. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1945 
12 August 2009  
 (09-3872) 
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):  Vegetables, fruiting, group 8; okra; melon subgroup 9A; and cucumber 
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:  Fenpyroximate; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  
English  Number of pages:  7   
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tole rances for combined residues of 
fenpyroximate, (E)-1,1-dimethylethyl 4-[[[[ (1,3-dimethyl-5-phenoxy-1H- pyrazol-4-yl) 
methylene] amino]oxy]methyl] benzoate and its  Z-isomer, (Z)-1,1-dimethylethyl 4-[[[[(1,3-
dimethyl-5-phenoxy-1H-pyrazol-4- yl)methyle ne] amino]oxy] methyl] benzoate in or on 
food commodities: vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 0.20 ppm; okra at 0.20 ppm; melon subgroup 9A at 0.10 ppm; and cucumber at 0.10 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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) None for the crops requested. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/USA/1945 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  [Federal 
Register:  29 July 2009 (Volume 74, Nu mber 144)][Rules and Regulations][Page 37612-
37618] or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2009/July/Day-
29/p17942.htm .  This final rule was published subse quent to a notification in [Federal 
Register:  13 August 2008 (Volume 73, Numb er 157)] [Notices][Page 47186-47188] found 
online at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/August/Day-13/p18609.htm .   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  29 July 2009   
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  29 July 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  29 July 2009   
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Objections and requests for hearings  must be received on or before 
28 September 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:  Sidney Jackson, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 305-7610;  E-mail address: 
jackson.sidney@epa.gov.  Please re ference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0556 
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