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G/SPS/N/USA/2400 
15 June 2012  
 (12-3157) 
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):  Apple, grapefruit, pear 
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:  Acibenzolar- S -methyl; Time-Limited Pesticide 
Tolerances  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  6 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-23/html/2012-12410.htm  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for residu es of Acibenzolar- S -methyl, 
benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid- S -methyl ester, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance 
levels specified below is to be determined  by measuring only those Acibenzolar- S -methyl 
residues convertible to benzo(1,2,3)th iadiazole-7-carboxylic acid (CGA-210007), 
expressed as the Stoichiometric equivalent of Acibenzolar- S -methyl, in or on the 
following raw agricultural commodities. 
Commodity   Parts per million Expiration/revocation 
Apple    0.05   31//12/2015 
Grapefruit   0.05   31/12/2015 Pear    0.05   31/12/2015 
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)    G/SPS/N/USA/2400 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] 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 7 September 2011 (76 FR 55331) (FRL-8886-7), 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 1G7889 by Syngenta Crop Protection,  LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 
27419-8300. The petition requested that 40 CF R 180.561 be amended by establishing 
temporary tolerances for residues of the fungi cide, Acibenzolar-S-methyl, in or on apples, 
grapefruit and pears 0.05 parts per million ( ppm) in conjunction with approval of an 
experimental use permit.  That notice refe renced a summary of the petition prepared by 
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, the registra nt, 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) :  23 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  23 May 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  23 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:  Rose Kearns, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel: (703) 305-5611;  E-mail:  kearns.rosemary@epa.gov 
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:  +(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov