G/SPS/N/USA/2671  
 
23 May 2014  
(14-3092)  Page: 1/2  
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  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Multiple 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: Mancozeb, Maneb, Metiram, and Thiram; Tolerance 
Actions  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 6 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-05-14/html/2014-10955.htm  
6. Description of content: EPA is revoking, modifying, and establishing specific 
tolerances for the fungicide mancozeb and revising the definition for total residue of dithiocarbamates permitted in or on the sa me raw agricultural commodity. These actions 
are in follow-up to the tolerance recommendations made during the reregistration and 
tolerance reassessment processes (including follow-up on canceled or additional uses of pesticides). In addition, EPA is removing expired tolerances for mancozeb and maneb. 
EPA is taking no further tolerance actions herein on metiram and thiram because 
proposed changes have since been completed for metiram and the Agency expects to propose tolerance actions for thiram in a future notice in the Federal Register. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
 The Codex has not established a MRL for total dithiocarbamates determined as 
carbon disulfide in or on celery, fennel, oat bran, flax seed, rice, and sorghum.  
 The Codex has established MRLs for total dithiocarbamates determined as 
carbon disulfide in or on banana at 2 mg/kg, cranberry at 5 mg/kg, peanut at 
0.1 mg/kg, and sweet corn (corn-on-the -cob) at 0.1 mg/kg. These MRLs will 
be the same as the tolerances modified herein for mancozeb in the United States. 
 The Codex has established MRLs for total dithiocarbamates determined as 
carbon disulfide in or on bulb onions at 0.5 mg/kg, sugar beets at 0.5 mg/kg, and tomato at 2 mg/kg. These MRLs will remain covered by US tolerances at 
higher levels for mancozeb. These MRLs are different than the tolerances 
established for mancozeb in the United States because of differences in use patterns and/or good agricultural practices. G/SPS/N/USA/2671 
 
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   The Codex has established MRLs for total dithiocarbamates determined as 
carbon disulfide in or on various other commodities, including grapes at 5 mg/kg and pome fruits at 5 mg/kg. These MRLs are different than the 
tolerances modified herein for mancozeb in the United States because of 
differences in use patterns and/or good agricultural practices. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] 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:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 14 May 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 14 May 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 14 May 2014 
[ ] 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 hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
For further information contact: Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division 
(7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel: (703) 308 8037; E-mail address: nevola.joseph@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 Auth ority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov