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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/122** |
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|                                                  | 17 June 2005      |
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|                                                  | (05-2572)         |
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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) (127)        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **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):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Chemicals\                |   |                                 |
|    | (HS: Chapter 2912; ICS:   |   |                                 |
|    | 71).                      |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Addition of Diisononyl    |   |                                 |
|    | Phthalate Category;       |   |                                 |
|    | Community Right-to-Know   |   |                                 |
|    | Toxic Chemical Release    |   |                                 |
|    | Reporting; Notice of Data |   |                                 |
|    | Availability (4 Pages, in |   |                                 |
|    | English).                 |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** On 5 September |   |                                 |
| ** | 2000, EPA issued a        |   |                                 |
|    | proposed rule, in         |   |                                 |
|    | response to a petition    |   |                                 |
|    | filed under section       |   |                                 |
|    | 313(e)(1) of the          |   |                                 |
|    | Emergency Planning and    |   |                                 |
|    | Community Right-to-Know   |   |                                 |
|    | Act (EPCRA), to add a     |   |                                 |
|    | diisononyl phthalate      |   |                                 |
|    | (DINP) category to the    |   |                                 |
|    | list of toxic chemicals   |   |                                 |
|    | subject to the reporting  |   |                                 |
|    | requirements under EPCRA  |   |                                 |
|    | section 313 and section   |   |                                 |
|    | 6607 of the Pollution     |   |                                 |
|    | Prevention Act (PPA). EPA |   |                                 |
|    | proposed to add this      |   |                                 |
|    | chemical category to the  |   |                                 |
|    | EPCRA section 313 toxic   |   |                                 |
|    | chemical list pursuant to |   |                                 |
|    | its authority to add      |   |                                 |
|    | chemicals and chemical    |   |                                 |
|    | categories because EPA    |   |                                 |
|    | believes this category    |   |                                 |
|    | meets the EPCRA section   |   |                                 |
|    | 313(d)(2)(B) toxicity     |   |                                 |
|    | criterion. The purpose of |   |                                 |
|    | today\'s action is to     |   |                                 |
|    | inform interested parties |   |                                 |
|    | that, in an effort to     |   |                                 |
|    | ensure adequate           |   |                                 |
|    | opportunities for input   |   |                                 |
|    | from all affected         |   |                                 |
|    | parties, EPA is making    |   |                                 |
|    | available for public      |   |                                 |
|    | comment a revised hazard  |   |                                 |
|    | assessment for DINP.      |   |                                 |
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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. | 70 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 34437 of 14 June 2005;    |   |                                 |
|    | Title 40 Code of Federal  |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Part    |   |                                 |
|    | 372. 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:** 12 September  |   |                                 |
| 0. | 2005                      |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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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:**                   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Full Text of this         |   |                                 |
|    | Notification is Now       |   |                                 |
|    | Available on the Internet |   |                                 |
|    | at URLs:                  |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamai     |   |                                 |
|    | tech.net/7/257/2422/01jan |   |                                 |
|    | 20051800/edocket.access.g |   |                                 |
|    | po.gov/2005/05-11664.htm> |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaitech |   |                                 |
|    | .net/7/257/2422/01jan2005 |   |                                 |
|    | 1800/edocket.access.gpo.g |   |                                 |
|    | ov/2005/pdf/05-11664.pdf> |   |                                 |
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