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G/SPS/N/USA/2271 
21 September 2011  
 (11-4544) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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):  See link for list of 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:  Tetraconazole; Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  8 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-29/html/2011-21947.htm  
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes the fo llowing tolerances for residues of 
tetraconazole, including its metabolites and degrad ates, in or on the following commodities:  
Cattle, fat at 0.15 parts per million (ppm); Cattle, liver at 1.50 ppm; Cattle, meat 
byproducts, except liver at 0.15 ppm; Corn, field, forage at 1.1 ppm; Corn, field, grain at 
0.01 ppm; Corn, field, stover at 1.7 ppm; Corn, pop, grain at 0.01 ppm; Corn, pop, stover at 1.7 ppm; Goat, fat at 0.15 ppm; Goat, liver  at 1.50 ppm; Goat, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.15 ppm; Horse, fat at 0.15 ppm; Horse, liver at 1.50 ppm; Horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.15 ppm; Low growing berry subgroup 13-07G, except 
cranberry at 0.25 ppm; Milk at 0.03 ppm; Milk, fat at 0.75 ppm; Poultry, meat byproducts 
at 0.05 ppm; Sheep, fat at 0.15 ppm; Sheep, liver at 1.50 ppm; Sheep, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.15 ppm; and Small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 0.20 ppm. In addition, the Envir onmental Protection Agency is removing the 
existing grape tolerance because grape is  now covered under the newly established 
tolerance for small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F. 
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/2271 
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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 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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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) :  29 August 2011 
[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, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Sidney Jackson, Registration Divison, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: ( 703) 305-7610; e-mail address: 
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.  Please refere nce docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0583. 
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:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov