G/TBT/N/USA/1626  
15 June 2020  
(20-4205) 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) [1654]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 ; Quality (ICS 03.120), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), 
Ventilators. Fans. Air -conditioners (ICS 23.120), Produc tion in the chemical industry 
(ICS 71.020), Products of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100), Domestic refrigerating 
appliances (ICS 97.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Protection of 
Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of  Substitutes Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy 
Program (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - Pursuant to the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy program , this 
action proposes to list certain substances in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector 
and the foam blowing sector. For the retail food refrigeration -- medium -temperature 
stand -alone units (new) end -use, EPA is proposing to list substitutes as acceptable subject 
to narrowed use limits. For the residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat 
pumps (new) end -use, EPA is proposing to list substitutes as acceptable subject to use 
conditions. For the foam blowing sector, extruded polystyre ne: Boardstock and billet end -
use, EPA is proposing to list substitutes as acceptable. This action also proposes to remove 
an acceptable subject to use conditions listing for the fire suppression sector because EPA 
more recently listed the substitute as ac ceptable with no use restrictions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1626  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 35874, 12 June 2020; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 82:  
https://w ww.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-12/html/2020 -11990.htm  
https://www.g ovinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-12/pdf/2020 -11990.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by docket number EPA -HQ-OAR-2019-
0698.   The docket folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2019-0698, and provides access to 
primary and supp orting documents as well as comments received. 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 .  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.  
Actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1049  (including addenda, a revision, and 
an addendum to the revision) are identified by do cket numbers EPA -HQ-OAR-2015-0453 
and EPA -HQ-OAR-2017-0629; primary and supporting documents for those actions as well 
as comments received are accessible from the Docket Folders in Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2015-0453 and 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2017-0629. 
Actions notified in G/TBT/N/USA/1013 and subsequent addenda  are identified by docket 
number EPA -HQ-OAR-2003-0118; primary and supporting documents for those actions as 
well as comments received are accessible from the Docket Folder in Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2003-0118. 
Actions notified in G/TBT/N/USA/1105 and subsequent addenda  are identified by docket 
number EPA -HQ-OAR-2015-0663; primary and supporting documents for those actions as 
well as comments received are accessible from the Docket Folder in Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2015-0663. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 July 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_3730_00_e.pdf