. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/117 
19 May 2005 
 (05-2036) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (122) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
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):   Asphalt  
(HS Chapter:  6807;  ICS:  13) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:  Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing 
Manufacturing (2 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The EPA is proposing amendments to the national emission 
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing, which were issued on April 29 2003 under section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA).  This action proposes to correct minor errors and add a clarifying exemption inadvertently omitted in the final rule.  In th e Rules and Regulations section of this Federal 
Register, we are taking direct final action on the proposed amendments because we view the 
amendments as noncontroversial, and we anticip ate no significant adverse comments.  We 
have explained our reasons for the proposed amen dments in the preamble to the direct final 
rule.  If we receive no significant adverse comments, we will take no further action on the proposed amendments.  If we receive signifi cant adverse comments, we will withdraw only 
those provisions on which we received signifi cant adverse comments.  We will publish a 
timely withdrawal in the Federal Register i ndicating which provisions will become effective 
and which provisions are being withdrawn.  If part  or all of the direct final rule amendments 
in the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register are withdrawn, all comments 
pertaining to those provisions will be addressed  in a subsequent final action based on the 
proposed amendments.  We will not institute  a second comment period on the subsequent 
final action. Any parties interested in commen ting must do so at this time.  The regulatory 
text for the proposal is identical to that for th e direct final rule published in the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register. For further supplementary information, see the 
direct final rule. G/TBT/N/USA/117 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   70 Federal Register (FR) 28366 17 May 2005;  Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 63.  Will a ppear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  16 July 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  
Full Text of this Notification is Now Available on the Internet at URLs: 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-
9593.htm 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/
05-9593.pdf