G/TBT/N/USA/1545  
6 November 2019  
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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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1572]  
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 if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applica ble):  Chemical 
substances; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Production in the chemical industry 
(ICS 71.020), Organic chemicals (ICS 71.080), Products of the chemical industry (ICS 
71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Significant New 
Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (19 -4.F) (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - EPA is proposing significant new use rules 
(SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 26 chemical substances which 
were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). Five of these chemical substances 
are subject to Orders is sued by EPA pursuant to TSCA, and the remaining 21 of these 
chemical substances received a "not likely to present an unreasonable risk" determination 
pursuant to TSCA. This action would require persons who intend to manufacture (defined 
by statute to inclu de import) or process any of these 26 chemical substances for an 
activity that is proposed as a significant new use to notify EPA at least 90 days before 
commencing that activity. The required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the use, 
under the c onditions of use for that chemical substance, within the applicable review 
period. Persons may not commence manufacture or processing for the significant new 
use until EPA has conducted a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination 
on the notic e, and has taken such actions as are required by that determination.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 59335, 4 November 2019; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-11-04/html/2019 -23388.htm  
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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 December 2019  
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/cr nattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_6299_00_e.pdf