G/TBT/N/USA/996/Rev.1  
7 November 2023  
(23-7494) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Residential 
dehumidifiers; Environmenta l protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Domestic electrical 
appliances in general (ICS code(s): 97.030)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Dehumidifiers; (64 page( s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (" EPCA"), prescribes 
energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and 
industrial equipment, including dehumidifiers . EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of 
Energy ("DOE") to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be 
technologically feasible and economically justified, and would  result in significant energy 
savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE proposes amended energy 
conservation standards for dehumidifiers, and also announces a public meeting to receive 
comment on these proposed standards and associated a nalyses and results.  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Thursday, 14 December 2023, from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time . See section VII of this document, "Public Participation," 
for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the 
capabilities available to webinar participants.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/996/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 76510, 6 November 2023; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 4 30: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-06/html/2023 -24106.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-06/pdf/2023 -24106.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting; request for 
comment and p revious actions notified as G/TBT/N/USA/996/Add.5 , 
G/TBT/N/USA/996/Add.4  and G/TBT/N/USA/996/Add.3  are identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2019-BT-STD-0043. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/dock et/EERE -2019-BT-STD-0043/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting 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 5 January 2024. 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.  
This current and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/996  are 
identified by Docket Number EERE -2012-BT-STD-0027. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2012-BT-STD-
0027/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching 
the Docket Number.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  5 January 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2023/TBT/USA/23_13349_00_e.pdf