G/TBT/N/USA/945/Rev.1  
22 May 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Dishwashers; Dish washing machines: (HS code(s): 84221); Environmental protection 
(ICS code(s ): 13.020); Dishwashers (ICS code(s): 97.040.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Dishwashers; (68 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of conten t: Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment, public 
meeting via webinar on 8 June 2023 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as 
amended  ("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards  for v arious consumer 
products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including dishwashers . EPCA 
also requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or "the Department") to periodically 
determine whether more -stringent standards would be technologically feasible and 
economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of 
proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE proposes amende d energy conservation standards 
for dishwashers, and requests comment on these proposed standards and associated 
analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/945/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 32514, 19 May 2023; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-19/html/2023 -09969.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-19/pdf/2023 -09969.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on 8 June 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  
Eastern Time . See section VII, "Public Participation," for webinar registration information, 
participant instructions and information about the capabilities available to webinar 
participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking ; request for comment is identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2019-BT-STD-0039. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-STD-0039/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting 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  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 18 July 2023. Comme nts 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.go v 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:  18 July 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnatta chments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09734_00_e.pdf