G/TBT/N/USA/974/Rev.1/Add.1  
 
31 August 2022  
(22-6500) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  31 August 2022, 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 Consumer Furnaces  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  6 October 2022  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
Notification of data availability (NODA), public meeting, and extension of the comment 
period until 6 October 2022.  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-30/html/2022 -18589.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-30/pdf/2022 -18589.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_5889_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer 
Furnaces  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Notification of data availability (NODA), public meeting, and extension of the comment 
period  
SUMMARY: On 7 July 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or "the Department") published 
in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOP R") for amending the energy 
conservation standards for certain consumer furnaces, specifically non -weatherized gas furnaces 
("NWGF") and mobile home gas furnaces ("MHGF"). In response to requests by several interested 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/974/Rev.1/Add.1  
 
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  parties, the U.S. Department of Energy  ("DOE") is making available a revised version of the life - 
cycle-cost ("LCC") spreadsheet supporting that NOPR and also announcing a public meeting webinar 
to assist stakeholders with operation of the LCC spreasheet. In addition, DOE received four request s 
to extend the public comment period for the NOPR (originally set to close 6 September 2022), and 
after considering those requests, the Department has decided to extend the public comment period 
until 6 October 2022.  
DATES: Comments: The comment period fo r the NOPR published in the Federal Register on 7 July 
2022 (87 FR 40590) is extended until 6 October 2022. Written comments, data, and information are 
requested and will be accepted on and before 6 October 2022. See section II, "Public Participation," 
of this document for details.  
Comments regarding the likely competitive impact of the proposed standard should be sent to the 
Department of Justice contact listed in the ADDRESSES section of the notice of proposed rulemaking 
("NOPR") published in the Federal Register on 7 July 2022  (notified in G/TBT/N/USA/974/Rev.1 ). 
Meeting: DOE wi ll hold a webinar on Tuesday, 6 September 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time  on the life -cycle cost model for the consumer furnaces rulemaking. See section II, 
"Public Participation," for web inar registration information, participant instructions, and information 
about the capabilities available to webinar participants.  
This notification of data availability (NODA), public meeting, and extension of the comment period 
and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/974  are ident ified by Docket Number 
EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2014-BT-STD-0031/document  and provi des 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 petitions for reconsideration to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern 
Time on 6 October 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.  
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