. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1718 
2 October 2007  
 (07-4186) 
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):  Cattle, goat, grass, hog, horse, milk, sheep, wheat 
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:  FINAL RULE :  
Sulfosulfuron; Pesticide Tolerance (available in English, 6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this final rule, existing tolerances for residues of 
sulfosulfuron are changed to the following (in ppm) :  Cattle, fat at 0.02; Cattle, meat at 0.01; 
Cattle, meat byproducts at 0.3; Goat, fat at 0.02;  Goat, meat at 0.01; Goat, meat byproducts at 
0.3; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, fo rage at 14; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, 
group 17, hay at 25; Hog, fat at 0.005; Hog, me at at 0.005; Hog, meat byproducts at 0.05; 
Horse, fat at 0.02; Horse, meat at 0.01; Horse, meat byproducts at 0.3; M ilk at 0.02; Sheep, fat 
at 0.02; Sheep, meat at 0.01; Sheep, meat byproduc ts at 0.3; Wheat, forage at 4.0; Wheat, 
grain at 0.02; Wheat, hay at 0.3; and Wheat, straw at 0.1.  
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:  
[   ] 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:    
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 :   
26 September 2007 (Volume 72, Number 186)Rules and Regulations Page 54569-54574 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2007/Septembe r/Day-26/p18864.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effe ctive 26 September 2007. G/SPS/N/USA/1718 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 26 November 2007, and may be iden tified by docket numb er EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-
0206. 
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;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov