G/TBT/N/USA/1871/Add.5  
 
1 May 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  1 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Notice of Availability: Voluntary Standards Evaluation Under the Portable Fuel Container 
Safety Act of 2020  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  30 May 2024  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 30 April 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 27 July 2024; unless CPSC receives a 
significant adverse comment by 30 May 2024. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will 
publish a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule before its 
effective date.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
89 Federal Register (FR) 34102, Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1461:  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-30/html/2024 -09299.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-30/pdf/2024 -09299.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/final_measure/24_02894_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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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:  In August 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) 
accepted ASTM F3429/F3429M -23 for prefilled portable fuel containers as the mandatory st andard 
under the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2020 (PFCSA). In January 2024, ASTM notified the 
Commission that ASTM F3429/F3429M -23 had been revised. The Commission has evaluated revised 
ASTM  F3429/F3429M -24 and finds that the revisions to the standard carry out the purposes of the 
 
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  PFCSA. Accordingly, ASTM F3429/F3429M -24 will be incorporated into the mandatory standard for 
portable fuel containers.  
The rule is effective on 27 July 2024, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment by 30 
May 2024. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will publish a notice in the Federal Register 
withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The incorporation by reference of the 
publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 27 July 2024.  
Title 16 Code of Feder al Regulations (CFR) Part 1461  
This direct final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1871  are identified 
by Docket Number CPSC -2022-0017. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2022-0017/document  and provides access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching t he 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 30 May 2024. 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members an d their stakeholders will 
be shared with CPSC and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within 
the comment period.  
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