G/SPS/N/USA/3402  
26 July 2023  
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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):  Plum subgroup 12 -12C; Flax, seed ; Bushberry subgroup 13 -07B; 
Caneberry subgroup 13 -07A; Fruit, pome, group 11 -10; Ginseng ; Ginseng,  Grain, cereal, 
forage, fodder and straw, group 16 ; Grain, cereal, group 15 ; Herbs and spices, group 19 ; 
Oilseed, group 20 ; Onion, bulb, subgroup 3 -07A; Strawberry ; Vegetable, foliage of 
legume, group 7 ; Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 -10; Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, 
group 2 ; Vegetable, legume, group 6 ; Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1 ; Bean, dry, 
except cowpea ; Bean, lima ; Bean, succulent ; Broccoli ; Cattle, meat ; Cattle, meat by -
products ; Goat, meat by -products ; Goat, meat ; Egg; Hog, meat by -products ; Hog, meat ; 
Horse, meat by -products ; Horse, meat ; Mango ; Mushroom ; Milk; Poultry, meat (from 
chicken layer hens and chicken breeder hens only) ; Poultry, meat by -products (from 
chicken layer hens and chicken breeder hens only) ;, Sheep , meat by -products ; Sheep, 
meat by -products ; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 ; Cabbage ; Cauliflower ; Fruit, stone, group 
12; Cherry  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific re gions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Pesticide Tolerances; Implementing Registration Review 
Decisions for Certain Pesticides; Aluminum tris (O -ethylphosphonate), Carbon disulfide, 
et al. Final Rule . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-19/html/2023 -14692.htm  
6. Description of content:  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing several 
tolerance actions that the Agency determined were necessary or appropriate during the 
registration review conducted under the Fe deral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA).  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
 https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] 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 supp ort 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 -2017-09-08/html/2017 -18780.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-07/html/2019 -21542.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-03-21/html/201 8-05798.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-04-13/html/2018 -07740.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2016-06-01/html/2016 -12723.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-02-07/html/2018 -02346.htm  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 July 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 July 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 19 July 2023  
[ ] 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:   
Christina Scheltema, Pesticide Re - Evaluation Division (75 08M), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 
20460 -0001; Tel: +(202) 566 2272; E -mail: scheltema.christina@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 -2023-07-19/html/2023 -14692.htm