G/TBT/N/USA/521/Add.5  
 
8 July 2021 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  8 July 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Efficiency Standards for Manufactured Housing  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, to request public 
comments on its scope, and to conduct public scoping meetings  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-07-07/html/2021 -14484.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-07-07/pdf/2021 -14484.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_4539_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  TITLE: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Energy 
Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy  
ACTION: Notice of intent to pre pare an environmental impact statement, to request public comments 
on its scope, and to conduct public scoping meetings.  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is required, as set forth in the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), to e stablish energy conservation standards for 
manufactured housing. EISA further directs DOE to base its energy conservation standards on the 
most recent version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), and any supplements to 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
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  that document, excep t where DOE finds that the IECC is not cost effective or where a more stringent 
standard would be more cost effective. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
(EERE) is currently planning to finalize a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemak ing (SNOPR) (on 
or before 16 August 2021) for publication in the Federal Register that will propose energy 
conservation standards for manufactured housing based on the 2021 IECC. In accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and the 
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing NEPA, DOE will prepare an 
environmental impact statement (DOE/EIS -0550) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human 
environment associated with the proposed energy conservation standards for manufactured housing.  
DATES: The public scoping period for the EIS starts with the publication of this notice and ends on 
6 August 2021. DOE will hold virtual informational/public scoping meetings on Wednesday, 21  July 
2021 at 5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday 22 July 2021 at 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time. Details on how to participate in the virtual public meetings will be posted on the 
EIS web page at: https://ecs -mh.evs.anl.gov . In defining the scope of the EIS, DOE will consider all 
scoping comments received or postmarked by 6 August 2021.  
This notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, to request public comments on 
its scope, and to conduct public scoping meetings and previous actions notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/521  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2009-BT-BC-0021. The Docket Folder is 
available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2009-BT-BC-
0021/document  and provides access to primary and suppor ting documents as well as comments 
received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. 
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 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.  
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