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15 January 2020  
(20-0425) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 15 January 2020, 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 Air Compressors  
AGENCY: Offi ce of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended ("EPCA"), prescribes 
energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercia l and 
industrial equipment. EPCA also authorizes DOE to establish standards for certain other types of 
industrial equipment, including air compressors. Such standards must be technologically feasible 
and economically justified, and must save a significant amount of energy. In this final rule, DOE is 
adopting new energy conservation standards for air compressors. It has determined that the 
adopted energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation 
of energy, and are tec hnologically feasible and economically justified.  
RELEVANT DOCUMENT:  Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards, Final 
action; implementation of court order published 10 January 2020:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-10/html/2019 -26345.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-10/pdf/2019 -26345.pd f  
DATES: The effective date of this rule is 10 March 2020. Compliance with the new standards 
established for compressors in this final rule is required on and after 10 January 2025.  
The docket folder on Regulations.gov provides access to primary and suppo rting documents for 
this rulemaking as well as the comments received:  
https://www.regulations.gov/docket? D=EERE -2013-BT-STD-0040 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-10/html/2019 -26355.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-10/pdf/2019 -26355.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_0467_00_e.pdf  
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