. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1838 
18 July 2008  
 (08-3475) 
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):  Animal feed, hay, barley, cotton, sorghum 
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:  FINAL RULE:  
Azosystrobin;  Pesticide Tolerances (available in English, 8 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this regulation, tolerances are established for combined 
residues of azoxystrobin (methyl (E)-2-(2 -(6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-3-
methoxyacrylate) and the Z isomer of  azoxystrobin (methyl (Z)-2-(2-(6-(2-
cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-3-methoxy acrylate) in or on an imal feed, nongrass, 
forage, group 18 at 45 ppm; animal feed, nongras s, hay, group 18 at 120 ppm; barley, forage 
at 25 ppm; cotton, gin byproducts at 45 ppm;  cotton, undelinted seed at 0.6 ppm; grain, 
aspirated fractions at 420 ppm; rice, wild, grain at 5.0 ppm; sorghum, forage at 25 ppm; 
sorghum, grain at 11 ppm; sorghum, stover at 40 ppm; and wheat, forage at 25 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] 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 :   
9 July 2008 (Volume 73, Number 132) Ru les and Regulations Page 39240-39247; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/July/Day-09/p15517.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1838 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 9 July 2008. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 8 September 2008, and may be iden tified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-
0416. 
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