G/TBT/N/USA/970/Rev.1  
9 June 2022  
(22-4352) 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, Department of 
Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notific ation 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 [X], 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):  Portable 
air conditioners; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Environmental protection (ICS code( s): 
13.020); Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS code(s): 19.020); Ventilators. 
Fans. Air -conditioners (ICS code(s): 23.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Por table Air Conditioners; (44 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - The 
U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to amend the test procedure for portable 
air conditioners ("portable ACs") t o incorporate a measure of variable -speed portable AC 
performance and make minor clarifying edits. DOE also proposes a new test procedure to 
improve representativeness for all configurations of portable ACs, which relies on a 
substantively different measur e of cooling capacity and energy consumption compared to 
the current portable AC test procedure. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties 
on the proposal.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer  information, labelling; Protection of the environment; Quality 
requirements   
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 34934, 8 June 2022; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-08/html/2022 -11469.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-08/pdf/2022 -11469.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/970/Rev.1  
 
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  The Department of Energy will hold a webinar on Wednesday, 13 July 2022, from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time  See section V, "Public Participation," for webinar 
registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities 
available to webinar participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments and earlier requests for 
information notified as G/TBT/N/USA/970/Add.3  and G/TBT/N/USA/970/Add.4  are 
identified by Docket Number EERE -2020-BT-TP-0029. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-TP-
0029/document  provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by search ing 
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 8 August 2022. 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.  
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/970  are identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2014-BT-TP-0014. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2014-BT-TP-0014/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:  8 August 2022  
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/crnattac hments/2022/TBT/USA/22_4001_00_e.pdf