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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1947 
24 September 2009  
 (09-4470) 
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):  Cotton, gin by-product; cotton, undelin ted seed; soybean, meal and soybean, 
seed 
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:  Acetochlor; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  7   
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of acetochlor, 
including its metabolites and degradates, on cotton, gin by-products at 4.0 ppm; cotton, 
undelinted seed at 0.6 ppm; soybean, meal at 1.2 ppm; and soybean, seed at 1.0 ppm. 
Compliance with these tolerance levels is to  be determined by measuring only acetochlor, 
2-chloro-2'-methyl-6- ethyl-N-ethoxymethyl acetanilide, and its metabolites containing the 
EMA moiety and the HEMA moiety. 
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/1947 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
may be found at [Federal Register:  16 September 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)] [Rules and Regulations][Page 47445-47451] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/September/ Day-16/p21845.htm .  This final rule was published subsequent to a 
notice in the Federal Register found at [Federal Register:  8 April 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 66)] [Notices][Page 15971-15976] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-
PEST/2009/April/Day-08/p7965.htm . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  16 September 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  16 September 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  16 September 2009 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Objections and requests for hearings  must be received on or before 
16 November 2009. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] 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; telephone numb er: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: 
stanton.susan@epa.gov. Please identify docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0002 
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