G/TBT/N/USA/1824  
17 January 2022  
(22-0351) 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) [1853]  
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 [   ], 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 separatel y regulated; 
parts thereof (HS 8415); Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing 
equipment, electric or other; heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning machines 
of heading 8415) (HS 8418); Quality (ICS 03.120), Environmental prote ction (ICS 
13.020), Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Ventilators. Fans. Air -
conditioners (ICS 23.120), Heat pumps (ICS 27.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Pro cedure for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and 
Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps (33 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - The 
U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to amend its test procedures for single 
package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps. DOE is 
proposing to incorporate by reference the most recent version of the relevant industry 
test standard, AHRI 390 -2021, and to amend certain provis ions for representations for 
the subject equipment. DOE is also proposing definitions for "single -phase single package 
vertical air conditioners with cooling capacity less than 65,000 Btu/h" and for "single -
phase single package vertical heat pumps with coo ling capacity less than 65,000 Btu/h." 
The proposed definitions would explicitly define this equipment as subsets of the broader 
single package vertical air conditioner and single package vertical heat pump equipment 
categories,  and further distinguish suc h equipment from certain residential central  air 
conditioners and heat pumps. DOE seeks comment from interested  parties on this 
proposal.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practic es and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/USA/1824  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 2490, 14 January 2022; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 429 and 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-14/html/2021 -28553.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-14/pdf/2021 -28553.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking & request for comment is identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2017-BT-TP-0020. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-TP-0020/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 15 March 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 submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.   
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Single Package  Vertical Air Conditioners 
and Single  Package Vertical Heat Pumps; Request for Information published 20 July 2018 
identified by Docket Number  EERE-2017-BT-TP-0020: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-07-20/html/2018 -15584.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/con tent/pkg/FR -2018-07-20/pdf/2018 -15584.pdf  
G/TBT/N/USA/676/Add.2  - Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial 
Equipment: Energy Conservation Sta ndards and Test Procedures for Commercial Heating, 
Air-Conditioning, and Water -Heating Equipment; Final Rule  identified by Docket 
Number  EERE-2011-BT-STD-0029. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 March 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/cr nattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_0401_00_e.pdf