G/TBT/N/USA/1761  
11 August 2021  
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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 AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT) [1790]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to ha ndle 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 applicable):  Hazardous 
materials; Transport (ICS 03.220), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Protection 
against dangerous goods (ICS 13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Hazardous 
Materials: Harmonization With International Standards (55 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking  - PHMSA proposes to amend the 
Hazardous Materials Regulations to  maintain alignment with international regulations and 
standards by adopting various amendments, in cluding changes to proper shipping names, 
hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport 
quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements. Additionally, PHMSA proposes an 
amendment to the Hazardous Material s Regulations that would allow for better alignment 
with Transport Canada's Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 43844, 10 August 2021; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts  171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178, and 180:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-10/html/2021 -15425.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-10/pdf/2021 -15425.pdf   
This notice of p roposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number PHMSA -2019-0030. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov 
at  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/PHMSA -2019-0030/document  and provides 
access to primary documents as 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 co mments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their G/TBT/N/USA/1761  
 
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  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:  12 October 2021  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_5148_00_e.pdf