G/TBT/N/USA/1553  
10 December 2019  
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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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1580]  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applica ble):  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 (19 -5.F) (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the 
subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). They are either the subject of Orders issued 
by EPA under TSCA or have received a "not likely to present an unreasonable risk" 
determination pursuant to TSCA. This action would require pers ons who intend to 
manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical 
substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant new use to notify EPA at least 
90 days before commencing that activity. The required notifica tion initiates EPA's 
evaluation of the use, under the conditions of use for that chemical substance, within the 
applicable review period. Persons may not commence manufacture or processing for the 
significant new use until EPA has conducted a review of the  notice, made an appropriate 
determination on the notice, and has taken such actions as are required by that 
determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant do cuments:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 66855, 6 December 2019; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-06/html/2019 -26226.htm  
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  • Supportin g and Related 
Material:   https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=c
ommentDueDate&po=0&dct=SR%2BO&D=EPA -HQ-OPPT-2019-0530 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determine d 
10. Final date for comments:  6 January 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/2019/TBT/USA/19_7036_00_e.pdf