G/TBT/N/USA/982  
 
10 April 2015  
(15-1959)  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) [1000] 
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 Inquiry Point 
Email: ncsci@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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Fuel and fuel additives. 
Environmental protection (ICS: 13.020), Fuels (ICS: 75.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation of Fuels 
and Fuel Additives: Cellulosic Waiver Credit Price and Minor Amendments to Renewable Fuel 
Standard Regulations (6 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
clarify our regulations related to the data sources used to establish the cellulosic waiver credit (CWC) price. We are also proposing to remove references to CWC prices from the 
renewable fuel standard regulations, and instead intend to post the prices on EPA's Web 
site. This proposed rule also indicates what the CWC prices for 2014 and 2015 would be using the data sources and methodology contained in the rule; however these prices will not be established until they are posted on our Web site following the effective date of the 
rule. In addition, we are proposing minor amendments to the renewable fuel standard 
program regulations to reinsert sections inadvertently overwritten by the Quality Assurance Program final rule published on 18 July 2014. In the "Rules and Regulations" 
section of this Federal Register, we are making these same amendments as a direct final 
rule. If we receive no adverse comment, the direct  final rule will go into effect and we will 
not take further action on this proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  80 Federal Register (FR) 18179, 3 April2015; Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 80. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
3 April 2015 - Direct Final Rule will be issued as Add.1: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-04-03/html/2015-07476.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2015-04-03/pdf/ 2015-07476.pdf   G/TBT/N/USA/982 
 
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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: 4 May 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-04-03/html /2015-07478.htm   
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-04-03/pd f/2015-07478.pdf