Bulb II)	08/01/2011	76 FR 45715
ANPRM (Regional Efficiency Standards)	11/28/2011	76 FR 72872
Public Meeting (Regional Efficiency Standards)	12/16/2011
ANPRM Comment Period End (Regional Efficiency Standards)	01/10/2012
NPRM (Systematic Review)	03/15/2012	77 FR 15298
NPRM (Regional Efficiency Standards)	06/06/2012	77 FR 33337
NPRM (Comparability Ranges)	01/09/2013	78 FR 1779
Final Rule (Systematic Review)	01/10/2013	78 FR 2200
Final Rule (Regional Efficiency Standards)	02/06/2013	78 FR 8362
Final Rule (Comparability Ranges)	07/23/2013	78 FR 43974
NPRM (Televisions)	12/26/2013	78 FR 78305
NPRM (Televisions) Comment Period End	02/14/2014
Final Rule (Televisions)	04/09/2014	79 FR 19464
Supplemental NPRM	06/18/2014	79 FR 34642
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End	08/18/2014
Final Rule (Regional Efficiency Standards)	12/29/2014	79 FR 77868
ANPRM (Refrigeration Products)	12/31/2014	79 FR 78736
Final Action Effective (Regional Efficiency Standards)	04/06/2015
Final Rule (Systematic Review)	11/02/2015	80 FR 67285
NPRM	11/02/2015	80 FR 67351
NPRM Comment Period End	01/16/2016
Final Rule (Comparability Ranges)	02/11/2016	81 FR 7201
Final Rule (Comparability Ranges) Effective Date	05/11/2016
Commission Action	08/00/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Related to 3084-AB11
Agency Contact: Hampton Newsome Attorney Federal Trade Commission Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, CC-9528, Washington, DC 20580 Phone:202 326-2889 Email: hnewsome@ftc.gov