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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/USA/2033/Add.1

Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Boilers

Objective

Protection of the environment (TBT); Cost saving and productivity enhancement (TBT)

Product Covered

Consumer boilers; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Burners and boilers in general (ICS code(s): 27.060.01)

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13.020 - Environmental protection; 27.060.01 - Burners and boilers in general; 13.020 - Environmental protection; 27.060.01 - Burners and boilers in general

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Description

Notification of public meeting and webinar on 12 September 2023 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer boilers. The Department of Energy (DOE) previously proposed amended energy conservation standards for consumer boilers in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) published in the Federal Register on 14 August 2023, which also announced a public meeting via webinar to receive input on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results. On 15 August 2023, DOE received a letter from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) asking the Department to extend the NOPR comment period by 30 days and also to hold an in-person public meeting regarding the NOPR. In this document, DOE grants AHRI's request for an in-person meeting and announces that the public meeting will now be held in person, in addition to being broadcast as a webinar. DOE is denying AHRI's request for a comment period extension for the reasons explained in this document.Meeting: DOE will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, 12 September 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Eastern Time (ET), in Arlington, Virginia (VA), USA. This meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar.  Webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE's website: www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines. Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the webinar software.This notification of public meeting and webinar and the notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2033 are identified by Docket Number EERE-2019-BT-STD-0036. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE-2019-BT-STD-0036/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 4:00 p.m.Eastern Time (ET) on 13 October 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.

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