G/TBT/N/USA/508/Rev.1  
31 July 2023  
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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 (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing 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):  Consumer 
water heaters; Environmental p rotection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Domestic, commercial 
and industrial heating appliances (ICS code(s): 97.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water  Heaters; 
(120 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting on 13 September 2023 via webinar from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time  - 
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as amended  ("EPCA"), prescribes energy 
conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and 
industrial equipment, including consumer water  heaters . EPCA also requires the U.S. 
Department of Energy ("DOE" or "the Department'') to periodically determine whether 
more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, 
and would re sult in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking 
("NOPR"), DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for consumer water 
heaters, and also announces a public meeting via webinar to receive comments on these 
proposed standar ds and associated analyses and results. See section VII, "Public 
Participation," for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and 
information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.  
7. Objective and rationale, includin g the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/508/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 49058, 28 July 2023; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-28/html/2023 -15306.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-28/pdf/2023 -15306.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2017-BT-STD-0019. The Docket F older is available from 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-STD-
0019/document  and provides access to primary a nd 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 ask ed to submit comments 
to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 26 September 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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  26 September 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_11371_00_e.pdf