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| **[World Trade]{.smallcaps}**                    |                   |
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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/201** |
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|                                                  | 26 July 2006      |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Environmental Protection  |   |                                 |
| ** | Agency (EPA) (209)        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[** X **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):** HCFC |   |                                 |
|    | (HS: Chapter 2903, 3903)  |   |                                 |
|    | (ICS: 13, 71, 83)         |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of             |   |                                 |
|    | Stratospheric Ozone:      |   |                                 |
|    | Minor Amendments to the   |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations Implementing  |   |                                 |
|    | the Allowance System for  |   |                                 |
|    | Controlling HCFC          |   |                                 |
|    | Production, Import and    |   |                                 |
|    | Export (5 pages, in       |   |                                 |
|    | English).                 |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** EPA is         |   |                                 |
| ** | proposing to amend the    |   |                                 |
|    | current regulations       |   |                                 |
|    | governing the production  |   |                                 |
|    | and trade of certain      |   |                                 |
|    | ozone-depleting           |   |                                 |
|    | substances to address     |   |                                 |
|    | issues concerning the     |   |                                 |
|    | export of previously      |   |                                 |
|    | imported material, heels, |   |                                 |
|    | the exemption allowance   |   |                                 |
|    | petition process for      |   |                                 |
|    | HCFC-141b for military    |   |                                 |
|    | and space vehicle         |   |                                 |
|    | applications, and the     |   |                                 |
|    | definition for            |   |                                 |
|    | \"importer\". We are      |   |                                 |
|    | proposing these minor     |   |                                 |
|    | adjustments to our        |   |                                 |
|    | regulations in response   |   |                                 |
|    | to requests from the      |   |                                 |
|    | regulated community, to   |   |                                 |
|    | ensure equitable          |   |                                 |
|    | treatment of              |   |                                 |
|    | stakeholders, and to      |   |                                 |
|    | reduce burden where the   |   |                                 |
|    | integrity of the          |   |                                 |
|    | requirements can still be |   |                                 |
|    | sufficiently maintained.  |   |                                 |
|    | These proposed amendments |   |                                 |
|    | appear in the \"Rules and |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations\'\' section   |   |                                 |
|    | of this Federal Register  |   |                                 |
|    | as a direct final rule.   |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of the         |   |                                 |
|    | environment               |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:** : |   |                                 |
| 8. | 71 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 41192 20 July 2006; Title |   |                                 |
|    | 40 Code of Federal        |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Part    |   |                                 |
|    | 82. Will appear in the    |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register when     |   |                                 |
|    | adopted.                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        | } | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 5 September   |   |                                 |
| 0. | 2006                      |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** X **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:**                   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Internet URLs:            |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | http://a257.g.akama       |   |                                 |
|    | itech.net/7/257/2422/01ja |   |                                 |
|    | n20061800/edocket.access. |   |                                 |
|    | gpo.gov/2006/E6-11531.htm |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | http://a257.g.akamaitec   |   |                                 |
|    | h.net/7/257/2422/01jan200 |   |                                 |
|    | 61800/edocket.access.gpo. |   |                                 |
|    | gov/2006/pdf/E6-11531.pdf |   |                                 |
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