16 CFR § 305.6 - Description of plumbing products.

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title: "16 CFR § 305.6 - Description of plumbing products."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "305.6"
section_name: "Description of plumbing products."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF CONGRESS"
part_number: "305"
part_name: "ENERGY AND WATER USE LABELING FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT (“ENERGY LABELING RULE”)"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 6294."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 46894, Dec. 10, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 305.6 Description of plumbing products.

(a) *Showerhead* means a component or set of components distributed in commerce for attachment to a single supply fitting, for spraying water onto a bather, typically from an overhead position, excluding safety shower showerheads.

(b) *Faucet* means a lavatory faucet, kitchen faucet, metering faucet, or replacement aerator for a lavatory or kitchen faucet.

(c) *Water closet* means a plumbing fixture having a water-containing receptor which receives liquid and solid body waste and, upon actuation, conveys the waste through an exposed integral trap seal into a gravity drainage system, except such term does not include fixtures designed for installation in prisons.

(d) *Urinal* means a plumbing fixture that receives only liquid body waste and, on demand, conveys the waste through a trap seal into a gravity drainage system, except such term does not include fixtures designed for installation in prisons.

[84 FR 58032, Oct. 30, 2019]