G/TBT/N/USA/1638/Add.1  
 
14 September 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  14 September 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Clothes Washers and 
Clothes Dryers  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  13 October 2020  
[  ] 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[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-11/html/2020 -19927.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-11/pdf/2020 -19927.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_5402_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Extension of public comment period; notification of public hearing  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is extending the public comment period for the 
notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR") which DOE proposes to establish separate product classes 
for top - loading residential clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers that offer cycle times for a 
normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front -loading residential clothes washers that offer 
cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes. DOE published the NOPR in the Federal 
Register on 13 August 2020, establishing a pu blic comment period that ends on 14 September 2020. 
In this document, DOE is extending the comment period to 13 October 2020 and announcing a public 
hearing on 30 September 2020.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1638/Add.1  
 
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  DATES: Comments: The comment period for the NOPR published on 13 August 2020 (85 FR 49297), 
is extended. DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the NOPR received no later 
than 13 October 2020.  
Meeting: DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, 30 September 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
See "Public Participation,"  for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and 
information about the capabilities available to webinar participants. If no participants register for the 
webinar, then it will be cancelled.  
This extension of public comment period; noti fication of public hearing and the NOPR notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/1638  are identified by docket number EERE -2020-BT-STD-0001.   The Docket Folder 
is available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2020-BT-STD-
0001, 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 .  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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