G/SPS/N/USA/3294  
 
5 January 2022  
(22-0002) 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):  Alfalfa, forage; Alfalfa, hay; Barley, grain; Barley, hay; Barley, straw; 
Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat by -products; Clover, forage; Clover,  hay; Flax, 
seed; Goat, fat; Goat, meat; Goat, meat by -products; Grain, aspirated fractions; Grass, 
forage; Grass, hay; Hog, fat; Hog, meat; Hog, meat by -products; Horse, fat; Horse, meat; 
Horse, meat by -products; Lespedeza, forage; Lespedeza, hay; Milk; O at, forage; Oat, 
grain; Oat, hay; Oat, straw; Pea, dry; Pea, field, hay; Pea, field, vines; Pea, succulent; 
Rye, forage; Rye, grain; Rye, straw; Sheep meat; Sheep meat by -products; Sheep, fat; 
Tea, dried; Trefoil, forage; Trefoil, hay; Vetch, forage; Vetch , hay; Wheat, forage; Wheat, 
grain; Wheat, hay; Wheat, straw; Wheatgrass, intermediate, forage; Wheatgrass, 
intermediate, grain; Wheatgrass, intermediate, hay; Wheatgrass, intermediate, straw  
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:  MCPA; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  4 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-12-15/html/2021 -27134.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation modifies existing tolerances for residues of MCPA 
in or on clover, forage and clover, hay.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
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 Anima l 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 G/SPS/N/USA/3294  
 
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  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 -2021-06-28/html/2021 -13702.htm  (available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 December 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 December 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 December 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, Acting Director, Registration Division (7505P), Office o f 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 -2021-12-15/html/2021 -27134.htm