G/SPS/N/USA/3302  
24 January 2022  
(22-0523) 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):  Multiple commodities.  
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:  Pesticides; Expansion of Crop Grouping Program VI . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-10/html/2021 -27057.htm  
6. Description of content:  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing 
revisions to its pesticide tolerance crop grouping regulations, which allow the 
establishment of tolerances for multiple related crops based on data from a representative 
set of crops. EPA is proposin g amendments to Crop Group 6: Legume Vegetables; Crop 
Group 7: Foliage of Legume Vegetables; Crop Group 15: Cereal Grains; and Crop 
Group  16: Forage, Fodder and Straw of Cereal Grains. EPA is also proposing amendments 
to the associated commodity definition s. This is the sixth in a series of planned crop group 
updates expected to be prepared over the next several years.  
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 f or 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:  In implementing this provision, EPA works to harmonize 
tolerance determinations with a Codex MRL whenever possible.  G/SPS/N/USA/3302  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and lang uage(s) in which these are available:  None.  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 March 2022  
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:   
Sara Kemme; Mission Support Division (7101M), Office of Program Support, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460 -0001; Tel: +(202) 566 1217; E -mail: kemme.sara@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 -2022-01-10/html/2021 -27057.htm