G/TBT/N/USA/1194/Rev.1  
6 December 2022  
(22-9067) 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 [X], 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):  Dedicated -
purpose pool pumps; Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring devic e; 
liquid elevators. (HS code(s): 8413); Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Environmental 
protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS code(s): 
19.020); Pumps (ICS code(s): 23.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Dedicated -Purpose Pool Pumps; (26 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting - The U.S. Department of Energy (" DOE") proposes to amend the test procedures 
for dedicated -purpose pool pumps  ("DPPPs") to incorporate by reference the latest version 
of the relevant ind ustry standards, to codify DOE's current enforcement policy regarding 
the scope of the DPPP test procedure pertaining to DPPPs that cannot be appropriately 
tested by the current DOE test procedure, to align DOE's DPPP definitions with DOE's 
corresponding DPPP motor  definitions , and to remove an obsolete DOE DPPP test 
procedure appendix . DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the prop osal. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements   
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 74023, 2 December 2022; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-02/html/2022 -24201.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-02/pdf/2022 -24201.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1194/Rev.1  
 
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  This notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting; the request for 
information; reopening of public comment period notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1194/Add.3  
and the request for information notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1194/Add .2 are identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2022-BT-TP-0003. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2022-BT-TP-
0003/document  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 com ments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 31 January 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.  
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1194  are identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2016-BT-TP-0002. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2016-BT-TP-0002/document  and provides 
access t o primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents 
are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  31 January 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/2022/TBT/USA/22_8293_00_e.pdf