Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Composite wood products - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 24 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States of America.

 

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TITLE: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products Act (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products Act (EPA ICR Number 2446.03 and OMB Control Number 2070-0185) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 30 June 2020. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 20 January 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Comments must be received on or before 23 July 2020.

This notice is identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0456. The docket folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0456, 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 will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of an Existing Collection (EPA ICR No. 2446.03 and OMB Control No. 2070-0185); Comment Request published 28 January 2020:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-01-28/html/2020-01344.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-01-28/pdf/2020-01344.pdf

Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/827 are identified by docket numbers EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0018, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0245 and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0174; primary and supporting documents for those actions as well as comments received are accessible from Regulations.gov at:

https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0018
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0245; and 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0174

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-23/html/2020-13456.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-23/pdf/2020-13456.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3870_00_e.pdf

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