. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1860 
19 August 2008  
 (08-3918) 
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):  Pome fruit, quince, cattle, goat, horse, sheep, milk 
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:  NOTICE:   N o t i c e  o f  
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed fo r Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on 
Various Commodities (availab le in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces receipt of a petition which proposes increase 
tolerances for residues of the fungicide pyrimethanil (4,6- dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-
pyrimidinamine), in or on th e raw agricultural commodities fo r the pome fruit crop group, 
namely apples, crabappl e, loquat, mayhaw, pear, including  oriental pear, and quince to 
14 parts per million (ppm), and pome fruit wet pomace to 56 ppm.  
The petition also proposes to increase the to lerances for the combined residues of the 
fungicide 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidina mine, expressed as pyrimethanil, and its 
metabolite 4-[4,6-(dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl) amino] phenol in or on kidney of cattle, goat, 
horse, and sheep to 0.6 ppm and to increase th e tolerances for the combined residues of the 
fungicide 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidina mine, expressed as pyrimethanil, and its 
metabolite 4,6-dimethyl-2-( phenylamino)-5-pyrimidinol in milk to 0.06 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1860 
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  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 :   
13 August 2008 (Volume 73, Number 157) Notices Page 47164-47166; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/August/Day-13/p18607.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 12 September 2008, 
and may be identified by doc ket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0609. 
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