. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2189 
14 April 2011  
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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:  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 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:   Bacillus thuringiensis  eCry3.1Ab 
Protein in Corn;  Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  This final rule extends a temporary exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of Bacillus thuringiensis  eCry3.1Ab protein in corn 
or on the food and feed commodities of corn;  corn, field;  corn, sweet;  and corn, pop, 
when used as a plant-incorporated protectant  in accordance with the terms of Experimental 
Use Permit (EUP) No. 67979-EUP-8.  Syngenta Seeds, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic  Act (FFDCA), requesting to extend the 
temporary tolerance exemption that was set to expire on 1 June 2012.  This regulation 
eliminates the need to establish a maxi mum permissible level for residues of Bacillus 
thuringiensis  eCry3.1Ab protein in corn.  The temporary tolerance exemption now expires 
on 1 March 2013. 
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)    G/SPS/N/USA/2189 
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  [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:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Register and can be  found at:  Federal 
Register:  16 March 2011 (Volume 76, Number  51);  Rules and Regulations Pages 14289-
14293 or online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-6035.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  16 March 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  16 March 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  16 March 2011 
[ ] 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:   
Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +( 703) 308 8715;  E-mail address:  
mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov. 
Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0609. 
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 and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov