. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/98 
4 March 2005 
 (05-0951) 
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) (103) 
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):   Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units  (HS Chapter 2716 ) (ICS: 13.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Standards of 
Performance for Electric Utility Steam Gene rating Units for Which Construction Is 
Commenced After September 18, 1978; Stan dards of Performance for Industrial-
Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units ; and Standards of Performance for Small 
Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Gene rating Units  (30 Pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   Pursuant to section 111(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the 
EPA has reviewed the emission standards for particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOX) contained in the standards of performance for electric utility 
steam generating units, industrial-commercia l-institutional steam generating units, and 
small industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units.  This action presents the 
results of EPA's review and proposes amendments to standards consistent with those results. 
Specifically, we are proposing amendments to  the PM, SO2, and NOX emission standards. 
We are also proposing to replace the current pe rcent reduction requirement for SO2 with an 
output-based SO2 emission limit. We are also proposing an amendment to the PM emission 
limit. In addition to amending the emissions lim its, we also are proposing several technical 
clarifications and corrections to exis ting provisions of the current rules. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   70 Federal Register (FR) 9705 28 February 2005; Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60.  Will a ppear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined G/TBT/N/USA/98 
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10. Final date for comments:   29 April 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: 
 
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05-2996.pdf  
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2996.htm