. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1936 
16 July 2009  
 (09-3488) 
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):  Corn, field, forage; corn, field, stover; and corn, pop, stover 
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:  Acetochlor;  Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of acetochlor; 2-
chloro-2'-methyl-6-ethyl-N-ethoxymethylacet anilide, and its metabolites containing the 
ethyl methyl aniline (EMA) and the hydroxyeth yl methyl aniline (HEMA) moiety, to be 
analyzed as acetochlor and expressed as acetochlor equivalents, in or on corn, field, forage at 4.5 ppm; corn, field, stover at 2.5 ppm; and corn, pop, stover at 2.5 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.    
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1936 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
can be found in the [Federal Register:  24 June 2009 (Volume 74, Number 120)] [Rules 
and Regulations] [Page 29966-29969] or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/June/Day-24/p14581.htm . 
This final rule was published subsequent to a notice in the [Federal Register:  13 June 2008 
(Volume 73, Number 115)] [Notices ] [Page 33814-33818] found online at 
http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/ June/Day-13/p13344.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  24 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) :  24 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 ):  24 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:    
Vickie Walters, Registration Division (7 505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001;  Tel:  +(703) 305-5704;  E-mail address:  walters.vickie@epa.gov.  Please refer to 
docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0384. 
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