G/TBT/N/USA/1900  
26 July 2022  
(22-5624) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1929]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding 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 [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):  Fans and 
blowers; Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or 
recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or n ot fitted with filters. (HS code(s): 8414); 
Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Test 
conditions and procedures in general (ICS code(s): 19.020); Ventilators. Fans. Air -
conditioners (ICS code(s): 23.120)  
5. Title,  number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Fans and Blowers; (67 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking, request for comment by 23 
September 2022, and a nnouncement of public meeting on 2 August 2022 - The U.S. 
Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to establish a test procedure for fans and 
blowers, including air -circulating fans, and to adopt through reference the relevant 
industry test standards as the D OE test procedure for measuring the fan electrical input 
power ("FEP") and for determining the fan energy index ("FEI"). DOE also proposes to 
establish supporting definitions, requirements for alternative energy use determination 
methods, and sampling requ irements to determine the represented values of FEP and 
FEI. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consum er protection; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 44194, 25 July 2022; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-25/html/2022 -13897.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-25/pdf/2022 -13897.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1900  
 
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  The Department of Energy will hold a webinar on Tuesday, 2 August 2022, from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time . See section V, "Public Participation," for webinar 
registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities 
available to webinar participants.  
This notice of propose d rulemaking, request for comment; announcement of public 
meeting is identified by Docket Number EERE -2021-BT-TP-0021. The Docket Folder is 
available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-
TP-0021/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 comments to the USA 
TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 23 September 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 submitte d to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if 
received within the comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/178 3 and G/TBT/N/USA/1783/Add.1  - Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedure for Fans and Blowers – Request for Information ("RFI") undertaking the 
preliminary stages of a rulemaking to consider potential test procedures for fans and 
blowers, including air c irculating fan heads; also identified by Docket Number EERE-2021-
BT-TP-0021. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  23 September 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_4934_00_e.pdf