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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1592/Add.1 
23 December 2008 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 19 December 2008, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Final Rule:  Glyphosate; Pesticide Tolerances in or on cattle, egg, goat, grain, hog, horse, poultry, 
sheep, soybean  
 
This regulation establishes tolerances fo r combined residues of glyphosate, N-
(phosphonomethyl)glycine and its metabolite N-acetyl- glyphosate (expressed as glyphosate) resulting 
from the application of glyphosate, the isopropylam ine salt of glyphosate, the ethanolamine salt of 
glyphosate, the dimethylamine salt of glyphosat e, the ammonium salt of glyphosate, and the 
potassium salt of glyphosate on the food commodities ca ttle, meat byproducts at 5.0 ppm; egg at 0.05 
ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 5.0 ppm; grain, aspir ated fractions at 310 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 
5.0 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 5.0 ppm; poultry,  meat, at 4.0 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 
1.0 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 5.0 ppm; soybean, seed at 20.0 ppm; soybean, forage at 100.0 
ppm; soybean, hay at 200.0 ppm, and soybean, hulls at 120 ppm as discussed in Unit II of the corresponding document.  
This final rule can be fou nd at:  Federal Register:  3 December 2008 (Volume 73, Number 
233) Rules and Regulations Page 73586-73592; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2008/December/Day-03/p28571.htm . 
 
This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of 9 May 2007, 
in which the Agency announced the filing of a pes ticide petition requesting the above changes.  This 
notice can be found at:  Federal Register:  9 Ma y 2007 (Volume 72, Number 89) Notices Page 26372-
26375;  http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-09/p8945.htm . 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     G/SPS/N/USA/1592/Add.1 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Objections and requests for heari ngs must be received on or before 
2 February 2009. 
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
Registration Division, (7505P), Of fice of Pesticide Programs, Envi ronmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0 001. Refer to docket  EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0147.  
 Text 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, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail :  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
 
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