G/TBT/N/USA/1799/Add.2  
 
19 January 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  19 January 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Cooking Products  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  17 February 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[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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 -2022-01-18/html/2022 -00725.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-18/pdf/2022 -00725.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_0431_00_e.pdf  
Notice of proposed rulemaking and notification of data availability; extension of public 
comment period  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Cooking Products; 
Extension of Comment Period  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and notification of data availabilit y; extension of public 
comment period  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE) is extending the public comment period for the 
notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR") that DOE published on 4 November 2021, regarding a 
proposal for a new test procedure f or conventional cooking tops, a category of cooking products, 
that would replace the procedure that DOE withdrew on 18 August 2020. DOE is also extending the 
public comment period for a notification of data availability ("NODA'') that DOE published on 16 
 
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  December 2021, regarding the results of DOE's recently completed test program assessing the 
repeatability and reproducibility of the proposed test procedure.  
DATES: The comment period for the NOPR which published on 4 November 2021 (86 FR 60974) and 
the NOD A which published on 16 December 2021 (86 FR 71406), is extended by 30 days. DOE will 
accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR and the test results no later than 17 
February 2022.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and notification of dat a availability; extension of public comment 
period and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1799  are identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2021-BT-TP-0023. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-TP-0023/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 17 
February 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.  
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