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22 January 2024  
(24-0459) 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:   
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):  
Commercial and industrial fans, blowers & fume hoods; Air or vacuum pumps (excl. gas 
compound elevators and pneumatic elevators and conveyors); air or other gas 
compressors and fans; vent ilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not 
fitted with filters; parts thereof (HS code(s): 8414); Environmental protection (ICS 
code(s): 13.020); Ventilators. Fans. Air -conditioners (ICS code(s): 23.120); Energy 
efficiency. Energy conse rvation in general (ICS code(s): 27.015)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Fans and Blowers; (162 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of p roposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting on 21 February 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 fans and blowers . EPCA also 
requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to periodically determine whether more 
stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would 
result in significant energy sav ings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE 
proposes energy conservation standards for two categories of fans and blowers: air 
circulating fans ("ACFs"), and fans and blowers that are not ACFs, referred to as general 
fans and blowers ("GFBs")  throughout this document. DOE also announces a public 
meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and 
results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of decepti ve practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment   G/TBT/N/USA/636/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 3714, 19 January 2024, Title 10  Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 429 and 431: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-19/html/2023 -28976.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-19/pdf/2023 -28976.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, 21 February 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  
Eastern Time , in Washington, DC. This meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar. The 
public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 
6E–069, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. See section VII of this 
document, "Public Participation," for further details, including procedures for attending 
the in -person meeting, webinar registration information, participant instructions, a nd 
information about the capabilities available to webinar participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting and previous actions 
notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/636  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2022-
BT-STD-0002. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2022-BT-STD-0002/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 19 March 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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  19 March 2024 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_00669_00_e.pdf  
 