G/TBT/N/USA/1473  
 
24 April 2019  
(19-2720) 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 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1500]  
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):  Test 
procedures; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Test conditions and procedures in 
general (ICS 19.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Notice of Request for Information on the Measurement of Average 
Use Cycles or Periods of Use in DOE Test Procedures (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating a data and 
information collection process through this request for infor mation to better understand 
whether there are provisions in the Department's test procedures for consumer appliances 
and industrial equipment that could be improved to produce results that are more 
representative of average use cycles or periods of use. Ov er time, many of DOE's test 
procedures have been amended to account for products' increased functionality and 
modes of operation. DOE's intent in issuing this RFI is to gather information to ensure 
that the inclusion of measurement provisions in its test p rocedures associated with such 
increased functionality has not inadvertently compromised the measurement of 
representative average use cycles or periods of use, and made some test procedures 
unnecessarily burdensome. DOE welcomes written comments from the public on any 
subject within the scope of this document, including topics not directly outlined in this 
RFI. DOE particularly welcomes comments on any suggestions for reducing or avoiding 
regulatory burdens within the context of measuring average use cycle s or periods of use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 9721, 18 March 2019; Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts 430 and 431.  G/TBT/N/USA/1473  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  17 May 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_2390_00_e.pdf