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Notifying
Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and
7.2):
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Agency
responsible:
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) [2223]
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): Chemical substances; Environmental protection (ICS code(s):
13.020); Production in the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.020); Products
of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
(24-4.5e); (29 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: Proposed rule - The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing significant new use rules
(SNURs) under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain
chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also
subject to an Order issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. The SNURs require persons
who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process
any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a
significant new use by this rulemaking to notify EPA at least 90 days before
commencing that activity. The required notification initiates EPA's
evaluation of the conditions of that use for that chemical substance. In
addition, the manufacture or processing for the significant new use may not
commence until EPA has conducted a review of the required notification, made
an appropriate determination regarding that notification, and taken such
actions as required by that determination.
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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:
90 Federal
Register (FR) 14743, 4 April 2025; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Part 721:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-04/html/2025-05480.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-04/pdf/2025-05480.pdf
This proposed
rule is identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0332. The Docket Folder
is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0332/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.
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their
stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time on 5 May 2025 will be
shared with the EPA and will also be submitted to the Docket on
Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.
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Proposed
date of adoption: To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined
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10.
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Final
date for comments: 5 May 2025
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website
addresses, if available, of other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/USA/25_02699_00_e.pdf
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