Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 1 April 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States of America.

 

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Title: Partial Administrative Stay of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities Technology Review

 

Reason for Addendum:

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Comment period changed - date:

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Notified measure adopted - date:

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Notified measure published - date: 31 March 2025

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Notified measure enters into force - date: 31 March 2025

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Text of final measure available from[1]:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-03/html/2024-05850.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-03/pdf/2024-05850.pdf

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Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:

Relevant symbol if measure re-notified:

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Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1:

New deadline for comments (if applicable):

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Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:

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Final rule; partial stay; EPA is staying the effectiveness of certain aspects of the subpart revised by the 3 April 2024 final rule for 90 days. Specifically, the EPA is staying the effectiveness of all provisions with 3 April 2025 compliance dates while the EPA addresses the reconsideration issues in a separate action. This stay will remain in place until 1 July 2025, at which time those provisions will become effective.

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/USA/25_02592_00_e.pdf

 

Description: By a letter dated 14 August 2024, and supplemented by a letter dated 5 March 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation announced the convening of a proceeding for reconsideration of certain requirements in the final rule, "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities Technology Review,'' published on 3 April 2024 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2026/Add.2). In this action, the EPA is staying provisions establishing compliance deadlines in 2025 for requirements that were added or revised by the 3 April 2024, final rule for 90 days pending reconsideration.

Effective 31 March 2025.

90 Federal Register (FR) 14207, 31 March 2025; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 63:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-31/html/2025-05339.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-31/pdf/2025-05339.pdf

This action and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2026 are identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083/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.

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