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G/SPS/N/USA/2345 
4 April 2012  
 (12-1769) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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):  Egg, poultry fat, poultry meat, and poultry meat by-products 
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:  Indoxacarb;  Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s):  English  
Number of pages:  4 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-02-15/html/2012-3157.htm  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for resi dues of Indoxacarb, 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 the sum of 
Indoxacarb, (S)-methyl-7-chloro-2,5-dihydro-2-[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-(trifluoromethoxy)-
phenyl]amino]carbonyl]indeno[1,2e] [1,3 ,4]oxadiazine-4a(3H)-carboxylate, its R-
enantiomer, (R)-methyl 7-ch loro-2,5-dihydro-2-[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-(trifluoromethoxy) 
phenyl]amino]carbonyl]indeno [1,2-e] [1,3 ,4] oxadiazine-4a(3H)-carboxylate, and the 
metabolites: IN-JT333, methyl 7-chloro-2 ,5-dihydro-2-[[[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-
amino]carbonyl]indeno[1,2-e][1,3,4]oxadi azine-4a(3H)-carboxylate; IN-KT319, (E)-
methyl 5-chloro-2,3,-dihydro-2-hydroxy-1-[[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-
(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]amino]-carbonyl]hydrazono]-1H-indene-2-carboxylate; IN-JU873, methyl 5-chloro-2,3-dihydro-2-hydroxy-1-[[[[4-(triflurormethoxy)-phenyl]amino]carbonyl]hydraz ono]-1H-indene-2-carboxylate; IN-KG433, methyl 5-chloro-
2,3,-dihydro-2-hydroxy-1-[[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-
(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-hydrazono]-1H-indene-2-carboxylate; and IN-
KB687, methyl [4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]carbamate, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of Indoxacarb in the commodity. 
Commodity   Parts per million 
Egg    0.20 
Poultry, fat   0.20 
Poultry, meat   0.06 
Poultry, meat by-products 0.06 G/SPS/N/USA/2345 
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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:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The Codex has established MRLs fo r Indoxacarb in or on eggs at 
0.02 mg/kg; poultry meat at 0.01 mg/kg; and poultry, edible offal at 0.01 mg/kg. These 
MRLs are lower than the poultry tolerance leve ls determined appropriate for Indoxacarb in 
the United States. The US residue definiti on for poultry commodities includes Indoxacarb, 
its R-enantiomer, and five metabolites, wher eas the Codex residue definition includes only 
Indoxacarb and its R-enantiomer. Because th e Codex residue definition and evaluation 
procedures for livestock commodities differ from those of the United States harmonization 
of US tolerances with Codex MRLs is not possible for poultry commodities. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  In the Federal 
Register of 26 August 2011 (76 FR 53372) (FRL-8884-9), 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 1F7873) by E.I. du Pont de Ne mours and Company, 1007 Market Street, 
Wilmington, DE 19898-0001. The petition request ed that 40 CFR 180.564 be amended by 
establishing tolerances for residues of the in secticide Indoxacarb, (S)-methyl-7-chloro-2,5-
dihydro-2-[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-(trifluorom ethoxy)-phenyl]amino]carbonyl]indeno[1,2e] 
[1,3,4]oxadiazine-4a(3H)-carboxylate, its R-en antiomer, (R)-methyl 7-chloro-2,5-dihydro-
2-[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-(trifluoromethoxy) phenyl]amino]carbonyl]indeno [1,2-e] [1,3,4] oxadiazine-4a(3H)-carboxylate, and the metabo lites: IN-JT333: Methyl 7-chloro-2,5-
dihydro-2-[[[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-amino]carbonyl]indeno[1,2-e][1,3,4]oxadiazine-
4a(3H)-carboxylate; IN-KT319: (E)-methyl 5-chloro-2,3,-dihydro-2-hydroxy-1- 
[[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phe nyl]amino]-carbonyl]hydrazono]-1H-indene-
2-carboxylate; IN-JU873: Methyl 5-chloro-2,3-dihydro-2-hydroxy-1-[[[[4-(triflurormethoxy)-phenyl]amino]carbonyl]hydrazono]-1H-indene-2-carboxylate; IN-KG433: Methyl 5-chloro-2,3,-dihydro-2-hydroxy-1-[[[(methoxycarbonyl)[4-
(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-hydrazono]-1H-indene-2-carboxylate; and IN-
KB687: Methyl [4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]carb amate, in or on egg at 0.2 parts per 
million (ppm); poultry, fat at 0.2 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.06 ppm; and poultry, meat by-products at 0.06 ppm.  That notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the regist rant, which is available in the docket, 
http://www.regulations.gov .  There were no comments received in response to the notice of 
filing (available in English).  G/SPS/N/USA/2345 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 February 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 February 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 February 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) :  15 February 2012 
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:  Julie Chao, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel:  (703) 308- 8735;  E-mail:  chao.julie@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