WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/798/Add.1
7 October 2003
(03-5286)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, 29 September 2003, has been received from the United States.
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Products using the pesticide S-Metochlor
This addendum announces, after evaluation, the final tolerance levels for products using the
pesticide S-metolachlor acetamide.  This regulati on establishes tolerances for combined residues of
S-metolachlor acetamid, 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)-, (S)
and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-[(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino]-1-propanol(CGA-37913) and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl) -2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone (CGA-49751),
each expressed as the parent compound, in or on asparagus at 0.10 ppm;  carrot, roots at 0.20 ppm;
horseradish at 0.20 ppm;  onion, green at 0.20 ppm;  rhubarb at 0.10 ppm;  swiss chard at 0.10 ppm.
The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amende d by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of
1996.  This regulation is effective 19 September 2003.  Objections and requests for hearings,
identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0300, must be received on or before 18 November 2003.
The full text of this addendum (final rule) can be found at the address below.DOCID:  fr19se03-12, Federal Register:  19 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 182)
Pages 54827-54834;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-19/p24014.htm;
available in English.
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Pr ograms (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identify docketname "OPP-2003-0300" in subject line of your response.  Interested parties may also contact
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service,
Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.  Tel:  (202) 690-
1642, Fax:  (202) 720-7772, Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov  for comment.
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