Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Trichloroethylene - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 4 April 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States of America.

 

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Title: Postponement of Effectiveness for Certain Provisions of Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

 

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:

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Notified measure enters into force - date: 20 June 2025; as of 21 March 2025, the EPA further postpones the conditions imposed on each of the TSCA section 6(g) exemptions, as described in this document, in the final rule published on 17 December 2024 at 89 FR 102568 until 20 June 2025.

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Text of final measure available from[1]:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/html/2024-29274.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29274.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Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date: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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Other:

Notification; postponement of effectiveness

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/USA/25_02640_00_e.pdf

 

Description: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is postponing the effectiveness of certain regulatory provisions of the final rule entitled ''Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)'' (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2062/Add.1) for 90 days pending judicial review. Specifically, this postponement applies to the conditions imposed on the uses with TSCA exemptions.

As of 21 March 2025, the EPA further postpones the conditions imposed on each of the TSCA section 6(g) exemptions, as described in this document, in the final rule published on 17 December 2024 at 89 FR 102568 until 20 June 2025.

90 Federal Register (FR) 14415, 2 April 2025; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 751:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-02/html/2025-05641.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-02/pdf/2025-05641.pdf

This action and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2062 are identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0642. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0642/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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