G/SPS/N/USA/28 99 
 
27 October 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: US Environmental Protection Agency  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as spe cified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Multiple products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Spec ific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Thiabendazole; Pesticide Tolerances, Final Rule . 
Language(s): English . Number of pages: 8 
https://www.gpo.gov/f dsys/pkg/FR -2016-09-22/html/2016 -21753.htm  
6. Description of content: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
thiabendazole in or on the legume vegetable group 6 and foliage of legume vegetable 
group 7. S. This regulation also assigns an e xpiration date to existing tolerances for 
bean, dry, seed at 0.1 part per million (ppm) and soybean at 0.1 ppm as well as 
removes a threshold of regulation determination for seed treatment use of thiabendazole 
on dry pea (including field pea, pigeon pea, c hickpea or lentil). Lastly, this regulation 
establishes a time -limited tolerance on sweet potato. The time -limited tolerance is in 
response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). T he time -limited tolerance will expire and be 
revoked on 31 December 2019.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage f rom 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  
If no, describe, whenever possi ble, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/2899  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 22 September 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 22 Septembe r 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 22 September 2016  
[ ] 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:  
For further information contact: Michael  Goodis, 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: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov  
13. Text(s)  available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [ ]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standa rds Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov