G/TBT/N/USA/898/Rev.1  
12 May 2023  
(23-3351) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation 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):  Automatic 
commercial ice makers; Refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. refrigerating and  
freezing furniture) (HS code(s): 841869); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 
13.020); Commercial refrigerating appliances (ICS code(s): 97.130.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy  Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice 
Makers; (89 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting via webinar on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern 
Time - The Energ y Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) , as amended , prescribes energy 
conservation standards for various consumer products and certai n commercial and 
industrial equipment, including automatic commercial ice makers. EPCA also requires the 
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more stringent 
standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified  and would result in 
significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), DOE proposes 
to amend and establish energy conservation standards for automatic commercial ice 
makers  and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed 
standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/898/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 30508, 11 May 2022; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-11/html/2023 -09676.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-11/pdf/2023 -09676.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2017-BT-STD-0022. The Docket Folder is available from 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-STD-
0022/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 10 July 2023. 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. See section VII, "Public Participation," of the text 
associated with this notification  for webinar registration information, participant 
instructions and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.  
Earlier  related actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/898  are identified by 
Docket Numbers EERE -2017-BT-STD-0022 and EERE -2010-BT-STD-0037. The Docket 
Folders are availab le from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -
2017-BT-STD-0022/document  and https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2010-BT-
STD-0037/document  providing access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by sear ching 
the Docket Numbers.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  10 July 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09621_00_e.pdf