1. (a) Sampling plan for selection of units for testing.

   1. (1) The requirements of § 429.11 are applicable to faucets; and

   2. (2) For each basic model of faucet, a sample of sufficient size shall be randomly selected and tested to ensure that any represented value of water consumption of a basic model for which consumers favor lower values shall be no less than the higher of the higher of:

      1. (i) The mean of the sample, where:

         

         Or,

      2. (ii) The upper 95 percent confidence limit (UCL) of the true mean divided by 1.05, where:

         

2. (b) Certification reports.

   1. (1) The requirements of § 429.12 are applicable to faucets; and
   2. (2) Pursuant to § 429.12(b)(13), a certification report shall include the following public product-specific information: For non-metering faucets, the maximum water use in gallons per minute (gpm) rounded to the nearest 0.1 gallon; for metering faucets, the maximum water use in gallons per cycle (gal/cycle) rounded to the nearest 0.01 gallon; and for all faucet types, the flow water pressure in pounds per square inch (psi).

[76 FR 12451, Mar. 7, 2011; 76 FR 24771, May 2, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 62985, Oct. 23, 2013]