G/TBT/N/USA/1734/Add.1  
 
14 December 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  14 December 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program: Backstop Requirement for General Service Lamps  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  27 January 2022  
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-12-13/html/2021 -26807.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-12-13/pdf/2021 -26807.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7770_00_e.pdf  
Notification of proposed rule; request for comment  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Backstop Requirement for General  Service 
Lamps  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of  Energy  
ACTION: Notification of proposed rule; request for comment  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of En ergy ("DOE") proposes to codify in  the Code of Federal 
Regulations the 45 lumens per watt ("lm/W")  backstop requirement for general service lamps 
("GSLs") that Congress  prescribed in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended. 
DOE proposes this bac kstop requirement applies because DOE failed to  complete a rulemaking 
regarding general service lamps in accordance  with certain statutory criteria. This proposal 
represents a departure  from DOE's previous determination published in 2019 that the 
backstop  requirement was not triggered. DOE welcomes comments on this proposal.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1734/Add.1  
 
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  DATES: Written comments and information are requested and will be  accepted on or before 27 
January 2022.  
This notification of proposed rule; request for comment and the request for info rmation notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/1734  are identified by Docket Number  EERE-2021-BT-STD-0005. The Docket Folder 
is available on Regulations.gov at  https://www.regulations .gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-STD-
0005/document  and provides access to primary 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 27 January 2022. Comm ents 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.  
Also relevant are actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1524  on Energy Conservation 
Standards for General Service Incandescent Lamps, which are identified by Docket Number EERE -
2019-BT-STD-0022.   The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-STD-0022/document  and provides access to 
primar y and supporting documents as well as comments received.  
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