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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1918 
22 April 2009  
 (09-1918) 
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:  Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Artichoke, globe; fruit, stone, group 12; squash, winter; pumpkin; and gourd, 
edible; cherry, sweet 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Quinoxyfen;  Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolera nces for residues of quinoxyfen, 
5,7-dichloro-4-(4-fluorophenoxy)quinoline, in or on artichoke, globe at 1.4 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 0.70 ppm; squash, winter at 0.20 ppm; pumpkin at 0.20 ppm; and gourd, edible at 0.20 ppm.  This regulation also dele tes the established tolerances in or on cherry, 
sweet; and cherry, tart, as they are superseded by inclusion in fruit, stone, group 12.  This 
regulation additionally deletes the time-limited  tolerances for pumpkin; winter squash; and 
melon subgroup 9A, as the tolerances expired on 31 December 2007. 
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)  For cherry 
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None  For all other listed commodities.  G/SPS/N/USA/1918 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Codex MRLs exist for quinoxyfen on cherry, sweet and tart at 
0.4 ppm.  However, the proposed tolerance for fruit, stone, group 12 (0.70 ppm), of which 
cherry is a part, cannot be harmonized with the Codex MRL on these commodities because 
field trial data supporting the stone fruit gr oup tolerance shows residue levels that are 
higher than 0.4 ppm.  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Re gister and can be found at:  1 April 2009 
(Volume 74, Number 61) Rules and Regulations; Pages 14738-14743;  online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2009/April/Day-01/p7046.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  1 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Laura Nollen, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 305 7390;  E-mail address:  nollen. laura@epa.gov.  Please reference docket EPA-
HQ-OPP- 2008-0362. 
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 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