Performance Requirements for Residential Gas Furnaces and Boilers; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Harmonization (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Residential gas furnaces and boilers

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8416 - Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverized solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers, incl. their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances; parts thereof; 840310 - Central heating boilers, non-electric (excl. vapour generating boilers and super-heated water boilers of heading 8402); 8416 - Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverized solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers, incl. their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances; parts thereof; 840310 - Central heating boilers, non-electric (excl. vapour generating boilers and super-heated water boilers of heading 8402)

13.300 - Protection against dangerous goods; 13.300 - Protection against dangerous goods; 27.060 - Burners. Boilers; 27.060 - Burners. Boilers; 97.100 - Domestic, commercial and industrial heating appliances; 97.100 - Domestic, commercial and industrial heating appliances

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has determined preliminarily that there is an unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with residential gas fired central furnaces, boilers, wall furnaces, and floor furnaces (gas furnaces and boilers). To address this risk, the Commission proposes a rule to detect and prevent dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) production and leakage from residential gas furnaces and boilers. The Commission is providing an opportunity for interested parties to present written and oral comments on this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR)._x000D_ Deadline for Written Comments: Written comments must be received by 26 December 2023. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pmEastern Time on 26 December 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.Deadline for Request to Present Oral Comments: Any person interested in making an oral presentation must send an email indicating this intent to the Office of the Secretary at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov by 26 December 2023 (Eastern Time).  WTO Members are also asked to copy the USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point on any such request: usatbtep@nist.govThis notice of proposed rulemaking; notice of opportunity for oral presentation of comments and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1520 are identified by Docket Number CPSC-2019-0020. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC-2019-0020/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.

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