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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2133 
1 February 2011  
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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):  Multiple products 
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:  FINAL RULE:   Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping 
Program II; Revisions to Ge neral Tolerance Regulations  Language(s):  English  Number 
of pages:  9 
6. Description of content:  This final rule makes revisions to the current pesticide tolerance 
crop grouping regulations which allow estab lishment of tolerances for multiple related 
crops, based on data from a representative set of crops.  The final rule creates a new crop group for oilseeds, expands existing crop gro ups by adding new commodities, establishes 
new crop subgroups, and revises the representa tive crops in some groups.  EPA expects 
these revisions to promote greater use of crop groupings for tolerance-setting purposes and 
promote global harmonization of food safety st andards.  EPA anticipates that more lower-
risk pesticides will be able to be utilized  for registration on minor crops, including many 
fruits and vegetables, because of availability of  crop grouping tolera nces.  EPA determines 
whether residues of a pesticide can be permitted once the required safety finding is made to establish a crop group tolerance.  This is the second in a series of planned crop group 
updates expected to be promulgated over the next several years. 
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)    G/SPS/N/USA/2133 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Regi ster and can be found at: Federal Register: 
8 December 2010 (Volume 75, Number 235) Ru les and Regulations; Page 76284-76292; 
or online at http://edocket.access.gpo.go v/2010/2010-30852.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  7 February 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  7 February 2011 
[ ] 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:  Rame Cromwell, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 308-9068;  Fax:  +(703) 305-5884;  E-mail 
address:  cromwell.rame@epa.gov. 
Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766 
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