. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1790 
22 April 2008  
 (08-1916) 
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):  Corn, wheat, soybean, cattle, goat, hog, horse, sheep 
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:  NOTICE:  Notice of 
Filing of a Pesticide Petitions for Residues  of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various 
Commodities (available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces receipt of a petition which proposes to 
establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide thiencarbazone-methyl (BYH 18636 - 
parent) as methyl 4-[(4,5- dihydro-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5- oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) 
carboxamidosulfonyl-5 methylthiophene-3-carboxyla te (IUPAC nomenclature) in or on the 
food commodities field corn grain at 0.01 ppm; sweet corn kernels at 0.01 ppm; wheat grain 
at 0.01 ppm; and soybean seed at 0.01 ppm.  Thiencarbazone-methyl (BYH 18636 parent and 
metabolites) as methyl 4-[(4,5-dihydro-3-met hoxy-4-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) 
carboxamidosulfonyl]-5-methylthiophene-3- carboxylate (IUPAC nomenclature) and 
metabolites BYH 18636-N-desmethyl, and BYH 18636-MMT- glucoside determined 
individually and expressed in thiencarbaz one-methyl equivalents in or on the food 
commodities field corn forage at 0.03 ppm; sweet corn forage at 0.15 ppm; field corn stover at 
0.04 ppm; sweet corn stover at 0.04 ppm; pop corn stover at 0.04 ppm; sweet corn (k+cwhr) 
at 0.01 ppm; wheat,hay at 0.02 ppm; wheat,st raw at 0.02 ppm; wheat,forage at 0.09 ppm; 
soybean,forage at 0.04 ppm; soybean,hay at  0.15 ppm; and cotton gin by-products at 
0.15 ppm.  Thiencarbazone-methyl (BYH 18636 pa rent and metabolites) as methyl 4-[(4,5-
dihydro-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-t riazol-1-yl) carboxamidosulfonyl]-5-
methylthiophene-3-carboxylate (IUPAC no menclature), and me tabolite BYH 18636-MMT 
(expressed in thiencarbazone-m ethyl equivalents) are proposed  based on the tissue to feed 
ratio as determined from the lactating dairy cow feeding study applied to a new diet calculated from the above proposed tolerances  in or on the food commodities milk at 
0.01 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, fat at  0.01 ppm; cattle, liver at 0.05 ppm; cattle, 
kidney at 0.02 ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; go at, fat at 0.01 ppm; goat, liver at 0.05 ppm; 
goat, kidney at 0.02 ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, fat at 0.01 ppm; hog, liver at0.05 ppm; 
hog, kidney at 0.02 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 pp m; horse, fat at 0.01 pp m; horse, liver at 
0.05 ppm; horse, kidney at 0.02 ppm; sheep, meat  at 0.01 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, 
liver at 0.05 ppm; and sheep, kidney at 0.02 ppm.  G/SPS/N/USA/1790 
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  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 :   
16 April 2008 (Volume 73, Number 74) Notices Page 20632-20634; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/April/Day-16/p8003.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 16 May 2008, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0132. 
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