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7 May 2024  
(24-3627) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  6 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 3 May 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 2 July 2024  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
89 Federal Register (FR) 37028, Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 702:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-05-03/html/2024 -09417.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-05-03/pdf/2024 -09417.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/final_measure/24_03115_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is finalizing amendments 
to the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations  under the Toxic Substances Control 
Act ( TSCA ). The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical 
substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without 
consideration of costs or non -risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or 
susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions 
of use. EPA reconsidered the procedural framework rule for conducting such risk evaluations and is 
revising certain aspects of that framework t o better align with the statutory text and applicable court 
decisions, to reflect the Agency's experience implementing the risk evaluation program following 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1276/Rev.1/Add.1  
 
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  enactment of the 2016 TSCA amendments, and to allow for consideration of future scientific 
advances  in the risk evaluation process without need to further amend the Agency's procedural rule.  
This final rule is effective on 2 July 2024  
Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations  (CFR) Part 702  
This final rule and the proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1276/Rev.1  are identified by Docket 
Number EPA -HQ-OPPT-2023-0496. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OPPT-2023-0496/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searchi ng the Docket Number.  
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