G/TBT/N/USA/1830  
2 February 2022  
(22-0802) 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 AMERICA   
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) [1859]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Dehumidifying direct -expansion dedicated outdoor air systems; Quality (ICS 03.120), 
Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Installations in buildings (ICS 91.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Pro gram: Energy Conservation Standards for Dehumidifying Direct -
Expansion Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems (31 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - In 
this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), DOE proposes to  establish new energy 
conservation standards for dehumidifying direct -expansion dedicated outdoor air systems 
(DX-DOASes) that are of  equivalent stringency as the minimum levels specified in the 
amended  American Society of Heating, Refrigera ting and Air -Conditioning  Engineers 
("ASHRAE") Standard 90.1 "Energy Standard for Buildings  Except Low -Rise Residential 
Buildings" ("ASHRAE Standard 90.1") when  tested pursuant to the most recent applicable 
industry standard for  this equipment. DOE has pre liminarily determined that it lacks 
clear and convincing evidence to adopt standards more stringent than the  levels specified 
in ASHRAE Standard 90.1. DOE also announces a public  meeting via webinar to receive 
comment on these proposed standards and  associ ated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/USA/1830  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 5560, 1 February 2022; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-02-01/html/2022 -01375.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-02-01/pdf/2022 -01375.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment is identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2017-BT-STD-0017. The Docket Folder is  available from Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-STD-0017/document  and 
provides access to primary and supporting documents as we ll 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 4 April 2022. 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.   
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Monday, 28 February  2022, from 1:00 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. EST. See section VIII, "Public  Participation," for webinar registr ation 
information, participant  instructions and information about the capabilities available 
to webinar participants.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1747 and G/TBT/N/USA/1747/Add.1  - Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedure for Dehumidifying Direct Expansion -Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems i dentified 
by Docket Number  EERE-2017-BT-TP-0018. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  4 April 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_1299_00_e.pdf