G/TBT/N/USA/1084  
 
23 March 2016  
(16-1657)  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) [1102] 
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: usatbtep@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, wher e applicable): Commercial packaged 
boilers. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 
(HS: 84). Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS: 19.020), Burners. Boilers (ICS: 27.060) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Energy 
Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures for 
Commercial Packaged Boilers (39 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend the 
test procedure and applicable definitions fo r commercial packaged boilers, as well as 
modify the sampling plans for commercial packaged boilers in its regulations pertaining to energy efficiency programs for certain programs for commercial and industrial equipment. This rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligations to make its test procedure consistent 
with the applicable industry test procedure an d to review its test procedures for covered 
equipment at least once every seven years. In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), DOE proposes to incorporate by reference certain sections of the American National 
Standards Institute (ANSI)/Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) 
Standard 1500, "2015 Standard for Performance Rating of Commercial Space Heating Boilers," and, in addition, incorporate amendments that clarify the coverage for field-
constructed commercial packaged boilers and the applicability of DOE's test procedure and 
standards for this category of commercial pack aged boilers, provide an optional field test 
for commercial packaged boilers with fuel input rate greater than 5,000,000 Btu/h, provide a conversion method to calculate thermal effici ency based on combustion efficiency testing 
for steam commercial packaged boilers with fuel input rate greater than 5,000,000 Btu/h, 
modify the inlet and outlet water temperatures during tests of hot water commercial packaged boilers, establish limits on the ambient temperature and relative humidity 
conditions during testing, modify setup and instrumentation requirements to remove 
ambiguity, and standardize terminology and pr ovisions for "fuel input rate." This NOPR 
also announces a public meeting to discuss and invite comments, data, and information 
about the issues and proposed amendments pr esented in this test procedure rulemaking 
for commercial packaged boilers.  G/TBT/N/USA/1084 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents: 81 Federal Register (FR) 14641, 17 March 2016; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 & 431. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 31 May 2016 
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/2016/TBT/USA/16_1192_00_e.pdf