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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) [1649]

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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 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): Fuels; Quality (ICS 03.120), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Fuels (ICS 75.160)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Fuels Regulatory Streamlining (129 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: Proposed rule - This action proposes to update the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) existing gasoline, diesel, and other fuels programs to improve overall compliance assurance and maintain environmental performance, while reducing compliance costs for industry and EPA. EPA is proposing to streamline its existing fuel quality regulations by removing expired provisions, eliminating redundant compliance provisions (e.g., duplicative registration requirements that are required by every EPA fuels program), removing unnecessary and out-of-date requirements, and replacing them with a single set of provisions and definitions that will apply across all gasoline, diesel, and other fuels programs that EPA currently regulates. This action does not propose to change the stringency of the existing fuel quality standards.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Cost saving and productivity enhancement

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Relevant documents:

·        85 Federal Register (FR) 29034, 14 May 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 79, 80, 86, 1037 and 1090:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-14/html/2020-09337.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-14/pdf/2020-09337.pdf

The docket folder on Regulations.gov provides access to primary and supporting documents for this rulemaking: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0227.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 29 June 2020

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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/2020/TBT/USA/20_3217_00_e.pdf