G/TBT/N/USA/1585  
26 February 2020  
(20-1449) Page: 1/2 
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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1612]  
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.B) (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - EPA is proposing significant ne w use rules 
(SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances which 
are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). This action would require persons to 
notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing manufacture (defined by sta tute to include 
import) or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity that is 
designated as a significant new use by this proposed rule. This action would further 
require that persons not commence manufacture or processing for the signi ficant new use 
until they have submitted a Significant New Use Notice, and EPA has conducted a review 
of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice under TSCA 5(a)(3), and 
has taken any risk management actions as are required as a result o f that determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 10364, 24 February 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-24/html/2020 -02892.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-24/pdf/2020 -02892.pdf  
• Supporting documents for this rulemaking are available from Regulations.gov 
at: 
https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=commentD
ueDate&po=0&dct=SR% 2BO&D=EPA -HQ-OPPT-2019-0650 G/TBT/N/USA/1585  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  25 March 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_1496_00_e.pdf