. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1098 
8 August 2005 
 (05-3530) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable): almond; almond, hulls; apple; cattle, fat; cattle, kidney; cattle, liver; cattle, 
meat byproducts, except kidney and liver; cattle, meat; citrus, dried pulp; fruit, citrus; goat, 
fat; goat, kidney; goat, liver; goat, meat bypr oducts, except kidney and liver; goat, meat; 
hog, fat; hog, kidney; hog, liver; hog, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver; hog, meat; hop; hop, dried cone; horse, fat; horse, kidney; horse, liver; horse, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver; horse, meat; milk, fat (=N in whole milk); orange juice; nectarine; nut, 
macadamia; peach; pear; plum, prune, dried; plum, prune, fresh; sheep, fat; sheep, kidney; 
sheep, liver; sheep, meat byproducts, except ki dney and liver; sheep, meat; strawberry; and 
walnut. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed rule. 
Cyhexatin; Proposed Tolerance Actions, Available in English, 4 pages. 
6. Description of content:  This document proposes to revoke  all existing tolerances for 
residues of the insecticide/acaricide cyhexatin because they do not meet requirements of 
U.S. federal law (FFDCA section 408(b)(2)).  EPA cancelled food use registrations for 
cyhexatin in 1989. Currently, EPA determined  that acute dietary risks from use of 
cyhexatin on commodities for which import tole rances exist exceed the Agency's level of 
concern.  
However, EPA also determined that if the onl y cyhexatin tolerance is for orange juice, 
there is a reasonable certainty that no harm to any population subgroup will result from 
exposure to cyhexatin treated oranges. Because  there is support for a cyhexatin tolerance 
on orange juice for purposes of importation and the Agency has made a determination of 
safety for such a tolerance, EPA is also propos ing that, concurrent with the revocation of 
the citrus fruit group tolerance, an indivi dual time-limited tolerance be established for 
orange juice at 0.1 ppm until June 2009. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
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 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:   N/A 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 27 
July 2005 (Volume 70, Number 143) Pages 43368-43372, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/July/Day-27/p14738.htm . Available in 
English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   :  EPA is proposing that revocation of specific cyhexatin 
tolerances and establishment of the time-limite d tolerance on orange juice become effective 
on the date of publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 26 September 2005. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body :
 Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone num ber: (703) 308-8037; e-mail address: 
nevola.joseph@epa.gov
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13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; Email fstsd@usda.gov