G/SPS/N/USA/3232  
 
1 March 2021  
(21-1727) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
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):  Almond, hulls; Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat by-products ; 
Corn, field, forage; Corn, field, grain; Corn, field, stover;  Corn, pop, grain; Co rn, pop, 
stover; Corn, sweet, forage; Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed; Corn, 
sweet, stover; Fruit, citrus, group 10 -10, oil; Fruit, pome, group 11 -10; Fruit, small vine 
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit subgroup 13 -07F; Fruit, stone, group 1 2-12; Goat, fat; 
Goat, meat; Goat, meat by-products ; Grain, aspirated fractions; Grapefruit subgroup 10 -
10C; Horse, fat; Horse, meat; Horse, meat by -products; Lemon/lime subgroup 10 -10B; 
Milk; Nut, tree, group 14 -12; Orange subgroup 10 -10A; Sheep, fat; She ep, meat; Sheep, 
meat by-products ; Soybean, forage; Soybean, hay; Soybean, hulls; Soybean, seed; 
Tomato, paste; Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5 -16; Vegetable, fruiting, 
group 8 -10; Vegetable, leafy, group 4 -16; Vegetable, tuberous and corm, sub group 1C; 
Alfalfa, forage; Alfalfa, hay; Cotton, gin by-products ; Cottonseed subgroup 20C; Grain, 
cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except field corn, popcorn and sweet corn; 
Vegetable, foliage of legume, except soybean, subgroup 7A  
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:  Tetraniliprole; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  6 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-02-24/html/2021 -03624.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
tetraniliprole in or on multiple commodities that are identified and discussed later in this 
document.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protec t humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/USA/3232  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2017-12-15/html/2017 -27103.htm  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 24 February 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 24 February 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 24 February 2021  
[ ] 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 available) of other body:   
Marietta Echeverria, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 - 
0001; Main telephone number: +(703) 305 7090; E -mail: RDFRNotices@epa.gov  
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 -2021-02-24/html/2021 -03624.htm