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16 March 2022  
(22-2318) 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, Department of 
Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notific ation 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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Consumer 
boilers; Central heating boilers, non -electric (excl. vapour generating boilers and super -
heated wate r boilers of heading 8402) (HS 840310); Central heating boilers, non -electric 
(excl. vapour generating boilers and superheated water boilers of heading 8402) (HS 
840310); Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas; mechanical 
stokers, incl. their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances; 
parts thereof (HS 8416); Quality (ICS 03.120), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), 
Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Burners. Boilers (ICS 27.0 60), 
Domestic, commercial and industrial heating appliances (ICS 97.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Consumer Boilers (38 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of conte nt: Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - The 
U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to amend the  test procedures for consumer 
boilers to incorporate by reference the  latest version of the industry standards currently 
referenced in th e Federal test procedure. DOE proposes to relocate the test procedure 
in a new appendix separate from the residential furnace test procedure.  DOE also 
proposes to remove an extraneous definition from its  regulatory definitions. DOE is 
seeking comment from interested parties  on the proposal.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements   
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 14622, 15 March 2022; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-15/html/2022 -04017.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-03-15/pdf/2022 -04017.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/973/Rev.1  
 
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  DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, 7 April 2022, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Eastern 
Time. See section V, "Public  Participation," for webinar registration information, 
participant  instructions, and information about the capabilities available to  webinar 
participants. If no participants register for the webinar, it  will be cancelled.   
This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment and the request for 
information notified as G/TBT/N/USA/973/Add.3  are identified by Docket Number EERE -
2019-BT-TP-0037. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2019-BT-TP-0037/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 16 May 2022.  Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point fr om 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.   
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/973  are identified by Docket 
Number EERE -2012-BT-TP-0024. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov 
at https:/ /www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2012-BT-TP-0024/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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  16 May 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_2252_00_e.pdf  
 