G/TBT/N/USA/2060  
20 October 2023  
(23-7075) 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) [2091]  
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):  Ozone -
depleting substances as process agents; Environmental protection (ICS code(s):  13.020); 
Production in the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.020); Products of the chemical 
industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Protection of 
Stratospheric Ozone: Updates Related to the Use of Ozone -Depleting Substances as 
Process Agents; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - This action proposes to establish recordkeeping 
and reporting requirements for uses of ozone -depleting substances as process agents and 
to update definitions to reflect current practice. Codified recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements would provide clear and consistent notice each year of information EPA 
collects, aggregates, and reports as a party to the Montreal Protocol on Substances  that 
Deplete the Ozone Layer; effectively monitor thes e narrow uses in a more routine and 
consistent manner under the Clean Air Act ; and enhance understanding of emissions of 
substances harmful to the o zone layer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/2060  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 72027, 19 October 2023; Title 40  Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 82:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-10-19/html/2023 -22182.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-10-19/pdf/2023 -22182.pdf  
This p roposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2022-0707. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
OAR-2022-0707/do cument  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 Enquiry 
Point from WTO  Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 4 December 
2023 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:  4 December 2023  
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/2023/TBT/U SA/23_13066_00_e.pdf