. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1880 
31 October 2008  
 (08-5275) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Various 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NOTICE:   Proposed rule, 
Chlorantraniliprole; Proposed Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance (available in English, 
6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This document proposes to establ ish time-limited tolerances for 
residues of chlorantraniliprole in or on cowpea s, forage and hay; field peas, vines and hay; 
forage, fodder and straw of cereal grains, crop group 16; grass forage, fodder and hay, crop 
group 17; leaves of root and tuber vegetables , crop group 2, leeks, non-grass animal feeds 
(forage, fodder, straw and hay), crop group 18; okra; onions, green; oni ons, Welsh; peanuts, 
hay; shallots; soybeans, forage and hay; strawb erries and sugarcane, sugar under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Ac t (FFDCA).  The tolerances  expire on 25 April 2010.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
1 October 2008 (Volume 73, Number 191) Proposed Rules Page 57040-57046 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2008/October/Day-01/p22946.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1880 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 1 December 2008, and 
may be identified by docket numb er EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0647; FRL-8382-4. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, 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