G/TBT/N/USA/2098  
6 February 2024  
(24-0976) 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:   
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor [2129]  
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 [  ], 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):  
Emergency response; Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene (ICS code(s): 13.100); 
Accident and disaster control (ICS code(s): 13.200); Protection against fire (ICS code(s): 
13.220); Protective clothing (ICS code(s): 13.340.10); Protection against falling and 
slipping (ICS code(s): 13.340.60)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Emergency 
Response Standard; (250 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule; request for comments by 6 May 2024 - OSHA is 
proposing through this notice of proposed rulem aking (NPRM) to issue a new safety and 
health standard, titled Emergency Response, to replace the existing Fire Brigades 
Standard. The new standard would address a broader scope of emergency responders 
and would include programmatic elements to protect eme rgency responders from a 
variety of occupational hazards. The agency requests comments on all aspects of the 
proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 7774, 5 February 2024; Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 1910 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-05/html/2023 -28203.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-05/pdf/2023 -28203.pdf  
This proposed rule; request for comments is identified by Docket Number OSHA -2007-
0073. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https: //www.regulations.gov/docket/OSHA -2007-0073/document  and provides access to G/TBT/N/USA/2098  
 
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  primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regul ations.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 by 4pm Eastern Time  on 6 May 2024 will be shared with OSHA and will also 
be submitted to the Docket  on Regulatio ns.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:  6 May 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/2024/TBT/USA/24_0114 7_00_e.pdf