§5506 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must act as soon as possible. Using data from the demonstration programs under sections 5503 and 5504, the Secretary must work with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, consult the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy, and publish the rules in the Federal Register under section 553 of title 5. The rules must set clear performance standards for solar heating and combined solar heating-and-cooling parts and systems used in homes, and set standards for how suitable homes are for those systems, taking different climates into account. The rules must also require testing and give a way for manufacturers to get certification that their products meet the standards.

Title 42, §5506

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As soon as feasible, and utilizing data available from the demonstration programs under section 5503 and 5504 of this title, the Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy shall determine, prescribe, and publish in the Federal Register in accordance with the applicable provisions regarding rulemaking prescribed by section 553 of title 5,

(1)definitive performance criteria for solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems to be used in residential dwellings, taking into account climatic variations existing between different geographic areas;

(2)definitive performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating and for combined solar heating and cooling) for such dwellings, taking into account climatic variations existing between different geographic areas; and

(3)procedures whereby manufacturers of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems shall have their products tested in order to provide certification that such products conform to the performance criteria established under paragraph (1).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Director”, meaning Director of National Science Foundation, pursuant to section 104(f) and 301(h) of Pub. L. 93–438, which are classified to section 5814(f) and 5871(h) of this title and which transferred functions of National Science Foundation relating to or utilized in connection with solar heating and cooling development to Administrator of Energy Research and Development Administration, and pursuant to section 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to section 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Energy Research and Development Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

§5506 Test procedures and definitive performance criteria for solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems and suitable dwellings; determination, consultation and publication in Federal Register