. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/618 
26 April 2011  
 (11-2137) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Energy (DOE) (635) 
Name and address (including telephone 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):  Automatic Commercial 
Ice Makers (HS 8418.10; ICS 03.120.20, 13.020.01, 97.130.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Efficiency 
Program for Certain Comm ercial and Industrial Eq uipment:  Test Pro cedures for Automatic 
Commercial Ice Makers (18 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  The U.S. Department of Energy (D OE) proposes to revise its test 
procedure for automatic commerci al ice makers (ACIM) establ ished under the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act.  This notice of propos ed rulemaking (NOPR) proposes to update the 
incorporation by reference of industry test pr ocedures to the most current published versions. 
The current DOE test procedure applies to automatic commercial ice makers that produce cube type ice.  This NOPR proposes to expand c overage of the test proc edure to all batch type 
and continuous type ice makers with capac ities between 50 and 4,000 pounds of ice per 
24 hours. A batch type ice maker is defined as  an ice maker with alternate freezing and 
harvesting periods, including machines that produ ce cube type ice, tube type ice, and 
fragmented ice.  A continuous type ice maker is defined as an ice maker that continually 
freezes and harvests ice at the same time.  Continuous type  ice makers primarily produce 
flake or nugget ice.  DOE also proposes amendm ents to standardize test results based on ice 
quality for continuous type ice makers, clarify the test methods and reporting requirements for 
automatic ice makers designed to be connected to a remote compressor rack, and provide test methods for modulating capacity ice makers.  Furthermore, DOE proposes to discontinue the 
use of a clarified energy use equation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of environment  
8. Relevant documents:   76 Federal Register (FR) 18428, 4 April 2011; 10 CFR Part 41   G/TBT/N/USA/618 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }  To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  3 June 2011 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-7728.htm    
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-7728.pdf