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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1782/Add.1 
23 December 2008  
 (08-6299) 
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:  Isoxaflutole; Pesticide Tolerances
 
 
EPA has amended tolerances for the combined residues of isoxaflutole and its metabolites 
RPA 202248 and RPA 203328, calculated as the parent compound, in or on corn, field, forage at 0.04 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.02 ppm; and corn, field, stover at 0.02 ppm; and has removed the benzoic 
acid metabolite (RPA 203328) from the established tolerance expression. EPA has removed the 
established tolerances for the combined residues of isoxaflutole and its  metabolite RPA 202248, 
calculated as the parent compound, in or on cattle, fa t at 0.20 ppm; cattle, liver at 0.50 ppm; cattle, 
meat at 0.20 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts, except liver  at 0.10 ppm; egg at 0.01 ppm; goat, fat at 0.20 
ppm; goat, liver at 0.50 ppm; goat, meat at 0.20 ppm; goat, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.10 ppm; 
hog, fat at 0.20 ppm; hog, liver at 0.50 ppm; hog, meat at 0.20 ppm; hog, meat byproducts, except 
liver at 0.10 ppm; horse, fat at 0.20 ppm; horse, liver at 0.50 ppm; horse, meat at 0.20 ppm; horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.10 ppm; milk at  0.02 ppm; poultry, fat at 0.20 ppm; poultry, liver at 
0.30 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.20 ppm; sheep, fat at  0.20 ppm; sheep, liver at 0.50 ppm; sheep, meat at 
0.20 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.10 ppm.  
This final rule can be found at:  Federal Re gister:  12 December 2008 (Volume 73, Number 
240) Rules and Regulations Page 75605-75609; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2008/December/Day-12/p29467.htm . 
 
This action is subsequent to a proposed ru le published in the Federal Register of 
16 April 2008, in which the Agency  announced the filing of a pesticide petition requesting the above 
changes.  This notice can be found at:  Federal Register:  16 April 2008 (Volume 73, Number 74) Notices Page 20632-20634;  http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/April/Day-16/p8003.htm
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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:    
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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 
10 February 2009. 
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, 
[ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber 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 docke t EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0217. 
 
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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