G/TBT/N/USA/1852  
25 April 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) [1883]  
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 [  ], 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):  Renewable 
fuels, biofuels; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Fuels (ICS code(s): 
75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Renewable Fuel 
Standard Program: Canola Oil Pathways to Renewable Diesel, Jet Fuel, Naphtha, Liquefied 
Petroleum Gas and Heating Oil; (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed ru le - In this proposed rule, the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) is providing an opportunity for comment on a proposed analysis 
of the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with certain biofuels that are 
produced from canola/rapeseed oil . This assessment considers diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, 
naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced from canola/rapeseed oil via a 
hydrotreating process, and proposes to find that these pathways would meet the lifecycle 
GHG emissions reduction t hreshold of 50 percent required for advanced biofuels and 
biomass -based diesel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Based on these 
analyses, EPA is proposing to approve these fuel pathways, making them eligible to 
generate Renewable Identificat ion Numbers (RINs), provided they satisfy the other 
definitional and RIN generation criteria for renewable fuel specified in the RFS regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the envir onment  G/TBT/N/USA/1852  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 22823, 18 April 2022; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 80:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-18/html/2022 -07598.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-18/pdf/2022 -07598.pdf  
  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2021-0845. The Docket 
Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OAR-2021-0845/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 are asked to submit 
comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 18 May 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:  18 May 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_2998_00_e.pdf