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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1130 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical…
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (31 pages, in English) .
EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 55 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) . Ten of these chemical substances are subject to TSCA section 5(e) consent orders issued by EPA. This action requires persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these 55 chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1131 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for…
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Uninterruptible Power Supplies (19 pages, in English) .
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to revise its battery charger test procedure established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended. These proposed revisions, if adopted, will add a discrete test procedure for uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) to the current battery charger test procedure. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1132 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation…
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Compressors (90 pages, in English) .
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment. EPCA also authorizes DOE to establish standards for certain other types of industrial equipment, including compressors. Such standards must be technologically feasible and economically justified, and must save a significant amount of energy . In this document, DOE proposes energy conservation standards for compressors and announces a public meeting to receive comment on the proposed standards and associated analyses and results. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1133 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation…
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment (99 pages, in English)
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial water heaters, hot water supply boilers, and unfired hot water storage tanks (hereinafter referred to as "commercial water heating (CWH) equipment") . EPCA also requires that every 6 years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) must determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1133/REV.1 |
United States of America | 2022 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation…
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial water heaters, hot water supply boilers, and unfired hot water storage tanks (hereinafter referred to as "commercial water heating (CWH) equipment"). EPCA requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards for CWH equipment would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE proposes to amend the standards for certain classes of CWH equipment for which DOE has tentatively determined there is clear and convincing evidence to support more-stringent standards. Additionally, DOE is proposing to codify standards for electric instantaneous CWH equipment from EPCA into the Code of Federal Regulations ("CFR"). (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1134 | United States of America | 2016 | Alternative and renewable energy | Technical regulation or specifications | Energy | Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for…
Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2017 and Biomass -Based Diesel Volume for 2018 (40 pages, in English)
Under section 211 of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set renewable fuel percentage standards every year. This action proposes the annual percentage standards for cellulosic biofuel , biomass -based diesel, advanced biofuel , and total renewable fuel that would apply to all motor vehicle gasoline and diesel produced or imported in the year 2017. The EPA is proposing a cellulosic biofuel volume that is below the applicable volume specified in the Act. Relying on statutory waiver authorities, the EPA is also proposing to reduce the applicable volumes of advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1135 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Addition of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)…
Addition of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Category; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (16 pages, in English)
EPA is proposing to add a hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) . EPA is proposing to add this chemical category to the EPCRA section 313 list because EPA believes HBCD meets the EPCRA section 313(d)(2)(B) and (C) toxicity criteria. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1140 | United States of America | 2016 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Energy Efficiency (3 pages, in English)
Amends…
Energy Efficiency (3 pages, in English)
Amends the regulations to the latest energy standards to lower consumption requirements, modernizes building envelope, ventilation, insulation systems and other measures, and promotes cost saving s for builders, owners, and residents through offsets and improved efficiency. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1143 | United States of America | 2016 | Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and…
Air pollution reduction, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Chemicals | Technical Amendments to Performance Specification…
Technical Amendments to Performance Specification 18 and Procedure 6 (5 pages, in English)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make several minor technical amendments to the performance specifications and test procedures for hydrogen chloride (HCl) continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) . |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1144 | United States of America | 2016 | General environmental protection, Other…
General environmental protection, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Chemical Bulk Storage (CBS) (7 pages, in English)…
Chemical Bulk Storage (CBS) (7 pages, in English)
To amend Part 597 of the chemical bulk storage (CBS) regulations. |
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