G/SPS/N/USA/3091  
 
5 August 2019  
(19-5074) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Alfalfa, forage; Alfalfa, hay; Alfalfa, seed; Alfalfa, silage; Artichoke,  
globe; Arugu la; Asparagus; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4 -16B, except watercress; 
Bushberry subgroup 13 -07B; Cacao, dried bean; Caneberry subgroup 13 -07A; Cattle, fat; 
Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat byproducts; Celtuce; Corn, field, forage; Corn, field, grain; 
Corn, f ield, stover; Corn, pop, grain; Corn, pop, stover; Corn, sweet, forage; Corn, sweet, 
kernel plus cob with husks removed; Corn, sweet, stover; Cress, garden; Cress, upland; 
Egg; Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalk;   Fruit, stone, group 12 -12; Goat, fat ; Goat, 
meat; Goat, meat byproducts; Hog, fat; Hog, meat; Hog, meat byproducts; Horse, fat; 
Horse, meat; Horse, meat byproducts; Kohlrabi; Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B; 
Leafy greens subgroup 4 -16A; Milk; Millet, proso, forage; Millet, pearl, forage;  Millet, 
proso, grain; Millet, pearl, grain; Nut, tree, group 14 -12; Oat, grain; Oat, hay; Oat, straw; 
Pineapple; Poultry, fat; Poultry, meat; Poultry, meat byproducts; Rye, forage; Rye, grain; 
Rye, hay; Rye, straw; Sheep, fat; Sheep, meat; Sheep, meat byp roducts; Sorghum, 
grain, forage; Sorghum, grain, grain; Sorghum, grain, stover; Sunflower subgroup 20B; 
Teff, forage; Teff, grain; Teff, hay; Teff, straw 2 Teosinte, grain; Triticale, forage; 
Triticale, grain; Triticale, hay; Triticale, straw; Vegetable, b rassica, head and stem, group 
5-16, except 2 cauliflower  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Sulfoxaflor; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-24/html/2019 -15648.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of sulfoxa flor 
in or on multiple commodities.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
 http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=252  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Pl ant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  EPA harmoni zes with Codex where possible, but for some of 
the MRLs (tolerances) in question, the data provided to EPA support a different MRL than 
Codex. Please refer to the Federal Register Notice for full information regarding which 
MRLs are harmonized and which ar e not.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2014-04-23/html/2014 -
09257.htm ; https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-07-24/html/2018 -
15722.htm  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 24 July 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 24 July 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 24 July 2019  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:   
Michael L. Goodis, P.E., Director, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC 20460 -0001; Tel: +(703) 305 7090; E -mail: RDFRNotices@epa.go v. 
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-24/html/2019 -15648.htm