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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1953 
30 September 2009  
 (09-4591) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Banana, coffee, green bean, cucumber, and vegetable, root, subgroup 1A, 
except sugar beet, garden beet, radish, and turnip 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  This final rule amends tolerances for residues of boscalid, in or on 
banana, imported at 0.40 ppm, and establishe d for coffee, green bean, imported at 
0.05 ppm.  Additionally, the duplicate boscalid tolerances for cucumber at 0.20 ppm, and vegetable, root, subgroup 1A, except sugar beet, garden beet, radish, and turnip at 0.7 ppm are removed correcting the error in which th ese superceded tolerances were not deleted 
despite their amendment. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The Codex Alimentarius Commission has established a MRL for 
residues of boscalid in or on banana at 0.2 ppm, which is equivalent to the current US 
tolerance.  However, the recommended US tolera nce is higher than the Codex MRL.  In the 
submitted field trials, residues above the Codex MRL were observed.  As a result, it is not 
possible to harmonize the banana tolerance with the Codex MRL.  There is a Codex 
Maximum Residue for the residues of boscalid in/on coffee beans at 0.05 ppm. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
may be found at [Federal Register:  16 September 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)] [Rules and Regulations][Page 47440-47445] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/September/ Day-16/p22163.htm .  This final rule was published subsequent to a 
notice in the Federal Register found at [Fed eral Register:  5 November 2008 (Volume 73, 
Number 215)] [Notices] [Page 65849-65852] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-
PEST/2008/November/Day-05/p26265.htm .   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  16 September 2009   
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  16 September 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  16 September 2009   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  16 November 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Bryant Crowe, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone numb er: (703) 305-0025; e-mail address: 
crowe.bryant@epa.gov.  Please id entify docket EPA-HQ-OPP- 2008-0624 
13. Texts 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 Fore ign 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.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov