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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1952 
28 September 2009  
 (09-4516) 
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):  Almond, hulls; cotton, gin byproducts; cotton, undelin ted seed; fruit, citrus, 
group 10 ; fruit, pome, group 11; fruit, stone, gr oup 12; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and 
straw group 16; grain, cereal, group 15; grape; nut, tree, group 14; pistachio; sunflower, 
seed; vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7; and vegetable, legume, group 6; and on the 
livestock commodities cattle, fat; cattle, liver; ca ttle, meat; cattle, meat byproducts, except 
liver; goat, fat; goat, liver; goat, meat; goat,  meat byproducts, except liver; hog, fat; hog, 
liver; hog, meat; hog, meat byproducts, except liver; horse, fat; horse, liver; horse, meat; horse, meat byproducts, except liver; milk; sheep , fat; sheep, liver; sheep, meat; and sheep, 
meat byproducts, except liver. 
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:  Saflufenacil; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolera nces for residues of saflufenacil, 
including its metabolites and degradates, on the plant commodities almond, hulls at 0.10 
ppm; cotton, gin byproducts at 0.10 ppm; cott on, undelinted seed at 0.03 ppm; fruit, citrus, 
group 10 at 0.03 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.03 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 0.03 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw group 16 at 0.10 ppm; grain, cereal, group 15 
at 0.03 ppm; grape at 0.03 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.03 ppm; pistachio at 0.03 ppm; 
sunflower, seed at 1.0 ppm; vegetable, fo liage of legume, group 7 at 0.10 ppm; and 
vegetable, legume, group 6 at  0.03 ppm; and on the livestock commodities cattle, fat at 0.01 
ppm; cattle, liver at 0.80 ppm; cattle, meat at  0.01 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts, except 
liver at 0.02 ppm; goat, fat at 0.01 ppm; goat, liver at 0.80 ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; 
goat, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02 ppm; hog, fat at 0.01 ppm; hog, liver at 0.80 
ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02 ppm; horse, fat at 0.01 ppm; horse, liver at 0.80 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, liver at 0.80 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.02 ppm. G/SPS/N/USA/1952 
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  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)   
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
is available at  [Federal Register:  11 Se ptember 2009 (Volume 74, Number 175)] [Rules 
and Regulations] [Page 46683-46689] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/September/ Day-11/p21826.htm .  This final rule is being published subsequent 
to a notice in the[Federal Register:  13 June 2008 (Volume 73, Number 115)][Notices] 
[Page 33814-33818]found on-line at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/June/Day-
13/p13344.htm    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2009   
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  11 September 2009 
[ ] 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 
10 November 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:  Kathryn Montague, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel:  +(703) 305-1243;  E-mail address:  
montague.kathryn@epa.gov.  Please identify docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0352 
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