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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1942 
31 July 2009  
 (09-3719) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Vegetable, fruiting, group 8; grape, tomato, and okra 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6   
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tole rances for combined residues of 
cyazofamid, 4-chloro-2-cyano- N,N -dimethy l-5-(4-methylphenyl)-1H-  imidazole-1-
sulfonamide, and its metabolite CCIM, 4-ch loro-5-(4- methylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-2-
carbonitrile, expressed as cyazofamid, inor on vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.40 ppm; and 
okra at 0.40 ppm.  This regulation also rem oves the established grape import and tomato 
tolerances, as a regional tolerance on grape and fruiting vegetable group tolerance replaces 
them, respectively. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No G/SPS/N/USA/1942 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  [Federal 
Register:  8 July 2009 (Volume 74, Number 129)][Rules and Regulations][Page 32448-32453] or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2009/July/Day-
08/p15945.htm .  This notification is being publishe d subsequent to a notification in the 
[Federal Register:  3 December 2008 (Vol ume 73, Number 233)][Notices][Page 73644-
73648]  found online at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/December/Day-
03/p28667.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  8 July 2009    
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  8 July 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 July 2009 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on 
or before 8 September 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Laura Nollen, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone num ber: (703) 305-7390; e-mail address: 
nollen.laura@epa.gov. Please refere nce docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0731 
13. Texts 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, 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