. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1822 
11 June 2008  
 (08-2744) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Onion, melon 
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:  
Aldicarb, Ametryn, 2,4-DB, Dicamba, Dimethip in, Disulfoton, Diuron, et al.;  Proposed 
Tolerance Actions (available  in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notification announces a pr oposed rule that existing EPA 
tolerances for residues of ziram in or on the following commodity(ies) be established at or changed to the following values in parts per million (ppm), or be eliminated, as indicated 
below:  
EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerances for residues of ziram, calculated as zinc 
ethylenebisdithiocarbamate, in or on onion and melon. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] 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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex MRLs do exist for total dithiocarbamates 
on onion, bulb; onion, spring; melons, exce pt watermelon; and watermelon, but are 
determined as carbon disulfid e and apply to the use of individual or combinations of 
dithiocarbamates, including ziram.  The US  tolerances on onion a nd melon for ziram are 
calculated as zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
4 June 2008 (Volume 73, Number 108)  Proposed Rules Page 31788-31807; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/June/Day-04/p12374.htm  G/SPS/N/USA/1822 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a proposed rule which may or may not result in 
further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 4 August 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0232. 
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 Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov