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G/SPS/N/USA/2393 
15 June 2012  
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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):  Multiple commodities 
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:  Acequinocyl; Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  7 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-02/html/2012-10346.htm  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for residues of acequinocyl, including 
its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table in paragraph (a) of Sec.  180.599.  Compliance with the tolerance le vels specified in the table of paragraph (a) 
of Sec.  180.599 is to be determined by measuring only the sum of acequinocyl [2-
(acetyloxy)-3-dodecyl-1,4-naphthalenedione] and its metabolite, 2- dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-
naphthoquinone, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of acequinocyl, in or on soybean, vegetable, succulent at 0.25 ppm; berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G at 0.50 ppm; fruit, small vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 1.6 ppm; 
bean, succulent shelled at 0.30 ppm; cowpea, forage at 6.0 ppm; cowpea, hay at 18 ppm; 
caneberry subgroup 13-07A at 4.0 ppm; melon subgroup 9A at 0.15 ppm; cucumber at 0.15 ppm; cherry, tart at 1.0 ppm; cherry, sweet at 0.50; cattle, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; and 
sheep, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm.  This  regulation additionally removes established 
tolerances in or on grape at 1.6 ppm; strawberry at 0.40 ppm; cattle, liver at 0.02 ppm; goat, 
liver at 0.02 ppm; horse, liver at 0.02 ppm; and sheep, liver 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.    G/SPS/N/USA/2393 
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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 20 July 2011 (76 FR 43231) (FRL-8880-1), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408(d)(3) of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3 ), announcing the filing of a pesticide 
petition (PP 1E7864) by IR-4, 500 College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540. 
The petition requested that 40 CFR 180.599 be amended by establishing tolerances for 
residues of the miticide acequinocyl, [2-( acetyloxy)-3-dodecyl-1,4- naphthalenedione] and 
its metabolite, 2-dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4- naphthoquinone, expr essed as acequinocyl 
equivalents, in or on bean, succulent shelle d at 0.15 parts per million (ppm); caneberry 
subgroup 13-07A at 4.5 ppm; cherry at 0.8 ppm; cowpea, forage at 9.0 ppm; cucumber at 
0.15 ppm; melon subgroup 9A at 0.06 ppm; s oybean, vegetable, succulent at 0.25 ppm; 
fruit, small vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 1.6 ppm; and berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G at 0.4 ppm. Th e petition additionally requested that 40 CFR 
180.599 be amended by removing the established tolerances for residues of acequinocyl in 
or on grape at 1.6 ppm and strawberry at 0. 4 ppm, as they will be superseded by inclusion 
in subgroup 13-07F and 13-07G, respectively. That notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared on behalf of IR-4 by Ar ysta LifeScience North America LLC, the 
registrant, which is available in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov . There were no 
comments received in response to the notice of filing.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2 May 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  2 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:  Laura Nollen, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel: (703) 305-7390;  E-mail:  nollen.laura@epa.go  G/SPS/N/USA/2393 
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  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: 202-720-1301; Fax: 202-720- 0433; Email: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov