G/TBT/N/USA/1641  
26 August 2020  
(20-5857) 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 AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1670]  
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 -8.B) (6 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 (SNUN), and EPA has conducted 
a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has taken 
any risk management actions as are required as a result of that deter mination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 52294, 25 August 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-25/html/2020 -17200.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-25/pdf/2020 -17200.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0304.  The Doc ket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -
HQ-OPPT-2020-0304 and provi des access to primary and supporting documents as well 
as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching G/TBT/N/USA/1641  
 
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  the Docket Number.   WTO Members and their stakeholders are a sked to submit comments 
to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 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 t o 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:  24 September 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/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_5148_00_e.pdf