G/TBT/N/USA/1875  
14 June 2022  
(22-4623) 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) [1907]  
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):  Renewable 
fuel standard compliance; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Fuels (ICS 
code(s): 75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Renewable Fuel 
Standard (RFS) Program: Alternative RIN Retirement Schedule for Small Refineries; (8 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - The Environmental Protec tion Agency (EPA) is 
proposing an alternative renewable identification number (RIN) retirement schedule for 
small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for the 2020 
compliance year. To provide small refineries with more time to comply with their 2020 
RFS obligations (including any RIN deficits from 2019 carried forward into the 2020 
compliance year), EPA is proposing a quarterly RIN retirement schedule by which a small 
refinery must comply with certain percentages of its 2020 RFS  
obligations. EPA is proposing this action because small refineries need more time to plan 
for compliance with their RFS obligations given EPA's delay in deciding small refinery 
exemption (SRE) petitions and setting the associated compliance deadlines.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 35711, 13 June 2022; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 80:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-13/html/2022 -12375.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pk g/FR-2022-06-13/pdf/2022 -12375.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1875  
 
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  This notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment is identified by Docket 
Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2022-0434. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OAR-2022-0434/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  by 
or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 28 July 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their sta keholders will be shared with the regulator and will 
also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1693 and G/TBT/N/USA/1693/Add.1  - Extension of 2019 and 2020 
Renewable Fuel Standard Compliance and Attest Engagement Reporting Deadlines 
identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0725.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1693/Rev.1 and G/TBT/N/USA/1693/Rev.1/Add.1  - Renewable Fuel 
Standard (RFS) Program: Extension of Compliance and Attest Engagement Reporting 
Deadlines identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0793. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  28 July 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://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_410 0_00_e.pdf