G/TBT/N/USA/1614  
27 April 2020  
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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) [1641]  
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 [   ], 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):  Commercial 
and industrial fans; Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; 
ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters (HS 
8414); Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Electrical and electronic testing (ICS 
19.080), Ventilators. Fans. Air -conditioners (ICS 23.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Efficiency 
Program for Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures for Fans, Notice of Petition for 
Rulemaking (8 p age(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of petition for rulemaking; request for comments - This 
document announces receipt of a petition received by DOE on 10 January 2020, from the 
Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA), International,  Air Conditioning Contractors 
of America, and Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors of America requesting that 
DOE establish a Federal test procedure for commercial and industrial fans. The petition, 
which appears at the end of this document, requests  that DOE resume a previous DOE 
rulemaking effort to establish a Federal test procedure for commercial and industrial fans, 
and that such test procedure be based on an upcoming industry test method. This 
document summarizes the substantive aspects of this position and requests public 
comments on the merits of the petition.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 22677, 23 April 2020; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-04-23/html/2020 -08316.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-04-23/pdf/2020 -08316.pdf  
The docket folder on Regulations.gov provides access to primary documents for this G/TBT/N/USA/1614  
 
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  rulemaking, including the 2020 -01-10 Join t petition requesting DOE to resume its 
rulemaking to develop a federal test procedure for commercial and industrial fans: 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2020-BT-PET-0003 
G/TBT/N/USA/636  Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain 
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination of Commercial and 
Industrial Fans, Blowers, and Fume Hoods as Covered Equipment  
The docket folder on Regulations.gov https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2011-
BT-DET-0045 provides access to the primary and supporting documents for the rulemaking 
associated with USA/636, as well as the comments received.  
A docket folder for Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial and Industrial Fans and 
Blowers is available on Regulations.g ov, and provides access to additional relevant primary 
and supporting documents, as well as comments received: 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2013-BT-STD-0006. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  26 May 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_2934_00_e.pdf