G/TBT/N/USA/1070  
 
12 February 2016  
(16-0911)  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) [1088] 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Chemical and 
compressed gasses. 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: Protection of 
Stratospheric Ozone: Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping for Imports and Exports 
(2 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: EPA is proposing to make minor conforming edits to the 
stratospheric protection regulations to implement the International Trade Data System. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, we are making these edits as 
a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will 
not take further action on this proposed rule. This system allows businesses to transmit the transactional data required by multiple Federal agencies for the import and export of cargo through a single "window." As businesses currently must submit trade data to 
multiple agencies, in multiple ways, and often on paper, the transition to electronic filing is 
expected to save businesses time and money. Specifically, this rulemaking would remove the requirement that the petition for used  ozone-depleting substances accompany the 
shipment through U.S. Customs and remove references to Customs forms that are 
obsolete under the new system.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents: 81 Federal Register (FR) 6824, 9 February 2016; Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 82. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping for Imports 
and Exports; Direct Final Rule will be issued as Add.1: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2016-02-09/html/2016-02321.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2016-02-09/pdf /2016-02321.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1070 
 
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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: 10 March 2016 
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/crnattachm ents/2016/TBT/USA/16_0578_00_e.pdf