G/TBT/N/USA/1389  
 
21 August 2018  
(18-5290) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1414]  
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 applicable): Chemical 
substances  
Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), 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 (1 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 27 chemical substances which were the subject of 
premanufacture notices (PMNs). The chemical substances are subject to Orders issued by 
EPA pursuant to section 5(e) of TSCA. This action would require persons who inte nd to 
manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these 27 chemical 
substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by these rules to 
notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification 
initiates EPA's evaluation of the intended use 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 determinatio n on the notification, 
and has taken such actions as are required with that determination. In addition to this 
notice of proposed rulemaking, EPA is issuing the action as a direct final rule elsewhere in 
this issue of the Federal Register.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  83 Federal Register (FR) 41039, 17 August 2018; Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 721.  
Significant New Us e Rules on Certain Chemical Substances, Direct final rule published 
17 August 2018 will be issued as Add.1:  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2018-08-17/html/2018 -17348.htm  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be dete rmined  
10. Final date for comments: 17 September 2018  
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/2018/TBT/USA/18_4529_00_e.pdf