DOE Again Extends Comment Period on New ACE Filing Requirements for Energy Efficiency Standards

March 4, 2016 |Other U.S.

The Department of Energy is again extending the period for comments, this time until March 14, on a proposal that would require importers of products covered by energy efficiency standards to file a “certification of admissibility” for each shipment of such products at time of entry, it said (here). The Dec. 29 proposed rule would require filing via additional data elements in the Automated Commercial Environment (see 1512290020). DOE had already extended the comment period until Feb. 29 in response to requests from trade groups, and held a public meeting on the rule Feb. 19 (see 1602190039).