. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1794 
21 May 2008  
 (08-2359) 
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):  Tree nut, almond, barley, wheat 
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:  
Tebuconazole; Pesticide Tolerances (available in English, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the fungicide 
tebuconazole, alpha-[2-(4-Chlorophenyl)ethyl]-a lpha-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-
1-ethanol, in or on food commodities nut, tr ee, group 14 at 0.05 ppm; almond, hulls at 6.0 
ppm; barley, grain at 0.15 ppm; barley, hay at 7.0 ppm; barley, straw at 3.5 ppm; wheat, 
forage at 3.0 ppm; wheat, grain at 0.05 ppm;  wheat, hay at 7.0 ppm; and wheat, straw at 
1.5 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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  There are currently Codex, Canadian and 
Mexican maximum residue limits (MRLs) for re sidues of tebuconazole in/on a variety of 
plant and livestock commodities .  The tolerance definition fo r residues in plants is 
tebuconazole, per se, for Codex, Canada, a nd Mexico.  For livestock commodities, the 
tolerance expression is for the combined residues of tebuconazole and HWG 2061 in the United States and Canada, and tebuconazole, pe r se, for Codex.  Where possible, the proposed 
tolerances levels have been harmonized with the MRLs from Canada, Mexico, and Codex. G/SPS/N/USA/1794 
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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 :   
14 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 94)Ru les and Regulations Page 27748-27756 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/E PA-PEST/2008/May/Day-14/p10506.htm
   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 14 May 2008. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 14 July 2008, and may be identifi ed by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0097 
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