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14 March 2023  
(23-1856) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  14 March 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Consumer Boilers  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 13 March 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 12 April 2023; The effective date of this rule 
is 12 April 2023. The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting 11 
September 2023. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in the rul e is 
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 12 April 2023. The incorporation 
by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of 
the Federal Register  
on 23 March 2009, and 16 February 2016.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-13/html/2023 -03982.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-13/pdf/2023 -03982.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/final_measure/23_1887_00_
e.pdf 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Consumer Boilers  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/973/Rev.1/Add.1  
 
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  ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") amends its test procedure for consumer boilers  
established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act . This rulemaking fulfills DOE's obligation 
to review its test procedures for covered products at least once every seven years. The revisions 
include: incorporating by reference the latest versions of the industry standards currently referenced 
in the Federal test procedure; relocating the test procedure to a new appendix separate from the 
residential furnace test procedure; removing an extraneous d efinition from its regulatory definitions; 
and making clarifying corrections to calculations. These revisions will improve the representativeness 
of the test method and will not be unduly burdensome to conduct.  
DATES: The effective date of this rule is 12 April 2023. The amendments will be mandatory for 
product testing starting 11 September 2023. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed 
in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 12 April 2023. The incorporation 
by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register on 23 March 2009, and 16 February 2016.  
This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/973/Rev.1  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2019-BT-TP-0037. The Docket 
Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-TP-
0037/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments 
received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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