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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1607/Add.1 
21 September 2007  
 (07-3958) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 18 Se ptember 2007, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Captan, 2,4-D, Dodine, DCPA, Endothall, Fome safen, Propyzamide, Ethofumesate, Permethrin, 
Dimethipin, and Fenarimol; Tolerance Actions  
 By means of this regulation: 
 
Tolerances are established for residues of th e fungicide, captan (N-trichloromethylthio-4-
cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide) in or on the following commodities (in ppm):  Almond at 0.25; Almond, hulls at 75.0; Animal feed, nongrass, group at 18 0.05; Apple at 25.0; Apricot at 10.0; Blueberry at 20.0; Caneberry, subgroup 13A at 25.0; Cherry, sweet at 50.0; Cherry, tart at 50.0; 
Cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05; Dill, seed at 0.05; Flax, seed at 0.05; Grape at 25.0; Grain, cereal, 
forage, fodder and straw, group 16 at 0.05; Grain, cereal, group 15 at 0.05; Grass, forage at 0.05; 
Grass, hay at 0.05; Nectarine at 25.0; Okra at 0.05; Peach at 15.0; Peanut at 0.05; Peanut, hay at 0.05; 
Pear at 25.0; Plum, prune, fresh at 10.0; Rapeseed, fo rage at 0.05; Rapeseed, seed at 0.05; Safflower, 
seed at 0.05; Sesame, seed at 0.05; Strawberry at  20.0; Sunflower, seed at. 0.05; Vegetable, brassica 
leafy, group 5 at 0.05; Vegetable, bulb, group 3 at 0.05; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.05; 
Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7 at 0.05; Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.05; Vegetable, leafy, 
except brassica, group 4 at 0.05; Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 at. 0.05; Vegetable, 
legume, group 6 at 0.05; and Vegetable,  root and tuber, group 1 at 0.05. 
 
Tolerances are established for the combined  residues of the fungicide, captan (N-
trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide) and its metabolite 1,2,3,6-
tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI), measured at THPI, in or on the following commodities (in ppm): Cattle, fat at 0.15; Cattle, meat at 0.20; Cattle, meat byproducts at 0.30; Goat, fat at 0.15; Goat, meat 
at 0.20; Goat, meat byproducts at 0.30; Hog, fat. 0 at 15; Hog, meat at 0.20; Hog, meat byproducts at 
0.30; Horse, fat at 0.15; Horse, meat at 0.20; Horse, meat byproducts at 0.30; Milk at 0.10; Sheep, fat 
at 0.15; Sheep, meat at 0.20; and Sheep, meat byproducts at 0.30. 
 
This regulation is effective 12 September 2007.  Objections and requests for hearings must be 
received on or before 13 November 2007, and ma y be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0097.  G/SPS/N/USA/1607/Add.1 
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  The full text of this addendum (Final Rule) can be found at the address below. 
Federal Register:  12 September 2007 (Volume 72, Number 176) Rules and Regulations Page 52013-
52020; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/September/Day-12/p17982.htm
 
 
This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register 6 June 2007, in which 
the Agency announced receipt of  a pesticide petition proposing to establish an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the fungi cide captan when used on the above commodities.  
There were no comments received regarding this proposed rule.  
This notice can be found at:  Federal Re gister:  6 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 
108)Proposed Rules Page 31221-31237; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-
06/p10863.htm  
 United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
  
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