G/TBT/N/USA/963/Add.3  
 
18 June 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 18 June 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 Air -Cooled Commercial 
Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment and Commercial Warm Air Furnaces  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Request for information; reopening of th e public comment period  
SUMMARY: On 12 May 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a request for 
information (RFI) pertaining to the energy conservation standards for air -cooled commercial 
package air conditioning and heating equipment (ACUACs and ACUHPs) and commercial warm air 
furnaces (CWAFs). The RFI provided an opportunity for submission of written comments, data, and 
information to the Department by 11 June 2020. Prior to the end of the comment period for the 
RFI, DOE received a request fr om the Air -Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), 
as well as from the American Public Gas Association (APGA), seeking additional time to consider 
the applicability and impact of an updated energy conservation standard for this equipment.  In 
light of these requests, DOE is reopening the comment period for the subject RFI for an additional 
14 days.  
DATES: The comment period for the subject RFI, published in the Federal Register on 12 May 
2020, which closed on 11 June 2020, is hereby reopene d and extended. Accordingly, DOE will 
accept written comments, data, and information in response to the RFI submitted no later 
than 1 July 2020.  
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Air -Cooled Commercial Package 
Air Conditioning a nd Heating Equipment and Commercial Warm Air Furnaces, Request for 
information published 12 May 2020:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-05-12/html/2020 -09414.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-05-12/pdf/2020 -09414.pdf  
This request for information is identified by docket number EERE -2019-BT-STD-0042. The docket 
folder is available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2019-BT-
STD-0042, and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments 
received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching th e 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 peri od. 
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/963  are identifi ed by docket number 
EERE-2013-BT-STD-0021; primary and supporting documents for those actions as well as 
comments received are accessible from Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2013-BT-STD-0021. 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-17/html/2020 -12934.htm   G/TBT/N/USA/963/Add.3  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-17/pdf/2020 -12934.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3794_00_e.pdf  
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