. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/USA/635 
6 July 2011  
 (11-3306) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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)  (652) 
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 furnaces, 
central air-conditioners and heat pumps (HS 8514, 8415, 8418; ICS 13.020, 23.120, 27.060, 27.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Conservation 
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Re sidential Furnaces a nd Residential Central 
Air Conditioners and Heat Pump s (21 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as 
amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipm ent, including residential furnac es and resident ial central air 
conditioners and heat pumps. EPCA also require s the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to 
determine whether more-stri ngent, amended standards for these products would be 
technologically feasible and economically justified, and w ould save a significant amount of 
energy. In this notice, DOE proposes energy c onservation standards for residential furnaces 
and for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps identical to those set forth in a 
direct final rule published elsewhere in toda y's Federal Register. If DOE receives adverse 
comment and determines that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule, DOE will publish a notice withdrawing the direct final rule and will 
proceed with this proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of environment  G/TBT/N/USA/635 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
76 Federal Register (FR) 37549, 27 June 2011; 10 CFR Part 430 
Energy Conservation Program:  Standards fo r Residential Furnaces and Residential Central 
Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps;  Direct Final Rule:  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-27/html/2011-14557.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2011-06-27/pdf/2011-14557.pdf   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  17 October 2011 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-27/html/2011-14556.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2011-06-27/pdf/2011-14556.pdf