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25 May 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 25 May 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America .  
 
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TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water 
Heaters  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Request for information  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is initiating an effort to determine whether to 
amend the cur rent energy conservation standards for consumer water heaters. This request for 
information ("RFI") solicits information from the public to help DOE determine whether amended 
standards for consumer water heaters would result in significant energy savings a nd whether such 
standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified. DOE welcomes written 
comments from the public on any subject within the scope of this document (including topics not 
raised in this RFI).  
Written comments and informati on are requested and will be accepted on or before 6 July 2020.  
The docket folder for this Request for Information is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2017-BT-STD-0019.  WTO members who wish to 
comment on this  Request for Information are asked to send comments to usatbtep@nist.gov . 
The docket folder for the Energy Conservation Program's rulemaking on Energy Conservation 
Standards for Residential Water Heaters (associated  with G/TBT/N/USA/508 and previous 
addenda ) is available on Regulations.gov, and provides access to additional relevant primar y and 
supporting documents, as well as comments received:   
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2012-BT-STD-0022. 
The docket folder for the Energy Conservation Program for Cons umer Products and Certain 
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test  Procedures for Residential and Commercial Water 
Heaters (associated with G/TBT/N/USA/868 and subsequent addenda and corrigendum ) is 
available on Regulations.gov, and provides access to relevant primary and supporting documents, 
as well as comments received:  
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=  EERE-2011-BT-TP-0042.  
The docket  folder for the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain 
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures for  Consumer and Commercial Water 
Heaters (associated with G/TBT/N/USA/987 and subsequent addenda ) is available on 
Regulations.gov, and provides access  to relevant primary and supporting documents, as well as 
comments received:  
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2015-BT-TP-0007. G/TBT/N/USA/508/Add.5  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-05-21/html/2020 -10564.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-05-21/pdf/2020 -10564.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3 368_00_e.pdf  
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