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G/TBT/N/USA/584/Add.3 
1 August 2012  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum 
  
 The following communication, dated 30 July 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States.  
 
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TITLE:  Energy Conservation Standards for Comme rcial and Industrial Electric Motors: Public 
Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document  AGENCY:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy 
 
ACTION:  Notice of public meeting and availab ility of preliminary technical support document 
 SUMMARY:  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE  or Department) will hold a public meeting to 
discuss and receive comments on the following: the equipment classes DOE plans to analyse for the 
purpose of amending energy conservation standard s for certain commercial and industrial electric 
motors under section 342(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended; the 
analytical framework, models, and tools that DOE plan s to use to evaluate standards for this type of 
equipment; the results of preliminary analyses performed by DOE for this equipment; and the potential energy conservation standard levels deri ved from these analyses, which DOE may consider 
for this equipment. DOE also encourages inter ested parties to submit written comments on these 
subjects. To inform interested parties and fac ilitate the public meeting and comment process, DOE 
has prepared an agenda, a preliminary technical support document (TSD), and briefing materials, 
which are available at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_ standards/commercial/electric_motors.html  
 
DATES:  The Department will hold a public meeti ng on Tuesday, 21 August 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 
4:00 p.m. in Washington, DC. Any person requesti ng to speak at the public meeting should submit 
such request, along with an electronic copy of the st atement to be given at the public meeting, before 
4:00 p.m., Tuesday, 7 August 2012. Written comment s are welcome, especially following the public 
meeting, and should be su bmitted by 7 September 2012. 
 
ADDRESSES:  The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 
Room 8E-089, 1000 Independen ce Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please note that 
foreign nationals participating in the public meeting are subject to advance security screening 
procedures. If a foreign national wishes to part icipate in the public meeting, please contact 
Ms. Brenda Edwards, at (202) 586-2945, not later than 7 August 2012, to provide sufficient time to complete the required screening process. 
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  Interested persons may submit comments, identifie d by the notice title (Notice of Public Meeting 
(NOPM) for Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial and Industrial Electric Motors under 
section 342(b) of the Energy Policy and Conserva tion Act (EPCA)), and provide the docket number 
(EERE-2010-BT-STD-0027) and/or the regulat ory information number ((RIN) 1904-AC28). 
 
FULL TEXT URLs: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-07-23/html/2012-17878.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2012-07-23/pdf/2012-17878.pdf  
 
 
  
 
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