G/TBT/N/USA/1774  
13 September 2021  
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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) [1803]  
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):  Pyrolysis 
and gasification units; Wastes (ICS 13.030), Domestic, commercial and industrial heating 
appliances (ICS 97.100)  
5. Title, n umber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Potential Future 
Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification Units (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - The U.S. 
Environmental Protection A gency (EPA) is soliciting information and requesting comments 
to assist in the potential development of regulations for pyrolysis and gasification units 
that are used to convert solid or semi -solid feedstocks, including solid waste (e.g., 
municipal solid w aste, commercial and industrial waste, hospital/medical/infectious 
waste, sewage sludge, other solid waste), biomass, plastics, tires, and organic 
contaminants in soils and oily sludges to useful products such as energy, fuels and 
chemical commodities. Pyr olysis and gasification are often described as heat induced 
thermal decomposition processes. Through recent requests for applicability 
determinations, it appears that pyrolysis and gasification processes are more widely being 
used to convert waste into use ful products or energy.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 50296, 8 September 2021; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts  60 and 63:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-08/html/2021 -19390.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-08/pdf/2021 -19390.pdf  
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-
2021-0382. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.g ov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OAR-2021-0382/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Docume nts G/TBT/N/USA/1774  
 
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  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 . 
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:  8 November 2021  
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/cr nattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_5708_00_e.pdf