G/TBT/N/USA/676/Add.3  
 
18 September 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  18 September 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy Conservation 
Standards and Test Procedures for Commercial Heating, Air -Conditioning, and Water -Heating 
Equipment  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] 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[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-15/html/2020 -18800.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-15/pdf/2020 -18800.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_5550_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Notice of proposed determination and request for comment  
SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act ("EPCA"), as amended, prescribes energy 
conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial 
equipment, including evaporatively -cooled commercial package air conditioners and water -cooled 
commercial package air conditioners (referred to as evaporatively -cooled commercial unitary a ir 
conditioners ("ECUACs") and water -cooled commercial unitary air conditioners ("WCUACs") in this 
document). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to periodically determine 
whether more stringent, amended standards would result in signi ficant additional conservation of 
energy, be technologically feasible, and be economically justified. In this notice of proposed 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/676/Add.3  
 
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  determination ("NOPD"), DOE has tentatively determined that the standards for small (cooling 
capacity less than 135,000 Btu/h),  large (cooling capacity greater than or equal to 135,000 and less 
than 240,000 Btu/h), and very large (cooling capacity greater than or equal to 240,000 and less 
than 760,000 Btu/h) ECUACs and WCUACs do not need to be amended, and DOE requests comment 
on this proposed determination and the associated analyses and results.  
DATES: Meeting: DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday 1 October 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00  p.m. 
See section V, "Public Participation", for webinar registration information, participant i nstructions, 
and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.  
Comments: Written comments and information are requested and will be accepted on or before 
30 November 2020.  
This notice of proposed determination and request for commen t is identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2017-BT-STD-0032. The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2017-BT-STD-0032 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 sub mit 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 period.   
On 29 July 2019, DOE published a request for informa tion ("RFI") at 
URLs https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-29/html/2019 -16048.htm  and 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-29/pdf/2019 -16048.pdf  to collect information 
and data to consider amendments to DOE's energy conservation standard s for ECUACs and WCUACs. 
DOE solicited information to help determine whether amended standards for ECUACs and WCUACs 
would result in significant additional conservation of energy and whether such standards would be 
technologically feasible and economically  justified.   The July 2019 RFI is also identified 
by Docket  Number EERE –2017–BT–STD–0032.   The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2017-BT-STD-0032 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.  
Related action n otified as G/TBT/N/USA/1441/Add.3  is identified by Docket Number EERE -2017-BT-
STD-0062.  The Docket Folder is available at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2017-
BT-STD-0062 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.  
Previous actions notified as G/TBT/N/USA/676 , G/TBT/N/USA/676/Add.1 , G/TBT/N/USA/676/Add.2 , 
and G/TBT/N/USA/676 /Add.2/Corr.1  are identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2011-BT-STD-0029.   The Docket Folder is available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2011-BT-STD-0029 and provide s access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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