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18 December 2023  
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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):  Electric 
motors; Environmental protecti on (ICS code(s): 13.020); Motors (ICS code(s): 
29.160.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Expanded Scope Electric 
Motors; (92 page(s), in English)  
6. Descr iption of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting on 17 January 2024 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended 
("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and 
certain commercial and industrial equipment, including electric motors . In this notice of 
proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE proposes new energy conservation standards for a 
subset of electric motors, expanded scope electric motors, expressed in term s of average 
full-load efficiency, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these 
proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  
DOE will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, 17 January 2024, from 10:00 am to 4:00 
pm Eastern Time , in Washington, DC. This meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment   
8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 87062, 15 December 2023; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-12-15/html/2023 -26531.htm  G/TBT/N/USA/873/Rev.2  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-12-15/pdf/2023 -26531.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2020-BT-STD-0007. The Docket Folder is available from 
Regulations.gov at https://w ww.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-STD-
0007/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. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments 
to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 13 February 2024. 
Comments received 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.  
Earlier related actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/U SA/873  are identified by 
Docket Numbers EERE -2010-BT-STD-0027, and EERE -2020-BT-STD-0007. The Docket 
Folders are available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -
2010-BT-STD-0027/document  and https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-
STD-0007/documen t providing access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by sea rching 
the Docket Numbers.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  13 February 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://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_14698_00_e.pdf  
 