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G/SPS/N/USA/2341 
4 April 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and 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):  All agricultural products 
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:  Mevinphos;  Order Revoking Tolerances 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  3 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-02-29/html/2012-4065.htm  
6. Description of content:  EPA is revoking all the tolerances for the pesticide Mevinphos. 
EPA previously required data to be submitte d to support these tolerances.  However, no 
person submitted timely notice to EPA of intent to provide the required data. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/2341 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  In the Federal 
Register of 29 June 2011 (76 FR 38037) (FRL -8879-2), EPA issued a final data call-in 
order in follow-up to a proposed order publishe d in the Federal Register on 28 July 2010 
(75 FR 44181) (FRL-8835-7).  In the final data call-in order of 29 June 2011, EPA required 
the submission of various data to support the c ontinuation of the tolerances for the pesticide 
Mevinphos.  Because there are currently no domestic registrations for Mevinphos, these 
tolerances are referred to as "import tolerances". According to the terms of the order, if the 
Agency did not receive a section 408(f) Respon se Form identifying a person who agrees to 
submit the required data within 90 days after publication of the final order (27 September 
2011), EPA would proceed to revoke the Mevinpho s tolerances at 40 CFR 180.157.  On 11 
July  2011 (76 FR 40628) (FRL-8879-2), EPA published a notice in the Federal Register in which the Agency made a minor correction regard ing the final data call-in order of 29 June 
2011.  Subsequently, EPA received no submissi ons of the "Sec.  408(f) Order Response'' 
form within the required 90-day period.  Theref ore, in this order, EPA is revoking all the 
tolerances for the pesticide Mevinphos in 40 CFR 180.157, which in cludes tolerances for 
the following commodities:  broccoli, cabbage , cauliflower, celery, cucumber, grape, 
lettuce, melon (determined on the edible portion with rind removed), pea, pepper, spinach, 
squash, summer; strawberry, tomato, and waterm elon.   This tolerance revocation order for 
Mevinphos is subject to the objection and h earing procedure in FFDCA section 408(g)(2) 
but the only material issue in such a proce dure is whether a submission required by the 
order was made in a timely fashion (available in English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  29 February 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  29 February 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  29 February 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 April 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmenta l Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel: (703) 308-8037;  E-mail:  nevola.joseph@epa.gov 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   Joseph Nevola, 
Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), O ffice of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel: (703) 308-8037;  E-mail:  nevola.joseph@epa.gov