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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1900 
10 February 2009  
 (09-0637) 
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:  US 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):  Almond, tree nuts and pistachios 
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:  Emamectin; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes perman ent tolerances for the combined 
residues of emamectin (a mixture of a minimum of 90% 4'- epi-methylamino-4' 
deoxyavermectin B 1a and maximum of 10% 4'-epi-met hylamino-4'-deoxyavermectin B 1b) 
and its metabolites 8,9-isomer of the B 1a and B 1b component of the parent (8,9-ZMA), or 4'-
deoxy-4'-epi-amino-avermectin B 1a and 4'-deoxy-4'-epi-amino-avermectin B 1b;  4'- deoxy-
4'-epi-amino-avermectin B 1a (AB 1a);  4'- deoxy-4'-epi-(N-formyl-N-methyl)amino-
avermectin (MFB 1a);  and 4'-deoxy-4'-epi-(N-formyl)amino-avermectin B 1a (FAB 1a) in/on 
almond, hulls at 0.20 ppm;  nut, tree, group 14 at 0.02 ppm;  and pistachio at 0.02 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 G/SPS/N/USA/1900 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] 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 in the Federal Register of 16 January 2009 (Volume 74, Number 11);  Page 
2867-2873 or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2009/January/Day-
16/p625.htm  
The publication of this final rule was sub sequent to a Federal Register Notice from 
16 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 96);  Page 28461-28465 found at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/May/Day-16/p10915.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  16 January 2009 
Propose 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) :  16 January 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  17 March 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:   Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.  Please identify all comments by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0261. 
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