G/TBT/N/USA/948/Rev.1  
9 December 2022  
(22-9199) 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 (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing 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 [  ], 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):  Single 
package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps; Air conditioning 
machines comprising a motor -driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and 
humidity, incl. those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated; 
parts thereof (HS code(s): 8415); Refrigerators,  freezers and other refrigerating or 
freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning 
machines of heading 8415) (HS code(s): 8418); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 
13.020); Ventilators. Fans. Air -conditioners (ICS code(s): 23.120); Heat pumps (ICS 
code(s): 27.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Single Package Vertical Units; 
(34 page(s), in English)  
6. Descript ion of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking; notification of proposed 
determination and announcement of public meeting (to be held 9 January 2023) - The 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as amended  (EPCA), prescribes energy conservation 
standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial 
equipment, including single package vertical air conditioners (SPVACs) and single package 
vertical heat pumps (SPVHPs), collectively referred to as single package vertical units 
(SPVUs). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of E nergy (DOE) to periodically review 
standards. In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR); notification of proposed 
determination (NOPD), DOE proposes to amend the current energy conservation 
standards for SPVUs such that the existing standard levels woul d be based on a new 
cooling efficiency metric of Integrated Energy Efficiency Ratio (IEER) for SPVACs and 
SPVHPs, and the current heating efficiency metric of Coefficient of Performance (COP) for 
SPVHPs (but without any increase in stringency), In addition , DOE has initially determined 
that more -stringent standards for SPVUs would not be economically justified and would G/TBT/N/USA/948/Rev.1  
 
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  not result in a significant conservation of energy. DOE also announces a public meeting 
to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment   
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 75388, 8 December 2022; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-08/html/2022 -26024.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-08/pdf/2022 -26024.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Monday, 9 January 2023, from 1:00 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.  ET. Webinar registration information, participant instructions, and 
information about the capabilities available to  webinar participants will be published on 
DOE's website: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/public -meetings -and-comment -
deadlines . Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the 
webinar software. For details, refer to "VII. Public Participation A. Participation in the 
Webinar" in the notice of proposed rulemaking.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking; notification of proposed determ ination and 
announcement of public meeting is identified by Docket Number EERE -2019-BT-STD-
0033. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulation s.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-STD-0033/document  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 submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 6 February 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/948  are identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2012-BT-STD-0041. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2012-BT-STD-0041/document  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.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1824 and G/TBT/N/USA/1824/Add.1  - Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedure for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat 
Pumps, identified by Docket Number EERE-2017-BT-TP-0020. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 February 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://me mbers.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_8403_00_e.pdf