G/TBT/N/USA/2026  
2 August 2023  
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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) [2056]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Hazardous 
air pollutants from blast furnace (BF) stoves and basic oxygen process fur naces (BOPFs); 
Product and company certification. Conformity assessment (ICS code(s): 03.120.20); 
Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Air quality (ICS code(s): 13.040); 
Environmental testing (ICS code(s): 19.040); Particle size analysis. Sievin g (ICS code(s): 
19.120); Industrial furnaces (ICS code(s): 25.180); Iron and steel products (ICS code(s): 
77.140); Equipment for the metallurgical industry (ICS code(s): 77.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing 
Facilities Technology Review; (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) is proposing amendmen ts to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities, as required 
by the Clean Air Act (CAA). To complete the required CAA section 112(d)(6) technology 
review promulgated on 13 J uly 2020, the EPA is proposing standards to regulate HAP 
emissions from five unmeasured fugitive and intermittent particulate (UFIP) sources, 
some of which are also referred to as "fugitive" sources, that are currently not regulated 
by the NESHAP, as follo ws: Bell Leaks, Unplanned Bleeder Valve Openings, Planned 
Bleeder Valve Openings, Slag Pits, and Beaching. Also, for sinter plants we are proposing 
standards for the following five currently unregulated HAP: carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon 
disulfide (CS2), mercury (Hg), hydrochloric acid (HCl), and hydrogen fluoride (HF); for 
blast furnace (BF) stoves and basic oxygen process furnaces (BOPFs), we are proposing 
standards for the following three unregulated pollutants: total hydrocarbons (THC), HCl, 
and dioxin s/furans (D/F); and for BFs, we are proposing standards for the following two 
unregulated pollutants: THC and HCl. As an update to the technology review, we are 
proposing to revise the current BOPF shop fugitive 20 percent opacity limit to a 5 percent 
opacity limit and require specific work practices; revise the current BF casthouse fugitive 
20 percent opacity limit to a 5 percent opacity limit; and revise the current standards for G/TBT/N/USA/2026  
 
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  D/F and polycyclic hydrocarbon (PAH) for sinter plants. We are also proposin g a fenceline 
monitoring requirement for chromium (Cr), including a requirement that if a monitor 
exceeds the proposed Cr action level, the facility will need to conduct a root cause analysis 
and take corrective action to lower emissions. We solicit commen ts on all aspects of this 
proposed action.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 49402, 31 July 2023; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 63  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-31/html/2023 -15085.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-31/pdf/2023 -15085.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2002-0083. The Docket 
Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OAR-2002-0083/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as 
well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by 
searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders ar e asked to submit 
comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 14 September 
2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders will be shared with the regul ator 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:  14 September 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_11418_00_e.pdf