. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1793 
15 May 2008  
 (08-2245) 
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):  Apple, brassica, cotton, pome fruit, stone fruit, grape, cucurbit vegetable, milk, 
meat, leafy vegetable, fr uiting vegetable, rice 
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: 
Chlorantraniliprole;  Pesticide Tolera nce (available in English, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of the regulation, a tolera nce is established for residues of 
chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-me thyl-6-[(methylamino) carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-
chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1 H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide , in or on apple, wet pomace at 0.60 ppm, 
brassica, head and stem , subgroup 5A at 4.0 ppm, brassica , leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 
11 ppm, cotton, gin byproduct at 30 ppm, cotton, hulls at 0.40 ppm, cott on, undelinted seed at 
0.30 ppm, fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.30 ppm, fr uit, stone, group 12 at 1.0 ppm, grape at 
1.2 ppm, grape, raisin at 2.5 ppm, potato at 0.01 ppm, vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.25 ppm, vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.70 ppm,  vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 
at 13 ppm, milk at 0.01 ppm, meat at 0.01 ppm, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm and fat at 
0.01 ppm.  In addition, this regulation establis hes a time-limited tolerance for residues of 
chlorantraniliprole in or on rice, grai n at 0.10 ppm and rice, straw at 0.25 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/1793 
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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 :   
7 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 89) Ru les and Regulations Page 25518-25524; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/E PA-PEST/2008/May/Day-07/p9950.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This final rule is effective 7 May 2008. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 7 July 2008, and may be identifi ed by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0275. 
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