G/TBT/N/USA/1728  
3 May 2021  
(21-3744) 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 AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1757]  
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):  
Certain  chemical substances; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Production in the 
chemical industry (ICS 71.02 0), 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.B) (6 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 which 
are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). This action would require persons to 
notify EPA at least 90 days before commencin g manufacture (defined by statute 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 manufactur e or processing for the significant new use 
until they have submitted a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN), and EPA has conducted 
a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has taken 
any risk management actions as are requi red as a result of that determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1728  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 86 Federal Register (FR) 22924, 30 April 2021; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-04-30/html/2021 -08883.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-04-30/pdf/2021 -08883.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0581. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OPPT-2020-0581/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 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:  1 June 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_3218_00_e.pdf