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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1939 
24 July 2009  
 (09-3644) 
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):  Cilantro, leaves; okra; turnip, greens; and vegetable, root, except sugar beet, 
subgroup 1B, except radish; a tolerance with  regional registration is established for 
residues of fenamidone in or on grape; and tolerances are established for combined 
residues of fenamidone and its metabolite RPA 717879 in or on corn, field, forage; corn, 
field, grain; corn, field, stover; corn, sweet, forage; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks 
removed; corn, sweet, stover; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; and soybean, seed.  The existing permanent and time-limited tolerances on carrot are removed, since residues on carrots will be covered by the new tolera nce on vegetable, root, except sugar beet, 
subgroup 1B, except radish. 
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:  Fenamidone; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tole rances for residues of fenamidone, 
4H-Imidazol-4-one, 3,5-dihydro-5-methyl-2-(methylthio)-5-phenyl-3 (phenylamino)-, (S)-, on cilantro, leaves at 60 ppm; okra at 3.5 ppm; turnip, greens at 55 ppm; and vegetable, root, except sugar beet, subgroup 1B, except ra dish at 0.15 ppm; a tolerance with regional 
registration is established for residues of fenamidone in or on grape at 1.0 ppm; and 
tolerances are established for combined resi dues of fenamidone and its metabolite RPA 
717879 in or on corn, field, forage at 0.25 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.02 ppm; corn, field, stover at 0.40 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 0.15 ppm; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with 
husks removed at 0.02 ppm; corn, sweet, st over at 0.20 ppm; soybean, forage at 0.15 ppm; 
soybean, hay at 0.25 ppm; and soybean, seed at 0.02 ppm.  The existing permanent and 
time-limited tolerances on carrot are removed, since residues on carrots will be covered by 
the new tolerance on vegetable, root, excep t sugar beet, subgroup 1B, except radish. 
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/1939 
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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 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
can be found at [Federal Register:  15 July 2009 (Volume 74, Number 134)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 34252-34257] or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/July/Day-15/p16817.htm .  The final rule was published subsequent to a notice 
on the [Federal Register: June 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 115)] [Notices] [Page 33814-
33818]or online at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/June/Day-13/p13344.htm . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 July 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  15 July 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 July 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 ):  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on 
or before 14 September 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:   Susan Stanton, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone num ber:  +(703) 305-5218;  E-mail: 
stanton.susan@epa.gov.  Please refer to docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0458 
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