G/TBT/N/USA/1805  
18 November 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1834]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated i f different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Chemical 
substances; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Production in the chemical industry 
(ICS 71.020), Products of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Significant New 
Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (21 -2.F) (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - EPA is proposing significant n ew use rules 
(SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that 
were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). The chemical substances received 
"not likely to present an unreasonable risk" determinations pursuant to TSCA . The SNURs 
require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or 
process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant 
new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing  that activity. The 
required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the use, under the conditions of use for 
that chemical substance, within the applicable review period. Persons may not commence 
manufacture or  processing for the significant new use un til EPA has conducted a review  of 
the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has  taken such actions 
as are required by that determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protecti on of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 64115, 17 November  2021; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 721:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-17/html/2021 -24785.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-17/pdf/2021 -24785.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2021-0227. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-G/TBT/N/USA/1805  
 
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  OPPT-2021-0227/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. 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 Me mbers 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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  17 December 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7209_00_e.pdf