G/TBT/N/USA/1918  
16 September 2022  
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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 AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1949]  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
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 code(s): 13.020); Production in the chemical 
industry (ICS code (s): 71.020); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Modification of 
Significant New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances (21 -1.M); (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Descriptio n of content:  Proposed rule - EPA is proposing to amend the significant new 
use rules (SNURs) for certain chemical substances identified herein, which were the 
subject of one or more premanufacture notices (PMNs) and in some cases significant new 
use notic es (SNUNs). This action would amend the SNURs to allow certain new uses 
reported in the SNUNs or PMNs without additional notification requirements and modify 
the significant new use notification requirements based on the actions and determinations 
for the SNUN or PMN submissions or based on the examination of new test data or other 
information. EPA is proposing these amendments based on our review of new and existing 
data for the chemical substances.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urge nt problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 56610, 15 September 2022; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 721:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-15/html/2022 -19023 .htm 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-15/pdf/2022 -19023.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2020-0690. The Docket 
Folder is ava ilable on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-G/TBT/N/USA/1918  
 
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  OPPT-2020-0690/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents 
as well as comments rec eived. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by 
searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit 
comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 17 October 
2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Poin t 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 October 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_6200_00_e.pdf