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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1046 | United States of America | 2015 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to clarify its test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. DOE is proposing to replace all instances of ballast efficacy factor (BEF) with ballast luminous efficiency (BLE) in our regulations and to add rounding instructions to the same section for BLE and power factor.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1046/REV.1 | United States of America | 2019 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to revise its test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts. DOE proposes to update references to industry standards; clarify the selection of reference lamps; provide a second stabilization option for measuring ballast luminous efficiency; provide a test procedure for measuring the performance of ballasts at light outputs less than full light output; and revise the test procedure for measuring standby mode energy consumption. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1047 | United States of America | 2015 | Air pollution reduction, Climate change…
Air pollution reduction, Climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to the standards of performance for stationary compression ignition (CI) internal combustion engines to allow manufacturers to design the engines so that operators can temporarily override performance inducements related to the emission control system for stationary CI internal combustion engines operating during emergency situations where the operation of the engine or equipment is needed to protect human life, and to require compliance with Tier 1 emission standards during such emergencies. The EPA is also proposing to amend the standards of performance for certain stationary CI internal combustion engines located in remote areas of Alaska.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1049 | United States of America | 2015 | Ozone layer protection | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The Clean Air Act prohibits the knowing release…
The Clean Air Act prohibits the knowing release of ozone - depleting and substitute refrigerants during the course of maintaining, servicing, repairing, or disposing of appliances or industrial process refrigeration. The existing regulations require that persons servicing or disposing of air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment observe certain service practices that reduce emissions of ozone -depleting refrigerant.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1049/REV.1 | United States of America | 2018 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Ozone layer protection
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Manufacturing | The Clean Air Act (CAA) prohibits knowingly…
The Clean Air Act (CAA) prohibits knowingly venting or releasing ozone-depleting and substitute refrigerants in the course of maintaining, servicing, repairing, or disposing of appliances or industrial process refrigeration. On 18 November 2016, EPA finalized a rule that updated the existing refrigerant management requirements and extended requirements that previously applied only to refrigerants containing an ozone -depleting substance (ODS) to substitute refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbons that are subject to the venting prohibition (i.e., those that have not been exempted from that prohibition) . The Agency is revisiting the aspects of the 2016 Rule that apply to equipment containing such substitute refrigerants. This action proposes changes to the legal interpretation that supported that rule and amendments to the regulations based on the revised interpretation. More specifically, in connection with the proposed changes to the legal interpretation, EPA is proposing to revise the appliance maintenance and leak repair provisions so they apply only to equipment using refrigerant containing a class I or class II substance. Based on this proposed limitation of the leak repair requirements, this document further proposes to revise the list of practices that must be followed in order for refrigerant releases to be considered de minimis to clarify that the reference to following leak repair practices only applies to equipment that contains ODS refrigerant. EPA is also taking comment on whether, in connection with the proposed changes to the legal interpretation, the 2016 Rule's extension of subpart F refrigerant management requirements to such substitute refrigerants should be rescinded in full. Additionally, EPA is proposing to extend by six to twelve months the 1 January 2019 compliance date for when appliances containing only substitute refrigerants subject to the venting prohibition must comply with the appliance maintenance and leak repair provisions.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1051 | United States of America | 2015 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to codify provisions of the EPS Service Parts Act of 2014 that exempt from energy conservation standards certain external power supplies (EPSs) made available by a manufacturer as a service or spare part. Consistent with that Act, DOE is proposing to require annual reports of the total number of exempt EPS units sold as service and spare parts that do not meet the relevant energy conservation standards.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1052 | United States of America | 2015 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing requirements related to the enforcement of regional standards for central air conditioners, as authorized by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1054 | United States of America | 2015 | Sustainable agriculture management | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | This proposed rule would remove five non- organic…
This proposed rule would remove five non- organic nonagricultural substances from the National List for use in organic handling: Egg white lysozyme, cyclohexylamine, diethylaminoethanol, octadecylamine, and tetrasodium pyrophosphate.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1062 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation…
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans (73 pages, in English)
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including ceiling fans. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy . In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for ceiling fans, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1067 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Conformity assessment procedures | Manufacturing, Other | Energy Conservation Program: Certification and…
Energy Conservation Program: Certification and Enforcement – Import Data Collection (18 pages, in English)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing a requirement that a person importing into the United States any covered product or equipment subject to an applicable energy conservation standard provide, prior to importation, a certification of admissibility to the DOE for the covered product or equipment. The certification would be submitted to DOE through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) . |
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