G/TBT/N/USA/1717/Rev.1  
8 July 2001 
(21-5403) 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 (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing 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):  Appliance 
Standards; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Test conditions and procedures in 
general (ICS 19.020), Domestic electrical appliances in general (ICS 97.030)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conserva tion Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies 
for Consideration in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures 
for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or the "Department") 
proposed major revisions to the Department's "Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies 
for Consideration of New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures 
for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial/Industrial Equipment" ("Process Rule") in 
a notice of proposed rulemaking that was published on 12 April 2021. DOE accepted 
comments on those proposed revisions through 27 May 2021. In this document, DOE 
proposes a dditional revisions to the Process Rule and requests comment on the proposals 
and any potential alternatives. These additional proposed revisions are consistent with 
current DOE practice and would remove unnecessary obstacles to DOE's ability to meet 
its statutory obligations under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ("EPCA").  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/1717/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 86 Federal Register (FR) 35668, 7 July 2021; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-07-07/html/2021 -14273.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-07-07/pdf/2021 -14273.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment and the previous notice of 
proposed rulemaking and request for comment notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1717  are 
identified by Docket Number EERE -2021-BT-STD-0003. The Docket Folder is 
available  on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-
STD-0003/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well 
as comments r eceived. 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 . 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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  23 August 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_4546_00_e.pdf