Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Commercial and industrial electric motors - Revision

NOTIFICATION

Revision

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.

 

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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