G/TBT/N/USA/1951  
7 December 2022  
(22-9091) Page: 1/2 
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) [1982]  
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 [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):  Circulator 
pumps; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Pumps (ICS code(s): 23.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Circulator Pumps; (64 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulema king and announcement of public 
meeting - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as amended  ("EPCA"), prescribes 
energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial 
and industrial equipment, including circulator pumps. In this notice of proposed 
rulemaking ("NO PR"), DOE proposes energy conservation standards for circulator pumps, 
and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards 
and associated analyses and results. The public meeting will be held via webinar on 
Thursday, 19 Janua ry 2023.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 74850, 6 December 2022; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-06/html/2022 -25953.h tm 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-06/pdf/2022 -25953.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2016-BT-STD-0004. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2016-BT-STD-G/TBT/N/USA/1951  
 
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  0004/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by sea rching 
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 by 4pm Eastern Time  on 6 February 2023 will be 
shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if 
received within the comment period.  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Thursday, 19 January 2023, from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  ET. Webinar registration information, participant instructions, and 
information about the capabilities available to webinar par ticipants will be published on 
DOE's website: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/public -meetings -and-comment -
deadlines . Participants are responsible for ensuring  their systems are compatible with the 
webinar software. For details, refer to "VII. Public Participation A. Participation in the 
Webinar" in the notice of proposed rulemaking.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1729 and G/TBT/N/USA/1729/Add.1  - Energy Conservation Program: 
Request for Information on Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for 
Circulator Pumps and Small Vertical In -Line Pumps, also identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2016-BT-STD-0004. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 February 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_8359_00_e.pdf