G/TBT/N/USA/2049  
21 September 2023  
(23-6299) 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:   
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [2080]  
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 indica ted 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: CPSC is requesting information from all stakeholders such as consumers, 
manufacturers and importers, government agencies, non -governmental organizations, 
and researchers. Information should be focused on consumer products and with 
consideration of the significant aspects of the information already available to CPSC in 
the contract report and associated supporting files. The contractor report is not a risk 
assessment and did not identify all potential data sources t hat could be used for risk 
assessment. CPSC is particularly requesting information on PFAS and potential use or 
presence of PFAS in consumer products, potential human exposures to PFAS associated 
with consumer product use including information about potent ially highly exposed 
population groups, and potential adverse human health effects informed by toxicological 
data sources.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Per- and 
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Domestic 
safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docu ment:  Per- and 
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Consumer Products; (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of availability and request for information by 11 
November 2023 - The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is 
publishing this notice to request information on per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
(PFAS) used in commerce or potentially used in consumer products, potential exposures 
associated with the use of PFAS in consumer products, and potential human health e ffects 
associated with exposures to PFAS from their use in consumer products. This notice also 
includes the availability information of a related contractor report.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 64890, 20 September 2023:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-20/html/2023 -20332.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-20/pdf/2023 -20332.pdf  
This notice of availability and request for information is identified by Docket Number 
CPSC -2023-0033. The Docket Folder is available on  Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2023-0033/document  and provides access to 
supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the D ocket 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 by 4pm Eastern Time  
on 20 No vember 2023 will be shared with CPSC and will also be submitted to the Docket  
on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed  date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  20 November 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_1253 6_00_e.pdf