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11 October 2019  
(19-6579) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 11 October 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America .  
 
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TITLE: Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances; Partial Withdrawal (PMN P -13-270) 
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
ACTION: Partial withdrawal of proposed rule  
SUMMARY: EPA is withdrawing part of a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on 
7 January  2015, that proposed significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances. This withdrawal covers only the portion of the proposed 
rule that would have established a SNUR for the chemical substance generically described as 
aromati c dibenzoate, which was the subject of premanufacture notice (PMN) P -13-270. EPA has 
received test data for this chemical substance and based on its review is withdrawing the proposed 
SNUR for the chemical substance.  
DATES: As of 8 October 2019, EPA withdr aws the proposed addition of 40 CFR 721.10735, which 
was published in the Federal Register of 7 January 2015 (80 FR 845) (FRL -9919-23). 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pk g/FR-2019-10-08/html/2019 -21719.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-08/pdf/2019 -21719.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_5594_00_e.pdf  
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