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19 December 2019  
(19-8876) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1582]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicab le): Air 
emission source testing; Quality (ICS 03.120), Air quality (ICS 13.040), Environmental 
testing (ICS 19.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Test Methods 
and Performance Specifications for Air Emission Sources (29 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This action proposes corrections and updates to regulations for 
source testing of emissions under various rules. This proposed rule includes corrections 
to inaccurate testing provisions, updates to outdated procedures, and approved 
alternative procedures that provide testers enhanced flexibility. The revisions will improve 
the quality of data but will not impose new substantive requirements on source owners 
or operators.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 68069, 13 December  2019; Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts 51,  60, 61 and 63:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-13/html/2019 -26134.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-13/pdf/2019 -26134.pdf  
• Supportin g documents:  
https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=commentD
ueDate&po=0&dct=SR%2BO&D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2018-0815 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  11 February 2020  G/TBT/N/USA/1555  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_7344_00_e.pdf  
 