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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1980 
17 March 2010  
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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:  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):  Multiple crops 
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:  Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program II;  Revision 
to General Tolerance Regulations  Language:  English  Number of pages:  10   
6. Description of content:  EPA proposes to amend the existing Crop Group 8 by expanding 
it from 6 to 21 commodities.  The existing crop group consists of the following six 
commodities:  (1) Eggplant, Solanum melongena ;  (2) Ground cherry, Physalis  spp.;  
(3) Pepino, Solanum muricatum ;  (4) Pepper, Capsicum  spp., includes bell pepper, chili 
pepper, cooking pepper, pimento,  sweet pepper;  (5) Tomatillo, Physalis ixocarpo ;  
(6) Tomato, Lycopersicum esculentum . 
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 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1980 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Register and can be  found at:  Federal 
Register:  6 January 2010 (Volume 75, Number 3) Proposed Rules;  Page 807-816 or online 
at http://edocket.access.gpo.go v/2010/E10-31397.htm
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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) :    
[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:   
Ram Cromwell, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 
Tel:  +(703) 308 9068;  Fax:  +(703) 305 58 84;  E-mail:  cromwell.rame@epa.gov.  Please 
reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766. 
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 a nd 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