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G/SPS/N/USA/2377 
8 June 2012  
 (12-3043) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
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):  Crop group 18, non-grass animal feed (forage, hay, and seed) 
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:  Carfentrazone-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances  
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  7 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-04/html/2012-10688.htm  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for residues of Carfentrazone-ethyl, 
including its metabolites and degradates, as set  forth in the regulatory text. Compliance 
with the tolerance levels is to be determined  by measuring only the sum of Carfentrazone-
ethyl (ethyl-alpha-2-dichloro-5-[-4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-
triazol-1-yl]-4-fluorobenzenepropanoate) and its metabolite Carfentrazone-chloropropionic 
acid (alpha, 2-dichloro-5-[-4-difluoromethyl )-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-
1-yl]-4-fluorobenzenepropanoic acid), calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of Carfentrazone-ethyl. 
Commodity       Parts per million 
Animal feed, nongrass, crop group 18, forage   2.0 
Animal feed, nongrass, crop group 18, hay   5.0 Animal feed, nongrass, crop group 18, seed   15.0 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/USA/2377 
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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:  In the Federal 
Register of 6 July 2011 (76 FR 39360) (FRL-8875-6), EPA issued a notice pursuant to FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3),  announcing the filing of a pesticide 
petition (PP 1F7839) by FMC Corporation, 1735 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19103.  The 
petition requested that 40 CFR 180.515 be ame nded by establishing tolerances for residues 
of the herbicide, Carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite, Carfentrazone-ethyl 
chloropropionic acid, in or on alfalfa, forage at 5 parts per million (ppm); alfalfa, hay at 18 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 10 ppm; clover, forage at  5 ppm; clover, hay at 18 ppm;  and clover, 
seed at 10 ppm. That notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared by FMC 
Corporation, the registrant, which is available in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov .  
There were no comments received in re sponse to the notice of filing.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  4 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  4 May 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  4 May 2012 
[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, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  Bethany Benbow, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 347- 8072;  E-mail:  benbow .bethany@epa.gov 
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