G/TBT/N/USA/2073  
4 December 2023  
(23-8214) 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) [2104]  
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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Rubber 
tire manufacturing emissions; New pneumatic tyres, of rubber (HS code(s): 401 1); 
Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Air 
quality (ICS code(s): 13.040); Tyres (ICS code(s): 83.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous  Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing; (19 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) is proposing amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Rubb er Tire Manufacturing, as required by the Clean Air Act (CAA) . To 
ensure that all emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from sources in the so urce 
category are regulated, the EPA is proposing emissions standards for the rubber 
processing subcategory of the rubber tire manufacturing industry, which is the only 
unregulated subcategory within the Rubber Tire Manufacturing source category.  
7. Objec tive and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 78692, 16 November 2023; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 63 :  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-16/html/2023 -25276.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-16/pdf/2023 -25276.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2019-0392. The Docket 
Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OAR-2019-0392/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as G/TBT/N/USA/2073  
 
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  well as comments received. Documents 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  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 2 January 
2024. 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:  2 January 2024  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_13945_00_e.pdf