G/TBT/N/USA/1855  
27 April 2022  
(22-3334) 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) [1885]  
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):  Air 
emission sources; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 
13.020); Air quality ( ICS code(s): 13.040); Test conditions and procedures in general 
(ICS code(s): 19.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Testing 
Provisions for Air Emission Sources; (23 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - This action proposes corrections and updates 
to regulations for source testing of emissions under various rules. This proposed rule 
includes corrections to inaccurate testing provisions, updates to outdated procedures, and 
approved alternative  procedures that provide testers enhanced flexibility. The revisions 
will improve the quality of data but will not impose new substantive requirements on 
source owners or operators.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 24488, 26 April 2022; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 51, 60, and 63:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-26/html/20 22-07891.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-26/pdf/2022 -07891.pdf  
 
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2020-0556. The Docket 
Folde r is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OAR-2020-0556/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching G/TBT/N/USA/1855  
 
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  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 27 June 2022. 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.  
 
Actions notified in G/TBT/N/USA/1432  and subsequent addenda on "Standards of 
Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and 
Forced -Air Furnaces" may be relevant.  
 
Actions notified in G/TBT/N/USA/758  and subsequent addenda on "National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines" 
may be relevant.  
 
G/TBT/N/USA/1837 , "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal -and 
Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units --Revocation of the 2020 Recon sideration, 
and Affirmation of the Appropriate and Necessary Supplemental Finding".  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 June 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_3076_00_e.pdf