G/TBT/N/USA/1616  
5 May 2020  
(20-3429) 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) [1642]  
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 -1.5e) (20 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) and are subject to Orders issued by EPA 
pursuant TSCA. The SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (d efined 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 
until EPA has conducted a review of the notice, made an ap propriate 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:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environm ent 
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 26419, 4 May 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-05-04/html/2020 -08714.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-05-04/pdf/2020 -08714.pdf  
The docket folder on Regulations.gov provides access to primary and supporting 
documents for this rulemaking at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OPPT-
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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:  3 June 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.o rg/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3069_00_e.pdf