G/TBT/N/USA/2119  
7 May 2024  
(24-3624) 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):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:   
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) [2148]  
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 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 [  ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Natural 
gas motor vehicle fuel specifications; Natural gas (ICS code(s): 75.060); Petroleum 
products and natural gas handling equipment (ICS code(s): 75.200)  
5. Title, number of pages an d language(s) of the notified document:  Fuel 
Specifications and Labeling of Natural Gas; (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - On 26 April 2024, the California Department of 
Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Division of Measurement  Standards (DMS) proposes to add 
Califor nia Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 4 , Sections 4192.1 and 4192.2 and amend 
Sections 4206 and 4207 to adopt and incorporate by reference two natural gas motor 
vehicle fuel specifications ( ASTM D8080  and D8487 ) and update the natural gas fuel 
dispenser label requirements to coincide with these fuel specifications. A public hearing is 
not scheduled. Any interested person or his or her authorized representative may submit 
written comments to CDFA -DMS that are rel evant to the proposed regulatory action.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
California Regulatory Notice Register, No. 17 -Z, 26 April 2024 (pages 483 -486): 
https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/uploads/sites/166/2024/04/20 24-Notice -Register -No.-
17-Z-April-26-2024.pdf  
Notice of Proposed Regulatory Action  
Proposed Text of the 45 -day comment period  
Initial Statement of Reasons  G/TBT/N/USA/2119  
 
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  Further Information at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dms/regulations.html  
WTO Members and their st akeholders 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 by 4pm Eastern Time  on 11 June 2024 will be sh ared with CDFA 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:  11 June 2024  
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/2024/TBT/USA/24_03125_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_03125_01_e.pdf