| Title: | Update on Two EPA Rules |
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| Date: | 2017-03-21 |
| To: | abi,acep,edi,newace,partner |
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On January 25, 2017, CBP issued CSMS 17-000033 announcing that the Office of the Federal Register placed on its public inspection website two notices delaying the effective dates of two final rules from January 26, 2017, to March 21, 2017. The two final rules amend the CBP regulations relating to:
(1) the importation into the United States of certain vehicles and engines under the Clean Air Act in order to harmonize the documentation requirements applicable to different classes of vehicles and engines that are subject to the CAA's emission standards (81 FR 94974); and
(2) the requirement to file a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) certification when importing into the customs territory of the United States chemicals in bulk form or as part of mixtures and articles containing a chemical or mixture (81 FR 94980).
Both final rules amended the regulations to permit importers to file the required EPA documents with CBP electronically.
In accordance with the Federal Register notices published on January 27, 2017, the two final rules are in effect TODAY, March 21, 2017.