G/TBT/N/USA/1491/Rev.1  
24 August 2021  
(21-6396) Page: 1/2 
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 notific ation 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 
procedure interim waiver process; Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Test Procedure 
Interim Waiver Process (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - The 
U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or the "Department") proposes to revise the 
Department's test procedure interim waiver process. The proposed revisions address 
areas of the test procedure interim w aiver process regulations that may result in alternate 
test procedures that are inconsistent with the purpose and requirements of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act ("EPCA"), and that otherwise appear not to effectuate the 
statute properly.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Cost saving and productivity enhancement   
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 46793, 20 August 2021; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 430 and 43 1: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-20/html/2021 -16341.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-20/pdf/2021 -16341.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment and previous actions notified 
under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1491  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2019-BT-
NOA-0011. The  Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-NOA-0011/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 stakehold ers are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . G/TBT/N/USA/1491/Rev.1  
 
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  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 t he Docket  on 
Regulations.gov 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:  20 September 2021  
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/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_5364_00_e.pdf