. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/573 
20 September 2010  
 (10-4725) 
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:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) (590) 
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):  Residential water heaters, 
direct heating equipment and pool heat ers (HS:  8516.10, 8516.21, 8419.11, 8419.19, 
9506.99.55; ICS:  13.020, 19.020, 97.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Conservation 
Program for Consumer Products:  Test Procedures for Reside ntial Water Heaters, Direct 
Heating Equipment, and Pool He aters (16 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: 
In order to implement recent amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 
(EPCA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its test procedures for 
residential direct heating equipment and pool heaters to provide for measurement of standby 
mode and off mode power use by these products .  Where appropriate, the amendments would 
incorporate into the DOE test procedures relevant provisions from the International 
Electrotechnical Commission's (I EC) Standard 62301, "Household  Electrical Appliances – 
Measurement of Standby Power"  (First Edition 2005-06), as well as language to clarify 
application of these provisions as they specifically relate to m easurement of electrical standby 
mode and off mode power consumption in direct heating equipm ent and pool heaters.  
This rulemaking also proposes a number of defi nitions for key terms.  DOE has tentatively 
concluded that no amendments are necessary to  the test procedure for residential water 
heaters to address standby mode and off mode po wer use, because the ex isting test procedures 
for water heaters al ready fully account for and incorpor ate the standby mode and off mode 
energy consumption.  In addition, DOE announc es a public meeting to discuss and receive 
comments on the issues presented in this notice.  
DOE will hold a public meeting Friday 24 September 2010, from 9a.m. to 4p.m., in 
Washington, DC.  DOE must receive requests to  speak at the public meeting before 4p.m., 
Friday 10 September 2010.  DOE must receive a signed original and an electronic copy of 
statements to be given at the public meeting before 4p .m., Friday 3 September 2010.  G/TBT/N/USA/573 
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  DOE will accept comments, data, and info rmation regarding the notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NOPR) before and after the public meeting, but no later than 15 November 2010.  
See section V, "Public Participation" of this NOPR for details. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   75 Federal Register (FR) 52892,  30 August 2010; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations  (CFR) Part 430 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  15 November 2010 
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/2010/2010-21363.htm  
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-21363.pdf