. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1935 
16 July 2009  
 (09-3490) 
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:  The 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):  Nut, trees, group 14; Pistachios; cowpeas, forage and hay; field peas, vines; 
forage, fodder and straw of cereal grains, cr op group 16, grass forage, fodder and hay, crop 
group 17; leaves of root and tuber vegetables, crop group 2; leeks; nongrass animal feeds (forage, fodder, straw and hay), crop group; okra; onions, green; onions, Welsh; peanuts, 
hay; shallots; soybeans, forage and ha y; strawberries; and sugarcane, sugar 
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:  Chlorantraniliprole;  Pesticide Tolerances 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of 
chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2- methyl-6-[(methylamino) carbonyl]phenyl]-1-
(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1 H-pyrazole-5-carboxami de, in or on almond, hulls at 5.0 ppm, nut, 
trees, group 14 at 0.04 ppm and pistachios at 0.04 ppm.  In addition, time-limited rotational 
crop tolerances are established for residues of ch lorantraniliprole in or on cowpeas, forage 
and hay at 0.20 parts per million (ppm); field peas, vines and hay at 0.20 ppm; forage, 
fodder and straw of cereal grains, crop group 16  at 0.20 ppm, grass forage, fodder and hay, 
crop group 17 at 0.20 ppm; leaves of root a nd tuber vegetables, crop group 2 at 0.20 ppm; 
leeks at 0.20 ppm; nongrass animal feeds (forage , fodder, straw and hay), crop group 18 at 
0.20 ppm; okra at 0.70 ppm; onions, green at 0.20 ppm; onions, Welsh at 0.20 ppm; peanuts, hay at 0.20 ppm; shallots at 0. 20 ppm; soybeans, forage and hay at 0.20 ppm; 
strawberries at 1.2 ppm; and sugarcane, sugar at 0.20 ppm. 
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.    G/SPS/N/USA/1935 
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  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 N°)     
[ 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 final rule 
can be found at [Federal Register:  26 June 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)][Rules and 
Regulations][Page 30470-30475] or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/June/Day-26/p14996.htm . 
This notification was published subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register of 
3 December 2008 (Volume 73, Number 233)] [Notices][Page 73640-73644] 
http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/D ecember/Day-03/p28666.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  26 June 2009 
Proposed date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  26 June 2009 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  25 August 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Kable Bo Davis, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 306-0415;  E-mail address:   davis.kable@epa.gov.  Please refer to 
docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0770. 
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