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G/SPS/N/USA/2226 
22 June 2011  
 (11-3072) 
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):  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:  Saflufenacil;  Pesticide Tolerances 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  This final rule revises or removes certain established tolerances 
and establishes new tolerances for residues of  saflufenacil in or on Almond, hulls at 
0.10 ppm; Cotton, gin byproducts at 0.45 ppm;  Cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.20 ppm; 
Fruit, citrus, group 10 at 0.03 ppm; Fruit, pom e, group 11a t 0.03 ppm;  Fruit, stone, group 
12 at 0.03 ppm;  Grain, aspirated fractions at 10 ppm;  Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and 
straw group 16 at 0.10 ppm;  Grain, cereal, group 15at 0.03 ppm;  Grape at 0.03 ppm;  Nut, tree, group 14 at 0.03 ppm;  Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at  0.30 ppm;  Pea and bean, succulent shelled, s ubgroup 6B at 0.03 ppm;  Pea, hay at 17 ppm; 
Pistachio at 0.03 ppm;  Rapeseed subgroup 20A at 0.45 ppm;  Sunflower subgroup 20B at 
1.0 ppm;  Soybean, hulls at 0.50 ppm;  Soybean , seed at 0.10 ppm;  Vegetable, foliage of 
legume, group 7 (except pea, hay) at 0.10  ppm;  Vegetable, legume, edible podded, 
subgroup 6A at 0.03 ppm;  Cattle, liver at 2.5 ppm;  Cattle, meat byproducts, except liver at 
0.05 ppm;  Goat, liver at 2.5 ppm;  Goat, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.05 ppm;  Horse, liver at 2.5 ppm;  Horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.05 ppm;  Sheep, liver at 2.5 
ppm;  Sheep, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.05 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.    G/SPS/N/USA/2226 
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  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:  This Final 
Rule can be found in the Federal Register at [Federal Register Volume 76, Number 91 (Wednesday, 11 May 2011)] [Rules and Regulations][Pages 27256-27261] 
Or online at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2011-05-11/html/2011-11553.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  11 May 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  11 May 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  11 May 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:  Susan Stanton, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 305- 5218;  E-mail:  stanton.susan@epa.gov.  
Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0755 
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 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov