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PUBLIC LAW 100-357—JUNE 28, 1988
102 STAT. 673
"(7) Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of this subsection shall not apply to the covered product specified in paragraph (13) of section 322.". (e) STANDARDS.—(1) Subsection (g) of section 325 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(g)) is amended— (A) by inserting "; FLUORESCENT LAMP BALLASTS;" after "DRYERS" in the heading; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: "(5) Except as provided in paragraph (6), each fluorescent lamp ballast— "(A)(i) manufactured on or after January 1, 1990; "(ii) sold by the manufacturer on or after April 1, 1990; or "(iii) incorporated into a luminaire by a luminaire manufacturer on or after April 1, 1991; and "(B) designed— "(i) to operate at nominal input voltages of 120 or 277 volts; "(ii) to operate with an input current frequency of 60 Hertz; and "(iii) for use in connection with an F40T12, F96T12, or F96T12HO lamps; shall have a power factor of 0.90 or greater and shall have a ballast efficacy factor not less than the following: Application for Operation of one F40T12 lamp two F40T12 lamps two F96T12 lamps two F96T12HO lamps
Ballast Input Voltage 120 277 120 277 120 277 120 277
Total Nominal Lamp Watts 40 40 80 80 150 150 220 220
Ballast Efficacy Factor 1.805 1.805 1.060 1.050 0.570 0.570 0.390 0.390
"(6) The standards described in paragraph (5) do not apply to (A) a ballast which is designed for dimming or for use in ambient temperatures of 0° For less, or (B) a ballast which has a power factor of less than 0.90 and is designed for use only in residential building applications. "(7)(A) The Secretary shall publish a final rule no later than January 1, 1992, to determine if the standards established under paragraph (5) should be amended, including whether such standards should be amended so that they would be applicable to ballasts described in paragraph (6) and other fluorescent lamp ballasts. Such rule shall contain such amendment, if any, and provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured on or after January 1, 1995. "(B) After January 1, 1992, the Secretary shall publish a final rule no later than five years after the date of publication of a previous final rule. The Secretary shall determine in such rule whether to amend the standards in effect for fluorescent lamp ballasts, including whether such standards should be amended so that they would be applicable to additional fluorescent lamp ballasts. "(C) Any amendment prescribed under subparagraph (B) shall apply to products manufactured after a date which is five years dPter— "(i) the effective date of the previous amendment; or
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