G/SPS/N/USA/3383  
15 May 2023  
(23-3369) 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):   
− Berry, low growing, subgroup 13 -07G, except cranberry  
− Cotton, gin by -products  
− Cotton, undelinted seed  
− Vegetable, bulb, group 3 -07 
− Vegetable, cucurbit , group 9  
− Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 -10 
− Vegetable, legume, forage and hay, except soybean, subgroup 7 -22A 
− Vegetable, legume, group 6  
− Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C  
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:  Fomesafen; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-09/html/2023 -09819.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fomesafen 
in or on Vegetable, bulb, group 3 -07; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; Vegetable, fruiting, 
group 8 -10; and Vegetable, legume, forage and hay, except soybean, subgroup 7 -22A. 
7. Objective and r ationale: [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 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?  G/SPS/N/USA/3383  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-04-28/html/2022 -09145.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-02-07/html/2018 -02344.htm  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 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 a pplicable  
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:   
Charles Smith, Director, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 - 
0001; Main telephone number: +(202) 566 1030; E -mail: 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 -2023-05-09/html/2023 -09819.htm