G/SPS/N/USA/3353  
28 October 2022  
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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):  Bean, multiple commodities; Celtuce; Chickpea, multiple 
commodities; Cottonseed subgroup 20C; Cowpea, multiple commodities; Fennel, 
Florence, fresh le aves and stalk; Gram, horse, dry seed; Grass pea, dry seed and edible 
podded; Jackbean, multiple commodities; Kohlrabi; Lentil, multiple commodities; 
Longbean, Chinese, dry seed and edible podded; Lupin, multiple commodities; Pea, 
multiple commodities; Soy bean, multiple commodities; Tropical and subtropical, palm 
fruit, edible peel, subgroup 23C; Tropical and subtropical, small fruit, inedible peel, 
subgroup 24A; Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5 -16; Vegetable, leafy, group 
4-16; Velvetbean, multi ple commodities; Yam bean, African, dry seed  
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:  Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-10-11/html/2022 -21719.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
methoxyfenozide in or on multiple crops.  
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 releva nt 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, cha pter 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/3353  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  EPA harmonizes with Codex where possible, but for some of 
the MRLs (tolerance) 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 are not.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-30/html/2020 -21184.htm  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 11 October 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 October 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 11 October 2022  
[ ] 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 comment s: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Marietta Echeverria, Acting Director, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Prote ction Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460 -0001; Main telephone number: +(202) 566 -1030; E -mail address: 
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 -2022-10-11/html/2022 -21719.htm