[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR431.18]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 431_ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 
EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Electric Motors
 
Sec. 431.18  Testing laboratories.

    (a) Testing pursuant to Sec. 431.17(a)(5)(ii) must be conducted in 
an accredited laboratory for which the accreditation body was:
    (1) The National Institute of Standards and Technology/National 
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NIST/NVLAP); or
    (2) A laboratory accreditation body having a mutual recognition 
arrangement with NIST/NVLAP; or
    (3) An organization classified by the Department, pursuant to Sec. 
431.19, as an accreditation body.
    (b) NIST/NVLAP is under the auspices of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) which is part of the U.S. Department of 
Commerce. NIST/NVLAP accreditation is granted on the basis of 
conformance with criteria published in 15 CFR Part 285, The National 
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Procedures and General 
Requirements. NIST Handbook 150-10, August 1995, presents the technical 
requirements of the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program 
for the Efficiency of Electric Motors field of accreditation. This 
handbook supplements NIST Handbook 150, National Voluntary Laboratory 
Accreditation Program Procedures and General Requirements, which 
contains 15 CFR Part 285 plus all general NIST/NVLAP procedures, 
criteria, and policies. Changes in NIST/NVLAP's criteria, procedures, 
policies, standards or other bases for granting accreditation, occurring 
subsequent to the initial effective date of 10 CFR Part 431, shall not 
apply to accreditation under this Part unless approved in writing by the 
Department of Energy. Information regarding NIST/NVLAP and its 
Efficiency of Electric Motors Program (EEM) can be obtained from NIST/
NVLAP, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2140, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2140, 
telephone (301) 975-4016, or telefax (301) 926-2884.

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