EPA New Energy Star Procedures Turn Down CTA
EPA finalized its “standard operating procedure” for revising or establishing Energy Star product specifications (see 1711080025), like those for TVs, “to increase transparency and facilitate more consistent opportunity for stakeholder input,” said a Friday cover letter. The procedure spurns CTA…
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calls for EPA to reduce the role of third-party certifications in product testing. The agency also turned down CTA and others' requests it use the Federal Register for future communications; instead EPA will use its own website, which added a “dedicated web page” that will be “updated in real time, any time” an Energy Star product document is released for comment. CTA didn't respond Friday.