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ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/305/Add.3 
16 July 2010  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 12 July 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States
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AGENCY:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  ACTION:  Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking and public meeting  
SUMMARY:  On 9 December 2008, the U.S. Depa rtment of Energy (DOE) published a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in which it proposed amen dments to its test procedures for residential 
clothes dryers and room air cond itioners to provide for measurement  of standby mode and off mode 
power use by these products in order to im plement recent amendments under the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 200 7) to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(EPCA).  In response to comments on the NOPR, DO E conducted additional inv estigations to address 
certain issues raised in these comments.  In today's supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking 
(SNOPR), DOE is continuing to propose amendments to incorporate into its test procedures relevant 
provisions from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard 62301, "Household electrical appliances – Measurement of standby power ,"  First Edition 2005-06, including language to 
clarify application of these provisions for measuri ng standby mode and off mode power consumption 
in clothes dryers and room air conditioners.  In addition, DOE is proposing to adopt definitions of 
modes based on the relevant provisions from IE C Standard 62301 Second Edition Committee Draft 
for Vote.  DOE is also proposing to amend its te st procedures for clothes dryers and room air 
conditioners to address active mode energy use.  Specifically, today's proposal addresses testing 
methods for clothes dryer automatic cycle term ination, vent-less clothes dryers, test cloth 
preconditioning for clothes dryer energy tests, test conditions for gas clothes dryers, and current 
clothes dryer usage patterns and capabilities as well as the references in the current room air 
conditioner and clothes dryer test procedure.  DOE  will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive 
comments on the issues presented in this notice.  
DATES:  DOE will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in 
Washington, DC.  DOE must receive requests to  speak at the public meeting before 4 p.m., 
Wednesday, 7 July 2010.  DOE must receive a signed or iginal and an electronic copy of statements to 
be given at the public meeting before 4 p.m., Wednesday, 7 July 2010.  DOE will accept comments, 
data, and information regarding the SNOPR before a nd after the public meeting, but no later than  
30 August 2010. See section VI, "Public Par ticipation," of this SNOPR for details. 
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  ADDRESSES:  The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 
Room 1E-245, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, W ashington, DC 20585-0121.  To attend the public 
meeting, please notify Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202)  586-2945.  (Please note that foreign nationals 
visiting DOE Headquarters are subject to advance security screening procedures.  Any foreign national wishing to participate in the public meeting should advise DOE as soon as possible by 
contacting Ms. Edwards to initiate the necessary pr ocedures.)  Any comments submitted must identify 
the SNOPR on Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers  and Room Air Conditioners, and provide the 
docket number EERE-2008-BT-TP-0010 and/or Regula tory Information Number (RIN) 1904-AC02. 
 URL: 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-15025.htm
 
http://edocket.access.gpo.g ov/2010/pdf/2010-15025.pdf  
  
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