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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1585/Add.1 
2 October 2007  
 (07-4187) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 27 Se ptember 2007, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Alachlor; Pesticide Tolerance
 
 
Based upon review of the data supporting the petitions, EPA is increasing the tolerance for 
residues of alachlor on peanut to 0.5 ppm.  The Agency is correcting the tolerance expression 
"Tolerances are established for combined residues of the herbicide alachlor (2-chloro-2',6'- diethyl-N-
(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) 
or 2-ethyl-6-(1- hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor in or on the following food commodities".  The terminology for the current listings of corn, fresh, kernel plus 
cob with husk removed; sorghum, forage; and sorghu m, grain (milo); are being updated to read corn, 
sweet (K+CWHR); sorghum, grain, forage; and so rghum, grain, grain; to conform to Agency 
procedures. Pending tolerances for beans, dry at 0.1 ppm and beans, succulent lima at 0.1 will replace 
the current entries for bean, dry,  seed and bean, lima, succulent.  
 
Based upon Agency procedures concerning commodity names, the Agency is correcting the 
pending crops as follows: Corn, field, forage at 2.0 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.2 ppm; corn, field, 
stover at 2.0 ppm; corn, field, pop at 0.2 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 2.0 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 2.0 
ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 2.0 ppm; soybeans, seed at 1.0 ppm and sunflower, meal at 3.4 ppm. These listings will replace current listings for corn, forage ; corn, grain; corn, stover; and soybean.      
 
The tolerance expression and commodity listing fo r residues of alachlor is revised to read: 
Tolerances are also established for indirect or inadve rtent residues of alachlor (2-chloro- 2',6'-diethyl-
N (methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites wh ich can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline 
(DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-H EEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor 
in or on the following raw agricultural commodities when present therein as a result of application of 
alachlor to the growing crops listed in paragraph (a) of this section animal feed, nongrass, group 18, 
forage at 1.4 ppm; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay at 1.2 ppm; grain, cereal, group 15 except 
corn, sorghum, rice at 0.05 ppm; grain, cereal, fo rage, fodder, and straw, group 16 except corn, 
sorghum, and rice, forage at 0.6 ppm; grain, cereal , forage, fodder and straw, group 16 except corn, 
sorghum, and rice, hay at 0.8 ppm; and grain, cereal , forage, fodder, and straw, group 16 except corn, 
sorghum, and rice, straw at 0.8 ppm.  G/SPS/N/USA/1585/Add.1 
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  This regulation is effective 26 September 2007.  Objections and requests for hearings must be 
received on or before 26 November 2007, and ma y be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0146.  
The full text of this addendum (Final Rule) can be found at the address below. 
Federal Register:  26 September 2007 (Volume 72, Number 186) Rules and Regulations Page 54579-
54584;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2007/September/Day-26/p18967.htm
 
 
This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of 9 May 2007, 
in which the Agency announced receipt of a p esticide petition proposing changes to previous 
tolerances for residues of alachlor when used on the above commoditi es.  No comments were received 
in response to this petition.  
This notice can be found at:  Federal Register:  9 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 89) Notices 
Page 26372-26375;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-09/p8945.htm
 
 
 United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
 
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