. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/127 
4 July 2005 
 (05-2905) 
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) (132) 
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):   Air Pollutants  
(HS:  Chapter:  29;  ICS:  13.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Misce llaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (6 
pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   On10 November 2003, EPA pr omulgated national emission 
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing under the authority of section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).  This action proposes clarifications to the compliance re quirements for flares and the alternative 
standard, which limits the outlet concentration to 20 parts per million.  This action proposes 
an expansion of the scope of the vapor balancing alternative for storage tanks, modifications 
to the procedures for correcting measured con centrations at the outlet of combustion devices 
to account for supplemental gases, and clarification of the signature requirements for the notification of compliance status report.  Th is action also proposes revisions of several 
referencing and drafting errors.  In the Rul es 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 anticipate no adverse comments.  We have explained 
our reasons for the amendments in the preamble to the direct final rule.  If we receive no 
adverse comments, we will take no further action on the proposed amendments.  If we 
receive adverse comments, we will withdraw only those provisions on which we received 
significant adverse comments.  We will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register 
indicating which provisions will become effective and which provisions are being 
withdrawn.  If part or all of the direct fina l rule in the Rules and Regulations section of 
today's Federal Register is withdrawn, all comments pertaining to the withdrawn provisions 
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed amendments.  We will 
not institute a second comment period before taki ng the subsequent final action. Any parties 
interested in commenting must do so at this time. G/TBT/N/USA/127 
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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) 38562  1 July 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:   15 August 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-
13054.htm 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/
05-13054.pdf