  
  
G/TBT/N/USA/1399/Add.3  
10 December 2019  
(19-8503) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 10 December 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America .  
 
_______________  
 
 
TITLE: Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (18 -2) 
AGENCY: Environmental Prot ection Agency (EPA)  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: EPA is issuing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs), and 
Orders issued by EPA under TSC A. The SNURs require persons who intend to manufacture (defined 
by statute to include import) or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is 
designated as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commenc ing 
that activity. 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 by that determinat ion. 
The docket for this action, identified as EPA -HQ-OPPT-2018-0649 listed at the top of this 
document, is available at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OPPT-2018-0649. 
DATES: This rule is effective on 3 February 2020. For purposes of judicial review, this rule shall be 
promulgated at 1 p.m. (e.s.t.) on 1 9 December 2019.  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-05/html/2019 -26225.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-05/pdf/2019 -26225.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_7033_00_e.pdf  
__________  