. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1119 
30 September 2005 
 (05-4345) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Leaf petioles subgroup 4B; peanut; pea nut, hay; peanut, refined oil; tomato, 
paste; vegetable, fruiting, group 8; vegetable,  tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C. alfalfa, 
forage; alfalfa, hay; cotton, gin by-products; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 
16; grass, forage; grass, hay; and vegetable, foliage of legume, gr oup 7; cattle, fat; cattle, 
meat; cattle, meat by-products; goat, fat; goat,  meat; goat, meat by-products; horse, fat; 
horse, meat; horse, meat by-products; milk; milk, fat; sheep, fat; sheep, meat; and sheep, 
meat by-products  
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.  
Fluoxastrobin; Pesticide Tolerances (Available in English, 11 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolera nces for combined residues of 
fluoxastrobin, (1E)-[2-[[6-(2-chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimydinyl]oxy]phenyl](5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-yl)methanone O-meth yloxime, and its Z isomer, (1Z)-[2-[[6-(2-
chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimydinyl]oxy]phenyl](5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-
yl)methanone O-methyloxime, leaf petioles s ubgroup at 4.0 ppm;  peanut at 0.010 ppm; 
peanut, hay at 20.0 ppm;  peanut, refined oil at 0.030 ppm;  tomato, paste at1.5 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0 ppm;  vege table, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 
0.010 ppm.  
Tolerances are also established for the combin ed residues of fluoxastrobin, (1E)-[2-[[6-(2-
chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimydinyl]oxy]phenyl](5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-yl)methanone O-methyloxime, its Z isomer , (1Z)-[2-[[6-(2-chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-
pyrimydinyl]oxy]phenyl](5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-yl)methanone O-methyloxime, and its phenoxy-hydroxypyrimidine metabolite, 6-(2-chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimidinol, in 
or on the following raw agricultural commodities: 
 
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 Cattle, fat at  0.10 ppm;  cattle, meat at  0. 05 ppm;  cattle, meat by-products at  0.10 ppm; 
goat, fat.at 0.10 ppm;  goat, meat at 0.05 ppm;  goat, meat by-products at 0.10 ppm;  horse, 
fat at 0.10 ppm;  horse, meat at 0.05 ppm;  horse, meat by-products at  0.10 ppm;  milk at 0.02 ppm;  milk, fat  at 0.50 ppm;  sheep, fat  at  0.10 ppm;  sheep, meat  at 0.05 ppm; sheep, meat by-products at 0.10 ppm;  alfalfa, forage at 0.050 ppm;  alfalfa, hay at  0.10 
ppm;  cotton, gin by-products at 0.020 ppm;  grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 
16 at 0.10 ppm;  grass, forage at 0.10 ppm;  gras s, hay at  0.50 ppm;  vegetable, foliage of 
legume, group 7 at 0.050 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] 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,  [   ] 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:  Federal Register: 
16 September 2005 (Volume 71, Number 179)][Pages: 54640-54651], http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-16/p18421.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  16 September 2005.  EPA published a notice of this 
petition on 23 April 2003  
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 16 November 2005 identified by docket ID number OPP-200 3-0129  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division (7505c), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Ms. 
Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; Email fstsd@usda.gov