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G/SPS/N/USA/2381 
8 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 
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:  Propylene Oxide; Tolerance Actions  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  3 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-15/html/2012-11632.htm  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for residues of the fumigant Propylene 
oxide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table in this paragraph. Compliance with the tolerance leve ls specified in this paragraph is to be 
determined by measuring only Propylene oxide, when used as a postharvest fumigant, in or 
on the commodity. 
Commodity       Parts per million 
Cacao bean, cocoa powder     200 
Cacao bean, dried bean      200 
F i g         3 . 0  
Garlic, dried       300 G r a p e ,  r a i s i n        1 . 0  Herbs and spices, group 19, dried    300 Nut, pine       300 
Nut, tree, group 14      300 
Nutmeat, processed, except peanuts    300 Onion, dried       300 P i s t a c h i o        3 0 0  Plum, prune, dried      2.0 G/SPS/N/USA/2381 
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  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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  In the Federal 
Register of 21 December 2011 (76 FR 79146) (FRL-9329-8), EPA issued a proposed rule 
to establish specific tolerances, and make mi nor revisions to tolerance expressions and 
specific tolerance nomenclatures for the fumigant Propylene oxide and the reaction product from the use of Propylene oxide, known as Propylene chlorohydrin.  Also, the proposed rule of 21 December 2011 provided a 60- day comment period which invited public 
comment for consideration. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 May 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 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:  Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmenta l Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel: ( 703) 308-8037;  Email:  nevola.joseph@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