G/SPS/N/USA/3345  
 
12 August 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):  Soybean, seed; Cherry, subgroup 12 -12A; Nut, tree, crop group 14 -
12; Peach, subgroup 12 -12B; Plum subgroup 12 -12C; Fish, freshwater, finfish; Fruit, 
stone, group 12 -12; Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 -10 
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:  Ametryn, Benfluralin, Bensulfuron -methyl, Bentazon, 
Bispyribac -sodium, Chlorpropham, Diclosulam, Esfenvalerate, Ethoxyquin, Fenpropathrin, 
Hydramethylnon (Pyrimidinone), Imazaquin, Phenmedipham, Pyrithiobac -sodium, 
Quinoxyfen, Tefluthrin, Uniconazole -P; Pesticide T olerances. Proposed Rule . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  11 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-02/html/2022 -16165.htm  
6. Description of content:  EPA is proposing to implement several tolerance actions under 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that the Agency determined were 
necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for the pesticide active ingredients 
identified in this document.  
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 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/3345  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
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.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 October 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:   
Moana Appleyard, Pesticide Re -Evaluation Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs,  
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,  
DC 20460 -0001; Tel: +(202) 566 2220; E -mail: appleyard.moana@epa.gov  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] Natio nal Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-02/html/2022 -16165.htm