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12 November 2020  
(20-8096) 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):  Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage;  Animal feed, nongrass, 
group 18, hay;  Berry, low growing, subgroup 13 -07G; Bushberry, subgroup 13 -07B; 
Canebe rry, subgroup 13 -07A; Cattle, fat;  Cattle, meat;  Cattle, meat by -products;  Cotton, 
gin by -products;  Cottonseed subgroup 20C;  Egg; Goat, fat;  Goat, meat;  Goat, meat by -
products;  Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, forage;  Grass, forage, fodder and 
hay, group 17, hay;  Hog, fat;  Hog, meat;  Hog, meat by -products;  Horse, fat;  Horse, 
meat;  Horse, meat by -products;  Lettuce, head;  Melon subgroup 9A;  Milk; Milk, fat;  Onion, 
bulb, subgroup 3 -07A; Onion, green, subgroup 3 -07B; Poultry, fat;  Poultry, meat;  
Poultry, meat by -products;  Sheep, fat;  Sheep, meat;  Sheep, meat by -products;  
Squash/cucumber subgroup 9B;  Sugarcane, cane;  Sunflower subgroup 20B;  Tomato, 
dried;  Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 -10; Vegetable, leafy, group 4 -16, except head lettuce;  
Vegetable,  leaves of root and tuber, group 2;  Vegetable, root, except sugar beet, 
subgroup 1B.  
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:  Mefentrifluconazole; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  5 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-11-06/html/2020 -24467.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
mefentrifluconazole in or on multiple commodities.  
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 for Animal  Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/USA/3209  
 
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  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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-04-15/html/2020 -07806.htm  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 November 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 November 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 6 November 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designa ted to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Michael L. Goodis, P.E., Director, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, E nvironmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC 20460 -0001; main telephone number: (703) 305 -7090; email address: 
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-2020-11-06/html/2020 -24467.htm  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 043 3; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov .  
 