G/TBT/N/USA/1176

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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

1. / Notifying Member:United States of America
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
2. / Agency responsible:Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [1194]
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:
3. / Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: X
4. / Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):Petroleum refinery emissions. Air quality (ICS:13.040)
5. / Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions:Petroleum Refinery Sector Amendments (14 pages, in English)
6. / Description of content:This action amends the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Petroleum Refineries in three respects. First, this action adjusts the compliance date for regulatory requirements that apply at maintenance vents during periods of startup, shutdown, maintenance or inspection for sources constructed or reconstructed on or before 30 June 2014. Second, this action amends the compliance dates for the regulatory requirements that apply during startup, shutdown, or hot standby for fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU) and startup and shutdown for sulfur recovery units (SRU) constructed or reconstructed on or before 30 June 2014. Finally, this action finalizes technical corrections and clarifications to the NESHAP and the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum Refineries. These amendments are being finalized in response to new information submitted after these regulatory requirements were promulgated as part of the residual risk and technology review (RTR) rulemaking, which was published on 1 December 2015. This action will have an insignificant effect on emissions reductions and costs.
7. / Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:Protection of the environment
8. / Relevant documents:
·  81 Federal Register (FR) 45232, 13 July 2016; Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 60 and 63
·  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions:Petroleum Refinery Sector Amendments – Proposed Rule published on 9 February 2016:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-02-09/html/2016-02306.htm
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-02-09/pdf/2016-02306.pdf
·  Petroleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance Standards:Proposed Rule published on 30 June 2014:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-30/html/2014-12167.htm
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-30/pdf/2014-12167.pdf
·  Final Rule published on 1 December 2015:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-01/html/2015-26486.htm
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-01/pdf/2015-26486.pdf
9. / Proposed date of adoption:13 July 2016
Proposed date of entry into force:13 July 2016
10. / Final date for comments:None
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/2016/TBT/USA/16_3111_00_e.pdf