. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1610 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2560) 
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):  Horse, goat, cattle, hog, sheep, cotton 
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. 
Captan, 2,4-D, Dodine, DCPA, Endothall, Fomesafen, Propyzamide, Ethofumesate, 
Permethrin, Dimethipin, and Fenarimol; Proposed  Tolerance Actions (available in English, 
17 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this rule, the Agency proposes the following 
changes to existing federal regulations: 
EPA proposes revoking the tolerances for dimethipin  residues of concern in or on cattle, fat 
at 0.02 ppm; goat, fat at 0.02 ppm; hog, fat at 0.02 ppm, horse, fat at 0.02 ppm and sheep fat at 0.02 ppm and decreasing the tolerances in/on cattle, meat from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; 
cattle, meat byproducts from 0.02 to 0.01 pp m; goat, meat from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; goat, 
meat byproducts from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; hog, meat from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; horse, meat from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat from 0.02 to 0.01 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts from 0.02 to 0.01ppm. 
EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerances for dimethipin residues of concern in/ on cotton, 
hulls at 0.7 ppm. 
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    G/SPS/N/USA/1610 
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  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:   Currently, the Codex MRLs and 
US tolerances for dimethipin are not harmonized in/on cotton seed and cotton seed oil 
because of differences in good agricultural pr actices. However, the proposed tolerance 
actions herein to implement the dimethipin RED will harmonize US tolerances and Codex 
MRLs in or on meat and meat byproduc ts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
6 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 108) Proposed Rules Page 31221-31237; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-06/p10863.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 August 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 6 August 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0097. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IR SD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  
Tel.:+(1202) 720-1301;  Fax: +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov