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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1130 
4 October 2005 
 (05-4408) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
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):  Grass, forage, fodder, and hay, group 17, forage; grass, forage, fodder, and 
hay, group 17, hay; vegetable, legume, group 6;  onion, dry bulb; grape; strawberry; sapote, 
white; and citrus hybrids 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE, 
Pyriproxyfen; Pesticide Tolerance (Available in English, 7 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyriproxyfen 
in or on on vegetable, legume, group 6 at 0.20 ppm; onion, dry bulb at 0.15 ppm; grape at 2.5 ppm; strawberry at 0.30 ppm; white sapote at 0.30 ppm; citrus hybrids at 0.30 ppm; 
grass, forage,fodder, and hay, group 17, forage  at 0.70 ppm; and grass, forage, fodder, and 
hay, group 17, hay at 1.1 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register,  
23 September 2005, Volume 70, Number 184, Pages 55733-55740,  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-23/p19059.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/USA/1130 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effectiv e 23 September 2005.  EPA 
published a proposed rule on 17 August 2005.  
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 22 November 2005. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X°] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration  Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-4051; Fax:  202-690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov