G/TBT/N/USA/1176  
 
3 August 2016  
(16-4175)  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) [1194] 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 [ ], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: X 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Petroleum refinery 
emissions. Air quality (ICS: 13.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Petroleum Refinery Sector Amendments 
(14 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content: This action amends the National Emissions Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Petroleum Refineries in three respects. First, this 
action adjusts the compliance date for regulatory requirements that apply at maintenance vents during periods of startup, shutdown, maintenance or inspection for sources 
constructed or reconstructed on or before 30  June 2014. Second, this action amends the 
compliance dates for the regulatory requirements that apply during startup, shutdown, or hot standby for fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU) and startup and shutdown for sulfur recovery units (SRU) constructed or reconstructe d on or before 30 June 2014. Finally, this 
action finalizes technical corrections and clarifications to the NESHAP and the New Source 
Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum Refineries. These amendments are being finalized in response to new information submitted after these regulatory requirements 
were promulgated as part of the residual ri sk and technology review (RTR) rulemaking, 
which was published on 1 December 2015. This action will have an insignificant effect on emissions reductions and costs.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
 81 Federal Register (FR) 45232, 13 July 2016; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 60 and 63 
 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Petroleum 
Refinery Sector Amendments – Proposed Rule published on 9 February 2016: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2016-02-09/html/2016-02306.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2016-02-09/pd f/2016-02306.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1176 
 
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   Petroleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source 
Performance Standards: Proposed Rule published on 30 June 2014: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-06-30/html/2014-12167.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2014-06-30/pd f/2014-12167.pdf  
 Final Rule published on 1 December 2015: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-12-01/html/2015-26486.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2015-12-01/pd f/2015-26486.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 13 July 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 13 July 2016 
10. Final date for comments: None 
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/crnattachm ents/2016/TBT/USA/16_3111_00_e.pdf