G/TBT/N/USA/1628  
16 June 2020  
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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) [1656]  
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 -6.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, and has taken any 
risk management actions as are required as a result of that d etermination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 36175, 15 June 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-15/html/2020 -12614.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-15/pdf/2020 -12614.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by docket number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-
0251. The docket folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0251, and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  
by searching the docket number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to G/TBT/N/USA/1628  
 
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  submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments rec eived 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:  15 July 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/cr nattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3754_00_e.pdf