G/TBT/N/USA/1528  
27 September 2019  
(19-6252) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1555]  
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):  Emissions; 
Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Air quality (ICS 13.040), Environmental testing 
(ICS 19.040), Industrial process meas urement and control (ICS 25.040.40), Surface 
treatment and coating (ICS 25.220), Production in the chemical industry (ICS 71.020), 
Equipment for the chemical industry (ICS 71.120), Paint coating processes (ICS 87.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and languag e(s) of the notified document:  National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing Residual Risk 
and Technology Review (42 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The U.S. Environmental Pro tection Agency (EPA) 
is proposing the results of a residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing 
(MCM NESHAP) facilities, as required by the Clean Air Act ( CAA). The EPA is proposing to 
find risks due to emissions of air toxics to be acceptable from the MCM source category 
and to determine that the current NESHAP provides an ample margin of safety to protect 
public health. The EPA identified no new cost -effective controls under the technology 
review to achieve further emissions reductions from process units subject to standards 
under the NESHAP. The EPA is also proposing revisions related to emissions during periods 
of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM),  including clarifying regulatory provisions for 
certain vent control bypasses; provisions for electronic reporting of performance test 
results, performance evaluation reports, compliance reports, and Notification of 
Compliance Status (NOCS) reports; and pr ovisions to conduct periodic performance testing 
of oxidizers used to reduce emissions of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAP).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1528  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 46610, 4 September 2019; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 63:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-09-04/html/2019 -18344.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-09-04/pdf/2019 -18344.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  21 October 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_5299_00_e.pdf