G/TBT/N/USA/974/Rev.1  
11 July 2022  
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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, Department of Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation 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 
furnaces; Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas; mec hanical 
stokers, including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar 
appliances. (HS code(s): 8416); 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 Furnaces; (117 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - 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 furnaces. EPCA also requires the Department of 
Energy ("DOE " or "the Department") to periodically determine whether more -stringent, 
amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and 
would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), 
DOE pro poses amended energy conservation standards for non -weatherized gas furnaces 
and mobile home gas furnaces, and also announces a public meeting webinar to be held 
on Wednesday, 3 August 2022, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Eastern Time  to receive 
comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natur e of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/974/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 40590, 8 July 2022; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-07/html/2022 -13108.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-07/pdf/2022 -13108.pdf  
Meeting: DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Wednesday, 3 August 2022, from 
12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Eastern Time . See section VII, "Public Participation," for webinar 
registration information, participan t instructions, and information about the capabilities 
available to webinar participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment and previous actions notified 
under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/974  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2014-BT-
STD-0031. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.g ov/docket/EERE -2014-BT-STD-0031/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. WT O Members 
and their stakeholders are asked to submit petitions for reconsideration to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 6 September 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.  
Comments regarding the likely competitive impact of the proposed standard should be 
sent to the Department of Justi ce contact listed in the ADDRESSES section of the notice 
on or before 22 August 2022. DOE notes that the Department of Justice is required to 
transmit its determination regarding the competitive impact of the proposed standard to 
DOE no later than 6 Septem ber 2022. The determination and analysis by the Department 
of Justice will be published by DOE in the Federal Register. Commenters who want to have 
their comments considered by DOE as part of any future rulemaking resulting from this 
NOPR also should submi t such comments to DOE in accordance with the procedures 
detailed in this proposed rulemaking. Comments from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders regarding the likely competitive impact of the proposed standard should also 
be submitted to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 September 2022; 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 22 August 2022. DOE notes that 
the Department of Justice is required to transmit its determination regarding the 
competitive impact of the pr oposed standard to DOE no later than 6 September 2022. 
The determination and analysis by the Department of Justice will be published by DOE in 
the Federal Register. Commenters who want to have their comments considered by DOE 
as part of any future rulemaki ng resulting from this NOPR also should submit such 
comments to DOE in accordance with the procedures detailed in this proposed rulemaking. 
Comments from WTO Members and their stakeholders regarding the likely competitive 
impact of the proposed standard sh ould also be submitted to the USA TBT Enquiry Point.  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_4602_00_e.pdf