G/TBT/N/USA/1784  
4 October 2021  
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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) [1813]  
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 i f 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  High-
priority substances and Organohalogen flame retardants; Environmental protection (ICS 
13.020), Production in the chemi cal industry (ICS 71.020), Products of the chemical 
industry (ICS 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Health and 
Safety Data Reporting; Addition of 20 High -Priority Substances and 30 Organohalogen 
Flame Retardants; Extension of Submission Deadline (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final rule; extension of submission deadline - EPA is amending 
the deadline for reporting pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Health 
and Safety Data Report ing rule, which requires manufacturers (including importers) of 50 
specified chemical substances to report certain lists and copies of unpublished health and 
safety studies to EPA. Specifically, EPA will be amending the deadline from 27 September 
2021 to 1  December 2021 for 20 of the 50 chemical substances and to 25 January 2022 
for 30 of the 50 chemical substances. The Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule, 
promulgated pursuant to TSCA section 8(d), requires manufacturers (including importers) 
of certain c hemical substances to submit lists and copies of certain unpublished health 
and safety studies to EPA.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environmen t 
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 54386, 1 October 2021; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 716:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-01/html/2021 -21164.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-01/pdf/2021 -21164.pdf  
This final rule; extension of submission deadline and the final rule published 29 June 2021  
are identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0474. The Docket Folder is available 
on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-G/TBT/N/USA/1784  
 
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  0474/document  and provides access to primary 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 will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
Health and Safety Data Reporting; Addition of 20 High -Priority Substances and 30 
Organohalogen Flame Retardants ; Final Rule published 29 June 2021:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-06-29/html/2021 -13212.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-06-29/pdf/2021 -13212.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 October 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2021  
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/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_6307_00_e.pdf