G/TBT/N/USA/1510  
31 July 2019  
(19-5013) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1538]  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicab le): Renewable 
fuel standard program; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Fuels (ICS 75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Renewable Fuel 
Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass -Based Diesel Volume for 2021, 
Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards, and Other Changes (51 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Under section 211 of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set renewable fuel percentage standards every 
year. This action proposes the annual percentage standards for cellulosic biofuel, 
biomass -based diesel, advance d biofuel, and total renewable fuel that apply to gasoline 
and diesel transportation fuel produced or imported in the year 2020. Relying on statutory 
waiver authority that is available when the projected cellulosic biofuel production volume 
is less than th e applicable volume specified in the statute, EPA is proposing volume 
requirements for cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel that are 
below the statutory volume targets. We are also proposing the applicable volume of 
biomass -based diesel for 2021. This action also proposes to address the remand of the 
2016 standard -setting rulemaking, as well as several regulatory changes to the 
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program including new pathways, flexibilities for 
regulated parties, and cl arifications of existing regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 36762, 29 July 2019; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 80:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-29/html/2019 -15423.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-29/pdf/2019 -15423.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1510  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  30 August 2019  
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/cr nattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_4254_00_e.pdf