. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1570 
1 June 2007 
 (07-2270) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Cattle, meat; hog, meat; goat, meat; horse, meat; sheep, meat; cattle, fat;; hog, 
fat; goat, fat; horse, fat; sheep, fat; milk, fat; hog , meat byproducts; egg, poultry fat; poultry, 
meat; head lettuce; brassica; cotton; sorghum, forage  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of  the notified document:  PROPOSED RULE. 
Chloroneb, Cypermethrin, Methidathion, Nitrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen, Pirimiphos-methyl, 
Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thid iazuron, and Tribuphos; Proposed Tolerance 
Actions (available in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Though this rule, EPA proposes to change regulations concerning 
cypermethrin as follows: 
EPA is proposing to increase the tolerances of  cypermethrin on cattle, meat; goat, meat; 
horse, meat; and sheep, meat to 0.2 ppm; cattle, fa t; goat, fat; horse, fat; and sheep, fat to 1.0 
ppm; and milk to 2.5 ppm and revise the commodity terminology to milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in whole milk).  EPA is also proposing to increase the tolerances of cypermethrin on hog, fat to 0.1 ppm and to decrease the tolerance on hog, fat in to 0.1 ppm.  Consequently, 
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerance on hog, meat to 0.05 ppm.  In addition, the 
Agency believes that there is no reasonable expectation of detecting finite residues of cypermethrin or zeta-cypermethrin residues in or on hog, meat byproducts, and therefore the 
tolerances are no longer needed on these byproducts.   
Further, the Agency believes that tolerances of 0.05 ppm should be established on egg, 
poultry fat, and poultry meat in order to harm onize with Codex.  Consequently, the Agency 
is proposing to revoke the tolerances for cy permethrin on poultry, meat byproducts and 
establish tolerances on egg; poultry, fa t; and poultry, meat at 0.05 ppm.  
Based on available field trial data, EPA determ ined that cypermethrin tolerances for head 
lettuce should be decreased from 10.0 to 4.0 ppm.  Also, since the use of zeta-cypermethrin 
on head lettuce is covered by the tolerance on leafy vegetables except Brassica, the Agency 
has determined that the zeta-cypermethrin tolerance on head lettuce is no longer needed. 
Therefore, the Agency is proposing to decrease the tolerance on lettuce, head to 4.0 ppm for 
cypermethrin and revoke the tolerance on lettuce, head for zeta-cypermethrin.   G/SPS/N/USA/1570 
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  Based on relevant data, the Agency has determined that a tolerance on cotton gin 
byproducts should be established at 11.0 ppm for residues of cypermethrin.  Because the 
tolerance expired on 30 June 2005, EPA is proposing to remove the entry for the time-
limited tolerance on mustard seed from relevant federal law.   
Because there is an existing tolerance on grass forage, in this case via a group tolerance, 
there is no need to include sorghum, forage, in the revision of the commodity terminology 
for sorghum forage. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The proposed tolerance actions herein for 
cypermethrin and zeta-cypermethrin, to implement the recommendations of the 
cypermethrin RED, reflect use patterns in  the United States which support a different 
tolerance than the Codex value on Brassica vege tables, cotton seed, head lettuce, and milk 
because of differences in good agricultural prac tices and determination of secondary residue 
levels in livestock commodities.  However, co mpatibility exists for bulb onions and meat 
byproducts, and will exist between the propo sed reassessed US tolerances and Codex MRLs 
for cypermethrin residues in or on egg, poultr y meat; and meat of cattle, goats, horses, and 
sheep. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
2 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 84) Proposed Rules Page 24198-24213; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-02/p8373.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  2 July 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 2 July 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0036. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov