G/TBT/N/USA/1025
14 August 2015 
(15-4157)  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) [1043] 
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: ncsci@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): Grid-enabled water 
heaters. Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric 
space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric 
smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; 
electric heating resistors, other than thos e of heading 85.45 (HS:  8516). Environmental 
protection (ICS: 13.020), Domestic, commercial and industrial heating appliances 
(ICS: 97.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Energy 
Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Definitions and Standards for Grid-Enabled 
Water Heaters (7 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: Congress created a new definition and energy conservation 
standard for grid-enabled water heaters in th e Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, 
which amended the Energy Policy and Conser vation Act of 1975 (EPCA). The Department 
of Energy (DOE) is publishing this final rule to place in the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) the energy conservation standards, an d related definitions, and to explain its 
interpretation of the new language. This final rule will implement these amendments to EPCA.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• 80 Federal Register (FR) 48004, 11 August 2015; Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 430. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
• G/TBT/N/USA/508 – Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards 
for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-07-29/pdf/2 014-17876.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1025 
 
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  • G/TBT/N/USA/508/Add.1 – http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-7611.pdf   
• G/TBT/N/USA/508/Add.2 – http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/C1-2010-
7611.pdf   
• G/TBT/N/USA/508/Add.3 – http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-06-
13/pdf/2012-14402.pdf   
• G/TBT/N/USA/508/Add.4 – http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-07-
29/pdf/2014-17876.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 11 August 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 11 August 2015 
10. Final date for comments: None 
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/2015/TBT/USA/15_3177_00_e.pdf