G/TBT/N/USA/1524  
11 September 2019  
(19-5822) 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 AME RICA  
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) [1549]  
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where app licable):  General 
service incandescent lamps (GSILs); Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), 
Incandescent lamps (ICS 29.140.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Incandescent 
Lamps (33 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed determination and request for comment: 
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (EPCA), directs DOE to 
initiate a rulemaking for general service lamps (GSLs) that, among other requirements, 
determines whether standards  in effect for general service incandescent lamps (GSILs, a 
subset of GSLs) should be amended. In this notice of proposed determination (NOPD), 
DOE has initially determined that energy conservation standards for GSILs do not need 
to be amended and asks for  comment on this proposed determination and associated 
analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documen ts:  
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 46830, 5 September 2019; Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-09-05/html/2019 -18941.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-09-05/pdf/2019 -18941.pdf  
• USA/154/Add.1  - Final Rule; Technical Amendment, Effective 23 March 2009: 
Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial 
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  • USA/381/Add.1  - Final Rule; Effective 5 August 2009: Energy Conservation 
Program: Test Procedures for General Service Fluorescent Lamps,  Incandescent 
Reflector Lamps, and General Service Incandescent Lamps  
• USA/874  - Notice of public meeting and availability of preliminary technical 
suppor t document: Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Energy 
Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps  
• USA/874/Add.2  - Notice of public m eeting and availability of preliminary technical 
support document: Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Energy 
Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps  
• USA/874/Add.5  - Notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and announcement of 
public meeting: Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Energy 
Conserva tion Standards for General Service Lamps  
• USA/874/Add.7  - Proposed definition and data availability: Energy Conservation 
Program: Energy Conservation St andards for General Service Lamps  
• USA/874/Add.8  - Final Rule Effective 1 January 2020: Energy Conservation 
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for G eneral Service Lamps  
• USA/874/Add.9  - Final Rule Effective 1 January 2020: Energy Conservation 
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Servi ce Lamps  
• USA/874/Add.10  - Notification of data availability (NODA); request for 
information (RFI): Energy Conservation Program: General Service Incand escent 
Lamps and Other Incandescent Lamps Request for Data  
• USA/1440  - Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment: Energy 
Conservation Progra m: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service 
Lamps  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  4 November 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_4983_ 00_e.pdf