G/TBT/N/USA/965
17 February 2015 
(15-0959)  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) [985] 
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 Inquiry 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): Hearth products. 
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 those of heading 85.45. (HS: 8516). Environmental protection 
(ICS: 13.020), Domestic electr ical appliances in general (ICS: 97.030), 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 Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for Hearth 
Products (50 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as 
amended, sets forth various provisions designed  to improve energy efficiency for consumer 
products and certain commercial and industrial eq uipment. In addition to specifying a list 
of covered residential products and commercial equipment, EPCA contains provisions that 
enable the Secretary of Energy to classify additional types of consumer products as covered products. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has previously published a 
proposed determination of coverage to classify gas-fired hearth products as covered 
consumer products under the applicable provisions in EPCA. In this document, DOE p r o p o s e s  a n  e n e r g y  c o n s e r v a t i o n  s t a n d a r d  f o r  h e a r t h  p r o d u c t s  f o l l o w i n g  i t s  n o t i c e  o f  proposed coverage determination. This proposed rule also announces a public meeting to 
receive comment on the proposed standard and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  80 Federal Register (FR) 7081, 9 February 2015; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/965 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 10 April 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-02-09/html /2015-02179.htm   
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-02-09/pd f/2015-02179.pdf