. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1839 
18 July 2008  
 (08-3476) 
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):  Crambe, cuphea, echium, gold  of pleasure, meadowfoam, mustard, lesquerella, 
lunaria, milkweed, poppy, sweet rocket 
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: 
Sethoxydim;  Pesticide Tolerances (available in English, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this regulation, tolerances are established for combined 
residues of sethoxydim, 2-[1 -(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-
cyclohexen-1-one, and its metabolites containi ng the 2-cyclohexen-1- one moiety, in or on 
crambe, meal at 40.0 ppm; crambe, seed at 35.0 ppm; cuphea, seed at 35.0 ppm; echium, seed 
at 35.0 ppm; gold of pleasure, meal at 40.0 ppm; gold of pleasure, seed at  35.0 ppm; hare's ear 
mustard, seed at 35.0 ppm; lesquerella, seed  at 35.0 ppm; lunaria, seed at 35.0 ppm; 
meadowfoam, seed at 35.0 ppm; milkweed, seed at 35.0 ppm; mustard, seed at 35.0 ppm; oil radish, seed at 35.0 ppm; poppy, seed at 35. 0 ppm; sesame, seed at 35.0 ppm; and sweet 
rocket, seed at 35.0 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] 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 39256-39261; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/July/Day-09/p15519.htm  G/SPS/N/USA/1839 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
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-
0893. 
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