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13 March 2024  
(24-2286) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Consumer 
clothes dryers; Centrifuges, i ncl. centrifugal dryers (excl. those for isotope separation); 
filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases; parts thereof (excl. 
artificial kidneys) (HS code(s): 8421); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); 
Energy efficien cy. Energy conservation in general (ICS code(s): 27.015); Laundry 
appliances (ICS code(s): 97.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes Dryers; (16 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, as amended (" EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for 
various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including 
consumer clothes dryers . In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), the U.S. 
Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes amended energy conservation standards for 
consumer clothes dryers identical to those set for th in a direct final rule  published 
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. If DOE receives adverse comment and 
determines that s uch comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal of the 
direct final rule, DOE will publish a notice of withdrawal rule and will proceed with this 
proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/1911/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 18244, 12 March 2024; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 430 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-12/html/2024 -04766.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-12/pdf/2024 -04766.pdf 
This notice of proposed rulemaking and other actions notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/1911  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2014-BT-STD-0058. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2014-BT-STD-0058/documen t 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. WTO Members 
and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 1 July 2024. Comments r eceived by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with DOE and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes 
Dryers; Direct Final Rule published 12 March 2024 will be notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/1911/Add.1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-12/html/2024 -04765.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-12/pdf/2024 -04765.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  1 July 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://mem bers.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02024_00_e.pdf  
 