G/SPS/N/USA/3217  
 
21 December 2020  
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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):  Amaranth, grain, grain; Amaranth, grain, stover; Ca[ntilde]ihua, 
grain; Chia, grain; Corn, field, milled by -products; Cram -cram, grain; Grain, cereal,  
group  15, except rice; Food and feed commodities (other than those covered by a higher 
tolerance); Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, except rice; Huauzontle, 
grain; Potato, wet peel; Quinoa, forage; Quinoa, grain; Quinoa, hay; Quinoa, st raw; 
Spelt, grain; Teff, forage; Teff, grain; Teff, hay; Teff, straw; Vegetable, tuberous and 
corm, subgroup 1C; Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat by -products; Egg; Goat, fat; 
Goat, meat; Goat, meat by -products; Hog, fat; Hog, meat; Hog, meat by -products; 
Horse, fat; Horse, meat; Horse, meat by -products; Milk; Poultry, fat; Poultry, meat; 
Poultry, meat by -products; Sheep, fat; Sheep, meat; Sheep, meat by -products  
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:  Broflanilide; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  6 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-17/html/2020 -27906.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of broflanilide 
in or on multiple commodities that are identified in this document.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/p lant 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?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/USA/3217  
 
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  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 -2018-07-24/html/2018 -15722.htm  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 17 December 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 17 December 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 17 December 2020  
[ ] 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 ava ilable) of other body:   
Marietta Echeverria, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 - 
0001; Main telephone number: +(703) 305 7090; E -mail address: RDFRNo tices@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 -2020-12-17/html/2020 -27906.htm