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WTO notification · TBT

United StatesProposed measure, open for comments

Fire protection equipment, Tanks and gas cylinders

Official title

Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities

The United States notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 4 November 2026. Comments are open until 4 January 2027.

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At a glance

Products

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and equipment; small-scale and modular LNG plants and skids; cryogenic storage tanks, vessels, and piping systems; boil-off gas compressors and vaporizers; cryogenic valves and relief devices; gas and fire detection systems; Fire protection

Notifying member
United States(United States of America)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/USA/2329
ICS classification
  • 13.220.20 Fire protection
  • 23.020.40 Cryogenic vessels
  • 23.040 Pipeline components and pipelines
  • 23.060 Valves
  • 75.180 Equipment for petroleum and natural gas industries
  • 75.200 Petroleum products and natural gas handling equipment

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 4 January 2027
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 4 January 2027, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2329 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to the United States.

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What the notification says

Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposes updating its regulations for liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities to incorporate by reference the most recent industry safety standards and to make other changes to account for more than two decades of improvements and technological advancements. This rulemaking also responds to congressional mandates directing PHMSA to integrate risk-based regulatory approaches for certain LNG facilities.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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