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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/952/Add.8 
15 August 2007  
 (07-3447) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 7 Augus t 2007, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Bromoxynil, Diclofop-methyl, Dicofol, Diquat, Etridiazole, et al.; Tolerance Actions
 
 By means of this rule:  
EPA is revoking the commodity tolerances fo r residues of etridiazole and its monoacid 
metabolite in or on "cattle, fat" "cattle, meat bypro ducts", "cattle, meat", "egg", "goat, fat", "goat, 
meat byproducts", "goat, meat", "hog, fat", "hog, meat byproducts", "hog, meat", "horse, fat", "horse, 
meat byproducts", "horse, meat", "milk", "poultry, fat", "poultry, meat byproducts", "poultry, meat", "sheep, fat", "sheep, meat byproducts", and "sheep, meat". 
 
Since 1989, there have been no active registra tions for etridiazole use on strawberries and 
therefore the tolerance is no longer needed. C onsequently, EPA is revoking the tolerance for 
strawberry.  
EPA is increasing the tolerances for "wheat, gr ain" from 0.05 ppm to 0.1 ppm, and "corn, 
field, grain" from 0.05 ppm to 0.1 ppm.  Also, EPA is decreasing the tolerance "cotton, undelinted 
seed" from 0.20 ppmto 0.1 ppm based on available data.  In addition, based on available data, EPA is 
establishing tolerances at 0.1 ppm for "barley, gr ain", "barley, hay", "cotton, gin byproducts", 
"peanut", "safflower, seed", "sorghum, grain, forage ", "sorghum, grain, grain", "vegetable, foliage of 
legume, group 7", and "vegetable, legume, group 6".  The Agency determined that the increased 
tolerances are safe; i.e., there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate 
exposure to the pesticide chemical residue.  
In order to conform to current Agency practice,  EPA is proposing to revise "corn, forage" to 
read "corn, field, forage" and "corn, sweet, forage" an d "corn, stover" to read "corn, field, stover"' and 
"corn, sweet, stover". 
 
In the proposed rule of 4 August 2004 EPA stated  that peanut hay is no longer considered to 
be a significant livestock feed commodity.  In fact, peanut hay is considered by the Agency to be a 
significant livestock feed item.  Therefore, the Ag ency intends to address proposing the establishment 
of a tolerance for residues of etridiazole and its m onoacid metabolite in or on peanut hay in a future 
document to be published in the Federal Register. 
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  Also in the proposed rule of 4 August 2004, the Agency noted the registrant's support of the 
tomato tolerance for import purposes and the lack of  a FIFRA registration because at the time of the 
RED, the registrant had committed to provide add itional data in order to maintain the tomato 
tolerance for import purposes.  However, sinc e the RED, EPA approved several section 24 
registrations for regional domestic use of etridiazo le on tomatoes.  Consequently, EPA will not amend 
the tolerance for residues of etri dazole on tomato with a statemen t regarding the lack of a FIFRA 
registration.  
This regulation is effective 30 October 2007.  Objections and requests for hearings must be 
received on or before 1 October 2007, and may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-
0154. 
 
The full text of this addendum (Final Rule) can be found at the address below. 
Federal Register:  1 August 2007 (Volume 72,  Number 147) Rules and Regulations Page 
41913-41931;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2007/August/Day -01/p14895.htm
 
 
This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federa l Register 4 August 2004, in 
which the Agency announced prop osed changes to tolerances for etridiazole, among other pesticide 
agents.    
This notice can be found at:  
Federal Register: 4 August 2004 (Volume 69,  Number 149) Proposed Rules Page 47051-
47068;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2004/August/Day -04/p17508.htm
 
  United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
  
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