. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1848 
6 August 2008 
 (08-3728) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Borage, cast oil, chinese tallowtree , crambe, suphea, echium, euphorbia, 
evening primrose, flax, gold of pleasure, hare ’s ear mustard, jojoba, lesquerella, lunaria, 
meadowfoam, milkweed, mustard,  niger seed, radish, poppy, rape seed, rose hip, safflower, 
sesame, stoker aser, sweet rocket, tallo wwood, tea oil, ve ronica, sunflower 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE:  
Pyraclostrobin; Pesticide Tolerances (available in English, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this regulation, tolerances are established for combined 
residues of pyraclostrobin carbamic acid and its desmethoxy metabolite, expressed as parent 
compound, in or on borage, seed; castor oil pl ant, seed; chinese tallo w tree, seed; crambe, 
seed; cuphea, seed; echium, seed; euphorbia, seed ; evening primrose, seed; flax, seed; gold of 
pleasure, seed; hare's ear mustard, seed; jo joba, seed; lesquerella, seed; lunaria, seed; 
meadowfoam, seed; milkw eed, seed; mustard, seed; niger s eed, seed; oil radish, seed; poppy, 
seed; rapeseed, seed; rose hip, seed; safflower, seed; sesame, seed; stokes aster, seed; sweet 
rocket, seed; tallowwood, seed; tea oil plant, seed; and vernonia, seed; each at 0.45 ppm. The 
existing tolerance for combined residues of pyraclostrobin and its de smethoxy metabolite on 
sunflower at 0.3 ppm is revised to read `"sunflower, seed" at 0.45 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1848 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
30 July 2008 (Volume 73, Number 147) Ru les and Regulations Page 44164-44168; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/July/Day-30/p17480.htm
   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 30 July 2008. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 29 September 2008, and may be iden tified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-
0214. 
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, (7505P), Office of Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov