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G/SPS/N/USA/2388 
11 June 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
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):  Multiple commodities 
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:  Ametoctradin; Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  5 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-09/html/2012-10950.htm  
6. Description of content:   Tolerances are established for residues of the fungicide 
ametoctradin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance le vels specified in the following table is to 
be determined by measuring only ametoctradin (5-ethyl-6-octyl[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-
a]pyrimidin-7-amine). 
Commodity       Parts per million 
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A    9.0 
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B    50 
G r a p e         4 . 0  
G r a p e ,  r a i s i n        8 . 0  Hop, dried cones      10.0 Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A     1.5 Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B     20.0 
S p i n a c h         5 0 . 0  
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9     3.0 Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10     1.5 Vegetable, leafy, except Brassica , group 4, except spinach 40.0 
Vegetable, tuberous and co rm, subgroup 1C   0.05 
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.    G/SPS/N/USA/2388 
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  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:  In the Federal 
Register of 19 May 2010 (75 FR 28009) (FRL-8823-2), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408(d)(3) of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3 ), announcing the filing of a pesticide 
petition (PP 0F7695) by BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC. 
The petition requested that 40 CFR part 180 be amended by establishing tolerances for residues of the fungicide ametoctradin, incl uding its metabolites and degradates, in or on 
brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 12 pa rts per million (ppm); brassica, leafy greens, 
subgroup 5B at 50 ppm; grape at 5.0 ppm; grape, raisin at 8 ppm; hop, dried cones at 9 
ppm; onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A at 1.2 ppm ; onion, green, subgroup 3-07B at 16 ppm; 
vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 4.5 ppm; vege table, fruiting, group 8-10 at 2 ppm; vegetable, 
leafy, except brassica, group 4, at 70 ppm, and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 
at 0.05 ppm.  That notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared by BASF Corporation, the registrant, which is available in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov . 
There were no comments received in response to the notice of filing. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  9 May 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 May 2012 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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:  Shaunta Hill, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; Tel: (703) 347-8961 ; Email: hill.shaunta@epa.gov 
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 1014, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-720-1301; Fax: 202-720- 0433; Email: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov