G/TBT/N/USA/1778  
17 September 2021  
(21-6940) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1807]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Air 
cleaners; Air quality (ICS 13.040), Cleaning appliances (ICS 97.080), Miscellaneous 
domestic and commercial equipment (ICS 97.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Proposed Determination  of Air Cleaners as a Covered Consumer 
Product (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notification of proposed determination and request for 
comment - The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") has tentatively determined that air 
cleaners qualify a s a covered product under Part A of Title III of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act ("EPCA"), as amended. DOE has tentatively determined that coverage 
of air cleaners is necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of EPCA, and that 
the average U.S. household energy use for air cleaners is likely to exceed 100 kilowatt -
hours per year.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 51629, 16 September 2021; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/p kg/FR -2021-09-16/html/2021 -19950.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-16/pdf/2021 -19950.pdf  
This notification of proposed determination and reque st for comment is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2021-BT-DET-0022. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-DET-
0022/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. 
WTO Members and thei r stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT G/TBT/N/USA/1778  
 
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  Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will  also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 November 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_5875_00_e.pdf