G/TBT/N/USA/1505/Add.2  
 
2 November 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 November 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Dishwashers, Grant of 
Petition for Rulemaking  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 30 October 2020  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 30 November 2020  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/ content/pkg/FR -2020-10-30/html/2020 -23765.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-30/pdf/2020 -23765.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/final_measure/20_6678_00_
e.pdf 
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (i f applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Establishment of a New Product Class for 
Residential Dishwashers  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rece ived a petition from the Competitive 
Enterprise Institute (CEI) to define a new product class under the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, as amended (EPCA), for standard residential dishwashers with a cycle time for the normal cycle 
of less than one hour  from washing through drying. Based upon its evaluation of the petition and 
careful consideration of the public comments, DOE granted CEI's petition and proposed a dishwasher 
 
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  product class with a cycle time for the normal cycle of less than one hour. In th is final rule, DOE 
establishes a new product class for standard residential dishwashers with a cycle time for the normal 
cycle of one hour (60 minutes) or less from washing through drying. DOE's decision to establish the 
new product class is based on its e valuation of CEI's petition, the comments the Department received 
in response to the petition and the proposed rule to establish the new product class, as well as 
additional testing and evaluation conducted by the Department. This rulemaking only sets out the 
basis for the new product class. DOE intends to determine the specific energy and water consumption 
limits for the product class in a separate rulemaking.  
DATES: The effective date of this rule is 30 November 2020. The incorporation by reference of a 
certain publication in this final rule is approved by the Director of the Office of the Federal Register 
as of 30 November 2020.  
This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1505  are identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2018-BT-STD-0005. The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2018-BT-STD-0005 and provides access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Document s are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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