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1 September 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  1 September 2023, 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 Boilers  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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:  
[X] Other:  
Notification of public meeting and webinar on 12 September 2023  
88 Federal Register (FR) 60152, 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-08-31/html/2023 -18850.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-08-31/pdf/2023 -18850.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_12127_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  Notification of public meeting and webinar on 12 September 2023 - The Energy Policy 
and Conservat ion Act (EPCA), as amended , prescribes energy conservation standards for various 
consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer boilers. 
The Department of Energy (DOE) previously proposed amended energy conservation standards for 
consumer boilers in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR)  published in the Federal Register on 14 
August 2023, which also announced a public meeting via webinar to receive input on these proposed 
standards and associated analyses and results. On 15 August 2023 , DOE received a letter from the 
Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) asking the Department to extend the 
 
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  NOPR comment period by 30 days and also to hold an in -person public meeting regarding the NOPR. 
In this document, DOE grants AHR I's request for an in -person meeting and announces that the 
public meeting will now be held in person, in addition to being broadcast as a webinar. DOE is 
denying AHRI's request for a comment period extension for the reasons explained in this document.  
Meeting: DOE will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, 12 September 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  
Eastern Time (ET) , in Arlington, Virginia (VA), USA. This meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar. 
Webinar registration information , participant instructions, and information about the capabilities 
available to webinar participants will be published on DOE's website: 
www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/p ublic-meetings -and-comment -deadlines . Participants are 
responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the webinar software.  
This notification of public meeting and webinar and the notice of proposed rulemaking ; 
announcement of public meeting notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2033  are identified by Docket Number 
EERE-2019-BT-STD-0036. The Docket Folder i s available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-STD-0036/document  and provides access to 
primary and sup porting 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 t o submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4:00 p.m.  Eastern  Time (ET)  
on 13 October 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on 
Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
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