G/SPS/N/USA/3197  
26 August 2020  
(20-5845) 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):  Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4 -16B; Celtuce;  Coffee, green 
bean;  Fennel, florence, fresh leaves and stalk;  Kohlrabi;  Leaf petiole vegetable subgro up 
22B; Leafy greens subgroup 4 -16A; Pineapple;  Rapeseed subgroup 20A;  Sesame, seed;  
Stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A, except prickly pear, pads, and prickly pear, 
Texas, pads;  Sunflower subgroup 20B;  Tropical and subtropical, inedible peel, cactus, 
subgroup 24D;  Tropical and subtropical, palm fruit, edible peel, subgroup 23C;  Vegetable, 
brassica, head and stem, group 5 -16; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17  
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:  Flupyradifurone; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  5 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-21/html/2020 -17153.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
flupyradifurone 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 
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 Animal Hea lth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/USA/3197  
 
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  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:  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 -2020-02-11/html/2020 -02700.htm  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 August 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 21 August 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 21 August 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authori ty designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) 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; main telephone number: (703) 305 -7090; email 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 -2020-08-21/html/2020 -17153.htm  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoin t@fas.usda.gov