. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1717 
2 October 2007  
 (07-4185) 
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):  Cotton, berry group 13 
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 Tolerance (available in English, 6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  EPA determined that the proposed tolerance level for "cotton, 
undelinted seed'' of 0.4 ppm should be revised to  0.3 ppm based on review of the supporting 
residue field trial data.  As the majority of cottonseed samples had resi dues below the limit of 
quantitation (LOQ) of the method (0.04 ppm), the recommended tolerance for undelinted seed 
could not be determined using the Agency's  Tolerance/MRL Harmonization Spreadsheet. 
Rather, the recommended tolerance of 0.3 pp m is based on the maximum combined residues 
of pyraclostrobin and its desmethoxy me tabolite observed in seeds (0.17 ppm).  
Therefore, the tolerances are established for combined residues of pyraclostrobin, (carbamic 
acid, [2-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3- yl ]oxy]methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl ester) 
and its desmethoxy meta bolite, (methyl-N-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-
yl]oxy]methyl] phenylcarbamate), expressed as  parent compound, in or on berry, group 13 at 
4.0 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.3 ppm; and cotton, gin byproducts at 30 ppm, 
respectively. 
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/1717 
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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 :   
26 September 2007 (Volume 72, Number 186)Rules and Regulations Page 54564-54569 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2007/Septembe r/Day-26/p18858.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effe ctive 26 September 2007. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 26 November 2007, and may be iden tified by docket numb er EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-
0522. 
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;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov