G/TBT/N/USA/1843  
8 March 2022  
(22-2107) 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) [1872]  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Computer 
room air conditioners (CRACs); Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Ventilators. Fans. 
Air-conditioners (ICS 23.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards  for Computer Room Air 
Conditioners (50 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 small,  large, and very large commercial package air conditioning 
and heating  equipment, of which computer room air conditioners (CRACs) are a  category. 
EPCA requires the U.S. Dep artment of Energy (DOE or the  Department) to consider the 
need for amended standards each time the  relevant industry standard is amended with 
respect to the standard  levels or design requirements applicable to that equipment, 
or periodically under a six -year-lookback review provision. In this  document, DOE is 
proposing amended energy conservation standards for  CRACs that rely on a new 
efficiency metric and are equivalent to those  levels specified in the industry standard. 
DOE has preliminarily  determined th at it lacks the clear and convincing evidence required 
by the statute to adopt standards more stringent than the levels specified  in the industry 
standard. This document also announces a public meeting  webinar (to be held 13 April 
2022)  to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated  analyses and 
results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1843  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 12802, 7 March 2022; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-07/html/2022 -04151.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-07/pdf/2022 -04151.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment  is identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2020-BT-STD-0008. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-STD-0008/documen t 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 6 May 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.   
Meeting: DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, from 
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time . See section VII, "Public Participation," for webinar 
registration in formation, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities 
available to webinar participants.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1659  - Energy Conservation P rogram: Energy Conservation Standards for 
Computer Room Air Conditioners and Air -Cooled, Three -Phase, Small Commercial 
Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment With a Cooling Capacity of Less Than 
65,000 Btu/h;  Notification of data availability and request for information  published 25 
September 2020 identified by  EERE-2020-BT-STD-0008. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 May 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_2018_00_e.pdf