G/TBT/N/USA/1570  
3 February 2020  
(20-0792) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing -Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [1597]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Manufactured home construction; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Construction 
industry (ICS 91.010), Residential buildings (ICS 91.040.30), Structures of buildings 
(ICS 91.080), Installations in buildings (ICS 91.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Manufactured 
Home Construction and Safety Standards (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - This proposed rule would amend the Federal 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (t he Construction and Safety 
Standards) by adopting recommendations made to HUD by the Manufactured Housing 
Consensus Committee (MHCC). The National Manufactured Housing Construction and 
Safety Standards Act of 1974 (the Act) requires HUD to publish in the F ederal Register any 
proposed revised Construction and Safety Standard submitted by the MHCC. The MHCC 
has prepared and submitted to HUD its third group of recommendations to improve various 
aspects of the Construction and Safety Standards. HUD has reviewed  those proposals and 
has made editorial revisions to several and HUD proposes correlating additions for several 
of the proposals. HUD has decided not to go forward in this proposed rule with certain 
revisions recommended by the MHCC due to pending regulati ons for improving energy 
efficiency in manufactured homes currently being prepared by the Department of Energy. 
In addition, HUD has decided not to move forward with a new proposal to add 
requirements for draftstopping to the Manufactured Home Construction  and Safety 
Standards.  
As agreed, these recommendations are being published to provide notice of the proposed 
revisions and an opportunity for public comment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/USA/1570  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
•  85 Federal Register (FR) 5589, 31 January 2020; Title 24 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 3280, 3282, and 3285:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-31/html/2020 -01473. htm 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-31/pdf/2020 -01473.pdf  
•  G/TBT/N/USA/521/Add.3  - Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured 
Housing, 17 June 2016, Notice of proposed rulemaking and public meeting  
•  G/TBT/N/USA/521/Add.4  - Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation 
Standards for Manufactured Housing, 3 August 2018, Notice of data availability;  
request for information  
•  Primary and Supporting Documents, as well as Comments, are accessible from 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2009-BT-BC-
0021 
•  G/TBT/N/USA/1303  - Manufactured Home Regulations; Request for Recomme nded 
Changes, 27 July 2017, Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.  
•  G/TBT/N/USA/560 and subsequent addenda            
•  Primary Documents and Comments accessible from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=HUD -2010-0060 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  31 March 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_0808_00_e.pdf