Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part A · Chapter 77 — Energy Conservation
§ 6294a. Energy Star program
Statutory text
In general
There is established within the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency a voluntary program to identify and promote energy-efficient products and buildings in order to reduce energy consumption, improve energy security, and reduce pollution through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communication about, products and buildings that meet the highest energy conservation standards.
Division of responsibilities
Responsibilities under the program shall be divided between the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the terms of applicable agreements between those agencies.
Duties
The Administrator and the Secretary shall—
promote Energy Star compliant technologies as the preferred technologies in the marketplace for—
achieving energy efficiency; and
reducing pollution;
work to enhance public awareness of the Energy Star label, including by providing special outreach to small businesses;
preserve the integrity of the Energy Star label;
regularly update Energy Star product criteria for product categories;
solicit comments from interested parties prior to establishing or revising an Energy Star product category, specification, or criterion (or prior to effective dates for any such product category, specification, or criterion);
on adoption of a new or revised product category, specification, or criterion, provide reasonable notice to interested parties of any changes (including effective dates) in product categories, specifications, or criteria, along with—
an explanation of the changes; and
as appropriate, responses to comments submitted by interested parties; and
provide appropriate lead time (which shall be 270 days, unless the Agency or Department specifies otherwise) prior to the applicable effective date for a new or a significant revision to a product category, specification, or criterion, taking into account the timing requirements of the manufacturing, product marketing, and distribution process for the specific product addressed.
Deadlines
The Secretary shall establish new qualifying levels—
not later than , for clothes washers and dishwashers, effective beginning ; and
not later than , for clothes washers, effective beginning .
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Pub. L. 94–163 title III § 324A · 89 Stat. 871
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6294a
Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 324A, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 131(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 620
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 324A, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 131(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 620Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–140 title III § 311(b) · 121 Stat. 1492
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6294a(d)(2)
Pub. L. 110–140 substituted “July 1, 2009” for “January 1, 2010”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 110–140 substituted “July 1, 2009” for “January 1, 2010”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Energy Star.— Section 324A(d)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a(d)(2)) is amended by striking “January 1, 2010” and inserting “July 1, 2009”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2007—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 110–140 substituted “” for “”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2007 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after , see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
Credits
2005–2007 · 2 acts
- 2005Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 324A, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 131(a), , 119 Stat. 620
- 2007amended Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 311(b), , 121 Stat. 1564.
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(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 324A, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 131(a), , 119 Stat. 620; amended Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 311(b), , 121 Stat. 1564.)