. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1889 
11 December 2008  
 (08-6101) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Alfalfa and mixed grass/alfalfa fields 
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:  FINAL RULE :  Diflubenzuron;  Pesticide Tolerances 
for Emergency Exemptions  Language:     Number of pages:       
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances are for 
combined residues of the insec ticide diflubenzuron, (N-[[(4-
chlorophenyl)amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide and its metabolites 4-chlorophenylurea and 4-chloroaniline, in or on alfalfa, forage and alfalfa, hay at 6 ppm.  
These tolerances expire and are revoked on 31 December 2011. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The United States 
Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plan t Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) 
requested the use diflubenzuron to control Mormon crickets and grasshoppers on alfalfa 
grown for hay to protect pollinators of Spal ding's catchfly, a th reatened plant species 
endemic to the proposed treatment area in Montana.  The alfalfa fields are interspersed within the rangeland spray blocks. EPA evaluated this request and found that 
USDA/APHIS had identified an emergency situation.  Thus, EPA concurred on the 
request. 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  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)    G/SPS/N/USA/1889 
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  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)    
[ X ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  
Register:  28 November 2008 (Volume 73, Number 230)] [Page 72352-72357]; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2008/November/Day-28/p28308.htm
   
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
28 November 2008 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division, (7505P), 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.  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