G/TBT/N/USA/1827/Add.1  
 
2 March 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 March 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure and Energy Conservation Standards for 
Consumer Products; Consumer Air Cleaners  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  10 April 2022; Request for information; reopening of 
public comment period  
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures and Energy  Conservation 
Standards for Consumer Products; Consumer Air Cleaners;  Reopening of Comment Period  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-01/html/2022 -04188.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-01/pdf/2022 -04188.pdf  
AGENCY: Office of  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of  Energy  
ACTION: Request for information; reopening of public comment period  
SUMMARY: On 25 January 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the  Department) published 
in the Federal Register a request  for information  (RFI) regarding Test Procedures and Energy 
Conservation Standards for  Consumer Air Cleaners. On 10 February 2022, DOE received a 
joint comment from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), San Diego Gas  and Electric 
(SDG&E), Southern C alifornia Edison (SCE), the Appliance   Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), 
and the Association of Home  Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), (collectively, the 
"Joint  Commenters"), requesting a 45 -day extension of the public comment  period for the RFI. DOE 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1827/Add.1  
 
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  has reviewed these requests and is reopening  the public comment period to allow comments to be 
submitted until 10 April 2022.  
DATES: The comment period for the RFI published in the Federal Register on 25 January 2022 (87 
FR 3702) is reopened. Written comments, data, and information are requested and will be accepted 
on and before 10 April 2022.  
This request for information; reopening of public comment period and the request for information 
notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1827  are identified by Docket Numbers EERE -2021-BT-STD-0035 and 
EERE-2021-TP-0036. The Docket Folders are available from Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-STD-0035/document  and provide s access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number(s). WTO Members and their stakeholders are 
asked to submit  comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before  4pm Eastern Time  on 10 
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.  
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