G/TBT/N/USA/1645/Add.2  
 
18 April 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  18 April 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Other Solid Waste Incinerators; Air Curtain Incinerators Title V Permitting Provisions  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 17 April 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 17 April 2024  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
89 Federal Register (FR) 27392, Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-17/html/2024 -08270.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-17/pdf/2024 -08270.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/final_measure/24_02678_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  On 31 August 2020, in accordance with requirements under the Clean Air Act ( CAA), 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performed a 5 -year review of the Standards of 
Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission s Guidelines for Existing Sources: Other Solid 
Waste Incineration (OSWI) Units, which includes certain very small municipal waste combustion 
(VSMWC) and institutional waste incineration (IWI) units. In the same action, the EPA proposed to 
remove the title V permitting requirements for air curtain incinerators (ACI) that burn only wood 
waste, clean lumber, yard waste, or a mixture of these three types of waste. In response to 
supportive comments received on the August 2020 proposal, this action is finalizing , as proposed, 
to remove the title V permitting requirements for ACIs that only burn wood waste, clean lumber, 
 
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  yard waste, or a mixture of those, and are not located at title V major sources or subject to title V 
for other reasons. The EPA is finalizing th is proposed action now to simplify the compliance 
obligations for owners and operators of these types of units.  
The effective date of this rule is 17 April 2024.  
Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60  
This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1645  are identified by 
Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2003-0156. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OAR-2003-0156/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also acc essible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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