G/TBT/N/USA/1854  
25 April 2022  
(22-3269) 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) 
[1882]  
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 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Consumer 
pool heaters; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Domestic, commercial and 
industrial heating appliances (ICS code(s): 97.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Pool Heaters; (79 
page(s), in  English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and announcement of 
public meeting - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), 
prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain 
commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer pool heaters. EPCA also 
requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to periodically determine whether more -
stringent, standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and 
would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), 
DOE proposes definitions for the different classes of pool heaters, amended energy 
conservation standards for gas -fired pool heaters, new energy conservation standards  for 
electric pool heaters, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these 
proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of decepti ve practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 22640, 15 April 2022; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 429 and 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-15/html/2022 -07145.htm   
https://www.govi nfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-15/pdf/2022 -07145.pdf   
The Department of Energy will hold a public meeting via webinar on this NOPR on 
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Eastern Time . See section VII, "Public 
Participation," for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and 
information about the capabilities available to webinar partici pants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2021-BT-STD-0020. The Docket Folder is available from 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-STD-
0020/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 stakeholders are asked to submit comments 
to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 14 June 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.  
  
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Produ cts: Energy Conservation Standards for 
Direct Heating Equipment and Pool Heaters, Request for Information published 26 March 
2015 identified by Docket Number EERE-2015-BT-STD-0003: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-03-26/html/2015 -06809.htm  
https:// www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-03-26/pdf/2015 -06809.pdf  
  
Energy Conservation Standards for Pool Heaters, Notice of data availability (NODA) 
published 26 October 2015 identified by Docket Number EERE-2015-BT-STD-0003:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-10-26/html/2015 -27203.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-10-26/pdf/2015 -27203.pdf  
 
G/TBT/N/USA/508/Add.1  - Energy Conservation Program: Energ y Conservation 
Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters; 
Final Rule identified by Docket Number EERE-2006-STD-0129. 
  
G/TBT/N/USA/862/Add.1  - Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test 
Procedures for Direct Heating Equipment and Pool Heaters; Final Rule identified by Docket 
Number EERE-2013-BT-TP-0004. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  14 June 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://m embers.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_3000_00_e.pdf