G/TBT/N/USA/1124  
 
12 May 2016  
(16-2634)  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) [1142] 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Commercial water 
heating equipment. Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Domestic, 
commercial and industrial heating appliances (ICS 97.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Energy 
Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedure for 
Commercial Water Heating Equipment (69 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to revise its test 
procedures for commercial water heaters, unfired hot water storage tanks, and hot water supply boilers (henceforth, "commercial water heating (CWH) equipment") established 
under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended. In this NOPR, 
DOE proposes several changes, including: Updating references of industry test standards to incorporate by reference the most recent ve rsions of the industry standards; proposing 
modifications to the existing test methods for certain classes of CWH equipment; 
developing new test procedures for determinin g the efficiency of unfired hot water storage 
tanks, commercial heat pump water heater s, and flow-activated instantaneous water 
heaters; proposing clarifications on test set-up and settings for various classes of CWH 
equipment; revising the certification requirements for CWH equipment; and proposing 
associated implementing regulations including definitions. DOE announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed test procedure amendments, and it also welcomes 
written comments and data from the public on all aspects of this proposal. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:  81 Federal Register (FR) 28587, 9 May 2016; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429, 430 and 431.  Will appear in the Federal Register 
when adopted.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined   G/TBT/N/USA/1124 
 
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  10. Final date for comments: 8 July 2016 
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/crnattachm ents/2016/TBT/USA/16_1898_00_e.pdf