. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2017 
4 May 2010  
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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:  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 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:  FINAL RULE:   Chlorantraniliprole;  Extension of Time-
Limited Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  Number of pages:  3   
6. Description of content:  This final rule extends the time-limited 
tolerances for indirect or inadvertent resi dues of the insecticide chlorantraniliprole 
(3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[(methylamino) carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-
pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide) in or on grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, 
group 16;  leek;  onion, green;  onion, Welsh;  peanut, hay;  shallot;  soybean, forage;  soybean, hay;  and vegetable, leaves of root  and tuber, group 2 at 0.20 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/2017 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Register and can be  found at:  Federal 
Register:  7 April 2010 (Volume 75, Number 66) Rules and Regulations;  
Pages 17564-17566 or online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-7744.htm
    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  7 April 2010 
[ ] 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:   
For further information contact:  Julie Chao, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 30 8 8735;  E-mail:  chao.julie@epa.gov.  
Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0770. 
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 Foreign Agricultural 
Service, International Regulations a nd 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