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[CITE: 42USC6317]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 
                 Part A-1--Certain Industrial Equipment
 
Sec. 6317. Energy conservation standards for high-intensity 
        discharge lamps, distribution transformers, and small electric 
        motors
        

(a) High-intensity discharge lamps and distribution transformers

    (1) The Secretary shall, within 30 months after October 24, 1992, 
prescribe testing requirements for those high-intensity discharge lamps 
and distribution transformers for which the Secretary makes a 
determination that energy conservation standards would be 
technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in 
significant energy savings.
    (2) The Secretary shall, within 18 months after the date on which 
testing requirements are prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to 
paragraph (1), prescribe, by rule, energy conservation standards for 
those high-intensity discharge lamps and distribution transformers for 
which the Secretary prescribed testing requirements under paragraph (1).
    (3) Any standard prescribed under paragraph (2) with respect to 
high-intensity discharge lamps shall apply to such lamps manufactured 36 
months after the date such rule is published.

(b) Small electric motors

    (1) The Secretary shall, within 30 months after October 24, 1992, 
prescribe testing requirements for those small electric motors for which 
the Secretary makes a determination that energy conservation standards 
would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would 
result in significant energy savings.
    (2) The Secretary shall, within 18 months after the date on which 
testing requirements are prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to 
paragraph (1), prescribe, by rule, energy conservation standards for 
those small electric motors for which the Secretary prescribed testing 
requirements under paragraph (1).
    (3) Any standard prescribed under paragraph (2) shall apply to small 
electric motors manufactured 60 months after the date such rule is 
published or, in the case of small electric motors which require listing 
or certification by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, 84 
months after such date. Such standards shall not apply to any small 
electric motor which is a component of a covered product under section 
6292(a) of this title or a covered equipment under section 6311 of this 
title.

(c) Consideration of criteria under other law

    In establishing any standard under this section, the Secretary shall 
take into consideration the criteria contained in section 6295(n) of 
this title.

(d) Prescription of labeling requirements by Secretary

    The Secretary shall, within six months after the date on which 
energy conservation standards are prescribed by the Secretary for high-
intensity discharge lamps and distribution transformers pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2) of this section and small electric motors pursuant to 
subsection (b)(2) of this section, prescribe labeling requirements for 
such lamps, transformers, and small electric motors.

(e) Compliance by manufacturers with labeling requirements

    Beginning on the date which occurs six months after the date on 
which a labeling rule is prescribed for a product under subsection (d) 
of this section, each manufacturer of a product to which such a rule 
applies shall provide a label which meets, and is displayed in 
accordance with, the requirements of such rule.

(f) New covered products; distribution of non-conforming products 
        prohibited; construction with other law

    (1) After the date on which a manufacturer must provide a label for 
a product pursuant to subsection (e) of this section--
        (A) each such product shall be considered, for purposes of 
    paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 6302(a) of this title, a new 
    covered product to which a rule under section 6294 of this title 
    applies; and
        (B) it shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or private labeler 
    to distribute in commerce any new product for which an energy 
    conservation standard is prescribed under subsection (a)(2) or 
    (b)(2) of this section which is not in conformity with the 
    applicable energy conservation standard.

    (2) For purposes of section 6303(a) of this title, paragraph (1) of 
this subsection shall be considered to be a part of section 6302 of this 
title.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title III, Sec. 346, as added Pub. L. 95-619, title IV, 
Sec. 441(a), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3272; amended Pub. L. 102-486, title 
I, Sec. 124(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2832.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-486 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions requiring energy conservation standards for high-intensity 
discharge lamps, distribution transformers, and small electric motors, 
for provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1978 and 
1979.


     Study of Utility Distribution Transformers; Report to Congress

    Section 124(c) of Pub. L. 102-486 provided that: ``The Secretary 
shall evaluate the practicability, cost-effectiveness, and potential 
energy savings of replacing, or upgrading components of, existing 
utility distribution transformers during routine maintenance and, not 
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 
24, 1992], report the findings of such evaluation to the Congress with 
recommendations on how such energy savings, if any, could be achieved.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6295 of this title.
