. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1951 
28 September 2009  
 (09-4517) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Olives 
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:  Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6   
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of 
the herbicide pendimethalin including its metabolites and degradates in or on olive at 0.1 
parts per million (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 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/1951 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  [Federal 
Register:  9 September 2009 (Volume 74, Number 173)][Rules and Regulations][Page 
46377-46382]or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2009/September/Day-
09/p21719.htm .  This final rule is publ ished subsequent to a notice in the Federal Register 
found at [Federal Register: 13 April 2009 (Volume 74, Number 69)][Notices][Page 16866-
16870]found on-line at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2009/April/Day-13/p8348.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2009   
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 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 
9 November 2009. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Sidney Jackson, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel:  +(703) 305-7610; E-mail address: 
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.  Please identif y docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0876 
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 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov