G/TBT/N/USA/1789  
19 October 2021  
(21-7890) 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:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1818]  
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]: [ X ] 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Toxic 
chemicals; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Production in the chemical industry 
(ICS 71.020), Products  of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Addition of 
Certain Chemicals; Community Right -to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (16 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Propose d rule - In response to a petition filed under the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right -to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA is proposing to add 
12 chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under 
EPCRA and the Pollution Preventio n Act (PPA). EPA believes that each of the 12 chemicals 
meets the EPCRA criteria. In addition, based on the available bioaccumulation and 
persistence data, EPA believes that one chemical should be classified as a persistent, 
bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT ) chemical and designated as a chemical of special 
concern with a 100 -pound reporting threshold.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of  
human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 57614, 18 October 2021; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 372:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-18/html/2021 -22112.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-18/pdf/2021 -22112.pdf  
 
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-TRI-2017-0434. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-
TRI-2017-0434/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.go v by searching G/TBT/N/USA/1789  
 
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  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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  17 December 2021  
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_6607_00_e.pdf