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Notifying
Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and
7.2):
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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 notification shall be indicated if different from
above:
Please
submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov
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Notified
under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ],
5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Electric motors; Environmental protection (ICS code(s):
13.020); Motors (ICS code(s): 29.160.30)
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation
Standards for Electric Motors; (16 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: Notice of
proposed rulemaking - 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
document, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for electric
motors identical to those set forth in a direct
final rule
published elsewhere in this Federal Register (refer to relevant documents for
details). If DOE receives an adverse comment and determines that such comment
may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule, DOE
will publish a notice withdrawing the direct final rule and will proceed with
this proposed rule.
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Objective
and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of the environment
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Relevant
documents: 88 Federal
Register (FR) 35765, 1 June 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Part 431:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-01/html/2023-10018.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-01/pdf/2023-10018.pdf
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Electric Motors, Direct Final Rule published 1 June 2023:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-01/html/2023-10019.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-01/pdf/2023-10019.pdf
This notice of proposed rulemaking and direct final rule are
identified by Docket Number EERE-2020-BT-STD-0007. The Docket Folder is
available on Regulations.gov at https://www.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 19 September 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.
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/873 are identified by Docket Numbers
EERE-2010-BT-STD-0027 and EERE-2020-BT-STD-0007. The Docket Folders are
available on 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/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 Numbers.
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Proposed
date of adoption: To
be determined
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final
date for comments: 19
September 2023
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [ ] or address, telephone or fax numbers and
email and website addresses, if available, of other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09999_00_e.pdf
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