G/TBT/N/USA/1863/Add.2  
 
15 August 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  15 August 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed After 21 October 
1974 & On or Before 17 August 1983; Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc 
Furnaces & Argon -Oxygen Decarburization Constructed After 17 August 1983  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  15 August 2022; The Proposed rule; extension of 
comment period published 13 July 2022 at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -
2022-07-13/html/2022 -14897.htm  contained incorrect dates.  
[ ] 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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-12/html/2022 -17365.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-12/pdf/2022 -17365.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_5581_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  TITLE: Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed 
After 10/21/74 & On or Before 8/17/83; Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc 
Furnaces & Argon -Oxygen Decarburization Constructed After 8/17/83; Extension  of Comment 
Period; Correction  
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1863/Add.2  
 
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  SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a document in the Federal 
Register of 13 July 2022, extending the comment perio d for the Standards of Performance for Steel 
Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed After 10/21/74 & On or Before 8/17/ 83; Standards of 
Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces & Argon -Oxygen Decarburization Constructed 
After 8/17/83 propose d rule; amendments action. The document contained incorrect dates.  
DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 16 
May 2022 (87 FR 29710), originally ending 15 July 2022, is being extended by 31 days. Written 
comments must be received on or before 15 August 2022.  
This proposed rule; correction and previous actions notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1863  are identified by 
Docket Number EP A-HQ-OAR-2002-0049. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OAR-2002-0049/document  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 stakeholders are 
asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 15 
August 2022. 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.  
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