G/TBT/N/USA/983/Add.6  
 
31 August 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  28 August 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Chemical Substances When Manufactured or Processed as Nanoscale Materials; TSCA 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  28 September 2020  
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-27/html/2020 -18887.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-27/pdf/2020 -18887.pdf  
 
Description:  Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Chemical -Specific Rules Under the Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a), Certain 
Nanoscale Materials (Renewal)  
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
ACTION: Notice  
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection 
request (ICR), Chemical -Specific Rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a); Certain 
Nanoscale Materials to the Office of Management and Bu dget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through 31 August 2020. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on 28 January  2020 during a 60 -day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person  is not 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/983/Add.6  
 
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  required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.  
Additional comments may be submitted on or before 28 September 2020.  
This notice and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/983  are identified by 
Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2010-0572.   The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EP A-HQ-OPPT-2010-0572 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 s takeholders 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 al so be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov  if received within the comment period.  
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