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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1961 
12 October 2009  
 (09-4961) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Coffee, bean, green; fruit, stone, group 12; sorghum, grain, forage; sorghum, 
grain, grain 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Pyraclostrobin; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  7   
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolera nces for combined residues of 
pyraclostrobin and its desmethoxy metabolite, expressed as parent compound, in or on 
coffee, bean, green at 0.3 parts per million (ppm; this is a new import tolerance); fruit, stone, group 12 at 2.5 ppm (this is an increase in the existing domestic tolerance); sorghum, 
grain, forage at 5.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain at 0.60 ppm. 
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:  
[X] 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 number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has established G/SPS/N/USA/1961 
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   maximum residue limits (MRLs) for residues of pyraclostrobin on stone fruit and coffee 
beans.  However, the residue definitions fo r pyraclostrobin differ in the CAC MRLs and 
United States tolerances.  The CAC definiti on contains parent only, whereas the United 
States residue definition includes a metabolite.  EPA is unwilling to modify the residue 
definition for the United States tolerance becau se both parent and its metabolite are major 
residues in crop matrices and are measured by the enforcement method.  Additionally, the 
CAC MRL and United States tolerance values diffe r for stone fruit.  They are the same for 
coffee beans.  The CAC value for stone fruits  of 1 ppm is based on evaluation of United 
States residue data for cherries, where the highest residue was 0.63 ppm.  This action sets a United States tolerance of 2.5 ppm based on results from new trials conducted in 2007 on 
cherries, peaches, and plums using a water dispersible granule formulation containing 
pyraclostrobin and boscalid.  Use of this partic ular formulation requires an increase in the 
United States tolerance from its present value of 0.9 ppm (40 CFR 180.582) because measured residues were as high as 1.9 ppm.  For this reason the United States tolerance 
value cannot be harmonized with the CAC MRL. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
can be found at [Federal Register:  7 October 2009 (Volume 74, Number 193)] [Rules and 
Regulations] [Page 51490-51496]or on-line at  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/October/Day-07/p24058.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  7 October 2009   
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  7 October 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  7 October 2009   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  7 December 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  John Bazuin, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel:  (703) 305-7381;  E- mail address: bazuin.john@epa.gov.  Please 
reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0713 
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 Fore ign 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.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov