G/TBT/N/USA/1689  
11 January 2021  
(21-0357) 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:  Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), 
Department of Interior [1717]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Petroleum 
measurement standards; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Measurement of fluid 
flow (ICS 17.120), Extraction and processing of petroleum and natural gas (ICS 75.020), 
Petroleum products in general (ICS 75.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Oil and Gas and 
Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf --Reaffirmation of Standard Editions 
Related to the Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Direct f inal rule; request for comments - This direct final rule 
incorporates by reference American Petroleum Institute's (API's) reaffirmation of 21 
production measurement publications (each referred to herein as a "standard"). This 
direct final rule updates the reaffirmation date of industry standards already incorporated 
in regulations administered by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
(BSEE). This rule does not include any new editions of incorporated standards, nor does 
it incorporate any new s tandards. Rather, it merely acknowledges API's subsequent 
reaffirmation, without change, of standards previously incorporated by reference. 
Incorporation of these reaffirmed documents will ensure that the citations to standards 
for the measurement of oil a nd gas production flow rates and volumes incorporated into 
the regulations are up to date. This rule will update incorporated measurement standards, 
thereby eliminating confusion in identifying the correct measurement standards required 
to be used.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1689  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 84230, 28 December 2020; Title 30 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 250:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-28/html /2020 -27238.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-28/pdf/2020 -27238.pdf  
This direct final rule; request for comments is identified by Docket Number 
BSEE-2020-0002. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=BSEE -2020-0002 and provides access to primary 
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:  26 February 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  26 February 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  27 January 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_0322_00_e.pdf