G/TBT/N/USA/1936  
1 November 2022  
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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 AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
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 diffe rent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Chemical 
Substances (22 -2.5e); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Production in the 
chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.020); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 
71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the  notified document:  Significant New 
Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (22 -2.5e); (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The Environmental Protection Agency (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 also subject to Orders issued by EPA pursua nt to TSCA. The SNURs require 
persons who intend to manufacture (defined 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 appropriate 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 animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 65548, 31 October 2022; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 721 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/con tent/pkg/FR -2022-10-31/html/2022 -23376.htm  
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  This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2022-0462. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OPPT-2022-0462/document  and provides access to primary and suppor ting 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  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 30 November 
2022. 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:  30 November 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_7372_00_e.pdf