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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1938 | United States of America | 2022 | Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Ozone…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Ozone layer protection
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Manufacturing | Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance…
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to amend existing regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, as enacted on 27 December 2020. This rulemaking proposes to establish the methodology for allocating hydrofluorocarbon production and consumption allowances for the calendar years of 2024 through 2028. EPA is also proposing to amend the consumption baseline to reflect updated data and to make other adjustments based on lessons learned from implementation of the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown program thus far, including proposing to: codify the existing approach of how allowances must be expended for import of regulated substances; revise recordkeeping and reporting requirements; and implement other modifications to the existing regulations.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1944 | United States of America | 2022 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Energy | Fees for the Administration of the Toxic…
Fees for the Administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this document to modify and supplement its proposed rule issued on 11 January 2021, in which the Agency proposed updates and adjustments to the 2018 Fee Rule established under the TSCA. (...) the purpose of this document is to propose narrowing certain proposed exemptions for entities subject to the EPA-initiated risk evaluation fees and propose exemptions for the test rule fee activities; to propose modifications to the self- identification and reporting requirements for EPA-initiated risk evaluation and test rule fees; to propose a partial refund of fees for premanufacture notices withdrawn at any time after the first 10 business days during the assessment period of the chemical; to propose modifications to EPA's proposed methodology for the production volume- based fee allocation for EPA-initiated risk evaluation fees in any scenario where a consortium is not formed; to propose expanding the fee requirements to companies required to submit information for test orders; to propose modifying the fee payment obligations to require payment by processors subject to test orders and enforceable consent agreements (ECA); to propose extending the timeframe for test order and test rule payments; as well as to propose changes to the fee amounts and the estimate of EPA's total costs for administering TSCA.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1946 | United States of America | 2022 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Other | The Postal Service proposes to provide unique…
The Postal Service proposes to provide unique electronic service codes and to standardize extra service options for shipments of hazardous materials (HAZMAT). If adopted, this proposal would amend Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52) by requiring the use of unique service type codes and extra service codes within the electronic data submission and tracking barcodes for shipments containing HAZMAT provided to the USPS by the mailers in their Shipping Services File (SSF). This proposal would standardize the acceptance and handling of shipments containing HAZMAT by collecting electronic data to create manifests for the Postal Service's air carrier suppliers and ensuring these items are handled appropriately with regards to the category of HAMZAT contained within the package. The Postal Service also proposes to amend the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) that would alter the refund eligibility of Priority Mail Express containing hazardous materials.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1948 | United States of America | 2022 | Air pollution reduction | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Diesel Vehicle Inspection Tests and Procedures:…
Diesel Vehicle Inspection Tests and Procedures: Amends rules to incorporate by reference California's emission standards and supporting requirements for new model year (MY) 2027 and later gasoline and diesel engines and vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) greater than 8,500 pounds.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1949 | United States of America | 2022 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Manufacturing | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to Orders issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. The SNURs would require persons who intend to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is proposed as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification initiates EPA's evaluation of the use, under the conditions of use for that chemical substance, within the applicable review period. Persons may not commence manufacture or processing for the significant new use until EPA has conducted a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has taken such actions as are required in association with that determination.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1950 | United States of America | 2022 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Other | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) subject to reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) to the list of Lower Thresholds for Chemicals of Special Concern (chemicals of special concern). These PFAS already have a lower reporting threshold of 100 pounds. The addition of these PFAS to the list of chemicals of special concern will cause such PFAS to be subject to the same reporting requirements as other chemicals of special concern (i.e., it would eliminate the use of the de minimis exemption and the option to use Form A and would limit the use of range reporting for PFAS). Removing the availability of these burden-reduction reporting options will result in a more complete picture of the releases and waste management quantities for these PFAS. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/USA/1951 | United States of America | 2022 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as…
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including circulator pumps. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), the Department of Energy (DOE) proposes energy conservation standards for circulator pumps, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/VNM/236 | Viet Nam | 2022 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Manufacturing | This draft of technical regulation provides…
This draft of technical regulation provides technical requirements, testing methods and quality control for the allowable content limits of a number of hazardous chemicals in electrical and electronic products specified in Appendix II of this Regulation, corresponding test methods and requirements on managing the quality of electrical and electronic products produced domestically, imported and traded in the territory of Vietnam. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/VNM/238 | Viet Nam | 2022 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals, Manufacturing | This draft National Technical Regulation…
This draft National Technical Regulation prescribes the allowed maximum limit (threshold) of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in articles, products, commodities and equipment, and specific parts of articles, products, commodities and equipment containing POPs. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/VNM/240 | Viet Nam | 2022 | Sustainable fisheries management | Technical regulation or specifications | Fisheries, Manufacturing | This draft Circular promulgating 04 National…
This draft Circular promulgating 04 National Technical Regulations on Aquaculture feed and Environmental treating products in aquaculture replaces Circular No. 07/2019/TT-BNNPTNT on 07/8/2019 and Circular No. 08/2019/TT-BNNPTNT on 09/8/2019 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. This draft Circular applies to agencies, organizations, and individuals engaged in importing, manufacturing, trading, using and conformity assessment activities related to the contents mentioned above in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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