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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1762/Add.1 
10 December 2008  
 (08-6076) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 8 D ecember 2008, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Chlorothalonil;  Pesticide Tolerances
 
 
This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of chlorothalonil, 
tetrachloroisophthalonitrile, and its metabolite, 4- hydroxy-2,5,6-tric hloroisophthalonitrile, in or on 
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 5.0 ppm; gi nseng at 4.0 ppm; horseradish at 4.0 ppm; lentil 
at 0.10 ppm; okra at 6.0 ppm; persimmon at 1.5 ppm; rhubarb at 4.0 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 
at 5.0 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8, except tomato at 6.0 ppm; and yam, true at 0.10 ppm.  
This regulation is effective 3 December 2008.  Objections and requests for hearings must be 
received on or before 2 February 2009, and ma y be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-
1106. 
 
This final rule can be found at:  Federa l Register:  3 December 2008 (Volume 73, 
Number 233) Rules and Regulations Page 73580-73586;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2008/December/Day-03/p28597.htm . 
 
This action is subsequent to a proposed ru le published in the Federal Register of 
23 January 2008, in which the Agency announced the filing of a pesticide petition requesting the 
above changes.  No comments were re ceived in response to this petition. 
 
This notice can be found at:  Federal Register :  23 January 2008 (Volume 73, Number 15)] 
Notices Page 3964-3967;  http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/ January/Day-23/p1001.htm . 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     G/SPS/N/USA/1762/Add.1 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 
 Objections and requests for hearings must  be received on or before 2 February 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
: 
 Text 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 Notific ation Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divisi on (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
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