G/TBT/N/USA/709/Rev.1  
6 March 2023  
(23-1553) 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:   
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):  Fully-
automatic household or laundry -type washing machines, of a dry linen capacity <= 6 kg 
(HS code( s): 845011); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Laundry 
appliances (ICS code(s): 97.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Wa shers; 
(102 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting on 28 March 2023 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended  
("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and 
certain commercial and industrial equipment, including residential clothes washers  
("RCWs"). 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 amended energy conservation standards 
for RCWs, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these propos ed 
standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environme nt  G/TBT/N/USA/709/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 13520, 3 March 2023; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-03/html/2023 -03862.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-03/pdf/2023 -03862.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Tuesday, 28 March2023, from 1:00 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time , in Washington, DC. See section VII, "Public Participation," for 
webinar registration information, part icipant instructions and information about the 
capabilities available to webinar participants. Comments regarding the likely competitive 
impact of the proposed standard should be sent to the Department of Justice contact 
listed in the ADDRESSES section on or before 3 April 2023.  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments on this notice of 
proposed rulemaking to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . by or before 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time  
on 2 May 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members 
and their stakeholders will be shared with the regula tor and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov  if received within the comment period.  
This current action, the earlier not ification of data availability, and the availability of a 
preliminary technical support document notified as G/TBT/N/USA/709/Add.3, 
G/TBT/N/USA/709/Add.4, G/TBT/N/USA/709/Add.5, and G/TBT/N/USA/709/Add.6 , are 
identified by Docket Number EERE -2017-BT-STD-0014. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-STD-
0014/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received.  
Earlier actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/709  are identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2008-BT-STD-0019. The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2008-BT-STD-0019/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents 
are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by sea rching the Docket Number.  
See also actions notified under G/TBT/N/USA/903  on Test Procedures for Residential and 
Commercial Clothes Washers, G/TBT/N/USA/1638  on Energy Conservation Standards for 
Clothes Washers and Clothes Dryers, and actions notified under G/TBT/N/USA/1762  on 
Product Classes for Residential Dishwashers, Residential Clothes Washers, and Consumer 
Clothes Dryers.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  2 May 2023  
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://me mbers.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_1671_00_e.pdf