G/TBT/N/USA/1648  
6 October 2020  
(20-6810) 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:  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Department of Commerce [1676]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng 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):  
Smart  grid; Standardization. General rules (ICS 01.120), Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), 
Other standards related to electricity and magnetism (ICS 17.220.99), Power 
transmission and distribution networks in general (ICS 29.240.01), Information 
technology (IT) in general (ICS 35.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document:  Draft NIST 
Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 4.0 
(2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice; request for comments - The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comm ents on the Draft NIST Framework and 
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 4.0. This document is 
available online at: https://www.nist.gov/el/smart -grid/smart -grid-framework . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements  G/TBT/N/USA/1648  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 58338, 18 September 2020:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-18/html/2020 -20587.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-18/pdf/2020 -20587.pdf  
Interested WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments on this 
Notice; request for comments (RFC) to the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received 
by the USA TBT  Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared 
with the Smart Grid and Cyber Physical Systems Program Office at the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology and will also be will be made publicly available at 
https://www.nist.gov/el/smart -grid/smart -grid-framework .  
Comments must be received on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 2 November 2020. 
Written comments in response to th is RFC received after that date may not be considered.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  2 November 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_5961_00_e.pdf