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 106 STAT. 2826 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 Federal Register, publication. become effective, such report shall be filed with the Secretary not later than the date which is 12 months after the date manufacturing is commenced and shall include the lumen output and wattage consumption for each such lamp type as an average of measurements taken during such 12-month period. "0") STANDARDS FOR SHOWERHEADS AND FAUCETS.— (1) The maximum water use allowed for any showerhead manufactured after January 1, 1994, is 2.5 gallons per minute when measured at a flowing water pressure of 80 pounds per square inch. Any such showerhead shall also meet the requirements of ASME/ANSI A112.18.1M -1989, 7.4.3(a). "(2) The maximum water use allowed for any of the following faucets manufactured after January 1, 1994, when measured at a flowing water pressure of 80 poimds per square inch, is as follows: "Lavatory faucets 2.5 gallons per minute "Lavatory replacement aerators 2.5 gallons per minute "Kitchen faucets 2.5 gallons per minute "Kitchen replacement aerators 2.5 gallons per minute "Metering faucets 0.25 gallons per cycle "(3)(A) If the maximimi flow rate requirements or the design requirements of ASME/ANSI Standard A112.18.1M-1989 are amended to improve the efficiency of water use of any type or class of showerhead or faucet and are approved by ANSI, the Secretary shall, not later than 12 months after the date of such amendment, publish a final rule establishing an amended uniform national standard for that product at the level specified in the amended ASME/ANSI Standard A112.18.1M and providing that such standard shall apply to products manufactured after a date which is 12 months after the publication of such rule, unless the Secretary determines, by rule published in the Federal Register, that adoption of a imiform national standard at the level specified in such amended ASME/ANSI Standard Al 12.18. IM— "(i) is not technologically feasible and economically justified under subsection (o); "(ii) is not consistent with the maintenance of public health and safety; or "(iii) is not consistent with the purposes of this Act. "(B)(i) As part of the rulemaking conducted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall also determine if adoption of a imiform national standard for any type or class of showerhead or faucet more stringent than such amended ASMEVANSI Standard A112.18.1M— "(I) would result in additional conservation of energy or water; "(11) would be technologically feasible and economically justified under subsection (o); and "(III) would be consistent with the maintenance of public health and safety. "(ii) If the Secretary makes an affirmative determination under clause (i), the final rule published under subparagraph (A) shall waive the provisions of section 327(c) with respect to any State regulation concerning the water use or water efficiency of such type or class of showerhead or faucet if such State regulation— "(I) is more stringent than amended ASME/ANSI Standard A112.18.1M for such type or class of showerhead or faucet and the standard in effect for such product on the day before

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