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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1621/Add.1 
28 September 2007  
 (07-4097) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 24 Se ptember 2007, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Amitraz, Atrazine, Ethephon, Ferbam, Lindane, Propachlor, and Simazine; Tolerance Actions
 
 By means of this regulation:  
Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide ethephon in or on the following 
commodities (in ppm): Apple at 5.0; Apple, juice at 10.0; Barley, bran at 5.0; Barley, grain at 2.0; Barley, straw at 10.0; Blackberry at 30.0; Blueberry at 20.0; Cantaloupe at 2.0; Cattle, fat at 0.02; Cattle, kidney at 1.0; Cattle, meat at 0.02; Cattle, m eat byproducts, except kidney at 0.2; Cherry at 
10.0; Coffee, bean, green at 0.5; Cotton, gin byproducts at 180.0; Cotton, undelinted seed at 6.0; 
Cucumber at 0.1; Egg at 0.002; Goat, fat at 0.02; Goat, kidney at 1.0; Goat, meat at 0.02; Goat, meat 
byproducts, except kidney at 0.2; Grape at 2.0; Grap e, raisin at 12.0; Hazelnut at 0.80; Hog, fat at 
0.02; Hog, kidney at 1.0; Hog, meat at 0.02; Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney at 0.2; Horse, fat at 0.02; Horse, kidney at 1.0; Horse, meat at 0.02; Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney at 0.2; Milk at 0.01; Nut, macadamia at 0.5; Pepper at 30.0; Pineappl e at 2.0; Poultry, fat at 0.02; Poultry, liver at 
0.05; Poultry, meat at 0.01; Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver at 0.01; Sheep, fat at 0.02; Sheep, 
kidney at 1.0; Sheep, meat at 0.02; Sheep, meat  byproducts, except kidney at 0.2; Sugarcane, 
molasses at 1.5; Tomato at 2.0; Walnut at 0.5; Wheat, bran at 5.0; Wheat, germ at 5.0; Wheat, grain at 2.0; Wheat, middlings at 5.0; Wheat, shorts at 5.0; and Wheat, straw at 10.0.  
In addition, EPA is revising the terminology fro m filbert to hazelnut and therefore the Agency 
is establishing a tolerance for hazelnut 0.80 ppm.  The reason for taking this action is because such 
action has no practical impact on the use of or expo sure to the pesticide active ingredient, ethephon, in 
or on that commodity and is made such that the to lerance terminology will conform to current Agency 
practice.  
This regulation is effective 19 September 2007.  Objections and requests for hearings must be 
received on or before 19 November 2007, and ma y be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0187.  
The full text of this addendum (Final Rule) can be found at the address below. 
Federal Register:  19 September 2007 (Volume 72, Number 181) Rules and Regulations Page 53449-
53455; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/September/Day-19/p18508.htm
 
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   This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register 13 June 2007, in which 
the Agency announced receipt of a pesticide petiti on proposing changes to existing tolerances for 
residues of ethephon when used on the above comm odities.  No comments related to ethephon were 
received in response to this action.  
This notice can be found at:  Federal Regist er:  13 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 113) 
Proposed Rules Page 32570-32582;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-
13/p11324.htm  
  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
 
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