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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1229 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing, Services | Hazardous Materials: PIPES Act Requirements for…
Hazardous Materials: PIPES Act Requirements for Identification Numbers on Cargo Tanks Containing Petroleum Based Fuel (6 pages, in English)
PHMSA is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in response to the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016, which reauthorizes the pipeline safety program and requires a number of reports and mandates. The PIPES Act requires PHMSA to take regulatory actions to establish minimum safety standards for underground natural gas storage facilities; to update the minimum safety standards for permanent, small scale liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities; and to publish an ANPRM to address a petition for rulemaking proposing hazardous materials regulations related to the marking of identification numbers on cargo tanks. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1232 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
Amends…
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
Amends rule to postpone operative date of minimum energy efficiency standards for embedded small battery chargers. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1233 | United States of America | 2016 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Consumer Products and Architectural and…
Consumer Products and Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings (64 pages, in English)
Amends rules to reduce the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in consumer products and architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings sold in Connecticut as an effort to reduce the quantity of VOCs released to the atmosphere. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1234 | United States of America | 2016 | General environmental protection, Other…
General environmental protection, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture, Forestry | Pesticide Use on Crops Grown for Seed (4 pages,…
Pesticide Use on Crops Grown for Seed (4 pages, in English)
Establishes provisions governing the use of pesticides on crops grown for seed. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1237 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Energy | Additions to List of Section 241.4 Categorical…
Additions to List of Section 241.4 Categorical Non- Waste Fuels: Other Treated Railroad Ties (21 pages, in English)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to issue amendments to the Non- Hazardous Secondary Materials rule, initially promulgated on 21 March 2011, and amended on 7 February 2013 and 8 February 2016, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The Non- Hazardous Secondary Materials rule generally established standards and procedures for identifying whether non- hazardous secondary materials are solid waste s when used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units. In the 7 February 2013 amendments, the EPA listed particular non- hazardous secondary materials as "categorical non- waste fuels" provided certain conditions are met. Persons burning these non- hazardous secondary materials do not need to evaluate them under the general self-implementing case-by-case standards and procedures that would otherwise apply to non- hazardous secondary materials used in combustion units. The 8 February 2016 amendments added three materials including creosote treated railroad ties to the list of categorical non- waste fuels. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1238 | 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 | Alkylpyrrolidones; Significant New Use Rule (7…
Alkylpyrrolidones; Significant New Use Rule (7 pages, in English)
Under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) for two alkylpyrrolidones: N- ethylpyrrolidone (NEP) and N-isopropylpyrrolidone (NiPP) . The proposed significant new uses are any use of NiPP and any use of NEP except for the ongoing uses as a reactant, in silicone seal remover, coatings, consumer and commercial paint primer, and adhesives. Persons subject to the SNUR would be required to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing any manufacturing or processing of the chemical substance for a significant new use. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1240 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction | Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality…
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; New Regulations for Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings (3 pages, in English)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. This revision pertains to a provision establishing new volatile organic compound (VOC) content limits and standards for architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings available for sale and use in Maryland. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA) . |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1242 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Services | Hazardous Materials: Notification of the Pilot-in…
Hazardous Materials: Notification of the Pilot-in-Command and Response to Air Related Petitions for Rulemaking (RRR) (20 pages, in English)
In consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), PHMSA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to align with current international standards for the air transportation of hazardous materials. The proposals in this rule would amend certain special provisions, packaging requirements, notification of pilot-in-command (NOTOC) requirements, and exceptions for passengers and crew members. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1244 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Lighting Efficiency Standards (1 page, in English…
Lighting Efficiency Standards (1 page, in English)
Adopts energy efficiency standards for small diameter directional lamps and light emitting diodes (LED) |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1247 | 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 | Trichloroethylene; Regulation of Certain Uses…
Trichloroethylene; Regulation of Certain Uses Under TSCA Sec. 6(a) (33 pages, in English) .
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a volatile organic compound widely used in industrial and commercial processes and has some limited uses in consumer and commercial products. EPA identified significant health risks associated with TCE use in aerosol degreasing and for spot clean ing in dry clean ing facilities. EPA has preliminarily determined that these risks are unreasonable risks. To address these unreasonable risks, EPA is proposing under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of TCE for use in aerosol degreasing and for use in spot clean ing in dry clean ing facilities; to prohibit commercial use of TCE for aerosol degreasing and for spot clean ing in dry clean ing facilities; to require manufacturers, processors, and distributors, except for retailers of TCE for any use, to provide downstream notification of these prohibitions throughout the supply chain; and to require limited recordkeeping. |
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