G/TBT/N/USA/1740  
14 June 2021  
(21-4857) 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) [1769]  
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 i f 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):  Chemical 
substances; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Production in the chemical industry 
(ICS 71.020), Products of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Significant New 
Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (21 -1.5e) (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - EPA is proposing significant new use rules 
(SNURs) under the  Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that 
were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and a Microbial Commercial Activity 
Notice (MCAN), and are also subject to Orders issued by EPA pursuant to T SCA. The 
SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) 
or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a 
significant new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commenc ing that 
activity. The required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the use, under the 
conditions of use for that chemical substance, within the applicable review period. Persons 
may not commence manufacture or processing for the significant new use  until EPA has 
conducted a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and 
has taken such actions as are required by that determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prote ction of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1740  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 31239, 11 June 2021; Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 721 and 725:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-06-11/html/2021 -12147.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-06-11/pdf/2021 -12147.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0588. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OPPT-2020-0588/document  and provides access to primary and supporting 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 
comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT E nquiry 
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:  12 July 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_4131_00_e.pdf