305.20—Paper catalogs and websites.
(a)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises in a catalog, a covered product (except ceiling fan, fluorescent lamp ballasts, metal halide lamp fixtures, general service fluorescent lamps, medium base compact fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps including incandescent reflector lamps, showerheads, faucets, water closets, or urinals) shall include in such catalog either the EnergyGuide labels prepared in accordance with §§ 305.11 and 305.12 for products they offer or the following information:
(2)
The estimated annual operating costs for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers, room air conditioners, and water heaters as determined in accordance with § 305.5 and appendix K of this part on each page that lists the covered product.
(i)
For refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers (fill in the blanks with the appropriate year and energy cost figures):
Your operating costs will depend on your utility rates and use. The estimated operating cost is based on a [Year] national average electricity cost of [ ___ cents per kWh].
For more information, visit www.ftc.gov/appliances.
(ii)
For room air conditioners and water heaters, (fill in the blanks with the appropriate year and energy cost figures):
Your operating costs will depend on your utility rates and use. The estimated operating cost is based on a [Year] national average [electricity, natural gas, propane, or oil] cost of [$ ___ per kWh, therm, or gallon].
For more information, visit www.ftc.gov/appliances.
(iii)
For clothes washers and dishwashers, (fill in the blanks with the appropriate information such as the year, and the energy cost figures):
Your operating costs will depend on your utility rates and use. The estimated operating cost is based on [4 washloads a week for dishwashers, or 8 washloads a week for clothes washers] and a [Year] national average cost of ___ cents per kWh for electricity and $ ___ per therm for natural gas.
For more information, visit www.ftc.gov/appliances.
(4)
The energy efficiency or thermal efficiency ratings for pool heaters, central air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces (including boilers) as determined in accordance with § 305.5 on each page that lists the covered product.
(b)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises fluorescent lamp ballasts that are “covered products,” as defined in § 305.2(l), and to which standards are applicable under section 325 of the Act, in a catalog, from which they may be purchased by cash, charge account or credit terms, shall disclose conspicuously in such catalog, in each description of such fluorescent lamp ballasts, a capital letter “E” printed within a circle.
(c)
(1)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises in a catalog a covered product that is a general service fluorescent lamp, medium base compact fluorescent lamp, or general service incandescent lamp (including an incandescent reflector lamp), shall disclose clearly and conspicuously in such catalog:
(i)
On each page listing any covered product that is a compact fluorescent lamp or a general service incandescent lamp (including an incandescent reflector lamp), all the information concerning that lamp, except for the number of units in the package, required by § 305.11(b)(1) of this part to be disclosed on the lamp's label; provided, however, that, for a catalog not distributed to consumers for making purchases for personal use or consumption by individuals, the disclosures need not comply with the format provisions of § 305.11 (b)(1)(ii) of this part, but must be clear and conspicuous; and
(ii)
On each page listing a covered product that is a general service fluorescent lamp or an incandescent reflector lamp, all the information required by § 305.11(b)(2) of this part to be disclosed on the lamp's label according to the following format:
(2)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises a covered product that is a general service fluorescent lamp, medium base compact fluorescent lamp, or general service incandescent lamp (including an incandescent reflector lamp), in a catalog who makes any representation in such catalog regarding the cost of operation of such lamp shall clearly and conspicuously disclose in close proximity to such representation the assumptions upon which it is based, including, e.g., purchase price, unit cost of electricity, hours of use, patterns of use.
(d)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises a covered product that is a showerhead, faucet, water closet, or urinal in a catalog, from which it may be purchased, shall include in such catalog, on each page that lists the covered product, the product's water use, expressed in gallons and liters per minute (gpm and L/min) or per cycle (gpc and L/cycle) or gallons and liters per flush (gpf and Lpf) as specified in § 305.16.
(e)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises metal halide lamp fixtures manufactured on or after January 1, 2009 in a catalog prepared after July 1, 2009, from which they may be purchased by cash, charge account or credit terms, shall disclose conspicuously in such catalog, in each description of such metal halide lamp fixture, a capital letter “E” printed within a circle.
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(f)
Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler who advertises a covered product that is a ceiling fan in a catalog, from which it may be purchased, shall disclose clearly and conspicuously in such catalog, on each page that lists the covered product, all the information concerning the product required by § 305.13(a)(1).