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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1165 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction, Other environmental…
Air pollution reduction, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) III and Zero Emission…
Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) III and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Emission Standards (9 pages, in English)
To incorporate revisions to California's LEV III and ZEV standards |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1168 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | All products/economic activities | Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Petitions for…
Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Petitions for Rulemaking (RRR) (17 pages, in English)
In response to petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community, PHMSA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171 through 180) to update, clarify, or provide relief from miscellaneous regulatory requirements. Specifically, PHMSA is proposing amendments that include, but are not limited to, the following: Incorporating by Reference (IBR) multiple publications from both the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) and the Chlorine Institute; addressing inconsistencies with domestic and international labels and placards; permitting alternative testing for aerosols; no longer mandating that excepted quantities comply with the emergency response telephone requirement; allowing electronic signatures for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) manifest forms; and no longer requiring the service pressure to be marked on Department of Transportation (DOT) 8 and 8L cylinders. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1170 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Manufacturing | Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Amendments…
Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Amendments Pertaining to DOT – Specification Cylinders (RRR) (46 pages, in English)
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is proposing to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to revise certain requirements applicable to the manufacture, use, and requalification of DOT-specification cylinders. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1171 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Significant New Uses of Chemical Substances;…
Significant New Uses of Chemical Substances; Updates to the Hazard Communication Program and Regulatory Framework; Minor Amendments to Reporting Requirements for Premanufacture Notices (16 pages, in English)
EPA is proposing changes to the existing regulations governing significant new uses of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to align these regulations with revisions to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communications Standard (HCS), which are proposed to be cross referenced, and with changes to the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) respirator certification requirements pertaining to respiratory protection of workers from exposure to chemicals. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1173 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Conformity assessment procedures | Chemicals | Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and…
Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and Information Sharing for High-Hazard Flammable Trains (63 pages, in English)
PHMSA, in consultation with the Federal Railroad Administration, is issuing this NPRM to propose revisions to regulations that would expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans (OSRPs) based on thresholds of liquid petroleum oil that apply to an entire train consist. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1175 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and…
Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Conformity assessment procedures | Chemicals | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air…
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants : Ferroalloys Production
On 30 June 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the residual risk and technology review (RTR) final rule, establishing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Ferroalloys Production source category. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1176 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and…
Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Energy | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air…
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions : Petroleum Refinery Sector Amendments (14 pages, in English)
This action amends the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Petroleum Refineries in three respects. First, this action adjusts the compliance date for regulatory requirements that apply at maintenance vents during periods of startup, shutdown, maintenance or inspection for sources constructed or reconstructed on or before 30 June 2014. Second, this action amends the compliance dates for the regulatory requirements that apply during startup, shutdown, or hot standby for fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU) and startup and shutdown for sulfur recovery units (SRU) constructed or reconstructed on or before 30 June 2014. Finally, this action finalizes technical corrections and clarifications to the NESHAP and the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum Refineries. These amendments are being finalized in response to new information submitted after these regulatory requirements were promulgated as part of the residual risk and technology review (RTR) rulemaking, which was published on 1 December 2015. This action will have an insignificant effect on emissions reductions and costs. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1176/REV.1 | United States of America | 2018 | Air pollution reduction | Technical regulation or specifications | Energy | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air…
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and New Source Performance Standards: Petroleum Refinery Sector Amendments.
This action proposes amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Refinery MACT 1 and Refinery MACT 2 regulations to clarify the requirements of these rules and to make technical corrections and minor revisions to requirements for work practice standards, recordkeeping and reporting. This action also proposes technical corrections for the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum Refineries. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1178 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and…
Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Conformity assessment procedures | Manufacturing | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air…
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry (2 pages, in English)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final rule, without a prior proposed rule, that corrects an inadvertent error and temporarily revises the testing and monitoring requirements for hydrochloric acid (HCl) due to the current unavailability of a calibration gas used for quality assurance purposes. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1179 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality…
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Control of Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials (1 page, in English)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland for the purpose of establishing Maryland's adoption of the requirements in EPA's control technique guidelines (CTG) for fiberglass boat manufacturing materials. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. |
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