G/TBT/N/USA/1218  
 
4 November 2016  
(16-6043) 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 Protec tion Agency (EPA) [1238]  
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 su bmit 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 : [X] 3.2  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwi se national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Sulfur content in fuels . 
Air quality (ICS : 13.040), Fuels (ICS : 75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : Approval and 
Promulgation o f Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Revision of 
Regulations for Sulfur Content of Fuel Oil (2 pages, in English)   
6. Description of content : The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve 
the state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the District of Columbia for the 
purpose of updating the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) to lower the 
sulfur content of fuel oil. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is 
approving the Distri ct's submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A 
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse 
comme nts are received in response to this action, no further activity is contemplated. If 
EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 
comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed  
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting 
on this action should do so at this time.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents : 
 81 Federal Register (FR) 70064, 11 October2016; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 52.  Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted.  
 Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of 
Columbia; Re vision of Regulations for Sulfur Content of Fuel Oil, Direct Final Rule 
published 11 October 2016 will be notified as Add.1: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2016-10-11/html/201 6-24372.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2016-10-11/pdf/2016 -24372.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1218  
 
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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 : 10 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body :  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/USA/16_4584_00_e.pdf