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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/859/Add.1 
30 September 2005 
 
 (05-4353) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 28 September 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerance
 
  In the Federal Register of 28 January 2004, EPA  issued a notice of the filing of a pesticide 
petition requesting the establishment of tolerances for residues of the insecticide cyfluthrin, cyano (4-
fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2 ,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate, in or 
on almond hulls at 1.0 parts per million (ppm); pistac hio at 0.01 ppm; and tree nuts, crop group 14 at 
0.01 ppm (PP 1F6290); cucurbit vegetable crop group at 0.10 ppm; fruiting vegetable group at 0.5 
ppm; leafy Brassica greens subgroup at 7.0 ppm; l eafy vegetable group at 6.0 ppm; pome fruit group 
at 0.10 ppm; pome fruit wet pomace at 0.30 ppm; stone fruit group at 0.30 ppm; wheat forage, wheat hay and wheat straw at 5.0 ppm; and wheat shorts at 3.5 ppm (PP 2F6445); grape at 0.8 ppm; grape, 
raisin at 3.5 ppm; peanut at 0.01 ppm; and peanut , hay at 6.0 ppm (PP 2F6479); tuberous and corm 
vegetable subgroup at 0.01 ppm (PP 1E6318); turnip greens at 7 ppm (PP 3E6583); and grass forage 
at 6 ppm; grass hay at 8 ppm; and pea and bean, dr ied shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 0.15 
ppm (PP 3E6776).  In that notice, the registrant al so submitted a request to voluntarily cancel uses of 
cyfluthrin on stored grains effective 31 December 2004.  
 Based on EPA's review, the petitions were re vised by the petitioners as follows: i. by 
increasing proposed tolerances for grapes to 1.0 ppm  and the proposed tolerances for wheat hay and 
straw to 6.0 ppm; ii. by increasing the proposed pome fruit crop group tolerance to 0.5 ppm to 
harmonize with the Codex apple MRL and deleting the proposed tolerance on pome fruit wet pomace since expected residues are below the pome fruit tolerance of 0.5 ppm; iii. by decreasing proposed 
tolerances for almond hulls to 0.5 ppm; iv. by rem oving tolerances for peanut oil since residues will 
be lower than residues in peanuts; v. by removi ng tolerances in prume since maximum expected 
residues are below the proposed to lerance for the stone fruit crop group; and vi. by withdrawing the 
proposed tolerance for wheat shorts since it is already covered under wheat milled by products. 
 
 EPA is also removing the existing tolerance fo r potato, since a tolerance is being established 
on the entire tuberous and corm vegetable subgroup;  removing time-limited tolerances established for 
grape and grape, raisin at 1.0 and 1.5 ppm, resp ectively, in connection with Section 18 emergency 
exemptions since they are no longer needed; and est ablishing tolerances with regional registrations for 
grass forage and hay.  G/SPS/N/USA/859/Add.1 
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  This rule is effective September 13, 2005. Ob jections and requests for hearings identified 
by docket ID number OPP-200 5-0205 must be received on or before November 14, 2005 by 
Registration Division (7505c), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460- 0001;  telephone number:  (703) 306-0404;  
angulo.karen@epa.gov  
 The full text of this addendum (final rule) can be found at the address below.  Federal 
Register:  13 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 176) [Pages 53944-53953]  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-13/p17823.htm  
  Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry  Point Officer, 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  
 
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