G/TBT/N/USA/1886  
28 June 2022  
(22-4993) 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:   
United States Postal Service (USPS) [1914]  
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):  Mailing 
standards; hazardous materials; Postal services (ICS code(s): 03.240); Domestic safety 
(ICS code(s): 13.12 0); Protection against dangerous goods (ICS code(s): 13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  New Mailing 
Standards for the Separation of Hazardous Materials; (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Interim f inal rule - The Postal Service is revising Publication 52, 
Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52), to incorporate new requirements for 
mailers to separate, into identifiable containers, all hazardous material (HAZMAT) 
requiring hazardous marks  or labels from other mail when tendering to the Postal Service. 
The Postal Service is also adopting related standard operating procedures for the Postal 
Service's acceptance, dispatch, and mail processing personnel to maintain the integrity 
of HAZMAT sepa ration. Additionally, the Postal Service will now require pre -owned, 
damaged, or defective electronic devices containing or packed with lithium batteries to 
be mailed only via surface transportation and to bear specified markings.  
7. Objective and rationa le, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 34197, 6 June 2022; Title 39 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 111:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-06/html/2022 -12003.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-06/pdf/2022 -12003.pdf  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 6 July 2022. Comments received by the G/TBT/N/USA/1886  
 
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  USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the 
regulator.  
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Publication 52 - Hazardous, 
Restricted, and Perishable Mail: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/welcome.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 June 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  6 July 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_4369_00_e.pdf