G/TBT/N/USA/883  
 
10 February 2014  
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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:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)[900] 
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 :    
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable):  Residential 
heaters. Air quality (ICS 13.040), Domestic, commercial and industrial heating appliances (ICS 97.100). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standards of 
Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces, and New Residential Masonry Heaters (88 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  The EPA is proposing to amend the Standards of Performance 
for New Residential Wood Heaters and to add two new subparts: Standards of 
Performance for New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces and 
Standards of Performance for New Residential Masonry Heaters. This proposal is aimed at achieving several objectives for new resi dential wood heaters and other wood-burning 
appliances, including applying updated emission limits that reflect the current best 
systems of emission reduction; eliminating ex emptions over a broad suite of residential 
wood combustion devices; strengthening test methods as appropriate; and streamlining the certification process. This proposal does not include any requirements for heaters 
solely fired by gas, oil or coal. In addition, it does not include any requirements 
associated with appliances that are already in use. The EPA continues to encourage state, local, tribal, and consumer efforts to changeout (replace) older heaters with 
newer, cleaner, more efficient heaters, but th at is not part of this federal rulemaking.  
Particulate pollution from wood heaters is a significant national air pollution problem and 
human health issue. Health benefits associ ated with these proposed regulations are 
valued to be much greater than the cost to manufacture cleaner, lower emitting 
appliances. These proposed regulations woul d significantly reduce particulate matter 
(PM) emissions and many other pollutants from these appliances, including carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOC), and hazardous air pollutants (HAP). 
Emissions from wood stoves occur near ground level in residential communities across 
the country, and setting these new requirements for cleaner stoves into the future will result in substantial reductions in exposure and improved public health. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment. G/TBT/N/USA/883 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   79 Federal Register (FR) 6329, 3 February 2014; Title 40 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60. Will appe ar in the Federal Register when adopted    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  5 May 2014 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-02-03/html /2014-00409.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-02-03/pd f/2014-00409.pdf