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G/SPS/N/USA/2383 
8 June 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
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):  Multiple commodities 
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:  Fluxapyroxad; Pesticide Tolerances  
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  7 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-14/html/2012-11602.htm  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for residues of the fungicide 
Fluxapyroxad, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined 
by measuring only Fluxapyroxad,  3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl- N-(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-
biphenyl]-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide in or on the commodity. 
Commodity       Parts per million 
Apple, wet pomace      2.0 
B e e t ,  s u g a r        0 . 1  
Beet, sugar, dried pulp      0.1 
Beet, sugar, tops      7.0 Cattle, fat       0.05 Cattle, meat       0.01 Cattle, meat by-products     0.03 
Corn, field, grain      0.01 
C o r n ,  o i l        0 . 0 3  Corn, pop, grain      0.01 Corn, sweet, kernels plus cobs with husks removed  0.15 Cotton, gin by-products      0.01 Cotton, undelinted seed      0.01 
E g g         0 . 0 0 2  
Fruit, pome, group 11      0.8 Fruit, stone, group 12      2.0 G/SPS/N/USA/2383 
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  G o a t ,  f a t        0 . 0 5  
G o a t ,  m e a t        0 . 0 1  
Goat, meat by-products      0.03 Grain, aspirated fractions     20.0 Grain, cereal, group 15, (except corn, field, grain; except   corn, pop, grain; except corn, kernels plus cobs with 
  husks removed; except wheat)     3.0 
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16   20 H o r s e ,  f a t        0 . 0 5  H o r s e ,  m e a t        0 . 0 1  Horse, meat by-products     0.03 M i l k         0 . 0 0 5  
Oilseeds, group 20      0.9 
Pea and bean, dried shelled except soybean, subgroup 6C 0.4 Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B   0.5 P e a n u t         0 . 0 1  Peanut, refined oil      0.02 
Plum, prune       3.0 
Potato, wet peel       0.1 R i c e ,  b r a n        4 . 5  R i c e ,  h u l l s        8 . 0  S h e e p ,  f a t        0 . 0 5  Sheep, meat       0.01 
Sheep, meat by-products     0.03 
S o y b e a n ,  h u l l s        0 . 3  Soybean, seed       0.15 Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7    30 Vegetables, fruiting, group 8     0.7 
Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A   2.0 
Vegetable, tuberous and co rm, subgroup 1C   0.02 
W h e a t ,  b r a n        0 . 6  W h e a t ,  g r a i n        0 . 3  
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:  
[ ] 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)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:     G/SPS/N/USA/2383 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  In the Federal 
Register of 23 June 2010 (75 FR 35803) (FRL-8831-3), EPA issued a notice pursuant to 
FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3),  announcing the filing of a pesticide 
petition (PP 0F7709) by BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709-3528. The petition requested that 40 CF R part 180 be amended by establishing 
tolerances for residues of the fungicide Fl uxapyroxad, 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-
(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-1H- pyrazole-4-carboxamide, in or on multiple 
commodities.  That notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared by BASF Corporation, the registrant, which is available in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov . 
There were no comments received in response to the notice of filing. Based on EPA's 
review of the data supporting the petiti on, BASF Company revised their petition (PP 
0F7709) by: 
1. Proposing tolerances for corn, pop, grain; corn, sweet kernels plus cobs with husks 
removed; and wheat, grain; 
2. Decreasing or increasing the proposed tolerances for various commodities; 
3. Deleting the proposed tolerance for vege table, root, subgroup 1A and proposing a 
tolerance for beet, sugar;  and 
4. Proposing a tolerance for oilseeds, group 20. 
The reasons for these changes are explained in Unit IV.C.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  14 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  14 May 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  14 May 2012 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Olga Odiott, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 308-9369;   Email:  odiott.olga@epa.gov 
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 1014, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-
720-1301; Fax: 202-720- 0433; Email: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov