G/TBT/N/USA/1651  
12 October 2020  
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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) [1682]  
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 (20 -2.5e) (27 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - EPA is proposing significant new use rules 
(SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that 
were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). 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 f or that chemical 
substance, within the applicable review period. Persons may not commence manufacture 
or processing for the significant new use until EPA has conducted a review of the notice, 
made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has taken s uch actions as are 
required by that determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 64280, 9 October 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-09/html/2020 -21471.ht m 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-09/pdf/2020 -21471.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0131. The Docket 
Folder is available at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0131 
and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. 
Docum ents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. G/TBT/N/USA/1651  
 
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  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 Members 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:  9 November 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_6091_00_e.pdf