---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 429.28"
title: "10"
number: "429.28"
heading: "Faucets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/429.28"
---

# §429.28. Faucets.

- (a) **Sampling plan for selection of units for testing.**
  - (1) The requirements of [§ 429.11](/cfr/10/429.11.md) are applicable to faucets; and
  - (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:
    - (i) **The mean of the sample, where—** Or,
    - (ii) The upper 95 percent confidence limit (UCL) of the true mean divided by 1.05, where:
- (b) **Certification reports.**
  - (1) The requirements of [§ 429.12](/cfr/10/429.12.md) are applicable to faucets; and
  - (2) Pursuant to [§ 429.12(b)(13)](/cfr/10/429.12.md?p=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).

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6317; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 12451, Mar. 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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